Nominations for the 2025-26 Distinguished Staff Award honors are closed.
The Distinguished Staff Award honors individuals and teams that exemplify UW staff excellence in the following categories:
Collaboration: Has made an outstanding achievement or provides ongoing excellence through effective collaboration.
Innovation: Has created lasting change through implementing an innovative solution to a complex problem or driving a significant effort that enhanced service and/or efficiency.
Impact: Has made a significant impact at the UW. The results of the impact can be at the team, department or institution level or have helped a specific audience or community.
Inclusion and belonging: Recognizes work that strengthens a welcoming, respectful learning and working environment, and that promotes access and opportunity so people are able to do their best work and learning.
Career achievement: Has dedicated many years of service to the UW and has demonstrated excellence throughout their career. (Only available for individual nominations.)
Innovation: Has created lasting change through implementing an innovative solution to a complex problem or driving a significant effort that enhanced service and/or efficiency.
Impact: Has made a significant impact at the UW. The results of the impact can be at the team, department or institution level or have helped a specific audience or community.
Inclusion and belonging: Recognizes work that strengthens a welcoming, respectful learning and working environment, and that promotes access and opportunity so people are able to do their best work and learning.
Career achievement: Has dedicated many years of service to the UW and has demonstrated excellence throughout their career. (Only available for individual nominations.)
