President's staff recognition awards program honors individuals, work teams
Archived article from Oct 24, 2005
By Carla Cantor
University departments that collaborated in sharing information and resources while improving services to the university, and employees who routinely go beyond their job descriptions were honored at the second annual President’s Recognition Program Awards Ceremony.
Six employees received Excellence in Service Awards, and 10 collaborative, interdepartmental groups received Bridge Awards at the ceremony held Oct. 17 at the Rutgers Student Center in New Brunswick.
“This day is about giving credit where it is most certainly due,” said President Richard L. McCormick at the ceremony. “No great university can operate effectively without highly trained and committed staff members. Of course, we naturally celebrate the work of our world-class faculty for their outstanding research and their teaching, and this group is fundamental to our mission. But there is another important group of employees to be acknowledged for playing an equally vital role in helping to advance the university’s mission and goals.”
The ceremony, planned and organized by University Human Resources, was preceded by a showcase event at which each Bridge Award-nominated group displayed a presentation of their project. The displays illustrated work processes, team goals and outcomes, and their impact on the Rutgers community. This year, 89 individuals were nominated for Excellence in Service Awards and 39 teams composed of 358 employees were nominated for Bridge Awards. Individual winners each received a $100 check; teams, a $350 gift card. For a full list of nominees, visit uhr.rutgers. edu/pres-nominees-2005.html.
Excellence in Service Awards
Erica Anderson, assistant dean for retention and re-admission, Rutgers College, Office of Academic Services: For establishing a program for students at-risk after their first semester and locating resources to administer the Noel-Levitz College Student Inventory to more than 100 students and recruited advisers.
Camille S. Andrews, associate dean for enrollment, School of Law-Camden: For
recruiting at major law forums, revamping promotional materials and instituting a successful mailing campaign, efforts that have helped to raise the law school’s rankings in the U.S. News and World Report. She was also recognized for expanding the annual Dean’s Law Day program.
Jeanette Danner, administrative assistant, sociology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, New Brunswick/Piscataway: For providing frontline services to hundreds of sociology majors and minors, and for going beyond the call of her position. She was nominated by 24 members of the department for “being the glue that holds the
department together.”
David Maiullo, physics support specialist, department of physics and astronomy, New Brunswick/Piscataway: For being a “one-man traveling outreach and ambassador-of-goodwill program for the general public and science teaching professionals” and for making physics “fun.”
Joan McCracken, administrative assistant, master of business administration program, School of Business-Camden: For providing service to students and support to faculty and administrators and taking on additional tasks, in addition to playing a leadership role in the planning and implementation of many new initiatives.
Christina Strasburger, administrative assistant, departments of history, Afro-American Studies and the Institute on Ethnicity, Culture and the Modern Experience, Newark: For her willingness to take on new challenges and tasks in an effort to help her department, including interviewing prospective staff members and advising search committees of her findings.
Bridge Awards
Blackboard System Implementation and Course Development Support Team In March 2001, the Newark campus decided to extend use of the Blackboard course management system from its departmental position to the campus. An interdepartmental implementation planning team was put into place to ensure the success of the project, which went live for the fall 2004 semester. This broad, collaborative effort contributed to the provost’s goals to strengthen undergraduate education and to expand the use of technology in the instructional process.
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