Staff Service Recognition Program
Congratulations to Yale staff members celebrating milestone service anniversaries from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025
25- to 55-year staff members were honored at the Long-Service Recognition celebration on May 13, 2025. To watch the 2025 Long-Service videos and view the yearbook, visit the Long-Service Recognition page.
Long–Service Recognition Dinner
Staff members celebrating milestone anniversaries beginning at 25 years of service are invited to attend the Long-Service Recognition Dinner. Honorees will receive information at their Yale email address about Long-Service Recognition activities in the months preceding the dinner. Supervisors of staff members celebrating 45 years or greater of service to the university will receive an email invitation to the Long-Service Recognition Dinner.
Long–Service Recognition Slideshow and Yearbook
During the Long-Service Recognition dinner, a slideshow will display honoree photos. As a memento of the occasion, honorees will receive a Long-Service Recognition yearbook that contains their photo. Forty-five-year honorees and greater will also have an accompanying story about their service to Yale.
Service Anniversary Gifts
Beginning with the 10-year milestone anniversary, a wide selection of gift options is presented to honorees to select a memento of their time at Yale. Honorees will be able to order their gift through the recognition portal on or after their anniversary date. Gift-ordering instructions for selecting a gift online accompany the certificate of appreciation in the same envelope. Gift selections include Yale-branded merchandise such as a Yale watch for 25-year honorees and a Yale chair/rocker for 30-year honorees on up. Jewelry and many other lifestyle gifts are also available. Shipping is via UPS to the honoree’s home address and typically takes four to six weeks for delivery.
In lieu of choosing a traditional gift in the online gift catalog, honorees may select a donation to the United Way of Greater New Haven or a tree planting on Yale’s campus in their honor. Learn more about the Staff Service Recognition tree-planting program in partnership with Yale’s Urban Resources Initiative at The School of the Environment.
Computer kiosks are available for ordering gifts located in the Employee Service Center, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. A representative will be available to assist in logging into the gift-ordering website.
Certificates of Appreciation
Every five years, beginning with five years of service to the university, staff members receive certificates of appreciation at their home addresses in the month preceding their anniversary dates.
Celebration Module (formerly “Recognition Wall”)
The Celebration Module, part of the recognition portal, is a great way to make a colleague’s Yale milestone anniversary extra special, by creating an online space where peers can share personal messages of congratulations, similar to a Kudoboard.
The Celebration Module is designed to celebrate milestone anniversaries at:
- 1 year
- 5 years
- Every 5 years after that (10, 15, etc.)
Invitations to create online posts for honorees with eligible service anniversaries will be automatically sent to the honoree’s manager, as well as the manager’s and honoree’s direct reports, if applicable. Email invitations are sent 30 days prior to the anniversary. Invitees can click on the link in the email, which will bring them to the recognition portal. From their portal home page, they can click on the celebration invitation box and follow the instructions to post. Additional information is also available in the Program Guidelines on the portal.
On their anniversary date, the honoree will receive an email with a link to view their posts on the Celebration Module.
Questions?
To find out your anniversary date and years of service, view your personal information in Workday or contact Employee Services at 203-432-5552 or employee.services@yale.edu. Other questions regarding the program or event can be directed to Internal Communications at internal.communications@yale.edu.