University Staff Awards

Call for Nominations: 2025 University Staff Excellence Awards

These awards recognize UW-W University Staff employees who demonstrate excellence, professionalism, and a positive attitude in their work. Two awards will be presented to selected nominees during the spring semester.

NOMINATIONS ARE CURRENTLY OPEN

Eligibility

Eligible individuals must be:

• A University Staff employee. If you are not sure if the candidate you would like to nominate is University Staff, please contact Human Resources at x1024 or email hr@uww.edu.
• Employed for a minimum of 12 months at UW-W

Instructions for Submitting a Nomination:

A nomination form must be completed for each nominee. Nominations for this award are accepted from peers, colleagues, supervisors, etc. Self-nominations are not accepted.

Click this LINK to nominate a University Staff. Deadline to nominate is February 28.

The nomination form will ask the following questions:

1. Please describe the nominee's professionalism and attitude. How do they demonstrate a flexible and adaptable approach and collaborate/communicate positively with others in the campus community?
2. Please describe how the nominee demonstrates excellence. How do they take the initiative and go above and beyond, seek additional responsibilities, anticipate needs and find solutions?
3. Please describe the nominee's ability to create an inclusive environment. How do they foster respect, mindful communication, safety, and trust?
4. What else should the USC Employee Recognition Committee know about the nominee?

Selection Process

All nomination forms received between now and February 28 will be considered for the current year’s award. The University Staff Council Employee Recognition Committee will review nominations received by the deadline and select recipients for these awards. Award recipients will be notified no later than April 1.

Award presentations will be made to the selected recipients at the annual University Staff Recognition and Retirement Celebration.

Questions

If you have additional questions, please contact usc@uww.edu.

2024 University Staff Excellence Award Recipients

Name/Department	Name/Department
Thomas Ness	Heather Rasmussen
Facilities Planning & Management	Department of Economics and Management

Past Award Recipients

2023

Name/Department	Name/Department
Terrie Freed	Julie Ridgeman
Facilities Planning & Management	Department of Communication

2022

Name/Department	Name/Department	Name/Department
Ann Dudzek	Elizabeth Lamb	Paul Walton
Univesity Health and Counceling Services	Department of Languages and Literatures	Facilities Planning & Management

2021

Name/Department	Name/Department
Amber Kammeraad	Karen Brueggeman
Biology	University Health & Counseling Services

2020

Name/Department	Name/Department
Julia Rowehl	Grechen Kinney
Chemistry	College of Education and Professional Studies

2019

Name/Department	Name/Department
Wes Enterline	Lori Trimble
Facilities Planning and Management	Social Work

2018

Name/Department	Name/Department
Tricia Borchardt (retired)	Edward Kos
Computer Science	Facilities Planning and Management

2017

Name/Department	Name/Department
Melissa Walton	Mande Zierath
Center for Global Education	Sociology, Criminology, Anthropology

2016

Name/Department	Name/Department
Kelsey Servi	Kate Bramann
Police Department	Andersen Library

2015

Name/Department	Name/Department
Janice Nordin (retired)	Miguel Aranda
Registrar's Office	Undergraduate Research and University Honors

2014

Name/Department	Name/Department
Eunice Lehner	Ayn Hess
Career and Leadership Development	History

2013

Name/Department	Name/Department
Julie Marino	Nick Ciesinski
Curriculum and Instruction	iCIT