The Office of the President, in collaboration with Staff Council, would like to congratulate and recognize the following 2019/20 Staff Recognition Award recipients! 

2019/20 Individual Award Recipients (in alpha order, by last name): 

1. Susan Brater, Sponsored Programs Foundation

2. Liz Deck, OSL: YES

3. Kyle Leitzke, Academic & Career Advising

4. Raven Palomera, HSI Stem

5. Courtney Proctor, Academic Personnel Services

6. Betsy Rogers, Academic & Career Advising

7. Danielle Trapkus, Environmental Science Management & Oceanography

8. Jaime Tripp-Carter, Housing

9. Kumi Watanabe-Schock, Library

10. Travis Williams, Development

2019/20 Team Award Recipients (in alpha order, by last name):

1. ACAC & CCBL Family: Sarah Bacio, Stacey Becker, Shannon Berge, Gilly Black, Loren Collins, Dana Deason, Kelly Fortner, Devon Hernandez, Kristina Hunt, Sei Hee Hwang, Kyle Leitzke, Amy Martin, Nora Montoya, Kelda Quintana, Betsy Rogers, Joy Soll, Anna Thaler Petersen, Kathy Thornhill

2. Associated Students Support Staff: Kendra Higgins, Jenessa Lund, Casey Park

3. CAHSS Office Allstars: Shannon Collart, Lauren Lynch, Janine Woolfson

4. CTLTOAA - Center for Teaching & Learning Team of Awesomeness & Accomplishment: Sue Armitage, Morgan Barker, Xandra Gradine, Terry Georgopoulos, Enoch Hale, Kim Vincent-Layton, Becky Williams

5. Extraordinary EOPers!: Sharrise Faleofa, Tania Marin-Zelda, Armando Mendoza-Quiroz, Elias Pence, Rama Rawal, Celeste Roberson, Dan Saveliff, Liz Silver

1. Superlative Desktop Support: Ed Gordon, Warren Hardison, Tim Kohberger, Andy Pierce, Toby Walker, Rocky Waters, Robert Yunker

In place of the Spring Welcome 2020, the Presidential Investiture will occur on January 15. To honor our Individual Award recipients and their nominators, there will be a private reception hosted by President Jackson coupled with a basketball game on Thursday, January 9, beginning at 4:30 p.m. More details about this private event will be communicated soon with our recipients! 

The Team Award recipients will be honored at a Celebration Luncheon hosted by Staff Council in spring. More details about this celebration will be communicated soon with our recipients! 

Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s Staff Recognition Awards process, including a very special thank you to the President’s Office staff, to each person who took time to nominate a staff member, and to our 2019/20 Staff Council members who conducted the review of all nominations. And a big shout out to our incredible Humboldt State University staff members who do outstanding work to support our campus community and continue to lift each other up each day. Thank you!

Sincerely,

Jessica Welch, President, Staff Council

Dr. Tom Jackson, Jr., President, HSU

If you have any questions or for more information, please contact Jessica Welch at extension 3441 or Dr. Tom Jackson, Jr. at extension 3311.