CORE - Celebrate the Outstanding by Rewarding Excellence
Purpose Statement:
The C.O.R.E. program promotes Nebraska Wesleyan's core values by recognizing and rewarding staff whose efforts and contributions significantly exceed expectations in demonstrating or promoting one or more of those values: excellence, liberal arts, and personal attention to students, diversity, community, and stewardship.
Criteria for nominations:
- Performance that furthers or demonstrates the Core Values of the University
- Excellence
- Liberal Arts
- Personal Attention to Students
- Diversity
- Community
- Stewardship
- Nomination makes a clear connection between performance and outcome.
- Specific performance beyond the regular day to day job responsibilities or a significant change that clearly positively impacts the University.
Guidelines and Procedures:
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CORE Award nominations can be made by any employee for any employee of the NWU faculty and staff.
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Nominations can be made by filling out this form.
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Each nomination must be approved by the division leader, department chair or supervisor.
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Nominations pre-approved by the division leader, department chair or supervisor will be given to the Human Resource Advisory Committee (HRC) for review.
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The Human Resource Advisory Committee (HRC) reviews the nomination and advances recommendation for award if it meets the C.O.R.E. criteria to the President.
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The President approves HRC recommendations for awards.
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Once an award is approved, there will be an announcement of the employee(s) who have been given the award(s) at a monthly staff meeting by the employee’s supervisor, or a designee.
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If a large number of nominations are received, more than one reward may be given during a month, or awards can be given in subsequent months.
All nominations are confidential until awarded. Please do not reveal your nomination to your nominee.
