Bristol Employee Recognition and Awards

Recognition Programs

There are two college awards for which you may nominate your colleagues:

• Sceptre & Scroll Award – Click Here to Nominate.
  
• Silver Shield Award – Click Here to Nominate.

Human Resources is excited to request nominations for the prestigious Sceptre & Scroll and Silver Shield Awards, to be submitted on or before Friday, February 14, 2025. Award recipients will be recognized at the Employee Recognition & Awards Ceremony on Friday, March 7, 2025. Please keep an eye out for more details on this event coming soon.

All nominations must be submitted via the Microsoft Forms links below. The nominator’s name and e-mail address will be automatically recorded.

For a nomination to be valid for each award, please follow these steps:

• Answer all required questions on the form.
• Submit one form per nominee, per award. Please note that these are individual awards (e.g. no group awards will be considered).
  
  • Please note: self-nominations and nominations from students will not be considered
• If you would like a colleague to be considered for both awards, please submit a separate nomination form for each award.
• Concentrate on specific achievements of the nominee that directly address the criteria in the award description.
  
  • For example, instead of writing “This nominee has worked at the college for 30 years,” you could write “This nominee has worked at the college for 30 years and in that time, has accomplished x, y, and z projects.”
  • The committee will only consider information submitted on the nomination form when determining if someone should receive an award. Be sure to include sufficient details to help them make their decision.

PLEASE NOTE: A nomination is not a guarantee of an award.

Sceptre & Scroll Award

The Sceptre & Scroll is awarded to individual employees of the Bristol community who have consistently provided exceptional college-wide service and/or leadership over a period of years. Recipients are installed in perpetuity in the Sceptre and Scroll Society. Employees who have been recipients of this prestigious award can be found below.

Silver Shield Award

The Silver Shield is awarded to individual members of the college community who made significant contributions to the college during each academic year. A call for nominations for this award will be announced each year during the Spring semester.

Bristol Bayhawk Victor

The Bristol Bayhawk Victor is a monthly collaborative employee recognition program developed and implemented by the Staff Senate and the Faculty and Professional Staff Senate. The Senates will work with Human Resources to recognize all the hard work, innovation and dedication of our Bristol Employees.

Go to the Bristol Bayhawk Victor page for more info and to nominate your fellow Bayhawks!

Annual Employee Recognition & Awards Ceremony

An employee recognition event is held annually to honor all full-time and part-time faculty and staff for their “service milestones” in length of service to the college (in 5-year intervals). Faculty and staff that have retired during the academic year are also recognized for their many contributions to the college.

Several awards are also presented at this annual event. Please see below for more information on these prestigious awards.

Click here to read more about this year's award recipients. 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Performance Recognition Program

Commonwealth employees or teams of state employees may be nominated for the Performance Recognition Program for exemplary work performance for awards in three categories: Commonwealth Citation for Outstanding Performance, Eugene H. Rooney, Jr. Public Service Award, and the Manuel Carballo Governor’s Award for Excellence in Public Service.

For more information, visit the Performance Recognition Program page at Mass.gov.

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