Celebrating staff service milestones is not just about acknowledging the years worked; it's about affirming the significance of each of our staff member's role in shaping the vibrant fabric of our campus community.
Staff service milestones serve as a testament to the dedication and commitment of individuals who tirelessly contribute to the success of our institution. These milestones acknowledge the wealth of knowledge, expertise, and dedication that staff bring to their roles every day.
Congratulations to these staff members for their longevity and dedication to the University of California, Santa Barbara. Thank you for all that you continue to do in service to the students and the campus community!
View and Congratulate This Year's
Service Milestone Honorees
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2024 35 Year Service Milestone Honorees:
Anna Roberts, Mike Tucker, Erik Moore, and Ishmael Carranza
Save the Date for May 12, 2025
The 2025 Service Milestone Event will take place on May 12th in the Corwin Pavilion from 9:00 - 11:30 AM. Check-In for the event begins at 8:30 AM.
The 2025 Service Milestone Event will honor those employees who reached 5-50 year milestones between May 1, 2024 and April 30, 2025.
(Please note that this is an invitation-only event for individuals celebrating Milestones.)
Honoring employees for contributions and commitments to the university.
The time you dedicate to your career at UC Santa Barbara is important and celebrated! We are so thankful for all of the amazing work that you do on campus and want to show you our appreciation; your work does not go unnoticed!
The Service Award celebrations take place each year in May, during Staff Appreciation Week. At the event, we celebrate and acknowledge UC Santa Barbara staff who have achieved a milestone anniversary. Remarks of appreciation are delivered by campus leadership, and staff receive a service pin as a small token of our gratitude for their incredible impact on the UC Santa Barbara campus.
Eligibility
Staff members are eligible for service awards after completing at least 5 years of service. In addition to receiving a service award, employees are given a higher accrual rate for vacation after 10, 15 and 20 years of service. Employment service credit is used to determine service time for vacation accrual rates and eligibility for service awards. Please note that employee service credit does not accrue in the same way as, and should not be confused with, retirement service credit or seniority.
Congratulations to this year's Staff Service Award Honorees!
Show Your Service
Employees reaching service milestones of 10 years or more will receive a pin similar to the example here along with a letter of gratitude for your years of service.
If you have 5 years of service or more, feel free to use the below accessories at any time, and especially around the time of the Staff Service Awards Ceremonies!
Frequently Asked Questions
Any career employees’ who reached a service milestone of 5, 10, 15, etc. years effective on or after 5/1/2024 until 4/30/2025.
If you received a service milestone pin and letter this year, please check the effective date of the award in the letter. If it is not within the above dates, then you are not eligible for the Chancellor’s Luncheon awards ceremony.
Letters are distributed around the month of your Service Milestone anniversary. Pins and certificates will be distributed at the Service Milestone Ceremony in May. Pins and certificates of those unable to attend the ceremony will be sent directly to departments between May and July following the event.
If you received a service milestone award that you do not believe you should have received, or it is not the correct milestone award, please submit a ticket to HR ServiceNow: Employment Service Credit Questions. Please include your employee ID number, details regarding the award you received and any additional information that is relevant to your UC Service Credit.
To accrue UC service credit, an employee must be on active payroll status at 50% of time or more. If an employee goes on leave or works under 50% of full time, that time not count towards their total service credit.
If you would like to request the status of your service milestone award pin and letter, please submit a ticket to HR ServiceNow: Employment Service Credit Questions.
Vacation Accrual and Service credit is determined by the sum of all months of qualifying service. A month of qualifying service is a month on pay status at 50% time or more. Service need not be continuous to be counted. Qualifying service includes staff and academic service at
- University of California
- California State University
- State of California service (including Hastings College of the Law)
- Department of Energy Laboratories
Service credit is determined by the Service Credit Month accruals available in your UCPath record.