The university recognized its outstanding faculty and staff during the annual Employee Appreciation Day on Monday, May 14.
During the awards ceremony, the following employees received university awards:
Dr. Tom Riley
Richard V. and Rosemary A. Hurley Presidential Commendation: Dr. Tom Riley, University Physician and Director of the Health Center
Charles Coleman Memorial Service Award: Wilma Willard, Office Manager, Biological Sciences
Staff Advisory Council’s Larry Atkins Awards: Melina Downs, Public Relations Specialist, University Publications
Wilma Willard
Matthew Mejia, Associate Dean of Admissions/Adult Degree, Admissions
Doug Noble, Director of Dodd Auditorium, Office of Events and Conferencing
Human Resources also would like to congratulate all those who were nominated, including:
| S.A.C. Larry Atkins Nominees | Charles Coleman Nominees | Hurley Award Nominees | ||
| Cris Dargan, Office of Human Resources | Dei Bayer, Counseling & Psych. Services | Lisa Ames, DTLT | ||
| Kelly Eury, University Relations & Comm. | Peggy Lepp, Admissions | Meta Braymer, Prof. Dev. & Reg. Eng. | ||
| Linda Falden, College of Education | Connie Souza, Facilities Services | Leah Cox, Office of the President | ||
| Jerry Fleming, Facilities Services | Cindy Toomey, Classics, Phil. & Religion | Teresa Kennedy, English, Ling. & Comm. | ||
| Susan Harvin, University Advancement | Bob Liebau, Campus Recreation | |||
| Abbie McGhee, Office of Events & Conf. | Daniel Quann, Facilities Services | |||
| Zafeer Mobashar, Office of Events & Conf. | Cathleen Romine, James Monroe Museum | |||
| Barbara Mussey, Admissions | Larissa Ruuskanen, Counseling & Psych. Services | |||
| Tammy Pettus, Admissions | Mark Safferstone, Prof. Dev. & Dahlgren Campus | |||
| Christie Pugh, University Relations & Comm. | Melissa Yakabouski, Admissions | |||
| Jean Stumbaugh, UMW Foundation | ||||
| Agata Thompson, Disability Resources | ||||
| Tommy Westbrook, Facilities Services | ||||
All nominees: Please stop by the HR office to pick up your certificate and special acknowledgement, if you didn’t pick it up on Monday.
For more information on the award winners please visit our recognition website: http://adminfinance.umw.edu/hr/employee-relations/employee-recognition/university-recognition-awards/
Thank you also to all who helped with the planning and organization of this year’s event. Special thanks to:
- UMW Foundation
- Office of Events and Conferencing
- Multimedia Staff
- Staff Advisory Council
- Sodexho Food Services
- Facilities Services
- Athletic Grounds crew and Housekeeping staff
- Starlight Entertainment
- MC’s Rick Pearce and John Morello
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