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Deadline: Monday, June 2, 2008

The application can be found by clicking here, this link will take you to a pdf, if you would like the application in a different format, please email us at frc@hr.msu.edu

Members of the MSU community are invited to nominate a supervisor/administrator who consistently supports the work/life (professional/personal) needs of their employees/staff through positive leadership and managerial practices. If the following characteristics fit a supervisor you work with, please complete a nomination form, available here or by calling the FRC to request one be sent to you (432-3745).

Shh! This is more fun for everyone if you KEEP IT A SECRET!

Estelle McGroarty received the award in 2006

Criteria
Your supervisor…

• Understands work/life balance
• Allows flexible schedules
• Treats everyone with dignity, respect and integrity
• Promotes teamwork, while supporting individuals’ well being
• Humanizes the work environment and treat employees as people first
• Has a positive leadership style which empowers others
• Is familiar with University work/life policies and procedures
• Sensitive to individual needs
• Familiar with the MSU Family Resource Center services and other campus support programs

Nomination Process
1. Submit a completed nomination form.
2. Attach a typed or clearly printed narrative describing your relationship with this supervisor; (how long you have known them, how often you interact with them, and how they have supported you personally and demonstrate work/life sensitivity and values). Recommended length is one page.
a. Please provide specific, personal examples.
b. Any supervisor nominated in the past may be nominated again as long as they are not a past award recipient.
c. Faculty, academic staff, support staff & student employees are encouraged to nominate their supervisors who have been in the position for more than two years.

3. Obtain 2-4 additional letters from other employees in your department. They should follow the same criteria as your letter (submit them with yours).
4. In addition to those writing letters, submit the names, phone numbers, and email addresses of 2 other individuals from your department who would be willing to validate this information.
5. Include a copy of the department’s organizational chart or a description of the supervisor’s direct or indirect contact with various levels of personnel.
6. Please submit 10 copies of the entire nomination packet.
7. Nomination package must be submitted by Monday, June 2, 2008 to the Family Resource Center. No faxes please!

Nominators will be notified in early September if their Supervisor has been selected. Celebrations will occur around National Bosses Day in October (Thursday, Oct. 16th). Arrangements will be made based on supervisor and department availability.

About the Award
The Supervisor Recognition Award was established by FRC in the spring of 2001 to draw attention to MSU supervisors who are highly regarded by their employees for their consistent support of the work/life (professional/personal) needs of their employees. Various academic and support staff units submitted over thirty nominations, in each of the first two years of the award. The nominees and nominators represent a wide variety of departments and position levels.

The winners were selected based on testimony from their employees’ nomination letters. Although all of the nominations were very moving, the winners were selected for their high level of excellence as work/life sensitive leaders. The common traits were their ability to recognize their employees as individuals, and to treat everyone with dignity and respect. These supervisors know that the productivity, quality of work and morale in the department is enhanced because they understand their staffs have lives outside of work. The nominators indicated that longevity and dedicaton in the department, and their loyalty to MSU are a direct result of their supervisors’ positive attitude, integrity, sensitivity, empowering leadership style and sense of humor. They all claim to have the “Best Boss” on campus. All of the nominees received Certificates of Nomination, and letters of congratulations.

The winners were honored with surprise parties in their offices with balloons, cakes and gifts, on National Boss’s Day, October 16, 2001 through 2007. The winners’ departments went out of their way to recognize these positive managers with moving award ceremonies where their family members were also invited.

MSU is proud to have leaders who have “humanized” their work environments with their sensitivity to individuals. Thanks for making State a great place to work!

Past Recipients
2001 Recipients: John Lewis, Larry Sierra, Linda Sigh, Mark Simmons, Cheryl Whitman, Keith Williams, Eileen Wilson

2002 Recipients: Ken Crowell, Karen McKnight Casey, Larry Hembroff, Maynard Hogberg

2003 Recipients: Dr. Pam Bellamy, Joan Predko, Tim Zeko, Marti Heil, Charles Webb, Jim Cotter

2004 Recipients: Don Donagrandi, Cheryl Sisk, Brenda Parolini, Mona Ellard, Helen Dashney, Dr. Douglas Estry

2005 Recipients: Mary Elaine Webster, Patricia Lowrie, Kelley Bishop, Edmund McGarrell, Richard Sigelko

2006 Recipients: Dr. Estelle McGroarty, Sharon Anderson, Curtis Olson

2007 Recipients: Chris Jenson, Geoff Humphreys, Karen Plaut, Dr. Jamie Sue Willard Smith, Philis Bukovcik, Karen Pearl

Questions?
Contact: FRC - (517) 432-3745, frc@hr.msu.edu