For companies to succeed in today's
economic environment, employers must hire and retain diverse
workforces and provide a workplace that offers a balance with work/life
issues. On
October 1, 2003, the Evansville-Area Human Resource Association in
conjunction with the Workforce Investment Board and Fifth Third Bank
honored and recognized companies within the Tri-State area who are
leaders in developing a workplace that embraces diversity and family
friendly practices. Dan Katz, local television personality
from WFIE, was the Master of Ceremonies.
The following Companies who won a Family Friendly Award:
WORK ENVIRONMENT & SCHEDULING
ECS Engineering
Methodist Hospital
Visiting Nurse Association
HEALTH & BENEFIT PROGRAMSAmerican Electric Power
American General Financial Services
Deaconess Hospital
Ferro Corporation
Harding, Shymanski & Company, P.C.
The following Companies who won a Diversity Practices Awards:
DIVERSTIY PROGRAMS
Cinergy/PSI
Methodist Hospital
ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT
D.E.A.R. (Diversity Enhances All Relationships)
Fifth Third Bank
Ivy Tech
Mayor Russell Lloyd, Jr. selected Helen Vazquez, Program Director of
the Guadalupe Center in Huntingburg, Indiana as the recipient
of the “2003
Mayor’s Diversity Award” for her efforts to welcome and facilitate
the assimilation of the area’s growing Hispanic population
into our community.
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All of the twenty companies’ nominated
for an award are leaders in creating a work environment that embraces
diversity and family friendly practices. The following
twenty-two companies were nominated for an award:
Alcoa, Inc.
American Electric Power
American General Financial Services
Berry Plastics Corporation
Cinergy-PSI
Deaconess Hospital
D.E.A.R. (Diversity Enhances All Relationships)
ECS Engineering, Inc.
Ferro Corporation
Fifth Third Bank
Harding Shymanski & Company PC
Impact Ministries
Ivy Tech State University
Methodist Hospital
Old National Bank
St. Mary’s Medical Center
University of Southern Indiana
Visiting Nurse Association
Welborn Clinic
WorkOne Evansville
To promote diversity within our community, the program included a presentation
on Implementing Diversity Initiatives by Joseph L. Smith, Executive Director
of the Indiana Commissions on Community Service.
The EHRA would like to congratulate the companies that received an award
or were nominated for their leadership in providing diverse and
family-friendly work environments. In addition, the EHRA would like to congratulate
Helen Vasquez as the recipient of the Mayor’s Diversity Award
based on her outstanding leadership and pioneering efforts to
integrate Hispanics into the communities she serves.
A twenty-four page Resource Guide summarizing the best practices from
all the companies nominated for the Family Friendly and Diversity
Practices Awards was distributed to the people who attended the award luncheon.
Click here to
view photographs of award winners.
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