CALS Core Value Staff Awards

Overview

Core Value Staff Awards will be given to individuals and/or teams that demonstrate outstanding contributions to the college through the exemplary incorporation of one of the Skills for Success outlined by the university. Nominations can be for a special project or initiative, for lifetime achievement, or for exemplary service.

Nomination packages should stress what you feel are the candidate’s strengths. With this in mind, use the following categories extracted from the Skills for Success as a general guide:

Communication
Inclusion
Initiative
Integrity
Judgment
Growth
Vision

There is no need to indicate a category in your cover letter because, after reviewing all nominations, the committee will assign each top candidate to a skills category that they deem to be the best fit. Team nominations should include only the individual staff members who are integral to the team (not faculty or students).

Note: The CALS Core Value Staff Award Review Committee has the option to grant an Unsung Hero award. The awardee can come from a pool of nominees or be nominated by the committee — either case will require the dean’s approval.

How to Nominate a Staff Member

To nominate staff for a CALS Core Value Staff Award, please provide the following documentation:

A cover letter that includes:
- Summary of the achievements for which an individual or team is being nominated
- Name, title, and department of nominee/s
- Name(s) and signature(s) of nominator(s)
A minimum of four and maximum of six letters of support (may include letters from stakeholders)
Nominations are due on Friday, April 29, 2022 and should be submitted online using this link.

Eligibility

The award is open to all regular full- and part-time CALS staff members not currently serving on the Awards Review Committee. Current membership includes Michelle Eighmey, Alex Garcia, Matt Hayes, Bridget Richardson, Jamie Wells, and Stephanie Westmiller.

Anyone in the CALS community may submit a nomination, including staff members, faculty members, graduate students, or undergraduate students. Nominees must be regular full- or part-time CALS employees on the deadline date for package submission.

Core Value Staff Awardees

Core Value Staff Awardees through 2021

*Note that these awards were paused in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so there are no awardees for that year.
First Name	Last Name	Award Category	Year
Joanna	Alario	Judgment	2021
Amy	Andersen	Core Value Staff Award	2012
Wendy	Aquadro	Teamwork	2013
Caroline	Arthur	Adaptability	2014
Erin	Atkins	Inclusion	2019
Wesley	Baum	Teamwork	2015
K.C.	Bennett	Adaptability (Team)	2013
David	Benscher	Stewardship	2013
Bruce	Berggren-Thomas	Core Value Staff Award	2011
Ann	Bianchi	Innovation	2017
Missy	Bidwell	Communication	2013
Michele	Blackmore	Vision (Team)	2021
Steven	Bogdanowicz	Core Value Staff Award	2012
William	Brightman	Core Value Staff Award (Team)	2010
Lori	Budd	Teamwork	2014
Donna	Bunce	Communication	2018
Brian	Caldwell	Adaptability	2017
Adriane	Callinan	Job Skills	2014
Kelli	Carr	Vision (Team)	2021
Mark	Casasanta	Job Skills	2015
Marin	Cherry	Inclusive Environment	2018
Matt	Christiansen	Core Value Staff Award (Team)	2010
John	Churey	Service-Minded	2017
Marissa	Consalvi	Self-Development (Team)	2018
Leah	Cook	Job Skills	2016
Craig	Cramer	Stand out/Unsung Hero	2014
Bridget	Cristelli	Unsung Hero	2018
Keith	Czadzeck	Core Value Staff Award (Team)	2010
Heather	Darrow	Teamwork	2017
George	Disbrow	Core Value Staff Award (Team)	2010
Michelle	Eighmey	Unsung Hero (Team)	2019
Stefan	Einarson	Innovation	2016
Akio	Enders	Motivation	2013
Cathy	Ervay	Stewardship	2015
Elizabeth	Estabrook	Service-Minded	2015
Glenn	Evans	Service-Minded	2014
Bonnie	Ferguson	Unsung Hero	2021
Libby	Foust	Unsung Hero	2017
Mary-Catherine	French	Stewardship	2017
Edgar	Garcia	Problem Solving	2018
Alisa	Gardner	Stewardship	2014
Cheryl	Gombas	Service-Minded	2016
Steve	Gordner	Core Value Staff Award (Team)	2010
Sarah	Gould	Core Value Staff Award	2011
Pete	Griner	Core Value Staff Award (Team)	2010
Rose	Hastings	Stewardship	2016
Amy	Hastings	Integrity	2018
Matt	Hayes	Communication	2021
Kathy	Howard	Integrity	2019
John	Keeton	Core Value Staff Award (Team)	2010
Christina	Konstantinidou	Vision (Team)	2021
Karin	Jantz	Integrity	2021
Patricia	Jordan	Communication	2019
Theresa	Lagasse	Self-Development (Team)	2018
Robin	Lampman	Adaptability	2016
Rob	Lasher	Core Value Staff Award (Team)	2010
Louise	Latten	Adaptability (Team)	2013
Barbara	Lockwood	Teamwork	2014
Kent	Loefller	Service-Minded	2013
Beth	Lucy-Speidel	Inclusiveness	2016
Raylen	Ludgate	Service-Minded	2014
Martha	Lyon	Adaptability (Team)	2013
Josephine	Martell	Inclusion	2021
Chase	Mayers	Growth	2021
Linda	McCandless	Inclusiveness	2015
Steve	McKay	Stand out/Unsung Hero	2014
Mary	McKellar	Innovation	2015
Diane	Miske	Teamwork	2016
Judy	Neno	Adaptability	2015
Jacqueline	Nock	Supporting Vision & Mission	2018
Sherrie	Norman	Self-Development	2017
Paul	O'Connor	Self-Development	2013
Erin	Oates	Growth	2019
Tami	Payne	Vision (Team)	2021
Chris	Philipp	Unsung Hero (Team)	2019
Andrea	Poag	Inclusiveness	2016
Angelia	Putnam	Unsung Hero (Team)	2019
Tara	Reed	Initiative	2018
Marianne	Ridley	Unsung Hero (Team)	2019
Janette	Robbins	Inclusiveness	2014
Mark	Sarvary	Adaptability (Team)	2013
Joanne	Schessl	Judgement	2019
Mark	Scott	Core Value Staff Award (Team)	2010
Geoffrey	Scott	Teamwork	2014
Tamara	Shollenberger	Job Skills	2017
Donna	Simons	Teamwork	2014
Kelly	Smith	Teamwork	2017
Debbie	Spencer	Core Value Staff Award	2010
Paul	Stachowski	Teamwork	2015
Jeffrey	Stayton	Teamwork	2015
Matthieu	Stratton	Inclusiveness	2013
Kelley	Sullivan	Vision (Team)	2021
Tammy	Thomas	Core Value Staff Award	2012
Andy	Vail	Inclusiveness	2017
Nick	Van Eck	Vision	2019
Mark	Walker	Teamwork	2014
Suzanne	Wapner	Initiative	2019
Jamie	Wells	Vision (Team)	2021
Stephanie	Westmiller	Initiative	2021