WashU recognizes staff recipients with 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 35, 40, 45 & 50 years of service in ways that embrace a spirit of recognition and appreciation.
Congratulations to our
2025 Milestone Award Recipients!
WashU’s Length of Service criteria: Benefits-eligible staff who work 20 or more hours per week without a break in service for more than 30 days are celebrated in five-year increments (5, 10, 15, 20 and 30+ year). Yearly Length of Service awards are celebrated each fiscal year (July 1 to June 30). Employees are able to check their Length of Service date in Workday for their Continuous Service start date. To confirm your Length of Service, submit a request to HROpsServices@email.wustl.edu.
FY25 recipients are honored from July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025.
Note: The Office of the Chancellor celebrates 25-year recipients.
Celebrating a milestone anniversary at WashU
Our recognition platform Awardco enables us to commemorate work anniversaries in real time, addressing a common request from employees.
As staff achieve milestone anniversaries (listed as Continuous Service Date in Workday), they receive three things in their respective fiscal year:
- Points to spend on a gift(s) of their choosing through the digital recognition platform, Awardco.
Note: Five-year recipients do not receive points on the Awardco platform. This milestone anniversary receives a commemorative personalized certificate. - A personalized memory book to commemorate their anniversary at WashU.
- An invitation to an in-person recognition celebration in the spring of their anniversary year (based on the university’s fiscal year cycle).
Note: Five-year milestone recipients receive a commemorative personalized certificate. Staff celebrating five years will not be invited to an in-person event, as those celebrations begin at the 10-year milestone anniversary.
Gift information
Recipients will receive points that can be redeemed for a variety of items from the Awardco gift portal. Our recognition vendor allows recipients to purchase through Amazon or make charitable donations. Note that shipping times vary depending on the gift selection.
Points for FY25 recipients must be redeemed by Oct. 1, 2025. How to redeem points >
Awardco platform and points access is subject to benefits-eligibility. Changes in eligibility may result in loss of access and forfeiture of awarded points.
Memory Books
Milestone recipients with 5 or more years of continuous service (in 5-year increments) also receive a personalized digital “memory book” on their anniversary through our digital recognition platform. The memory book will be electronically delivered to the recipient’s WashU email address from our vendor Awardco. A digital copy will also be available in the recognition feed on the Awardco platform. These memory books include special messages from managers and/or work peers, who will receive a personalized email from Awardco to submit congratulatory messages for the recipients celebrating an anniversary.
WashU Kudos Digital Message Feed
Share recognition and appreciation by posting a WashU Kudos message about a colleague or team.
In-person recognition celebrations
Please note that in-person celebrations will be held each spring to celebrate milestones from that fiscal year; invitations will be sent in late winter annually.
5-year staff members
Each 5-year staff member receives a certificate marking their anniversary mailed to their home address as listed in Workday. These certificates will be mailed annually each May.
10, 15, and 20-year staff members
Staff recipients with 10, 15, or 20 years of service are celebrated in-person after commencement celebrations at the Danforth Campus and on the School of Medicine Campus. Milestone recipients receive communication about these in-person recognition events in March. Additionally, recipients receive a digital MemoryBook and points to choose a milestone gift on their anniversary date (as listed in Workday as Continuous Start Date).
Note: The Office of the Chancellor celebrates 25-year recipients.
30, 35, 40, 45, 50 and 55-year staff members
Staff recipients with 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 and 55 years of service are celebrated in person at an off-campus recognition event. Milestone recipients receive communication about this special in-person event in March. Additionally, recipients receive a digital MemoryBook and points to choose a milestone gift on their anniversary date (as listed in Workday as Continuous Start Date).
All milestone recipients: download your years of service Zoom background.