University Awards

This award celebrates staff members whose accomplishments have measurably improved the effectiveness, efficiency, or reputation of TTUHSC. Nominees demonstrate innovation, accountability, and excellence in their work, while connecting their efforts to the University’s mission, vision, and values.

• Achievements directly improve the effectiveness, efficiency, or reputation of TTUHSC.
• Contributes meaningfully to projects, initiatives, or services with measurable outcomes.
• Consistently demonstrates innovation and accountability in the role.
• Connects actions to TTUHSC’s mission, vision, and values.
• Impact Scope: Demonstrates Unit-level impact or above (e.g., Facilities, Family Medicine Clinic, School of Nursing) or cross-department collaboration.

The Values-Based Leader award honors staff members who consistently lead with TTUHSC’s core values. Nominees are recognized for their collaborative leadership, their commitment to developing others, and their ability to create a culture of accountability and excellence within their teams.

• Serves as a role model for leadership aligned with TTUHSC values.
• Demonstrates accountability, fairness, and empowerment in leading staff or teams.
• Actively cultivates a culture of collaboration and recognition.
• Provides mentorship and professional development opportunities for others.
• Impact Scope: Demonstrates Unit-level impact or above, building culture and values within a team or unit (e.g., Facilities, Family Medicine Clinic, School of Nursing) or cross-department collaboration.

This award honors interdisciplinary teams whose collaborative efforts have produced outstanding results that advance TTUHSC’s mission, vision, and values. Nominees demonstrate effective teamwork across departments, schools, or divisions and achieve outcomes that could not be accomplished individually. Awarded teams model TTUHSC’s values through innovation, shared accountability, and respect, resulting in measurable benefits for learners, team members, and patients.

• Demonstrates effective collaboration across departments, schools, or divisions, achieving results not possible individually.
• Achieves measurable outcomes in service, innovation, education, research, or patient care.
• Models TTUHSC’s core values as a collective team, showing respect, integrity, and shared accountability.
• Enhances TTUHSC’s reputation, effectiveness, or impact through teamwork and innovation.
• Impact Scope: Demonstrates significant unit-level or university-wide impact, benefiting multiple groups (learners, team members, or patients).

The Values Champion Award replaces the Chancellor’s Award and recognizes individuals who exemplify TTUHSC’s mission, vision, and values through their actions, service, and leadership. Honorees consistently demonstrate integrity, service beyond self, and visionary thinking, inspiring others to uphold TTUHSC’s values at the highest standard. Their contributions create lasting impact across units, campuses, or communities, strengthening the culture of TTUHSC.

• Demonstrates consistent and visible commitment to all TTUHSC values in their role.
• Serves as a champion for a values-based culture, motivating and inspiring others to uphold values at the same standard.
• Makes significant contributions that reflect one team, kindheartedness, integrity, service beyond self, and visionary thinking.
• Creates a lasting impact on the culture of TTUHSC, strengthening alignment between daily work and the University's mission, vision, and values.
• Impact Scope: Demonstrates broad University or community impact, often influencing multiple units, campuses, or external partnerships.

This prestigious award recognizes staff whose extraordinary achievements and leadership significantly advance TTUHSC’s mission, vision, and values. Nominees demonstrate exceptional innovation, integrity, and impact, with contributions that extend beyond their department to strengthen the University as a whole. (Requires two (2) letters of support.)

• Recognized for extraordinary achievement in advancing TTUHSC’s mission, vision, and values.
• Demonstrates leadership, innovation, and integrity in their role.
• Contributions extend beyond their immediate department/unit to benefit the University as a whole.
• Serves as a visible ambassador for TTUHSC values.
• Impact Scope: Demonstrates University-level impact that strengthens TTUHSC as a whole and raises its profile.

The University Distinguished Staff Award is the highest honor for staff, as it recognizes team members who demonstrate sustained career achievement excellence with dedication to TTUHSC’s mission, vision, and values. Honorees possess a sustained record of consistently going above and beyond their job responsibilities, making significant contributions that positively impact learners, team members, or patients. (Requires two (2) letters of support.)

• Demonstrates excellence in job performance and dedication to TTUHSC’s mission, vision, and values.
• Provides service and support that goes above and beyond expectations.
• Recognized for significant contributions that positively affect learners, team members, or patients.
• Personification of the TTUHSC values consistently and visibly.
• Impact Scope: Demonstrates significant University-wide impact across multiple divisions, schools, locations, or communities.