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

Stephanie Annett, Student Health Center
Stephanie is wonderful! She is exceptionally respectful, listens closely, and consistently goes above and beyond to provide helpful resources and practical guidance. If you need a dedicated dietician who truly cares, I highly recommend her.

Karla Lopez, University Business Center
She is very helpful and always goes above and beyond to help students.

Matt Montez, Library-Shipping and Receiving
A huge thank you to Matt for helping rescue some baby squirrels that had become trapped in the netting above the library after the trees were cut down. We could see the mama squirrel desperately trying to reach her babies, but they were so high up that there was no way for her to get to them. Matt acted quickly and came up with a brilliant solution, he created a bridge between the netting and the trees, giving the little squirrels a safe way down to their mama. Thank you so much, Matt, for stepping in and rescuing those baby squirrels! Your quick thinking and kindness made all the difference.

Provides Excellent Customer Service

Mackenzie Burke, Academic Senate
Mackenzie is always so quick, kind, and helpful when I have random questions about the SmartEvals system. I truly appreciate how she always meets me where I'm at and quickly resolves all of my questions. It makes my day a million times easier when I know there is someone I can ask about the new system. Thank you for all that you do to make this campus a great place to collaborate and work together!

Denise Pearcy, Printing Services
I want to give a huge shout-out to Denise for her amazing customer service. She was so helpful and thoughtful with a recent urgent request I had, and she handled the whole thing incredibly fast. Thanks so much for all your hard work, Denise!

Dr. Wilson Teira, Technology Services
The California Water Institute had developed a very technical document that was over 250 pages that needed to be ADA compliant. Dr. T was super helpful, she went above and beyond in helping make this happen, provided incredible customer service, and kept us updated along the process. We look forward to her teaching us how to do it, but having her for such a technical document was critical.