The Team of the Year Award recognizes one group on campus for their outstanding contributions to UW Tacoma. The team awarded this honor will receive a $1,000 professional development scholarship to use on expenses related to advancing the mission and performance of the team.

Eligibility

Groups can be comprised of staff, faculty, students, alumni, and/or community members. Groups must contain two or more people, of which at least one must be a staff member who has an active role in the group (i.e. not just taking notes, only providing administrative support, etc.). Campus divisions and academic schools/programs as a whole are not eligible.

Eligible Groups:

  • Official campus departments/offices
  • Sub-units within departments/offices
  • Official campus committees/work groups/task forces (campus-wide and within departments)

Ineligible Groups:

  • Academic school/programs (as a whole)
  • Campus divisions (as a whole)
  • Position search committees
  • Registered/Recognized student organizations
  • Student academic groups (i.e. study/project groups, case study groups, etc.)
  • Social/friend groups
  • Non-official or non-University groups

Criteria

The group or team must contribute to the campus community through support of UW Tacoma’s mission, purpose, strategic plan, etc. and nominations will be considered based on the group’s degree of impact. Please outline the area(s) of impact in the nomination.



The award is not restricted to only the current year of service. The award is designed to recognize outstanding university teams and groups for their impactful work, which may cross over multiple years. The nomination may be for a single year, many years of service, or a specific project that a team worked on.

Nomination Process

The nomination is closed for 2021 but will be open in Summer 2022.

Questions

Questions about the award, eligibility, criteria, or nomination process can be sent to uwtstaff@uw.edu.

Award Recipients

Year Recipient
2021 Office of Digital Learning
2020 Real Lit[erature] Book Club Team
2019 SIAS Diversity Advisory Council
2018 Office of Global Affairs Staff
2018 Library Access Services Textbook Pilot Program Team

 

Office of Digital Learning 2021 Team of the Year