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Submit nominations for Roadrunners Who Soar Awards, Distinguished Service Awards by May 31

The third annual recognition ceremony will honor outstanding employees and leaders and effective teams.

By Lindsey Coulter

May 13, 2021

Nominations are being accepted for the 2021 Roadrunners Who Soar Awards, the Team Roadrunner Awards and the Distinguished Service Awards. These awards honor and celebrate outstanding and dedicated individual employees and leaders as well as cohesive and effective teams.

Soar Awards and Team Roadrunner Awards

The Universitywide Roadrunners Who Soar Awards recognize individual employees who are living our shared CADRE values, supporting student success and serving as ambassadors for Metropolitan State University of Denver in the larger community. Meanwhile, the Team Roadrunner Awards will highlight core and cross-functional teams that are innovatively pursuing shared goals and creating an environment of empowerment and accountability.

Employees are encouraged to nominate their extraordinary colleagues for either an individual Soar Award or a Team Roadrunner Award. The window to submit nominations will remain open through May 31.

All employees – including faculty, staff, administrators, hourly employees and student employees – are eligible to be nominated for this recognition.

If you know a Roadrunner colleague or Roadrunner team that is contributing positively to the University, impacting student and employee success positively and embodies CADRE – Community, Access, Diversity, Respect, Excellence – consider submitting a nomination.

Distinguished Service Awards

Nominations for the 2021 Distinguished Service Awards are now open. These accolades were established in 1977 to recognize employees who have made extraordinary contributions and have demonstrated exceptional dedication to MSU Denver’s mission over at least 10 years.

Honors include the President’s Award; Distinguished Service Awards for classified staff, administration and faculty; and the Extraordinary Service Award.

This is the time to commend a colleague for their longevity, history of excellence and service to students and the MSU Denver mission. Learn more and submit your nominations. The deadline for submissions is May 31.

Awards will be announced in conjunction with the Roadrunners Who Soar Awards this fall. Please stay tuned to the Early Bird for more details.

More information

Honorees for all awards (and their nominators) will receive invitations to the Roadrunners Who Soar event in fall, where awardees will be recognized among their peers and colleagues. The event will also include a number of other department- and office-level faculty and staff awards, and more nomination information for those awards will be available soon.