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<p class="MsoNormal">FYI, <b><span style="color:red;mso-ligatures:none">Deadline January 23<sup>rd</sup>. Let me know if you are interested in nominating someone.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black;mso-ligatures:none">David<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">David W. Galbraith, PhD</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Interim Director</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">School of Plant Sciences | College of Agriculture and Life Sciences<br>
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Forbes 303 | 1140 E. South Campus Dr.<br>
PO Box 210036 | Tucson, AZ 85721<br>
Phone 520-205-1962 (Cell) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#050505">Across our campuses, outstanding individuals and teams perform extraordinary work every day to make a difference on campus. The University
of Arizona Awards for Excellence recognize the achievements of University and Classified Staff.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#050505">Nominations for the 2023 awards are open now. We encourage you to take the time to nominate deserving staff from your area for one of these
awards:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#050505">The University of Arizona Award for Excellence (Individual)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#050505">
- 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 that go above and beyond normal duties.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#050505">The Billy Joe Varney Award for Excellence</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#050505"> - 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#050505">The University of Arizona Team Award for Excellence</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#050505">
- 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#050505">The Center/Department/Institute Award for Excellence</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#050505">
- The “Center”, "Department", or “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. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#C00000">These nominations require letters of recommendation, and apart from the Center/Department/Institute Award for Excellence, include a
university-funded monetary award and must be based on achievements that go above and beyond normal duties.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#050505">Please nominate employees from your area who make outstanding contributions to the University. Complete information and links to the nominating
forms can be found at <a href="https://recognition.arizona.edu/awards-criteria?fbclid=IwAR1-cDDenJUUFOoVbGFILVOzl8GFgSH12Xgnos67WT3lRwIKek8rKAP3CU8" target="_blank">
<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none">https://recognition.arizona.edu/awards-criteria</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#050505;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Deadline for nominations is 5:00 p.m. Monday, January 23, 2023</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#050505">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#050505">Winners notified in March. The University of Arizona Awards for Excellence ceremony will be held in April 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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