Distinguished Employee Excellence Award

The Distinguished Employee Excellence Award recognizes an employee with outstanding contributions to WSU Tri-Cities in one or more of the following areas of focus.

Student Success

• Fosters an inclusive environment supporting academic achievement and the essential life skills that lead to personal growth and development of students.

Research and Scholarship

• Elevates research and creative work as a public land-grant, R1 WSU institution.

Accessibility and Equity

• Actively reduced barriers to employee and student success by providing support and promoting enhanced engagement, access and representation.

Regional and Community Engagement

• Demonstrated WSU TC value to the community and leveraged the distinctiveness of the region through engagement with students, faculty, and staff.

Campus Culture & Environment

• Promotes a vibrant culture of pride and an inclusive environment that fosters both collective and personal achievement.
• Empowers and actively supports others to achieve results that support their department or campus goals.

Institutional Effectiveness

• Prioritizes the strategic and efficient stewardship of resources.
• Generates valuable ideas that help to develop new or improved processes, methods, systems, programs, or services for their team, department, or the campus.
• Demonstrates professional behavior through their willingness to cooperate, work, and communicate with others in the workplace.
• Demonstrates exceptional service to the campus and/or community at large (e.g., voluntary participation in community groups, boards, or charitable organizations)

• Nominees may be recognized once every three years
• All WSU Tri-Cities employees are eligible

• Nominations are submitted by current employees of WSU Tri-Cities using an electronic fillable nomination form
• Nomination submissions will open February 1, 2023 – March 3, 2023
  • Candidates will be evaluated on their contributions and accomplishments for the calendar year 2022.
• The awards committee will review applicants and evaluate them based on the identified criteria. Up to three candidates will be recommended for the chancellor’s review.
• The chancellor may select a recipient of the award and may announce their selection at the fall update.
• Recipients will be presented with a keepsake to commemorate their distinguished honor.
• Self-nominations will be considered.

The Awards Committee consists of a diverse set of individuals appointed by the Chancellor that represents the campus community.

2023 Committee Members:

• Dick Pratt, Chair
• Tracy Jordahl, Vice Chair
• Timothy Baker
• Yonas Demissie
• Judy Morrison
• Janet Peters
• Laura Sanchez

• Have questions regarding the WSU Tri-Cities Chancellor’s Distinguished Employee Excellence Award please contact Tracy Jordahl at tracy.jordahl@wsu.edu.