Board of Trustees Award of Excellence
This award is intended to formally recognize the outstanding achievements of faculty and staff at SUU with a particular emphasis in teaching, scholarship, administration, innovation, and public service. The recipient is honored by a Certificate of Excellence presented by the Board of Trustees at a designated event in late spring, along with a cash award.
The award criteria for faculty will be quality teaching and learning, student mentoring and engagement, innovative practices, and other service to the university or the community.
The award criteria for staff members will be quality service according to the staff member’s responsibilities, innovative practices, and other service to the university or the community.
The president's office may follow up with the nominator and nominee to gather additional information in order to provide the Trustees with sufficient material to make their decision. The nominator and/or nominee may submit information beyond what is specifically requested, but it is not expected.
A $2,500 award will be provided to each of the winners in the faculty and staff categories. We hope you will consider nominating candidates who have excelled in serving our students and the university.
Past Recipients
| Dates | Staff | Faculty |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Eric Houle - Athletics | Helen Boswell - Biology |
| 2025 | Matthew Nickerson - Library | J. Ty Redd - Chemistry |
| 2024 | Shauna Mendini - Office of the Provost | Brandon Wiggins - Physics |
| 2023 | Donna Law - Community & Government Relations | Matt Barton - Communication |
| 2022 | Stephen Lisonbee - Regional Services | Rheana Gardner-Reeves - Photography |
| 2021 | Heather Ogden - Dean of Students | William Heyborne - Biology |
| 2020 | Scotty Bauman - Women's Gymnastics | Tyler F. Stillman - Marketing |
| 2019 | Christine Proctor -Admissions Processing | Grant Corser - Hum & Soc Sciences |
| 2018 | Jayci Bash - Honors Program | Jacqualine Grant - Biology |
| 2017 | Reece Summers - SUMA | Matthew Nickerson - Library |
| 2016 | Eric Kirby - Student Services | Emily Dean - Anthropology |
| 2015 | Andrea Stiefvater - ESL | Todd Petersen - EDGE |
| 2014 | Paula Alger - Business | Xun Sun - Music |
| 2013 | Eric Houle - Track & Field | David Berri - Economics |
| 2012 | Peter Sham - Theatre Arts | |
| 2011 | James Aton - English |