Nominations will be accepted through February 26, 2021. Awards will be presented virtually this summer.
Leaders do not need to have decades of service to have an impact! This award recognizes an individual in the CUPA-HR Western Region who is serving in the first five years of a higher education HR career who has already made a significant impact.
The recipient of the HR Rock Star Award will be acknowledged during their region’s virtual awards presentation. The award recipient will be encouraged to give back to and engage with CUPA-HR.
Eligibility Note: Individuals who are employed by the association, individuals who are serving on the CUPA-HR national board of directors, and the institutions of those directors are not eligible to be nominated or selected for this award during their terms of service.
To be nominated, the individual must have:
All nominees must be employed by a CUPA-HR member institution.
This award recognizes an individual for outstanding, exemplary, long-term leadership and service to the region of CUPA-HR and to higher education human resources. Please note that this award may not be presented every year.
Consideration given to activities such as:
*The Western Region’s Distinguished Service award was formerly the “Hugh Avery Award of Distinction” which recognized the valued contributions of Mr. Avery for his 21 years of service to CUPA-HR and the Western Region.
This regional award honors transformative HR work in higher education, recognizing individuals or teams who have provided HR leadership resulting in significant and ongoing organizational change within their institutions. The recipient of this regional award will be submitted to the national awards committee for consideration for the national HR Excellence Award. CUPA-HR will make a $1,000 contribution to the regional recipient’s institution.
Eligibility Note: Individuals who are employed by the association, individuals who are serving on the CUPA-HR national board of directors, and the institutions of those directors are not eligible to be nominated or selected for this award during their terms of service.
This award recognizes a Western Region chapter that is making a significant impact through its commitment to CUPA-HR and to the higher ed HR community. Nominations may be submitted only by members of the chapter boards.
The recipient of the region award will be acknowledged during their region’s virtual awards presentation. The chapter will also receive a podium banner to display at its meetings/conferences.
The recipient of the regional award will be submitted to the national awards committee for consideration for the national Chapter Excellence Award. The recipient of the national award will be acknowledged during our annual leadership event. The national Chapter Excellence Award recipient will also receive a podium banner to display at its meetings/events, and the chapter’s name will be engraved on a plaque that resides at the CUPA-HR national office.
Eligibility Note: A chapter is ineligible to receive an award more than once every three years.
Nominee’s institution must be a member of CUPA-HR.
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