Give your colleagues a “High Five” for things such as excellent customer service, “saving my bacon” and going above and beyond.

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Continue below to read about how your colleagues are going above and beyond to help the campus community.

(Note: Campus News edited comments only for misspellings and missing or incomplete words. They appear mostly as written for each employee.)

Works Above and Beyond

Amanda Angel, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Amanda is always ready to help and responds quickly to requests. She is dependable and always friendly. She is an asset to the university and a great team player. Thank you, Amanda, for assisting the CHHS on a temporary basis. We appreciate you.

Ty Cilluffo, Technology Services
Wanted to give a high-five to Ty for his outstanding support in reorganizing the imaging workbench. His efforts significantly improved our workflow and increased the efficiency of the campus computer imaging process. Thanks to his work, the workbench’s capacity increased from imaging approximately five computers at a time to 16.

Imelda Dudley, Advising and Career Development Center – Jordan College
Imelda has gone above and beyond by helping find a good candidate for the new career and internship coordinator for JCAST. Not only has she assisted in the hiring process, but she has also fully trained the new hire, in addition to her own responsibilities as an academic counselor. She ensured that the new hire had been fully onboarded, met with all JCAST admins, and made sure they felt welcomed in our college. Imelda has opened her availability and stayed late to ensure all topics have been discussed in training. Thank you for taking on this task and making our new employee feel welcomed.

Saved My Bacon

Annette Gallegos, Scheduling Office
Annette has saved me many times on last-minute scheduling requests and also goes above and beyond to make sure the tasks are completed. Thank you, Annette, for all your hard work.

Provides Excellent Customer Service

Uriel Plascencia, Technology Services
Uriel provided excellent customer service while assisting a staff member with a computer issue. Although the issue took longer than expected to resolve, he stayed committed to troubleshooting until it was fully resolved.

Monica Solis, Recruitment and Special Programs
We requested two demos of Bulldog Connect, and each time we did, Monica not only enthusiastically agreed, but she also provided helpful, positive examples of how we can best integrate the platform into our work with students. She is a great advocate for how we can work smarter and in a more coordinated way, and her passion for her work is obvious. We appreciate Monica.