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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings UCR Staff!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy May! I am excited to announce that we are <b>extending the deadline</b> for the
<b>2024</b> <b>Outstanding Staff & Retiree Awards!</b> <b>Submissions will remain open until Friday, May 10<sup>th</sup> at 11:59 p.m.
</b>so we hope this encourages you to take some time out of your day to recognize your dedicated and hard-working colleagues.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Outstanding Staff Award is open to all staff and the Outstanding Retiree Award is open to all retirees.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The categories are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Staff Who Make a Difference Award -
</b>Four (4) staff members representing (one staff member for each) the following UCR employment groups:
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><b>Service<o:p></o:p></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><b>Administrative<o:p></o:p></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><b>Technical<o:p></o:p></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1"><b>Professional<o:p></o:p></b></li></ul>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>People Helping People Award –
</b>One (1) staff member selected based on community service.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Tartan Soul Award – </b>
One (1) individual selected based on strengths in any/all of the four (4) Tartan Soul criteria areas (i.e. excellence, accountability, integrity, respect).<b><o:p></o:p></b></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Diversity Award – </b>One (1) staff member selected based on above & beyond the commitment to diversity in the UCR community.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Mary Johnson Outstanding Retiree Award</b> – One (1) award given to a retired staff member who has demonstrated a high level of volunteer service to the campus and surrounding communities
and participation in campus activities/programs while in retirement.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b>Volunteer of the Year Award –
</b>One (1) award given to a staff member with an outstanding volunteer service record. (Only applicable to Staff Assembly Volunteers).<b><o:p></o:p></b></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you know of someone that you think is eligible, please consider nominating them using the following link:
<a href="https://ucriverside.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eIGTYfpRNiAgJpA">https://ucriverside.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eIGTYfpRNiAgJpA</a> .
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">To learn more about the Get Recognized Program, please visit:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://staffassembly.ucr.edu/get-recognized"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">https://staffassembly.ucr.edu/get-recognized</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Have a wonderful day! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Nova",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Brianna Morales
</span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial Nova",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">(she/her)</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Nova",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Nova",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Director of Involvement & Recognition,
</span><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="https://staffassembly.ucr.edu/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Nova",sans-serif;color:#003DA5">UCR Staff Assembly</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Nova",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Nova",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">University of California, Riverside</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Nova",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial Nova",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Phone: (951) 827-3187
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