Each year the Office of the President will recognize one staff member who demonstrates exemplary leadership that manifests the ideals of diversity, equity and inclusion into practical action. Considerations may include: student- or staff-centered inclusion initiatives; efforts to support a diverse campus environment; multicultural programming or related initiatives; community outreach activities. We encourage you to consider making multiple nominations.

Candidates should be nominated based on meritorious service above and beyond the duties assigned to their positions. Nominees should also demonstrate and support the Ignatian ideal of care for others, as well as carry out Marquette’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.

This award will be presented each year at the Staff Excellence Awards luncheon.

Eligibility

1. Candidates must be a regular full-time staff member with a minimum of five years of consecutive Marquette service.
2. Self-nominations will not be considered.
3. If a member of the University Staff Senate is nominated, they will recuse themself from the selection process.
4. Nominations will be kept and considered for two consecutive years.

Criteria

Criteria for selection are as follows: efforts to support recruitment and retention of diverse staff and/or students; teaching and/or research that expands and embraces our understanding of inclusiveness; multicultural programming or related initiatives; community outreach activities; or a host of other possibilities that enhance diversity and inclusion. Candidates should be nominated based on meritorious service above and beyond the duties assigned to their positions. Nominees should also demonstrate and support the Ignatian ideal of care for others, as well as carry out Marquette’s commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Nomination statements should focus on the following criteria:

1. The extent to which the candidate’s activities have promoted a campus environment that is welcoming, supportive and nurturing of cultural, ethnic, racial, class, gender, sexual orientation, language and other human differences.
2. The extent to which the candidate’s activities have contributed to raising awareness and consciousness about diversity and inclusion within the context of the university’s mission.
3. The extent to which the candidate’s activities had, or will have, significant impact on and reflect the integrity of the Marquette community in terms of diversity and inclusion.

Nomination Form

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