Week of Excellence

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April 26, 2022

Dear Campus Community,

Next week we will celebrate Week of Excellence on the UM campus with events designed to celebrate UM’s exceptional employees. This will be UM’s first in-person Week of Excellence, which makes this celebration week even more meaningful.

All current employees are invited to the Week of Excellence Employee Celebration Breakfast on Wednesday, May 4, in the University Center Ballroom. The breakfast will run from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., with the program commencing at 9 a.m. Please mark your calendars and join us to recognize our 2022 Week of Excellence Employee Award winners, our newly retired and upcoming retirees, and our many employees celebrating longevity milestones. All employees receiving service pins this year have been contacted and will receive their pins in the UC Ballroom foyer prior to the start of the breakfast.

As May 4 is Share Kindness Day, the Employee Celebration Breakfast will include tables in the foyer where employees can write notes of appreciation to fellow employees. Employees also may send messages of gratitude through the Griz Gratitude messaging system. Send a message any time before 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, and your notes of appreciation will be delivered by email on Wednesday, May 4.

For the first time, Curry Health Center Wellness will expand its popular Stress Less event to support employees and students. The main event will take place Tuesday and Wednesday, May 3-4, on the main floor of the University Center, with additional activities available all week to those who register.

As previously shared, this year’s Week of Excellence will feature a celebration of faculty members recommended for tenure and promotion. The president and provost will host professors, their guests, their chairs/directors and deans to recognize and celebrate these important milestones.

We look forward to a week full of celebrations, connection, wellness and time together.

Best wishes,

Seth