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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:#201F1E">Please accept this email as a reminder of the deadline to nominate for the
<b><a href="https://staffassembly.ucr.edu/outstanding-staff-awards" title="https://staffassembly.ucr.edu/outstanding-staff-awards">Outstanding Staff Awards</a></b>.
<b>Nominations will close this </b></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Friday, June 3 </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:#201F1E"><b>at 11:59 a.m.
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:#201F1E">Nominations may be submitted using <b>
<a href="https://ucriverside.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eIGTYfpRNiAgJpA" title="https://ucriverside.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eIGTYfpRNiAgJpA">this link</a></b>.</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:#201F1E"> </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:#201F1E">Staff
member(s) may be nominated for the following </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:black">five (5)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:#201F1E"> categories:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:white">Description</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Staff Who Make a Difference Award</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Four (4) staff members representing (one staff member for each) the following UCR employment groups: Service, Administrative, Technical, and Professional.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p>
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<b>People Helping People Award</b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p>
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One (1) staff member selected based on community service.<span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Tartan Soul Award</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">One (1) individual selected based on strengths in any/all of the four (4) Tartan Soul criteria areas (i.e. excellence, accountability, integrity, respect).</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p>
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<b>Diversity Award</b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p>
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One (1) staff member selected based on above & beyond commitment to diversity in the UCR community.<span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:black">Mary Johnson Outstanding Retiree Award</span></b><b></b></p>
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<span style="color:black">The Mary Johnson Outstanding Retiree Award is awarded in conjunction with the UCR Retirees’ Association (UCRRA). It is named after Mary Johnson, a Past President of UCR Staff Assembly and the UCRRA. The award recognizes one (1) UCR
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<b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:105%; color:#201F1E">Individual(s) may be nominated to multiple categories.</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; line-height:105%"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:#201F1E">Further details/information on each category may be found on our
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:#201F1E">Many of you know colleagues and co-workers that have been and are currently doing amazing things at UC Riverside. Now is the time to acknowledge and recognize the hard-work and dedication that these staff members
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt; color:#201F1E"><b>Please direct any questions about the Outstanding Staff Awards to Brianna Morales, UCR Staff Assembly's Director of Involvement & Recognition, at <a href="mailto:brianna.morales@ucr.edu" title="mailto:brianna.morales@ucr.edu">brianna.morales@ucr.edu</a>.</b></span></p>
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