Is there someone who is making a positive difference in the results your workplace is achieving?
Nominate them for the IOWA - Improving Our Workplace Award!
Nomination deadeline has been extended until November 16, 2009. Questions? Call 335-0560 or email nancy-noyer@uiowa.edu.
Purpose
To recognize individuals and teams whose efforts demonstrate three of the four components:
- Initiative
- Innovation
- Measurable results
- Sustaining impact
Need assistance? Read Writing an Excellent Nomination
Or contact a member of the IOWA Review Committee
Individuals and teams can be nominated at these levels of impact:
- Unit
- Department
- Interdepartmental
- Campus
Nominated effort should show lasting positive results in at least one
of these areas:
(listed in alphabetical order)
- Community building and collaboration
- Cost-saving
- Customer satisfaction (students, clients, patients, employees, taxpayer, and parents)
- Development, preservation, or dissemination of knowledge
- Enhancing the student or patient experience
- Healthy working relationships and a supportive environment
- Outreach to community and state
- process improvement
- Project development (results not presently known)
- Safety
- Staff development through mentoring
- Stewardship of University resources
- Nominate by November 1 or March 15
- Nominations may be written by yourself, a co-worker or supervisor -- supervisor or team sponsor signature is necessary.
- Review committee evaluates the nominations for suitability for the IOWA.
- Certificates for awardees are sent to supervisors for presentation in their areas.
- Annual reception is held in spring for both fall and spring awardees, supervisors and nominators. University leaders present IOWA lapel pins and publicly recognize the significant contributions of the IOWA awardees.
Download/Print IOWA Nomination form (pdf)
- Michael Alberhasky, Information Management-Finance and Operations, 121-15 USB
- Renee Gould, Nursing Services, 4555 JCP
- Susie Goodell, Pathology-Chemistry Services, 6240 RCP
- Debra Henricks, College of Medicine Administration, 1213 MERF
- Nancy Noyer, Organizational Effectiveness, 121-50 USB
- Tom Persoon, Operational Improvement, C51-R-GH
- Jeanne Stoakes, ISWF, 215C SSH
- Jessie Trepanier, Language Media Center, 111 PH
- Michelle Zilisch, HCIS, S133 CDD
The Improving Our Workplace Award is a partnership of Organizational Effectiveness, Staff Council and University of Iowa Community Credit Union.
Questions? Email nancy-noyer@uiowa.edu or call 335-0560.