From: Student Success Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2019 5:18 PM To: Student Success <StudentSuccess@utsa.edu<mailto:StudentSuccess@utsa.edu>> Subject: Student Success Celebration Award Nomination Links NOW OPEN! [cid:image002.jpg@01D4DA89.EB889AC0] Dear Valued Staff Member, By now, you should have received a "Save the Date" email from the Student Success Celebration committee for our upcoming Student Success Celebration scheduled for May 15, 2019. As part of this celebration, we would like to invite you to nominate your fellow colleagues for the outstanding work they do to help UTSA students reach their academic and career goals. The winners from the categories below, will be announced and recognized during our celebration luncheon. In order to nominate a staff, faculty or student employee, you must be a full-time staff or faculty member in Student Success. You may nominate staff or faculty across the three AVP areas. Please see the nomination criteria and underlined web links below. Thank you for your participation! Please note: Nominations will be accepted NOW through 5:00 pm, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. Incomplete nomination submissions may not be considered (1) Student Advising and Support Most Valuable Player (MVP): from Advising and the Graduation Help Desk Student Advising & Support MVP - Advising and Graduation Help Desk<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2... Nominee must be a full-time staff or faculty member in Student Advising and Support who has made significant contributions throughout the year supporting our students' academic journey from start to finish. This individual has a demonstrated record of improving student retention and graduation through cooperation and initiative. This talented staff or faculty is a self-starter with a take-charge attitude who has volunteered to assist when and where needed. (2) Student Success Initiative MVP: from First Generation, LEAD, and FYE Student Success Initiative MVP - FirstGen, LEAD AND FYE<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2F... Nominee must be a full-time staff or faculty member in Student Success Initiative who has made significant contributions throughout the year supporting our students' academic journey from start to finish. This individual has a demonstrated record of improving student retention and graduation through cooperation and initiative. This talented staff or faculty is a self-starter with a take-charge attitude who has volunteered to assist when and where needed. (3) Student Academic Success MVP: from TRC and Math Matters Student Academic Success MVP - TRC, Math Matters<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2... Nominee must be a full-time staff or faculty member who has made significant contributions throughout the year supporting our students' academic journey from start to finish. This individual has a demonstrated record of improving student retention and graduation through cooperation and initiative. This talented staff or faculty is a self-starter with a take-charge attitude who has volunteered to assist when and where needed. Note: You may submit one nomination per each AVP area in categories 1-3, for a total of three nominations. (4) Newcomer Award: Newcomer Award - Any Area<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2... This award is an opportunity to honor a newcomer to the UTSA student success community for their service, excellence, and leadership. Nominees must have worked as a UTSA student success staff for less than 2 years. Explain and provide examples regarding why you are nominating this staff member, including how this individual has had an impact on students' success, on you, your team and/or the university community. (5) Extra Mile Award: Extra Mile Award - Any Area<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2... This award recognizes an individual with (3) three years or more of continuous service with UTSA and who has taken the initiative to contribute to the success of UTSA through his/her outstanding contributions at work. Extra efforts demonstrated in their accomplishments, timeliness, and follow-through, willingness to help fellow employees; provide good customer service with creativity, dedication, cooperation and reliability. He or she has performed at a level above and beyond normal job requirements that have resulted in reaching Student Success goals of removing barriers for students. Respectfully, Student Success Celebration Committee