{"id":416,"date":"2025-05-28T08:51:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T13:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/?page_id=416"},"modified":"2026-02-24T11:11:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T17:11:22","slug":"employee-excellence-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/awards-ceremonies\/employee-excellence-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"51ÁÔÆæ Employee Excellence Awards Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p>Each October the 51ÁÔÆæ Employee Excellence Awards ceremony honors faculty and staff who have made, or continue to make valuable contributions to our university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list uwm-c-list--cleanlist\">\n<li><strong>Date:<\/strong> Wednesday, October 14, 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Time:<\/strong> 3:00 p.m. &#8211; 4:00 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Where:<\/strong> 51ÁÔÆæ Union Ballroom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reception immediately following the ceremony in the MLK Lounge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>List of 2026 Award Recipients will be posted after June 1, 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-u-flex uwm-u-flex--left\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-u-mr-20 uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/awards-ceremonies\/employee-excellence-awards\/list-of-2025-award-recipients\/\" rel=\"\">List of 2025 Award Recipients<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Please contact the following for further nomination information for the 51ÁÔÆæ Employee Excellence Awards:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Faculty Awards:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/standing-committees\/awards-recognition-committee\/\">Faculty Awards and Recognition Committee<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Academic Staff Awards:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/academic-staff\/standing-committees\/academic-staff-awards-committee\/\">Academic Staff Awards Committee<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>University Staff Awards:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/university-staff\/standing-committees\/university-staff-awards-committee\/\">University Staff Awards Committee<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ernest Spaights Plaza Awards:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/governance\/faculty\/standing-committees\/honorary-degrees-committee\/\">Honorary Degrees Committee<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Office of Research Awards:<\/strong> Vice Provost for Research Ali Abedi (<a href=\"mailto:abedia@uwm.edu\">abedia@uwm.edu<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Joanne Lazirko Award for Innovative Use of Learning Technologies: <\/strong>Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) (<a href=\"mailto:cetl@uwm.edu\">cetl@uwm.edu<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-criteria-to-establish-new-awards-for-fall-awards-ceremony\">Criteria to Establish New Awards for Fall Awards Ceremony<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To propose a new award be recognized at the annual fall awards ceremony, review the <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/awards-ceremonies\/employee-excellence-awards\/criteria-to-establish-new-awards\/\">criteria and process<\/a>.&nbsp; Proposals will be reviewed by one or more of the three University governance committee, depending on the type of award and intended employee group(s).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/awards-ceremonies\/employee-excellence-awards\/\">51ÁÔÆæ Employee Excellence Awards Ceremony<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/awards-ceremonies\/employee-excellence-awards\/criteria-to-establish-new-awards\/\">Criteria to Establish New Awards for Annual Employee Excellence Awards Ceremony<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/awards-ceremonies\/employee-excellence-awards\/rsvp-employee-excellence-awards-ceremony\/\">RSVP Employee Excellence Awards Ceremony<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/awards-ceremonies\/employee-excellence-awards\/list-of-2025-award-recipients\/\">List of 2025 Award Recipients<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1287,"featured_media":0,"parent":1031,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/centered.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-416","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Secretary of the University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/awards-ceremonies\/employee-excellence-awards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"51ÁÔÆæ Employee Excellence Awards Ceremony\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/secu\/awards-ceremonies\/employee-excellence-awards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Secretary of the University\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-24T17:11:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/awards-ceremonies\\\/employee-excellence-awards\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/awards-ceremonies\\\/employee-excellence-awards\\\/\",\"name\":\"51ÁÔÆæ Employee Excellence Awards Ceremony - Secretary of the University\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-28T13:51:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-24T17:11:22+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/awards-ceremonies\\\/employee-excellence-awards\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/awards-ceremonies\\\/employee-excellence-awards\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/awards-ceremonies\\\/employee-excellence-awards\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/secu\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Awards &amp; 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