Intro
Campus safety comes in many forms and takes a community.
Campus Safety comes in many forms—from health and wellness initiatives to emergency response and personal safety. The Catamount Safety Awards are designed to acknowledge activism within the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ community in the areas of safety, security, health and wellbeing, and promoting a culture of safety on the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ campus. It takes a community to protect a community.
We invite you to nominate ¶¶Òõ̽̽ community members for a Catamount Safety Award—potential focuses for nomination are described below. Awardees will be recognized at a ceremony in the spring, receive an award certificate, and be named on a plaque.
Nominations begin September 16th, 2024, and close March 3rd, 2025.
Submit a Nomination
Ceremony
To RSVP for the Catamount Safety Awards Ceremony, visit the event page.
Jarlath O'Neil Dunne Award for Safety Innovation
In early 2024 we lost a valued, energetic colleague. Jarlath O’Neil-Dunne will be remembered at ¶¶Òõ̽̽ as an innovator and an ambassador of wellness. Henceforth this award shall be named for his contributions to ¶¶Òõ̽̽ and the state of Vermont.
Recipients
Nominees
Nomination Focuses
Culture of Safety
Recognizes work in expanding participation in any aspect of a formal safety program. This may include recognizing a previously unmanaged hazard, developing outreach to a group that is not currently active in a safety program, or taking a leadership role in promoting open communication within a group to promote positive safety attitudes and encourage hazard recognition, assessment, and minimization.
Life Saving
Recognizes an individual who takes prompt and direct action resulting in the saving of a life. The lifesaving event will have occurred on the ¶¶Òõ̽̽ campus or in direct connection with an approved ¶¶Òõ̽̽ winter or summer program or while in an official capacity representing ¶¶Òõ̽̽ during the academic year, locally or abroad.
Safety Education
Recognizes contributions to building awareness and strengthening a culture of safety, security, and health at ¶¶Òõ̽̽ through educational outreach, public service campaigns, or hands-on training.
Safety Innovation
Recognizes and celebrates exceptional initiatives, practices, or technologies that contribute to enhancing safety, security, or campus health innovation and modernization.
Teamwork
Recognizes a ¶¶Òõ̽̽ team or group whose collective efforts have significantly contributed to the safety of ¶¶Òõ̽̽’s campus, infrastructure, or people, with a focus on the synergy that is created through collaborative teamwork and the impact the team has on safety, security, and campus health.
Presidential
Recognizes significant accomplishments in improving safety, health, and security at ¶¶Òõ̽̽. This is the highest level of safety award, and these may include new or innovative methods for implementation of safety protocols, excellence in safety program implementation, improvement in a safety program, personal leadership in safety, and consistent safety performance over time.
Schedule
Awards Schedule
- September 16th: Launch Nomination Form
- March 3rd: Nominations due
- March 14th: Awardees selected by Committee
- April 15th: Awards Ceremony, Grand Maple Ballroom (3-5pm)
¶¶Òõ̽̽ Culture of Safety
Culture of Safety
¶¶Òõ̽̽ strives to promote a strong culture of safety on our campus. Visit Culture of Safety for more information.
¶¶Òõ̽̽ Safety and Security Philosophy
Maintaining a safe and secure campus at which to learn, work, live, and play is of the highest priority for ¶¶Òõ̽̽. ¶¶Òõ̽̽’s unique position within the community causes it to function much like a small municipality. As such, the University has adopted and continually refines with constituent input measures to complement personal preparedness and good common sense.