Facilities Organization Receives Gold Star for Excellence.
The APPA, formerly known as the Association of Physical Plan Administrators, recently awarded USU Facilities its highest award, the Award for Excellence in Facilities Management.
Facilities was said to exemplify excellence in the all of the criteria evaluated by the judges. The seven areas judges evaluate are leadership, strategic and operational planning, customer focus, information and analysis, development and management of human resources, process management and performance results.
Chris Ahoy, president of the APPA said, “Utah State University has an exceptional campus, not only in terms of its buildings and grounds, but inclusive of the entire staff of the faculties???FACILITIES?? organization.”
This award was created to recognize and advance excellence in the field of educational facilities. The successful award applicants were those who demonstrated the ability to look at the organization as a whole and concentrate on key issues with the goal of improving overall performance and customer satisfaction.
“Utah State University’s facilities organization is committed to continuous improvement, outstanding customer service, individual and organization development, and the use of core values to run its daily operation,” Ahoy said.
USU welcomed the recognition proudly. The associate vice president for Facilities, Darrell Hart, said, “It is an honor to be selected for this national award. It is evident that we are focusing on the issues most important to the university and serving the needs of the campus, community and the state.”
The APPA is now the association of choice serving educational facilities professionals. Its mission statement proclaims the organization is “an international association dedicated to maintaining, protecting and promoting the quality of educational facilities, APPA represents more than 1,500 learning institutions serving over 4,700 individuals.”
-liz.w@aggiemail.usu.edu