The Traveler

Issue date: 3/4/09 Section: News

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The Associated Student Government has begun an Employee of the Month program at the UA.

Faculty, staff and "pretty much anybody who works at the UA is eligible to be Employee of the Month," said Stephanie Woodruff, chair of the ASG Press Relations Committee.

The program provides an opportunity for students to honor any UA worker, whether it be a receptionist or someone working in Brough Commons, Woodruff said.

Candidates for Employee of the Month must be nominated by students, and nomination forms are available in the ASG office.

"There is a space on the form that gives students the opportunity to write why they are nominating the employee," Woodruff said.

The ASG Press Relations Committee will gather the nominations and look at the reasons the employees were nominated. The Press Relations Committee then will decide who is Employee of the Month.

"We'll put it to a vote," Woodruff said.

Every month, the employee who is chosen to be honored will be presented with a plaque at the subsequent ASG meeting.

"Nominees who are not chosen as Employee of the Month will stay in the pool for the rest of the year," and students can nominate candidates again the next month if they want, Woodruff said.

"The idea for the program came from ASG Sen. Adam Glasier, who presented legislation to the senate to start the program, and it was assigned to the Press Relations Committee," she said.

The Press Relations Committee has been trying to get the program underway since November.

"We've had some roadblocks," Woodruff said.

For example, the ASG Web site is under construction.

"As soon as it's done, we'll also have nomination applications online," Woodruff said.

"We're ready to get it started," she said. "We're just waiting on students to turn in nominations."

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