Nancy Simmons Smith Staff Award of Excellence

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Administrative Procedure

The Nancy Simmons Smith Staff Award of Excellence Nomination Form must be completed for each nominee and submitted to the Staff Awards Sub-Committee of the President/Vice-President Executive Committee (PVP).

No self-nominations will be accepted by the Sub-Committee.

The membership of the Staff Awards Sub-Committee will comprise:

• University Secretary
• Vice-President (Administration)
• An academic administrator member of PVP named by PVP
• Administrative Assistant, Office of the President (Secretary, non-voting)
• Chair to be selected by Sub-Committee members

The Sub-Committee will choose a recipient each year whose work (core functions and/or special assignments) exemplifies one or more of the following criteria:

• Exceptional commitment to Trent University
• A new/high standard of excellence
• Unexpected creativity or innovation
• Unusual personal initiative
• Steadfast integrity
• Outstanding front line/customer service
• Unusual mentoring, support or motivation of others

The Nancy Simmons Smith Staff Award of Excellence will be presented at the Heart of Trent event.

» Download the Nancy Simmons Smith Staff Award of Excellence Nomination Form
 

Past Recipients

• 2024/25 — Leslie Spooner
• 2023/24 — Jason Allen
• 2022/23 — Dana Capell
• 2021/22 — Kevin Whitmore
• 2020/21 — Kerrilyn Sheward and Kathryn Verhulst-Rogers
• 2019/20 — Patricia Heffernan
• 2018/19 — Erin Stewart-Eves
• 2017/18 — Amber Ashton
• 2016/17 — Dana Gee
• 2015/16 — Peter Galbraith
• 2014/15 — Deborah Earle
• 2013/14 — Janice Matthews
• 2012/13 — Kathy Fife
• 2011/12 — Linda Cardwell
• 2010/11 — Mary-Jane Pilgrim
• 2009/10 — Gina Collins
• 2008/09 — Miles Ecclestone