Jessica Dalton
Honored August 17, 2023
The 2023 President’s Staff Award for Excellence was awarded to Jessica Dalton, the Staff Council’s top recommendation to the President from a particularly robust field of nominees.Jessica is a Senior Biology Technician who has been on campus for 19 years. The individuals who nominated Jessica spoke to her keen abilities to streamline processes, her strong relational skills building connections with faculty and staff colleagues as well as with the students she serves, all while keeping diversity and inclusion top-of-mind.
Megan Eberhardt-Alstot
Honored August 19, 2022
The 2022 President’s Staff Award for Excellence was awarded to Megan Eberhardt-Alstot, the Teaching and Learning Innovation’s Learning Design Lead. Megan is a perfect example of excellence, clearly recognized as such through the multiple nominations from colleagues and students that she received from across the University. According to one colleague, she is a “dedicated lifelong learner who inspires and motivates others.”
A student wrote that “she has emphasized the importance of student voices in the mission to achieve student success and giving students like me, a platform to speak from,” with yet another nominator noting, “Megan has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to humanizing the learning process and supporting faculty.” She truly deserves recognition for all she has accomplished within TLi, including her support of the summer faculty development program, and her creation of the Learning Online 101 program which teaches students online habits that will increase their success in their courses.
Kristi O'Neil Gonzalez
Honored August 19, 2021
The President’s Staff Award for Excellence goes to Kristi O’Neil Gonzalez, described in her colleague’s nomination as the heart of the Teaching & Learning Innovations team.
As her nominator wrote, “I don’t think I’m alone in crediting my interactions with Kristi as profoundly changing my approach to teaching and learning, and my understanding why inclusive and equitized learning environments begin with conscientiously applying accessible design practices... Kristi’s passion for accessibility stems from her genuine care and concern for students and a passionate desire to do all she can to ensure every student equity in access to learning.”
President's Staff Award for Excellence Past Awardees
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