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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">ALVSCE Leaders,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sharing the opportunity to recognize excellent employees who go above and beyond. The Award for Excellence is a campuswide recognition and selected by peers. It is the most distinguished award available
to staff. Your nomination means a lot and is highly appreciated. Please note the deadline highlighted below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Nomination letters should demonstrate how the nominee goes above and beyond their expected job duties. Specific examples of how the nominee’s actions positively impacted others and benefited the mission of
the institution are especially moving. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please consider nominating a great colleague in your unit.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Jeff<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> UArizona Staff Council <UArizonaStaffCouncil@comms.arizona.edu>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, December 13, 2023 2:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Ratje, Jeffrey M - (jmratje) <jmratje@arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Nominations are open for the 2024 University Awards for Excellence<o:p></o:p></p>
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<h1><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">Across our campuses, outstanding individuals and teams perform extraordinary work every day to make a difference on campus.
The<i> University of Arizona Awards for Excellence</i> recognize the achievements of University and Classified Staff. Nominations for the 2024 awards are open now. We encourage you to take the time to
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<span style="color:#8B0015">nominate</span></a> deserving staff from your area for one of these awards.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#212529"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2><span style="font-size:15.0pt">The University of Arizona Award for Excellence (Individual)<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">Presented to approximately nine members of University or Classified Staff regardless of their length of service, classification
or pay grade. These awards are designed to recognize outstanding achievements and accomplishments in the position.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#212529"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2><span style="font-size:15.0pt">The Billy Joe Varney Award for Excellence<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Presented to one University or Classified Staff employee with at least 15 cumulative years of employment at the University
who merits special recognition for a career of dedicated service to the University, its employees, and the community.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#212529"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2><span style="font-size:15.0pt">The University of Arizona Team Award for Excellence</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> </span><span style="font-size:15.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">Presented to a team comprised primarily of University and/or Classified Staff tasked with a specific
project or function. The award will be presented in recognition of the team's outstanding contribution to its unit, department, or the University as a whole.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#212529"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2><span style="font-size:15.0pt">The Center/Department/Institute Award for Excellence<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#212529;background:white">The Center/Department/Institute Award for Excellence will be presented to a single organizational unit
in recognition of its outstanding excellence in the management of its people and resources. The awarded Center/Department/Institute will receive a commemorative plaque. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#212529"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">These honors, apart from the Center/Department/Institute Award for Excellence, include a university-funded monetary award and must be based
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">Please nominate employees from your area who make outstanding contributions to the University.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white"> Complete
information and links to the nominating forms can be found at <b><a href="https://click.comms.arizona.edu/?qs=016121982b4e389e390d8eb1fcd0fbce7e2754a774a7656948f39beb6c3e2c3db870772c60eca352160ebc3f4d49c3347d63ba6396624651cfe0ed3bc234f57b" title="recognition.arizona.edu"><span style="color:#8B0015">recognition.arizona.edu</span></a></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#212529"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Deadline for nominations is 5:00 p.m. Monday, January 29, 2024.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#212529"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">The University of Arizona Awards for Excellence ceremony will be held on April 10, 2024, 3-4:30 pm in
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;color:#212529">Nominations are open for the University of Arizona Awards for Excellence. Submit nominations through January 29, 2024. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;line-height:130%;color:white">University of Arizona, 1200 E. University Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA<br>
© Copyright 2023 The University of Arizona. All rights reserved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;color:#333333">We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home
to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the O’odham and the Yaqui. Committed to diversity and inclusion, the University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities through education
offerings, partnerships, and community service.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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