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The Employee of the Semester Award

Purpose:
We acknowledge and celebrate the successes of our employees. The Employee of the Semester Award is recognition of outstanding performance by Valdosta State University classified staff members who have contributed to the mission and goals of the university. These employees exemplify the values of Valdosta State University.

Objective:
The objective of this program is to create positive role models and to identify noteworthy accomplishments of valuable employees who through their hard work and dedication have positively impacted the Valdosta State University community.

Eligibility:
All VSU full-time classified staff employees, excluding COSA members, are eligible to be nominated for employee of the semester. The nominated employee must have satisfactory or above satisfactory performance on performance appraisals and no outstanding disciplinary actions.

Selection Criteria:
Employees recognized under this program will have made a significant contribution to the University clearly beyond the scope of the assigned responsibilities and duties of their position under one or more of the following categories:

Innovative Idea
Team Effort
Problem Solving
Customer Service

Examples of specific employee contributions to VSU that may be considered are:

Fiscal responsibility – accomplishes savings in cost and/or time
Mentoring/Leadership – willingness to assist others do their jobs better
Results-oriented - goes the extra mile to meet a critical deadline or deliverable
Initiative – demonstrates extraordinary resourcefulness and the ability to act and make sound decisions without direction from others
Collaboration – demonstrates outstanding teamwork in the achievement of VSU or department objectives
Attitude – keeps a consistently positive attitude toward fellow staff, faculty and students despite workload demands
Creativity – applies innovation or creativity to their job duties
Service – provides inspired service to students, faculty, staff or the public that goes beyond what is expected
Inclusion – significantly furthers diversity goals and/or makes a major contribution in promoting an inclusive work environment
Stewardship - implements a process or takes some action which significantly reduces risk at VSU
Role Model- provides an example to others within or outside of their department

Process:
Nominations for recognition can be made by any VSU staff member, faculty member or student. Nomination forms must be signed by the classified staff employee’s immediate supervisor. Deadline for nominations will be Friday, October 31, 2008. Completed nomination forms and supplementary materials must be submitted to Dr. Denise Bogart, Director of Human Resources, in Human Resources and Employee Development , Entrance 5, University Center.

The Employee of the Semester Awards Ceremony will take place at the Tuesday, December 9, 2008 COSA meeting.

Nomination Forms
On-line form		click here
Printable Version

For additional information, please contact:

Denise Bogart
(229) 333-5709
dbogart@valdosta.edu
HR Representative

FY 2009 EOS Committee Members are: Denise Bogart, Mike McKinley, Kathy Sundin, and John Wright.

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