By Hope J Smith

The Employee Incentive Awards honor employees for consistent hard work of the highest quality. The Outstanding Performance Award recognizes the highest level of job performance for a period of at least 12 months. Employees receiving this award are given a permanent base pay increase of 2.25 percent. The Exemplary Performance Award recognizes an exceptionally high level of job performance for a period of at least six months. Employees receiving this award are given a one-time cash payment equivalent to 2.25 percent of his/her base salary or $1,000, whichever is the lesser amount.

Another way to recognize coworkers is with the Individual Impact Award, which can be processed at any time. The award recognizes short-term accomplishments, such as work on a training class or the completion of a difficult report. The Individual Impact Award recipient receives a cash payment ranging from $25 to $250. There is no minimum qualification period and no restriction on the number of Individual Impact Awards a person can receive.

Nominations are due in May for the Outstanding Performance Award and the Exemplary Performance Award, both of which will be presented in July. Forms and in structions for these and other awards can be found on the Human Resources home page at http://hr.gmu.edu under the heading "Forms and Materials."

Outstanding Performance Award Recipients: Victor Arbitrario (Physical Plant), Thomas Boyer (Physical Plant), Delores Gomez-Moran (Minority Student Affairs), Fu-Lin Lee (Counseling Services), George Malenich (Physical Plant), Kalimba McNeil (Student Health Services), William G. Miller (Facilities Construction), Richard Minnehan (Fiscal Services), Karen Pirhalla (Prince William Administration), Maryann Sauter (College of Nursing and Health Science), Sandra Smith (Health, Fitness, and Recreation Resources), Lich Tran (Registrar's Office), Lynn Walker (Graduate School of Education)

Exemplary Performance Award Recipients: Irene Abdul (All University Card), Joe Alvis (Registrar's Office), LeAnne Dagnall (School of Management), Henry Feil (Physical Plant), Michael Lay (Fixed Assets), Betty Lockhart (Department of History and Art History), Pamela Michel (Fiscal Services), Morgan Vandergrift (Physical Plant)

For additional information, call Human Resources at x32739.