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!
Purpose
To recognize individual and team efforts by staff who are using initiative and innovation to make improvements. Efforts will be recognized for positive results occurring in at least one area of importance to The University of Iowa.
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, 100 CMAB
- Nancy Noyer, Organizational Effectiveness, 121-50 USB
- Tom Persoon, Operational Improvement, C51-R-GH
- Chris Pruess, ITS Systems & Platforms, 15 LC
- Jeanne Stoakes, ISWF, 215C SSH
- Jessie Trepanier, Language Media Center, 111 PH
- Michelle Zilisch, Nursing Administration, W227 GH
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.