CIT Awards

The CIT community is encouraged to nominate outstanding IT staff and IT student employees for the CIT MVP Awards. The MVP Award is announced at the CIT Annual Conference each summer, and the Student MVP Award is announced at the Spring CITx event each year. Nominate the MVPs on your team today!

Continuous Improvement in Technology MVP Award

Description

The MVP Award recognizes one full-time technical staff member each year in the Illinois State University community for  outstanding contribution(s) to the support of faculty, staff, students, and/or operations, as well as collaboration with others . The winner will receive a $1,000 award, to be used for professional development opportunities.   

Qualifications

• Any member of the CIT community may nominate a technical staff member for this award.
• The nominee must  have worked in any  full-time   staff  technical position at Illinois State University for at least one year prior to the submission deadline.  
• MVP  Award winners are not eligible to win the award for a period of four years after their initial receipt of the award.  

• MVP Award nominees are evaluated based on the following criteria:  

  • A significant and impactful contribution to faculty, staff, students, and/or operations, performed within the current fiscal year.  
  • Collaborating with others - working with colleagues and customers to assist, mentor and/or develop.  

Process

• Nominations are due via the online form no later than June 15. NOTE:  The 2020 Award will be awarded on a different schedule, to be announced at a later date.
• Up to three individuals may  affirm the nomination with a statement of support , no particular format required.  Please send to  isucit@ilstu.edu   by the submission deadline.  
• Nominations and statements of support should speak to how the nominee meets the qualifications listed above. Statements of support are factored into the evaluation of CIT MVP Award nominees.  
• The MVP Award winner will be announced at the CIT Annual conference (typically held in the summer). Honorable mentions will be announced at the same event.  

Congratulations to Ben Wyman, the winner of the 2019 CIT MVP Award!

 

Continuous Improvement in Technology Student MVP Award

Description

The Outstanding Student MVP Award recognizes one student employee each year in the Illinois State University community for  outstanding contribution(s) to the customers, staff, and/or operations of their technical team, as well as  collaboration with others.  The winner will receive a $500 award, to be used for professional development opportunities.  

Qualifications

• Any member of the Illinois State community may nominate a student employee on a technical team for the award.  Both undergraduate and graduate students are eligible for the award.  
• The nominated student must have worked for Illinois State University  on a technical team  during the previous fiscal year.  
• Student MVP Award winners are not eligible to win the award for a period of four years after their initial receipt of the award.

• Student MVP Award nominees are evaluated on the following:  

  • A significant and impactful contribution to the customers, staff and/or operations of the technical team with which they are employed, performed within the previous year.  
  • Exhibits excellence in the areas of responsibility given.  
  • Collaborating with others - working with colleagues, customers, and other student staff to assist, mentor and/or develop.  

Process

• Nominations are due via the online form no later than December 31.
• The Student MVP Award winner will be announced at the Spring  CITx  conference. Honorable mentions will be announced at the same event.  

Congratulations to Jeremiah Haywood, the winner of the 2019 CIT Student MVP Award!

 

Funding for the CIT Awards is provided by Administrative Technologies, the Office of Academic Technologies, and Student Affairs Information Technology.