Selection Process

Process
Each year a new committee is chosen to review nominations and select award recipients. Committee members include previous award recipients, support, service, sponsored research, and administrative staff members, and faculty. Every effort is made to create a diverse group with representatives from many different schools and departments across the Institute. Committee members are not permitted to submit nominations and are not eligible to receive an award during the year they serve.

The committee evaluates the nominations based on how well they address the questions posed in the nomination form and the criteria of the specific award category. In some cases, committee members may speak to "additional contacts" given on the nomination form to gain further insight. The committee then meets to make its final selections.

2013 MIT Excellence Awards Selection Committee

Nathaniel Berndt, Administrative Assistant II
Department of Materials, Science & Engineering, SOE

Suzette Clinton, Human Resources Business Partner
Office of the Vice President for Finance

Diane Magnuson, Diversity and Inclusion Manager
MIT Medical 

Marianthe Mewkill, Chief Financial Officer
MIT Investment Management Company 

Peter Pflanz, Systems Engineer
MIT Media Lab, SA+P

Pam Weldon, Administrative Group Leader
Financial Services Department, Lincoln Laboratory

Dean Christine Ortiz, Dean for Graduate Education,
Office of the Dean for Graduate Education

Roberta Allard, Senior Administrative Assistant
Dept of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, SOS

Gerald Augeri, Asst Division Head, Air & Missile Defense Technology,
Lincoln Laboratory

Ellen Beachy, Program Administrator, Human Resources,
Lincoln Laboratory

Kim Cowperthwaite, Program Assistant II, MIT Executive MBA,
Sloan School of Management

James McCaffery, Dormitory Maintenance Mechanic, Dept of Housing,
Division of Student Life

Jay Perault, Deputy Chief,
MIT Campus Police

Corey Williams, Asst. Director, Energy & Environmental Initiatives, Office of Philanthropic Partnerships,
Resource Development

 

For Information
Please address any questions to Cori Champagne, the Rewards and Recognition Program Administrator in Human Resources at 617-253-5986 or excellence@mit.edu. 

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