The Excellence Award was created as a way to recognize and reward Grinnell College employees for their exceptional contributions to Grinnell College. Award recipients will be featured regularly in the Laurel Leaf.

Excellence Award Form (PDF)
Print/complete this form and send by Campus Mail Courier to Human Resources/OGF or mail the form to the Office of Human Resources, Old Glove Factory, Grinnell, Iowa 50112.

Click here for the online Excellence Award.

Eligibility: All full and part time employees. Does not include temporary or contract employees.

Criteria: This award honors employees who demonstrate one or more of the following:

• Providing exceptional and conscientious customer service
• Unusual initiative and/or creativity
• Working above and beyond normal job expectations
• Developing and/or implementing ideas that improve the internal work processes or which saves significant time or money
• Demonstrating a helpful and positive attitude
• Going the extra mile to help out with a project or solve a problem
• Completing a significant project

Nomination Process

• Nominations may be submitted by any Grinnell College employee, student, alumni and/or visitor of the college.
• Nomination (Excellence Award) forms are located around campus and are available from the Office of Human Resources. These forms invite a personalized description of the action being commended and serve as a remembrance of the thoughtful and creative ways we work together to accomplish our shared goals.
• Completed forms should be placed in the Excellence Award boxes or sent to the Office of Human Resources at the Old Glove Factory. Human Resources will present the top copy of the form to the award recipient, keep the middle copy for the award drawing, and forward the bottom copy to the award recipient's supervisor.

Award Selection
All Excellence Award forms submitted by the 20th of the month will be placed in a drawing for an award. The Office of Human Resources will draw a winner each month. The award recipient will be featured in a Laurel Leaf article and he/she will receive a token of appreciation. All Excellence Award nomination names will be published in the Laurel Leaf.

Effective Date: January 1, 2003