{"id":118698,"date":"2016-11-01T09:13:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T13:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=118698"},"modified":"2016-11-04T15:50:21","modified_gmt":"2016-11-04T19:50:21","slug":"nominations-open-uconn-spirit-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2016\/11\/nominations-open-uconn-spirit-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominations Open for UConn Spirit Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the third year, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/spiritawards.uconn.edu\/\">UConn Spirit Awards<\/a> will celebrate individuals and teams who exceed expectations and contribute positively to the workplace and the University. Nominations are due Feb. 1 and a ceremony will be held in March.<\/p>\n<p>The recognition program was developed based on a recommendation contained in the 2013 report of the Workplace Civility Climate Survey that was conducted by the\u00a0Something\u2019s Happening Committee<em>,<\/em>\u00a0a University-wide group of administrators, faculty, and staff, including representatives from the three employee bargaining units.<\/p>\n<p>The report\u2019s specific recommendation was to \u201cestablish a tradition of an annual, campus-wide event hosted and promoted by the President that focuses on employee appreciation and promoting civility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program is open to staff in all classifications and faculty at the Storrs and regional campuses. UConn Health already has its own\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/employees.uchc.edu\/engagement\/recognition\/index.html\">awards program for Farmington-based staff\u00a0<\/a>as a result of an earlier campus climate survey there.<\/p>\n<p>Staff can be nominated for awards established in four different categories:<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Rising Star Award<\/strong>\u00a0will be for a staff member who has contributed significantly to his or her department and the University community, with enthusiasm, a strong work ethic, superior leadership (if applicable), and reliability in a short time working at UConn. In order to be considered for the award, nominees must have held their current position within the same department for a minimum of six months and less than two years at the time of nomination.<\/p>\n<p>The<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Unsung Hero Award<\/strong>\u00a0will be presented to a staff member who consistently goes above and beyond, without fanfare or public recognition. This individual fills in when and wherever needed and always performs at a high level; takes initiative to solve problems and improve work situations without being prompted; demonstrates reliability, perseverance, and focus on results; and helps others by sharing knowledge of the institution\u2019s practices and job-related skills. This person is continually both a real benefit to coworkers and a stable, dependable resource for the entire University.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Team Award<\/strong>\u00a0is an honor for a department, group, or team (two or more individuals) whose collaboration has demonstrated success and made an overall contribution to the University. If an entire department is nominated, the nomination cannot be submitted by a member of the department. If a group within a department is nominated, the nomination can be submitted by a non-group team member.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Outstanding Peer Award <\/strong>provides an opportunity for employees to recognize a peer for outstanding service in the workplace. This award exemplifies excellence in peer-to-peer assistance. The award recipient should be a faculty or staff member who motivates co-workers to continually improve, who has made a professional impact on a peer, and who shares knowledge to help peers be successful. The recipient acts as a role model, an inspiration, and a source of support in the workplace and demonstrates a dedicated interest in helping peers and\/or co-workers. <em>Note: This category is not meant for submissions by a supervisor about a subordinate employee, or by an employee\u00a0about their supervisor.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To nominate someone for a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/spiritawards.uconn.edu\/\">UConn Spirit Award<\/a>, use the online\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/spiritawards.uconn.edu\/nomination-form\/\">nomination form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The program is open to staff in all job classifications and faculty at the Storrs and regional campuses. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":118768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,92,174,2225,90,2234,2233],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[117],"class_list":["post-118698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uconn-avery-point","category-uconn-hartford","category-uconn-stamford","category-uconn-storrs","category-uconn-waterbury","category-university-life","category-university-news"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 06:18:15","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118698"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118819,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118698\/revisions\/118819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/118768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118698"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=118698"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=118698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}