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

High Fives are easy to give — simply click “Give a High Five” and fill out the form for a faculty or staff member only. Your message will be delivered straight to the recipient's inbox, and they will be acknowledged weekly in Campus News.

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

Martin Alvarado, Admissions and Recruitment
Martin does an excellent job with coordinating the events within our department. Thank you, Martin, for organizing and coordinating such big events for our high school counselors, students and community members. They are very efficient events that run smoothly for us all.

Provides Excellent Customer Service

Juliette Amaro, Services for Students with Disabilities
Juliette is new within our department and has been doing an amazing job at learning her new role and communicating beautifully with students and staff. She has been providing excellent service and her care and attention has been noticed and appreciated. Great job, Juliette.

Saved My Bacon

Gayle Sherwood, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
I am so grateful to Gayle for jumping in and helping us finish our grant proposal in record time. She went above and beyond the call of duty. She is an awesome collaborator who brings her signature enthusiasm and energy to any project and makes the tedious grant process fun. Thank you, Gayle.