The CAmmies are presented to recognize outstanding performers in our company. In the spirit of celebration and recognition, Campus Advantage created “The CAmmies!” – our annual awards celebration.
2010 CAmmy Award Winners
- Corporate Employee of the Year - Alex Hildebrandt
- Property of the Year (1 under 500 beds) - Campus Towers
- Property of the Year (1 over 500 beds) - Campus Lodge
- General Manager of the Year - Angela Toon, Belmont
- Regional Manager of the Year - Jennifer Cassidy
- Resident Director of the Year - Tyler Holmes, Campus Lodge
- Maintenance Supervisor of the Year - Aaron Herzog, Cabana Beach (San Marcos)
- Leasing Manager of the Year - Mark Hill, Campus Lodge
- Onsite Accountant - Lillian Zeigler, Belmont
- Mojo Award of the Year - Dan Oltersdorf
2010 CAmmy Award Categories | Nomination Form
Click on the links to see the award criteria
Corporate Employee of the Year | Nomination
- Tenure: minimum of 12 months with Campus Advantage
- Fellow Corporate Staff Comments: How did employee participate in raising the Campus Advantage culture; participation in Campus Advantage teams or special project groups.
- Senior Staff Input
- Obstacles: Some consideration should be given for obstacles that employees have overcome. Working on new corporate initiatives, overcoming challenges, etc.
- Financial Success: Site any examples how the employee increased revenue for the company (if applicable)
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Property of the Year (1 under 500 beds / 1 over 500 beds) | Nomination
- Tenure: minimum of 9 months under the Campus Advantage umbrella or a property that had no activity at the point Campus Advantage took over management
- Collections: Take the bad debt and divide by the total billed to determine who has the smallest percentage of bad debt write off
- Fall occupancy: Occupancy improvement from one year to the next, even if the improvement was from another management company.
- Revenue increase from one year to the next
- Financial performance versus budget.
- Customer Comments: Overall good/bad comments per property (percentage of beds). This criterion is more subjective until we get our “Applause” cards complete.
- Regional Input: Regional chooses which one of their properties was the best performing property. This is based on their site inspections.
- Obstacles: Some consideration should be given for obstacles that sites have overcome as well. A property does not necessarily have to be 100% to be property of the year. But with rare exceptions, they should be 90%, even 95% or better
- Owner Feedback: have we gotten any owner feedback on a site that would raise them to property of the year or eliminate them
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General Manager of the Year | Nomination
- Tenure: minimum of 9 months under the Campus Advantage umbrella
- Collections: Take the bad debt and divide by the total billed to determine who has the smallest percentage of bad debt write off
- Fall occupancy: Occupancy improvement from one year to the next, even if the improvement was from another management company.
- Revenue increase from one year to the next
- Financial performance versus budget
- Owner Feedback: have we gotten any owner feedback on a site that would raise them to property of the year or eliminate them
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Regional Manager of the Year | Nomination
- Tenure: minimum of 12 months under the Campus Advantage umbrella
- Collections: Take the bad debt and divide by the total billed to determine who has the smallest percentage of bad debt write off
- Fall Occupancy by Region: Occupancy improvement from one year to the next, even if the improvement was from another management company.
- Revenue increase from one year to the next
- Financial performance versus budget
- Campus Advantage Work: Did they take on extra work? Did they participate in any committees? How was their relationship with corporate staff? What feedback does accounting have?
- Site Visit Report Scores
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Resident Director of the Year | Nomination
- Tenure: minimum of one semester under the Campus Advantage umbrella
- Programming Efforts: size, quality, and number of programs put on by this RD’s team.
- Corporate Involvement: Has the RD participated regularly in residence life conference calls and national trainings [if allowed by budget]
- Staff feedback: Have we received feedback from student staff or from GMs about this RD’s performance?
- Owner Feedback: have we gotten any owner feedback on a site that would raise them to property of the year or eliminate them
- Campus feedback: have we received any feedback from campus partners regarding this RD?
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Maintenance Supervisor of the Year | Nomination
- Tenure: minimum of 9 months under the Campus Advantage umbrella
- Turn: Supervision and coordination success of turn or renovation of an existing community
- Budget: Knowledge of budget and financial goals of property
- Resident Comments: Resident feedback on maintenance team
- Staff Comments: Feedback from staff on performance
- Work Order Completion Percentage: Percent of closed work orders per month that they are submitted (i.e. closed 10 of 10 work orders submitted)
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Leasing Manager of the Year | Nomination
- Tenure: minimum of 9 months under the Campus Advantage umbrella
- Challenges and obstacles he/she overcame
- Measurable Results (numbers/stats)
- Work Ethic
- Outreach Marketing & Co vending Efforts
- File Management
- Customer Service
- Owner Feedback: have we gotten any owner feedback on a Leasing Manager that highlights star achievers
Onsite Accountant | Nomination
- Tenure: minimum of 9 months under the Campus Advantage umbrella
- Collections: Take the bad debt and divide by the total billed to determine who has the smallest percentage of bad debt write off
- Superior knowledge of accounting software
- Training: ability to train others in using software and keeping current on payables
- Feedback: Property Manager or Regional Manager nomination
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Outstanding Achievements in Residence Life | Nomination
- Quality, reach and impact of programming and events
- Positive resident feedback in surveys
- Contribution of ideas and resources to the rest of the residence life team around the country
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