Nominations are now open for the President’s Awards for Outstanding Service in 2017. McMaster community members are asked to identify employees who have contributed above and beyond during the 2017 calendar year. Please consider those who are consistently outstanding in their service and/or innovation; or, who repeatedly enhance our University’s reputation through their outstanding work.

The President’s Awards for Outstanding Service were introduced to acknowledge employees who are:
– Non-teaching members of the University community
– Full or part-time employees from operations, research and ancillary departments or units of McMaster University
– Employed on a continuing basis or for a term or contract of one or more year’s duration

Please help us to recognize and honour McMaster’s outstanding staff members by taking the time to complete a nomination.

The submission process is straightforward. Any member of the McMaster community can be a nominator. For further information about the awards criteria and the nomination process, visit the program website at

http://www.workingatmcmaster.ca/presidentsawards

The website offers tips on how to prepare a successful nomination submission, examples of successful nominations and details of the program policy in pdf format. Related inquiries can be directed to presidentsawards@mcmaster.ca.

A maximum of ten awards to individuals or groups (with a maximum of two group awards) along with up to one lifetime achievement award are offered. The nominees and award recipients are acknowledged for their achievements through posters located across campus, the President’s Awards website, and at the awards ceremony.

Nomination packages for individuals and teams may be requested online until January 12, 2018 and completed nomination packages and supporting documents must be received by February 14, 2018. The awards ceremony to celebrate the achievements of nominees and recipients will be held on May 31, 2018 in CIBC Banquet Hall.

All submissions will be reviewed by the President’s Awards Advisory Committee who will provide me with their recommendations. I will have the pleasure of announcing the award recipients in April.