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(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

Marie Cunningham, Accounting Services
Over the past year and a half I have been able to work more closely with Marie on a variety of items related to accounting procedures. She has an amazing wealth of information and has been nothing but open and available to all of my questions. I am incredibly thankful to her for always being available and incredibly kind!

Cindee Greenhaw, Library - Interlibrary Loan
Against all odds, Cindee located a lender for an obscure DVD that a faculty member and I had been looking for for over a year!

Monica Jolly, Admissions and Recruitment
Thank you, Monica, for always going above and beyond! You are always willing to help students, staff, faculty and the community even when you have so many deadlines to meet. I appreciate all your dedication but admire how you can get a group together to serve students regarding residency. I am lucky to work with you and have you on our team.

Svetlana Korol, Admissions and Recruitment
Lana, thank you for your willingness to learn and do research to work on a task; not only a task that you know but those that you have never taken on before. Your dedication to the students and the University is appreciated.

Richard Ma, Technology Services
Richard has developed our 29th Global Finance Conference website. He has always been responsive and added and/or made changes to our website. On many occasions he has worked after hours to complete the job. He deserves a big High Five!

Bernadette Nelson, Admissions and Recruitment
Bernadette is University mission-driven. She works effectively to upload applications and admit students. She is continuously changing to the needs of the day without any complaints. I appreciate her flexibility and the continuous smile on her face!

Maribel Olea, Admissions and Recruitment
I would like to thank Maribel for always going above and beyond to support the goals of our university and for taking on new and unfamiliar tasks. I appreciate your dedication to the team and the students at the University!

Provides Excellent Customer Service

Monica Jolly, Admissions and Recruitment
Monica has been hosting residency calls for students to ask questions. Thank you, Monica, for supporting our students with residency questions and providing excellent customer service!!

Deborah Russell, Animal Sciences and Agricultural Education Department
Even working for two departments, Animal Sciences/Agricultural Education, Ms. Deborah Russell has helped me many times regarding class numbers/and permission numbers that I would need to help a student get the class they need. Deborah Russell’s knowledge in both departments was a great help in getting the student's registered or in the right class. Many thanks to Deborah Russell.

Juan Torres, Technology Services
Thank you, Juan, for your help with a work request on behalf of our office's student assistants! It was a simple request for our phones, but it makes our jobs so much easier as we prep for a busier season with new students admitted to the university! You're awesome!

Saved My Bacon!

Jesse Farias, Admissions and Recruitment
Thank you, Jesse (computer wizard), for helping me at the last minute on the Residency Information Session project. You were very helpful and thank you for the suggestions.

Diego Gonzalez, Admissions and Recruitment
Thank you, Diego, for assisting me at the last minute with this new Residency Information Session project. You were willing to take the time and assist us with students.

Traci Obata, Admissions and Recruitment
Thanks to Traci Obata for assisting me at the last minute on this new project called Residency Information Session. She worked well in assisting students.