Baldwin
Wallace
University
is
ranked
among
the
"Top
Workplaces
in
Northeast
Ohio,"
a
distinction
that
recognizes
"area
employers
who
are
doing
it
right"
as
determined
by
their
own
employees.
Now
in
its
eighth
year,
Cleveland's
major
daily
news
source,
The
Plain
Dealer/cleveland.com,
says
the
"Top
Workplaces"
program
"seeks
to
recognize
area
employers
who
create
an
environment
and
culture
where
workers
feel
respected
and
rewarded
and
where
those
same
workers
feel
as
if
they
can
enrich
their
skills
while
contributing
to
a
mission
they
believe
in."
The
mission
BW
faculty
and
staff
believe
in
and
carry
out
is
to
mentor
and
educate
students.
Bryan
Bowser,
assistant
professor
of
arts
management
and
entrepreneurship,
told
the
newspaper
in
a
post-survey
interview,
"We
don't
just
try
to
develop
great
students.
There
are
pathways
and
opportunities
for
faculty
and
staff
to
continue
to
evolve
and
develop
as
well."
"What
really
makes
BW
special
is
the
feeling
of
'family'
you
get
when
on
campus.
Everyone
is
kind
and
willing
to
help
with
anything,"
added
Janet
Brisky,
office
manager
of
the
Lou
Higgins
Recreation
Center.
Thriving
work
culture
rooted
in
tradition
"BW
is
known
for
cultivating
a
welcoming
community
that
is
both
supportive
and
challenging,"
said
BW
President
Robert
C.
Helmer.
"The
BW
culture
of
meaningful
belonging
is
enthusiastically
embraced
by
each
incoming
class
of
students
and
carried
forward
by
our
alumni,
but
it
starts
with
our
outstanding
and
dedicated
faculty
and
staff."
The
character
of
the
campus
community
is
rooted
in
history
and
tradition.
In
1845,
more
than
15
years
before
the
Civil
War,
Baldwin
Wallace
was
founded
as
one
of
the
first
colleges
in
the
nation
to
admit
students
without
regard
to
race
or
gender.
That
spirit
of
inclusiveness
has
flourished
and
evolved
into
an
environment
that
encourages
faculty,
staff,
students
and
graduates
to
thrive.
"What
I
see
here
is
a
community.
The
community
of
students
merges
with
the
community
of
professors
and
the
deans
and
with
all
the
departments.
It's
somewhat
seamless,"
Jeannie
Vassanelli,
catering
and
events
manager,
told
the
paper.
"And
everybody
is
as
important
as
the
next."
Rankings
based
on
anonymous
surveys
The
2017
Top
Workplaces
list
was
determined
by
employee
nominations
and
surveys
of
businesses,
government
agencies
and
nonprofit
organizations
in
an
11-county
area.
Hundreds
of
full
and
part-time
members
of
the
BW
faculty
and
staff
completed
anonymous
online
questionnaires
through
Workplace
Dynamics,
which
was
tasked
with
compiling
employee
responses
and
ranking
the
top
100
places
to
work
in
Northeast
Ohio.
In
the
first
year
BW
participated
in
the
survey,
the
university
ranked
among
the
best.
"Of
all
the
places
I
have
worked,
Baldwin
Wallace
is
the
most
people
orientated,"
said
Karen
Kaye,
dean
of
BW's
School
of
Education.
She
told
the
Plain
Dealer,
"I
feel
that
we
have
amazing
autonomy,
and
I
think
that
is
important
in
a
workplace.
We
have
people
we
report
to
but
they
basically
trust
us
to
do
what
they
hired
us
to
do.
That
gives
us
the
freedom
to
be
responsive,
to
our
faculty,
to
our
students.
We
can
create
partnerships
outside
of
the
university
without
a
lot
of
red
tape.
That
creates
wonderful
community
relationships."
"We
look
at
the
results
of
this
survey
as
both
a
validation
of
what
BW
is
doing
right,
and
an
opportunity
to
continue
to
raise
the
bar
and
set
new
goals
for
exceptional
excellence,"
said
President
Helmer.
"We
are
collectively,
continually
engaged
in
the
fulfilling
work
of
building
a
better
University
to
serve
our
students
and
the
region."
