<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><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Dear Engineering Faculty and Staff:</span></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">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><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">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><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">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"><span style="color:purple">https://www.egr.uh.edu/forms/outstanding-staff-service-award</span></a>. <b>The
deadline for submitting nominations is March 31, 2017.</b></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Thank you!</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></span><style><!--
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