JoAnne Gipson – Extended Studies
JoAnne has a very unique example of outstanding service. Last year, an employee at Extended Studies became very ill and required a kidney transplant. JoAnne offered to be tested as a donor and was a perfect match. On January 8, 2008 JoAnne’s kidney gave her coworker a […]
Randy Arnold and Chuck Steffens, Facilities Maintenance
Randy and Chuck are the University’s lighting specialists. They always have more work than they can possibly handle, but somehow they keep their priorities in order. They provide service with a smile and always try to make their customers happy with as little disruption as possible. […]
Iris Hochschild – Fire Science Acadamy
Iris works hard to ensure customers are well taken care of. If you want something done – give it to Iris! Iris’s projects include making travel arrangements that involve well over 1,000 different domestic and international itineraries per year. In addition, she organizes FSA classes, meetings and […]
Every year the University honors its best. This year’s awards will presented during the “Honor the Best” ceremony on May 14. Depending on the award, the nominations are given by the faculty to students or by the students, campus organizations and staff to the faculty.
This year’s ceremony will include three awards, all of which […]
Brenda Quihuis (Summer Session)
Brenda has an incredible workload but at the same time is the epitome of the perfect team player. Even though she is only ‘officially’ responsible for Summer Session, Wintermester and Evening Studies programs, she consistently jumps in to help with Independent Learning and Freshman Start questions. Her extreme courtesy and friendliness […]
The University of Nevada, Reno’s Center for Regional Studies recently won first place in the Community Development category at the University Economic Development Association’s Annual Summit in Portland, Ore.
The Center for Regional Studies, approved by the Board of Regents in June 2007, is an economic development collaboration between the College of Business and the […]
Michael Maskaly, School of Medicine. Michael doesn’t know the word “No” or phrase “Can’t be done”. He is available to all departments of the School of Medicine to do repairs, mechanical designs and machining, fabrication of intricate instruments and much more. Because of his initiative to think […]
Stephan Wilson, associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Health and Human Sciences, received the Jan Trost Award of the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) International Section for lifetime contributions to cross-cultural and cross-national family study. Wilson received his award in November at the NCFR annual meeting in Pittsburg.
“Receiving this award […]
Doreen Begley, director of the Orvis Nursing Clinic, was elected to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. The NCSBN, composed of 59 member boards, including those from the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, provides leadership to advance regulatory excellence for public protection. The election took place at their annual Delegate Assembly meeting […]
Desi Ebner, University Communications. During her department’s major restructuring Desi stepped up and did a tremendous amount of work that is beyond her assigned duties. She made sure everyone received their check and that their new locations had the furniture/equipment that they needed to get their work done. She helped […]
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