EMU honors Institutional Values Award winners

Thirteen Eastern Michigan University employees learned their true value.

The Third Annual Institutional Values Awards were announced in five categories at the Fall Convocation in Pease Auditorium Sept. 23. Winners included a professor who aids municipalities with their issues, a longtime University photographer, an administrator who stresses diversity, and teams that ensured quality art exhibitions on campus and found a method to lower postage costs to the University.

"Celebrating values is something we do far too little of these days, yet I think most would agree that values are more than mere words. They define how we live our lives," said EMU President John Fallon. "Values help us to choose to do the right things, and only by doing the right things can we attain the excellence that we speak about so often. So, I salute our winners today for choosing to do the right things and doing them in an exemplary manner."

The purpose of this institution-wide award program is to recognize the exemplary efforts of individuals or teams working to support the EMU mission, guiding principles and institutional values. Individual awards were given in four categories and two awards were given to honor team excellence. Each of the awards carries a $3,500 monetary stipend, funded by the EMU Foundation. In cases where a team won an award, the stipend will be divided equally among the team's members.

Institutional Values Award winners were formally honored at the convocation. Following remarks from President Fallon, winners were invited to join Fallon for lunch at University House.

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