A. Paul Nestor

Award By-laws

Past Recipients

Nomination Form

To recognize staff members for innovative ideas in efficiency which are now saving money for the institution. (See Nominations/Deadlines section for clarification of term "now".)

To encourage personnel to make further efforts to reduce costs at the University of Kentucky.

The chair shall be appointed by the Vice President for Fiscal Affairs & Information Technology. The Chair and/or co-chairs shall be assisted by a nominating committee of nine non-faculty employees of the University. The committee members shall serve a four-year term.
A. Paul Nestor shall serve as ex-officio of the committee and personally present the cash award or appoint a representative.

The committee shall solicit, review and evaluate nominations for the A. Paul Nestor (APN) award. The A. Paul Nestor committee and the University of Kentucky shall reserve and possess the right and responsibility for the final determination of eligibility and award presentation.

Nominations shall be solicited every year subject to availability of funds, for innovations implemented in the current year.

The deadline for submission of nominations to the committee shall be established by the Committee.

To insure all departments enjoy equal opportunity to participate, a memorandum shall be mailed to all University departments soliciting nominations for the award. The program should also be publicized through the UK News Faculty and Staff Newspaper.

An award will be given to a University employee who, in his/her employment capacity, makes suggestions for more efficient operations, safer operation, improved productivity, cost savings, and/or otherwise demonstrates attitudes, initiative, or creativity that distinguishes him/her as an exemplary employee of the University of Kentucky.

All regular, full-time University staff members (with at least six months of service) who are not on the Nestor Advisory Committee are eligible for nomination. Any staff member (except Nestor Advisory Committee members), faculty member, or student at the University may submit nominations. Self-nominations will not be accepted. The nominator may nominate only one employee; multiple nominations will not be accepted. A previous Nestor award winner may be considered again for nomination after five years.

The University of Kentucky shall have the exclusive right to determine the amount of award, if any.
One cash award shall be given to the employee whose idea was selected by the awards committee based on the criteria above.

In the event that the winning nominations recognized the efforts of two or more staff members, the money shall be equally divided between these parties. In the event that the committee determines that two nominees are considered equal, the committee shall determine how the award will be distributed.

A letter of recognition (from the Vice President for Fiscal Affairs & Information Technology) shall be mailed to all program nominees, recognizing their participation in the program and extending an invitation to the award presentation ceremony. A copy of the letter of recognition shall be placed in the employee's personnel file. The winner of the A. Paul Nestor award shall be announced and recognized at the awards ceremony.

A copy of the top ten nominee's certificate will also be placed in the personnel file. A plaque will be awarded to the winner. A brass plaque with the winner's name will be added to the plaque which currently hangs on display in the Student Center.