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 from the WSU TC strategic plan.

Student Success

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

Accessibility and Equity

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

Regional and Community Engagement

• Leveraged the distinctiveness of the region through engagement with students, faculty, and staff.

Campus Culture & Environment

• Promotes a vibrant culture of pride in an inclusive environment; empowers and supports others to achieve results that support department or campus goals.

Institutional Effectiveness

• Prioritizes the strategic and efficient stewardship of resources
• Generates ideas that help to develop new or improved processes, systems, programs, or services
• Cooperates and communicate with others in the workplace
• Demonstrates exceptional service to the campus or community at large.

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

• Nomination submissions will open February 1, 2024. 
• Nominations are due by March 6, 2024, at 7PM.
• Nominations are submitted online using the nomination form and should be limited to no more than 1000 words.  Attach at least 1 and up to three (3) supporting letters.  Supporting letters should be in PDF format.
  • Self-nominations will be considered.
• Nominees will be evaluated on contributions and accomplishments for calendar year 2023.
• The awards committee will review applicants and evaluate them based on the criteria above. Up to three candidates may be recommended for the chancellor’s review.
• The chancellor may select one or more recipients of the award.
• Recipients will be presented with a keepsake to commemorate their distinguished honor.

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

2024 Committee Members:

• Dick Pratt, Chair
• Aaron Brumbaugh
• Deena Richter
• Pauline Escalera
• Timothy Baker
• Janet Peters
• Judy Morrison
• Messiha Sadd

• Have questions regarding the WSU Tri-Cities Chancellor’s Distinguished Employee Excellence Award please contact Dick Pratt at jrpratt@wsu.edu.