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2002
Models of Excellence Awards
Dear Members
of the Penn Community,
We are
pleased to announce the 2002 Models of Excellence award winners.
The Models of Excellence program honors, awards, and celebrates
outstanding staff member achievements. Introduced in 1999 by Human
Resources, this program highlights the values of the University
and provides models of accomplishment to emulate.
This
year's award winners are listed below with a brief description
of the achievements that earned them this honor.
A
committee of Penn leaders selected the award winners from
among 112 staff members nominated by peers, colleagues, and managers.
Selections
were based on significant contribution to the University--above
and beyond job expectations--which embodied the following excellence
criteria for this program:
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Development
and implementation of practices, procedures and policies that
creatively support and further the University's mission,
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Application
of innovative and proactive leadership in challenging circumstances,
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Extraordinary
service to key constituencies,
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Substantial
cost-savings, and
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Establishment
of relationships within and/or outside of the immediate organization
which enable goals to be met that would be impossible
otherwise.
In
April, we will distribute a publication providing more information
about the winners and their achievements. Please
take careful note of these achievements. Many can be replicated
and we encourage you to consider applying them in your work area.
At
the very least, we hope that the creativity, proactive leadership,
service, cost-savings and relationship building demonstrated by
these staff members will serve as models for your actions at Penn.
On
April 15, an award ceremony and reception will be held in honor
of the award winners. The "Models of Excellence" will
receive a symbol of appreciation and a $500 monetary gift. Individuals
identified for Honorable Mention will receive
a symbol of appreciation and a $250 monetary gift.
Please
join us in congratulating your colleagues.
--Judith
Rodin, President
--Robert Barchi, Provost
-- John Fry, Executive Vice President
2002
Models of Excellence Award Winners
1. For
development of hardware and software applications that revolutionized
x-ray crystal structure analysis and reporting, dramatically enhancing
research activities in the Department of Chemistry.
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Patrick
J. Carroll, Ph.D., Director, X-Ray Facility, Department
of Chemistry
2. For
designing and implementing a volunteer canine blood-donor program
that overcomes significant challenges in the field of veterinary
medicine, members of the Penn Animal Blood Bank Nursing Team:
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Wendy
L. Hatchett, Certified Veterinary Technician, School of
Veterinary Medicine
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Kym
Marryott, Certified Veterinary Technician, School of Veterinary
Medicine
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Donna
Oakley, Certified Veterinary Technician, School of Veterinary
Medicine
3. For
providing outstanding leadership in reviewing and enhancing directives,
policies, procedures and training to enable the Penn Police to become
the first campus law enforcement agency in Pennsylvania to attain
national accreditation.
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Deputy
Chief Michael J. Fink, Deputy Chief of Operations, Division
of Public Safety
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Lieutenant
Gary Heller, Commanding Officer, Accreditation and Training
Unit, Public Safety
4. For
applying vision in building on existing billing software to develop
a cost-effective, user-friendly, web-based student tuition management
system that serves the globally diverse, multi-payer conditions
of our University environment, the members of the SFS "eBill"
Team:
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Dennis
Dean, ISC Project Leader for Student Financial Services
Systems, Information Systems and Computing
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Regina
Koch, Director, Systems Development, Student Financial Services Michael
Merritt, Senior Director, Administrative Support, Student
Financial Services
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Yan
Teresh, Senior Programmer Analyst, Information Systems and
Computing
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Robert
Tisot, Assistant Director, Systems, Student Financial Services
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Estha
Venter, Senior Programmer, Information Systems and Computing
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Berthilla
Wiscount, Financial Counselor, Student Financial Services
Honorable
Mention
1.
For her leadership in directing the transformation of the existing
nursing student instructional center to a cutting-edge, interactive
training laboratory that dramatically enhances nurse training experiences
and facilitating its integration into the traditional nursing educational
curricula.
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Angela
Iorianni-Cimbak, MSN, RN, Director, The Mathias J. Brunner
Instructional Technology Center, School of Nursing
2. For
managing the welfare of the Penn Children Center's students and
their parents during a tumultuous time of transitioning the center
through multiple interim sites to a new facility, members of the
Penn Children's Center Transition Team:
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Denise
Brooks, Pre-School Assistant Teacher, Penn Children's Center
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Anjali
Chawla, Director, Penn Children's Center
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Diane
Coleman, Assistant Teacher, Penn Children's Center
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Elizabeth
Gillard, Administrative Assistant, Penn Children's Center
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Frances
Jackson, Infant Teacher, Penn Children's Center
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Rita
Kelly, Toddler Assistant Teacher, Penn Children's Center
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Dawn
Klemash, Pre-School Teacher, Penn Children's Center
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Constance
Lydon, Toddler Teacher, Penn Children's Center
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Marie
Moses, Infant Assistant Teacher, Penn Children's Center
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Chris
Russell-Jordan, Infant Assistant Teacher, Penn Children's
Center
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Marie
Witt, Associate Vice President, Business Services
3. For
proactively collaborating in developing a central administrative
team to support multiple SAS Departments, considering transition
demands, cost restraints, and best skills of each of the team members,
the members of the SAS Regional Office Team:
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Maryellen
Cook Malek, Departmental Administrator, Music Department,
School of Arts & Sciences
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Miriam
Mann Guerrero, Manager, Administration and Finance, Bennett
Hall Business Administration Services, School of Arts &
Sciences
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Elyse
Saladoff, Business Administrator, Bennett Hall Business
Administration Services, School of Arts & Sciences.
Models
of Excellence Selection Committee
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Robert
L. Barchi, Provost
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John
A. Fry, Executive Vice President
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Robin
Beck, Vice President, Information Systems and Computing
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David
B. Hackney, Chair, Faculty Senate Executive Committee; Professor
of Neuroradiology, School of Medicine
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Valerie
O. Hayes, Executive Director, Office of Affirmative Action and
Equal Opportunity Programs
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Joseph
D. Fischer, 2001 Models of Excellence Award Winner; Corporal,
Penn Police, Division of Public Safety
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John
J. Heuer, Vice President for Human Resources
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Amy
R. Johnson, 2001 Models of Excellence Honorable Mention;
Director, External Relations, Division of Business Services
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Anna
M. Loh, Director, Human Resources, The Wharton School
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Troy
Odom, Chair, A-3 Assembly; Administrative Coordinator,Office
of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Programs
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Adam
B. Sherr, Chair, Penn Professional Staff Assembly; Associate
Director, Graduate Academic Affairs, School of Nursing
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Harbir
Singh, Edward H. Bowman Professor of Management; Chair, Management
Department, The Wharton School
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Lorraine
Thomas, 2001 Models of Excellence Award Winner; Outreach
Coordinator, Health Annex of the School of Nursing
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Ira
Winston, 2001 Models of Excellence Award Winner
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Executive
Director, Computing & Educational Technology Services,
SAS/SEAS/GSFA
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Ex
Officio: Marilyn Kraut, Manager, Quality of Worklife Programs,
Division of Human Resources
Almanac, Vol. 48, No. 22, February 12, 2002
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