Supporting the Presidential Employee Excellence Recognition Program

September 11, 2023

Dear Rutgers–New Brunswick Community, 

The Presidential Employee Excellence Recognition Program, which President Holloway announced during the summer, will recognize individual staff or faculty members, or teams of employees, who perform exceptional work in the service of our university mission and the key value propositions of ensuring access and academic excellence, building a beloved community, and serving the common good.

Let’s make sure Rutgers–New Brunswick and our amazing employees are well represented when President Holloway celebrates the awardees this December! Nominations are due by Monday, October 16, 2023, and can be submitted via this website. 

We are an extraordinary institution—a Top 20 public university, a member of the Big Ten Academic Alliance and Association of American Universities; a powerhouse for transformative, interdisciplinary research; and a proudly diverse community—because of you, our staff and faculty.

I encourage each of you to take a moment to recall outstanding work that supported our students, our employees, the university itself, or the broader society. Nominate a colleague, nominate yourself, or nominate a team whose efforts fulfill one of the five award categories: Rutgers Gateway Award (Service to Students); Rutgers Gateway Award (Service to Employees); Rutgers University Spirit Award; Rutgers Outstanding Service Award; and Pride of Rutgers Award. 

As President Holloway said in his introductory video for this program, “Rutgers is a fantastic place because you make it so.”

Sincerely,

Francine Conway, Ph.D.
Chancellor and Distinguished Professor
Rutgers University–New Brunswick