The University Of Utah: Nominate A Peer For A University Of Utah District Staff Excellence Award

Salt Lake City UT

27 April, 2022

2:42 PM

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Press release from The University of Utah - Announcements: April 26, 2022 The University of Utah is now accepting nominations for 2022's District Staff Excellence Awards! Established in 1992, this awards program recognizes superior service and ongoing contributions by full-time staff employees. We invite you to take a few moments to nominate a peer who deserved to be recognized on our online nomination form. Nominations will be accepted from Monday, May 2 through Thursday, June 30. Twenty-four total awards will be awarded to staff from four Districts: Academic & Student Affairs, Administration, Hospitals/Clinics and Health Academics. From this pool of twenty-four District champions, eight will be selected as the final University of Utah Staff Excellence Award winners. All twenty-four winners will be recognized at an awards ceremony hosted by President Randall and Chief Human Resources Officer Jeff Herring in Fall 2022. Hard copies of the nomination form are available to those without access to internet or computer; please contact your District Chair for more information. Address the University's 4 major strategic goals in your nomination. Specific examples are highly encouraged. Example: "This nominee ensures the long-term viability of the University because she is very creative, and goes above and beyond to make sure she brings back quality work." Better Example: "The nominee used her creativity to brainstorm a new way to bridge the communication gap between patients, nurses and medical assistants. She helped establish a nurses/medical assistant exchange tool which allows RNs to easily communicate with medical assistants ahead of their patient's appointment time. Patients have deeply appreciated this new communication strategy! Through this nominee's creativity and quality work, she is ensuring the long-term viability of the University by ensuring patients are no longer frustrated by lack of communication and will continue to come back for hospital/clinics services. While both examples are good, the second example contains clearer, more concrete details that relate to the University's strategic goals. Get the whole team on board! Up to three letters of support are accepted for each nomination, so we recommend submitting all three support letters if you can! Ask members of your team who work closely with or have been impacted personally by the nominee to submit a one-page letter of support in addition to your initial nomination. Though the total number of nomination letters does not impact overall scoring, different letters of support highlight different aspects of the nominee that may have been missed with only the initial nomination or provide more context on how the nominee demonstrates the University's goals. Include positive patient, customer, or colleague comments in the nomination form or letters of support! Some of our most successful nominations include comments collected from the nominee's patients, customers, colleagues, etc. that highlight the nominee's dedication to their job and the University's strategic goals. Provide background/context on the nominee's role within their department! It's sometimes helpful to provide some background on the department, its programs, and the nominee's role for our selection committee (consisting of U of U Staff Council representation) so they have a better understanding of how the nominee's efforts fit in the "grand scheme." For questions about 2022's District Staff Excellence Awards process or nomination criteria, please contact Mandy Skonhovd. This press release was produced by The University of Utah - Announcements. The views expressed here are the author's own.