<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Dear Engineering Faculty and Staff:</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium; "><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">We are currently soliciting nominations for the 2017 Outstanding Staff Service Awards for the UH Cullen College of Engineering. The Outstanding Staff Service Award is intended to recognize and honor Cullen College of Engineering staff members who have demonstrated excellence in service and exemplary productivity to their respective departments and college.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">A total of two Outstanding Staff Service Awards will be presented annually. One junior-level award (carrying a $1,000 prize) will be presented to a staff member with 10 years or less of service and one senior-level award (carrying a $1,500 prize) will be presented to a staff member with over 10 years of service.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">For more information on criteria for nominees and to fill out the online nomination form, please visit <a href="https://www.egr.uh.edu/forms/outstanding-staff-service-award" style="color: purple; ">https://www.egr.uh.edu/forms/outstanding-staff-service-award</a>. <b>The deadline for submitting nominations is March 31, 2017.</b></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Thank you!</span></p></div></div></body></html>