What began as a "bold idea" in the 2017 Bold Ideas Challenge has now come to fruition in Fresno State's newest employee recognition program — High Five. Click here to read about how the program began.

High Fives are easy to give — simply go to the High Five website on the Organizational Excellence webpage, click “Give a High Five” and fill out the form to send kudos to anyone on campus. Your message will be delivered straight to their inbox, and recipients will be acknowledged weekly in Campus News.

Read below 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.)

Goes Above & Beyond

Kathleen Brassfield, Office of the Provost
When some of our student leaders hit a roadblock in planning a virtual conference, Kathleen came through in a pinch! Her coordination helped solve a problem and ensured a great event.

Bernadette Nelson, Admissions and Recruitment
Bern goes out of her way to ensure that processes are set up correctly, communication is sent and reports are running correctly. She is a true asset to the team and without her work ethic, it would be very hard to stay on track. She is the glue to our team and I truly appreciate her diligence and hard work.

Christine Rotzinger, Admissions and Recruitment
Christine is always willing to go out of her way to ensure staff and student assistants are taken care of. She recently worked with Financial Aid and our student staff to see if they qualified for work studies. This has helped our department's overall budget and allowed for students to work additional hours due to the cost savings. Thank you for all that you do Christine!

Mellissa Jessen-Hiser, Jan and Bud Richter Center for Community Engagement and Service-Learning
Mellissa and the Richter Center Student Leaders overcame a number of challenges to put on the third annual LIFT Conference this last weekend. This is a conference put on by Fresno State Richter Center Student Leaders or student leaders of service programs across the state. It is the only conference of its kind and attracted over 140 students from around the CSU and UC systems. Putting on any conference is always going to be a challenge but having to do this one virtually added extra hurdles. Despite the obstacles, the conference was a huge success!

Ann Berg, History

Kelly Nelson, Facilities Management

Saved My Bacon!

Chris Beck, College of Health and Human Services, Advising and Career Development Center
Chris worked with his student assistant to find a workaround for students to register for courses while PeopleSoft was down on the Friday of registration. Thanks Chris! You are the best!

Provides Excellent Customer Service

Melissa Perez, College of Science and Mathematics, Deans Office
Melissa has been outstanding in coordinating so many efforts as assistant to the dean. Most relevant at present is her flexibility and attention to detail helping faculty and staff navigate the rapid online changes both to the retention/tenure/promotion process as well as to the change from BizFlow in curriculum processes on campus. Her ability and willingness to be as attentive as possible to requests to address needs related to these new processes have vastly improved efficiencies in the College of Science and Mathematics. The faculty in particular want to thank her for her invaluable help during this time of upheaval!

Eileen Schlundt, Technology Services
Eileen is so patient about helping me work through technology issues. I'm not the most tech savvy person in the world, and I do seem to frequently present her with issues that are a little out of the ordinary. Regardless, she patiently helps me work through the problem and doesn't give up until the issue is resolved. I don't know where I or my entire office staff would be without her assistance!