FAQs
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Specific Information
What are the gift details for 5-year celebrants?
We have introduced a new keepsake for staff celebrating five years of service. These keepsakes are delivered to the employee's mailing address.
- Honorees receive a keepsake engraved with the Caltech logo
- The keepsakes come tightly sealed in a cardboard box with a congratulations card.
- Keepsakes will be delivered the same month as the work anniversary.
What are the gift details for 10-year celebrants?
- Service Award Mini Boxes and Presentation Brochures are sent to the recipient's home.
- Mini boxes have congratulatory messaging from the associate vice president for human resources and sample gifts for selection.
- Mini boxes have a unique login for honorees to access the website with the full gift options/place an order.
- Honorees can choose to have their gift delivered to the office or home address.
- Brochures will be sent to honorees in the same month as their anniversary.
- Honorees will be invited to attend the Service & Impact Awards ceremony in the corresponding anniversary year.
What are the ceremony details everyone needs to know?
The Service & Impact Awards celebrate everyone who reaches their 10, 15, or 20+ year anniversary between January 1st and December 31st of the celebration year.
- We are excited to announce the 2025 ceremony will, once again, be in person. We invite your family, friends, and colleagues to join us for the event inside Beckman Auditorium.
- Honorees should RSVP ahead of time using the QR codes included with their honoree letters. Please reach out to hrprograms@caltech.edu with any questions.
- Honorees are encouraged to arrive at least 20 minutes prior to the ceremony to allow enough time to check-in and locate their seating area.
- Don't forget to stick around after the ceremony for a reception on Beckman Mall.