The Staff Recognition Program recognizes excellence and extraordinary effort demonstrated by full-time and part-time non-temporary Ramapo College employees (non-faculty).

Celebrate the Award Recipients

Below please find the three award categories and criteria.

• Staff Leadership Award
• Staff Excellence in Service Award
• Cross-Core Team Project Award

Staff Leadership Award

Awarded to a Ramapo College staff member who, in that year, assumed a leadership role and successfully effected positive change. (up to three recipients – two union awardees and one manager)

The Staff Leadership category recognizes individuals who have demonstrated leadership while contributing to building an effective and positive work environment and/or strengthening an aspect of the student experience. Individuals nominated should demonstrate at least three of the following qualities:

• Successfully leading a team to complete a significant institutional project
• Motivating others to perform at an exceptional level through morale building exercises or exemplary work
• Identifying a specific recurring issue on campus and implementing practices to resolve the issue or leading the effort to develop a response
• Assuming additional assignments and challenging projects to advance the goals of the unit/division/College
• Going above and beyond to foster a healthy and safe environment for employees to work and students to learn
• Others as appropriate

Staff Excellence in Service Award

Awarded to an individual or recognized group that, in that year, provided exemplary service to College constituents and our physical campus. (up to three individual/group recipients)

The Staff Excellence in Service category recognizes individuals, units/departments or other recognized groups who foster cooperation, collaboration and open communication. Individuals or recognized groups nominated should demonstrate at least three of the following qualities:

• Excellent constituent service which met a special need of a student, visitor, colleague or faculty member evidenced by feedback from the community
• Sincere cooperation, positive attitude and exceptional willingness to assist others
• Willingness to go beyond the explicit parameters of a job description to better serve the College
• A commitment to the spirit of diversity and behavior which demonstrates inclusion of persons who are members of traditionally underrepresented groups
• Empathy and humility as a colleague, a mentor and/or educator
• Outstanding acts of public service above and beyond the duties and responsibilities of the employee’s position which reflect credit upon Ramapo College of New Jersey
• Others as appropriate

Cross-Core Team Project Award

The Cross-Core Team Project Award is awarded to a group of three or more staff members from at least two
College Cores who achieved a significant outcome or project by working as a team. The Cross-Core Team
Project Award is focused on recognizing collaboration across units/departments and Cores. In that spirit, staff
members from at least two different Cores must have contributed to the same team project. The Cores of the
College are: Executive, Teaching & Learning, Student Well-Being, Outreach & Engagement, Operational
Integration, and Fiscal Health.

Cross-Core Team Project nominees must demonstrate the following:

• Completion of a significant outcome or project in support of one or more of the College’s strategic plan’s goals.
• Advancement of a minimum of three of the six priorities Dr. Jebb outlined on July 28, 2021:
  • Foster a healthy, well, and safe environment for work and study.
  • Deliver a high-quality, vibrant student experience.
  • Be equitable in practices to assess the fairness and effectiveness of decisions.
  • Be creative and reflective—empowered to apply what is learned and willing to grow from those lessons.
  • Be gentle with one another—demonstrating empathy and humility as colleagues, as mentors, and as educators in order to be stronger partners.
  • Be adaptable and resilient—recognize that conditions are impermanent and new challenges are inevitable.
• Collaboration: The team will have demonstrated strong collaboration skills, balanced ownership across all the team members to achieve the outcome or project, and exemplified what it means to be “good teammates”
• Team composition and talent: The team will have reflected the diversity of the College.

Cross-Core Project Award Example: A project completed by staff from Marketing & Communications and
the Center for Student Involvement would qualify because the units are from two different Cores. A project
completed by the staff from People Operations & Employee Resources, ITS and Events & Conferences would
not qualify because the units are all within the same Core.