Senate Bill 23-24-34
| Bill ID: | 23-24-34 |
| Name: | BOR Staff Awards 2023-2024 |
| Proposed: | 12/01/2023 |
| Sponsor: | Council of University System Staff (CUSS) |
| Proposal: | The Council of University System Staff (CUSS) is accepting nominations for the 2023-2024 University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents' (BOR) Staff Awards. These awards present an excellent opportunity for USM institutions to recognize outstanding staff members. All of the USM institutions are encouraged to submit nominations for the BOR Staff Awards. The awards represent the highest honor bestowed by the BOR for the achievements of Exempt and Non-Exempt Staff employees. In accordance with BOR Policy, the nominations must be reviewed at each institution before submission to the CUSS Awards Review Committee. At the University of Maryland, the Senate Staff Affairs Committee (representative of all classifications of employees at UMD) reviews all nomination packages and submits recommendations to the President. The President will send recommendations to the CUSS Awards Review Committee. The CUSS Awards Review Committee will then select the final candidates to be submitted to the BOR. Recipients will be announced in the summer 2024 with a formal presentation of the award recipients by the BOR in early fall 2024. |
| Active? | Yes |
Status
| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Board of Regents Review |
| Received: | 2024-04-01 |
| Decision Date: | 2024-08-01 |
| Decision: | The BOR approved the final Staff Awards for 2024. |
| Actions: | The Board of Regents reviews all system-wide nominees and selects recipients for each award category. The recipients will be announced in the summer of 2024 with a formal presentation of the award recipients by the Board scheduled for fall 2024. The BOR reviewed all system-wide nominees and selected recipients for each of the award categories. The recipients were announced in August 2024 with a formal presentation of the award recipients by the BOR scheduled for fall 2024. The following staff members were selected as the recipients of the 2023-2024 Board of Regents Staff Awards: Exceptional Contribution to the Institution and/or Unit to Which the Person Belongs Exempt: Dr. Michael Allen, University of Maryland Center for Env. Science Non-exempt: Jennifer Ellis, Salisbury University Outstanding Service to Students in an Academic or Residential Environment Exempt: Rubin Stevenson, Frostburg State University Non-exempt: Stephanie Davis, Salisbury University Extraordinary Public Service to the University or Greater Community Exempt: Patricia “Ann” Cotten, University of Baltimore Non-exempt: Henry Jackson, Towson University Effectiveness and Efficiency Exempt: : Michelle Pryor, Salisbury University Non-exempt: Christopher Serafin, University of Maryland Baltimore County Inclusion, Multiculturalism, and Social Justice Exempt: Errica Philpott-Barber, University of Maryland, College Park |
| Next Step: | Formal Presentation of Recipients |
| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | CUSS |
| Received: | 2024-02-09 |
| Decision: | To recommend finalists to the Board of Regents for approval. |
| Actions: | The CUSS Awards Review Committee reviewed the nomination packages from all USM Institutions and submitted its recommendations to the Board of Regents in late spring 2024. |
| Next Step: | Board of Regents Review |
| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | President Pines |
| Received: | 2024-02-09 |
| Decision: | President Pines confirmed and endorsed the nominations as recommended by the Senate Staff Affairs Committee. |
| Actions: | President Pines reviewed the nomination materials as submitted by the Staff Affairs Committee and drafted the required presidential endorsement letters. |
| Next Step: | CUSS Review |
| Status: | Complete |
| Reviewer: | Staff Affairs Committee |
| Received: | 2023-11-10 |
| Decision Date: | 2024-01-12 |
| Actions: | The Staff Affairs Committee began discussing the nomination and review process at its meeting on September 28, 2023, and established November 10, 2023, as the campus nominations deadline. The committee’s advertising and outreach efforts included the following: outreach to individual units across campus, announcements to UHR representatives and partners, and connecting with nominators and nominees from previous years. The Staff Affairs Committee formed a subcommittee to review the nomination packets. Its members included Amy Yaich (Non-Exempt Staff), Cathy Fisanich (Non-Exempt Staff), Steven Wall (Non-Exempt Staff), Luis Alfonzo (Exempt Staff), Adrienne Mayo-Brown (Exempt Staff), and Allison Decker (Exempt Staff) The subcommittee first met on December 11, 2023, to discuss the review process. Cathy Fisanich was elected subcommittee chair. The subcommittee reviewed nomination packages for 28 exempt staff and 4 non-exempt staff, and met again on December 18, 2023 to discuss finalists’ nomination packets. At that meeting, the subcommittee voted on the finalists. The committee voted in favor of forwarding the following staff nominees for consideration by President Pines by vote via a Google form on January 12, 2023: Category One: Exceptional Contribution to the Institution and/or Unit to which the Person Belongs • Exempt Nominee: Chris Inboden – Dining Services • Non-Exempt Nominee: Elizabeth McGarry – College of Agriculture Category Two: Outstanding Service to Students in an Academic or Residential Environment • Exempt Nominee: Serap Rabab – College of Journalism • Non-Exempt Nominee: Carole Dingess – Institute of Applied Agriculture Category Three: Extraordinary Public Service to the University or Greater Community • Exempt Nominee: Jessica Sowalsky – Division of Information Technology • Non-Exempt Nominee: Bleriot Kuiken – B&LM Arboretum & Landscape Services Category Four: Effectiveness and Efficiency in Academic or Administrative Transformation • Exempt Nominee: Jennifer Sanderson– School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation • Non-Exempt Nominee: No Nominee Category Five: Inclusion, Multiculturalism, and Social Justice • Exempt Nominee: Errica Philpott-Barber – College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences • Non-Exempt Nominee: No Nominee Nomination packages for each 2023-2024 BOR Staff Awards nominee were sent to the President’s Office on January 22, 2024. |
| Next Step: | Presidential Review |