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Essay Questions

Please answer the following questions that are pertinent to your nominee. There is a 4500-character limit which is 2250 characters per question. A great nomination will contain specific stories or examples about your candidate and will address in detail how the candidate meets a combination of the following criteria. Strong nominations often include specific comments or quotations from those who have benefited directly from a nominee’s work.

A Tufts Distinction Awards nominee will model our values of leadership, innovation, customer service, integrity, collaboration, and respect for diverse perspectives and support for inclusion.

1. Please describe the following:

How did the individual or team demonstrate one or more of the Distinction Awards criteria?

2. A Closing Story

Please tell us the story of a specific situation or project that demonstrates how this nominee/team has made a difference at Tufts.

David J. Kahle Award

1. Please describe the following:

New method, idea or initiative that the individual or team led and implemented and if this is for a team nomination, please explain the collaboration efforts.

2. A Closing Story

Please tell us the story describing how this significantly transformed the client experience