Excellence in Service Award

Recognizes contributions that are above and beyond those expected of someone holding the nominee’s position.

Award Description

Nominees for the Board of Directors of the Foundation Excellence in Service Award for Excellence in Service Within the NJIT Community should have a sustained and exemplary record of service and leadership contributions that have enabled individuals (faculty, students, and staff) and units (such as a department, college, or other academic, research or administrative unit) within the NJIT community to achieve excellence in advancing and enhancing NJIT’s mission and core values. Of particular importance is the advancement of NJIT’s goal of educating students to become leaders, innovators, and global citizens and of putting the university’s distinctive assets and resources at the service of the communities to which it belongs.

Nominees for the Board of Directors of the Foundation Excellence in Service Award for Excellence in Service beyond the NJIT Community should have a sustained and exemplary record of internal and external service and leadership contributions that have successfully elevated the stature and reputation of NJIT as a leading public polytechnic research university. Nominees should have significantly advanced NJIT’s mission and core values, especially its goals of educating students to become leaders, innovators, and global citizens and of putting the university’s distinctive assets and resources at the service of the communities to which it belongs.


Eligibility

The Board of Directors of the Foundation Excellence in Service Award is presented in recognition of a sustained record of contributions, over a period of at least five years. Nominees must have been a member of the NJIT faculty or a member of the NJIT staff (academic or non-academic) for at least the past five years. Previous winners of NJIT Excellence in Service Awards are not eligible for consideration. The award may not be given every year.


Nomination Process

Nominations for the award in either category may be submitted by any faculty or staff member within the NJIT community. Self-nominations are not permitted. In all cases, nomination packages are limited to 20 pages assembled by the nominator consisting of the following materials:

  • Nominator Letter describing the nominee’s major service activities and contributions and their impact in advancing and enhancing NJIT’s mission and core values. The contributions should be recognized across a broad cross-section of the university community.
  • Any supporting documents to the Nomination Letter, such as any relevant institutional evaluations, assessment, and/or surveys.
  • Three Letters of Support from the NJIT community (individuals in academic or non-academic units), alumni, or other external stakeholders who are currently engaged or have had interactions with the nominee in the past five years.

All nomination packets should be compiled as a single PDF file and submitted via the Google Form which can be found here. All nominations for academic year 2023-2024 are due by July 31, 2024.