UC Davis Campus Employee Recognition Programs

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Campus-wide Recognition Opportunities

There is no centralized unit managing Recognition at the Davis campus, please work with your Unit/Department HR.

  • STAR: UC Davis Staff Appreciation and Recognition plan – The purpose of the STAR Award is to recognize employees who have gone “above and beyond” in support of the campus’ core values.  Eligibility includes policy-covered career employees, career MSP employees and career CX employees.  There is no central source funding for the program on the Davis campus so awards must be paid through existing division and department budgets.  STAR Award may not exceed 10% of the employee's base salary or $10,000, whichever amount is lower. 
  • Service and Retirement Awards - The Davis campus provides service and retirement awards to their employees.  Each campus department/ departmental HR or operational unit is responsible for processing these awards for their employees.  For those employees in FOA, the FOA Vice Chancellor’s Office automatically processes the Service and Retirement Awards Program for all FOA department employees.
  • Quarter Century Club  The Quarter Century Club recognizes Davis and Health faculty and staff who have reached the impressive milestone of 25 years of service to UC Davis. All members of the Quarter Century Club are posted online (coming soon) and each year a ceremony is held to welcome new inductees.  

  • Chancellor's Outstanding Staff Awards - The cross-campus Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Awards for Exceptional University Management and Exceptional University Impact recognize and honor staff employees who have demonstrated exceptional initiative to create significant positive impact on the UC Davis community in the past year. Sponsored by WorkLife, FOA, and Office of The Chancellor and Provost.

    Awards given for:

    • Exceptional University Management (Managers & Supervisors)
    • Exceptional University Impact (Individual Contributors)
  • Thank You e-Card Grateful.org has beautiful cards you can send.  You do not get on a list (nor the recipient) when you use this free service. Use this link for help crafting your message.
  • Non-Monetary Rewards and Incentives  There are ways to recognize employees that do not require utilizing cash awards/programming overseen by Office of the President and policy.  Check out your non-monetary, tax-compliant options.
  • Initiate our RAG TAG (Random Acts of Gratitude) program--printing (professionally, to get the double-sided card size) and leaving postcards of appreciation for your peers--and then, tag, you're it...they have to further spread the ripples of gratitude.
  • Cheers for Peers webpage helps you come up with creative ways to express gratitude. 
  • Please note: The BEST gift card Thank you program (web-based platform currently at health and managed by WorkLife) is coming soon to the Davis campus!  Stay tuned.

Recognition Opportunities from Departments outside Human Resources

Recognition Opportunities for Employees in Finance, Operation and Administration