Distinguished Service Award
Nominations for 2025 are now closed. Awards will be presented virtually this summer.
Yohna J. Chambers, Vice Chancellor for Human Resources and CHRO at Texas Christian University and Renee Hiller, Vice President for Human Resources and Workplace Experience at St. Cloud State University, Receive CUPA-HR’s 2024 HR National Distinguished Service Award
This award recognizes an individual for distinguished leadership and service to CUPA-HR. Nominees for this award will have served in elected CUPA-HR leadership roles at the national and/or regional levels. CUPA-HR will make a $4,000 contribution to the institution of the recipient's choice.
Criteria
- Distinguished and continuing service to CUPA-HR;
- Demonstrated leadership on the national or regional board of directors, advisory committees or task forces;
- Professionalism in the field of higher education human resource administration;
- Nominee’s institution is a member of CUPA-HR.
Eligibility Note: Individuals who are employed by the association, individuals who serve on the CUPA-HR national board of directors, and the institutions of those directors are not eligible to be nominated or selected for awards during their terms of service.
Nomination Guide
Use this guide to draft your nomination submission prior to entering the information in the online form. Once you have started a nomination, you can return to it at any time before the March 27 deadline by going to the My Award Nominations page in your CUPA-HR account (please note, however, that the form cannot be saved mid-page). You can also edit a submitted nomination before the March 27 deadline. Spelling/grammar checks are not available in the online form.
Past Recipients of the Distinguished Service Award