Eugene Buck
Assistant to the Associate Dean for Research & Development
Eugene was nominated by Kayt Conrad and Tom Koeppel with support from Dean Joe Kearney for his exceptional service to the Division of Performing Arts and Biology.  He suggested cost savings measures and provided liaison services with Facilities Management which resulted in creative problem solving. His general “can do” attitude has resulted in a positive work environment where projects progress and satisfaction is increased.  

Kathy Forbes
Secretary III, Division of Performing Arts serving Dance
Kathy was nominated by Kayt Conrad with support from Professor Charlotte Adams for her outstanding level of commitment and service to the department and for her involvement in the department’s first National Association of Schools of Dance accreditation review.  In addition, she prepared the Higher Education Arts Data Services report, an in-depth accounting of the department that required much research and preparation.

Heather Mineart
Secretary III, Physics & Astronomy
Heather was nominated by Professor Mary Hall Reno with support from Professors Tom Boggess, Craig Kletzing, Wayne Polyzou and Vince Rodgers for her consistently outstanding performance and her highly competent and extremely efficient services rendered to the department.  The recent First Annual Demonstrations Open House put on by Professor Vincent Rodgers and Dale Stille benefited from Heather’s well organized effort to alert interested schools and community groups about the event.  In addition, she helped write the publicity, arranged for media contacts and arranged the reception following the Open House.

Michelle Worrell
Accountant, Biology
Michelle was nominated by Tom Koeppel with support from Joe Miller, Karna Wieck and Professors Steve Green, Jack Lilien and Joshua Weiner for going beyond expectations in developing and implementing extramural and intramural grants accounting procedures.  The procedures inform the PI in a timely fashion of expenses and projections based on the PI’s budgets, commitments, and expectations.  Additionally, Michelle developed spread sheets to help PI’s prepare and modify budgets as circumstances and expectations change. 

Mary Jo Yotty
Secretary III, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Mary Jo was nominated by Kathy Rebal with support from Professor Paul Abbas for her outstanding performance and her highly competent and extremely efficient services to the department.  In addition, during the past year she developed a pamphlet to help undergraduates prepare for the graduate school application process.  Students have provided positive feedback on both the information contained in the pamphlet and on Mary Jo’s helpfulness to graduate students. 

Brian Morrison – Lab Manager
Erlene Erbe – Director Undergraduate Labs
Amber Seaton – Administrative Assistant, Department of Chemistry
Shonda Monette – Lab Manager
Jeffrey L. Miller – Computer Services Shop
David Sansbury – Computer Services Shop

This team was nominated by Hazel Kerr with support from Professors Mark Arnold and David Weimer.  Approximately 20,000 sq ft of renovated instructional space was turned over to Chemistry in late November 2007.   These five staff members were collectively responsible for planning and coordinating the move from old instructional labs into this new space between the last week of classes in December and the start of spring semester. Every chemical, piece of glassware, small appliance and piece of specialized instrumentation had to be packed to avoid breakage and moved to a new space.  After the move, all instrumentation and computers needed to be tested or calibrated to make sure they were operational by the start of classes.  These staff members worked tirelessly to make sure this move was a success, under a lot of pressure, to make the January 22 deadline.