Awards

CERA (Classified Employee Recognition Award)

PURPOSE: The Classified Employee Recognition Program (CERA) is designed to recognize employees for outstanding service to the public and students or for other significant contributions to UW-Madison. It is not intended to duplicate other means of recognizing employees such as the Merit Award Suggestion Program or non-represented employee discretionary awards.

ELIGIBILITY: All represented and non-represented permanent classified employees of the University of Wisconsin-Madison are eligible for nomination. Employees may not receive awards in consecutive years. Members of the selection committee also are not eligible for an award. Employees must have shown a commitment through at least three years of permanent employment service at the university.

CRITERIA: Qualities that might identify an employee for nomination include such factors as:

• Promoting the image of the department or university through continual extension of service and courtesy to students, employees and the public;

• Consistently promoting excellence in him/herself and colleagues;

• Exhibiting leadership and maintaining grace under pressure/deadlines/crisis situations;

• Initiating/recommending innovative ideas which are implemented and result in better service or efficiency;

• Acknowledgment of community service outside the university or within the university but not part of job responsibilities. Finally, peers may acknowledge co-workers whose behavior or personality makes the workplace more pleasant.

AWARDS: Employees selected will receive the Classified Employee Recognition Award (CERA), the opportunity to attend an employee development program, and a cash award. In addition, awardees will be officially honored in WISCONSIN WEEK and at a special spring ceremony.

• CERA Spring 2007– Award Recipient (Non-represented recipient: Maggie Brandenburg)
  
• Past Recipients
  
  
  The first annual Division of Student Affairs Peer Recognition Awards

• Arlene Custer - Arlene is a Program Assistant Adv/Conf in the Office of the Registrar in the Student Records and Enrollment Services areas and has worked in the Division of Student Affairs for 36 years. Arlene truly cares about the promotion of the Division and the University and provides exceptional customer service to staff and students. Over her
  tenure she has probably been asked every question imaginable and yet she consistently answers the questions over and over with kindness, professionalism and patience.
  
  Thank you to Arlene,for contributing to the mission of the Division of Student Affairs. And a special thank you to everyone that was nominated for this award, everyone that nominated a colleague for the award, and to everyone working in Student Affairs.
  
  The Division of Student Affairs Peer Recognition Awards are
  an annual event so if you would like to nominate a colleague, I strongly encourage you to do so. Watch the Division of Student Affairs website for further information:
  
  http://www.studentaffairs.wisc.edu/
  
  
  
  College of Letters & Science 2007-2008 Classified Staff Excellence Awards:

• The College of L&S offers 5 classified staff awards each year for someone in the college who is a classified staff member whose performance is exemplary, and who regularly goes above and beyond the call of duty. The recipients receive a cash award and will be invited to the Dean’s Award Ceremony in the spring.

  Shelley Glodowski, Department Administrator for the Department of Philosophy was the Non-represented Classified Staff recipient of the L&S Classified Staff Award.

  Congratulations Shelley.

  • Past recipients of the L&S Classified Staff Excellence Award
  
  
  College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) Classified Recognition Award

  The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding performance or service to the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS). Awards will be presented at a program in late spring. Six awards will be given to five represented and one non-represented classified employees..

  Any University of Wisconsin employee may nominate an individual with the support of two additional recommendations. Employees will be selected based on the criteria listed on the nomination form.

  The 2008 winner is:
  Past Non-Represented CALS Recognition Award winners: