Eastern Michigan University: Institutional Values Awards

The Award categories are centered around EMU's Institutional Values. The six categories in which awards may be presented are:

Continuous Improvement, Innovation and/or Customer Service: Individual award for contributions in developing new approaches to service delivery; increasing effectiveness and efficiency; providing greater customer satisfaction; using creativity to improve services to EMU’s students, faculty, staff and external constituencies.
Contributions to the Quality of Student Learning Experiences: Individual award for contributions in providing a positive, supportive environment for student success at EMU (e.g., service as an adviser, plant maintenance, on-campus curricular and co-curricular experiences, involvement in residence hall activities, working with commuter students, mentoring programs, etc.).
Diversity, Human Dignity, Multicultural/International Involvement: Individual award for contributions in enhancing understanding, respect and inclusion of diversity among members of the EMU community and all of its constituencies.
Public Engagement and Community Service: Individual award for contributions in completing exemplary community service activities and building EMU linkages/partnerships with the local community, the Detroit metropolitan area, southeast Michigan, the State of Michigan and the nation.
Support Role in Teaching, Learning, Scholarship, Research, and/or Creative Activity: Individual award for contributions in enhancing the content and delivery of undergraduate and graduate programs (e.g., support for increased online offerings, grant-writing to secure external funding, proposals for new courses/programs, mentoring programs, etc.).
Team Excellence: Employee team or group award for contributions in furthering the mission of EMU in the areas of instruction, institutional support or service, cooperation among units, customer service, and/or student support, for results achieved in the previous calendar/academic year.