Employee Recognition Awards

All members of the University community are invited to submit nominations for the Administration and Finance (A&F) Division’s High Five Award for Excellence. This prestigious award recognizes A&F Division employees annually for continued and outstanding achievement in the division’s core values of service excellence, teamwork, and initiative. By reaching higher and farther, High Five recipients exemplify the ways in which all division employees may help University of Northern Iowa achieve new heights of excellence. The maximum annual number of High Five award recipients is five.

The High Five Award honors staff members in the departments listed below who demonstrate a continued and extraordinary commitment to A&F Division’s core values. Nominees should stand out as exemplary in one or more of the following areas:

All permanent UNI A&F Division employees are eligible for nomination after a minimum of two years of service.

To nominate an A&F employee for the High Five Award, complete the nomination form and submit it through campus mail to Jenny Hansmann, mail code 0003. Online nominations can be made by going here. All nominations must be submitted by Wednesday, November 7, 2007.

Nominations must include a written description of the nominee’s continued and outstanding achievements in one or more of the division’s core values. Descriptions may be written as bullet points or essays. The content of the descriptions will bear more value in the selection process than will the style in which the descriptions are written.

Nomination forms will be evaluated by the A&F Rewards and Recognition Committee members listed below. Names of nominees will be removed prior to being reviewed by the committee.

Final candidates’ supervisors and/or co-workers may be interviewed for more details regarding the nominee’s continued and exceptional work performance.

High Five Award winners will be recognized publicly during the division’s annual Recognition Luncheon on January 30, 2008.