Employee Recognition Awards Recipients

2023 Recognition Awards Recipients

The following individuals were recognized at the Employee Recognition Awards ceremony on March 6.

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Impact Award – Community Engagement

Atinuke Adeyemi, Sessional Instructor, Faculty of Education

Yvonne Zimmerman, Secretary - Special Events, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, & Andrew Allen, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education

Impact Award – Innovation

Renu Sharma-Persaud, Sessional Lecturer, Sociology and Criminology

Impact Award – Sustainability

Sarah Baker, Student Employee, School of the Environment

Sandy Marra, Treasury Accountant, Financial Accounting and Reporting

Facility Services Team (team members: Danny Castellan, Manager - Projects and Construction (not on the photo); Rob Fontanini, Manager (Chief Operating Engineer) Heating & Cooling - ECCColin McLellan, Associate Director - Capital Projects; John Regier, Director - Facility Operations (not on the photo)).

Inclusive Excellence Award

Fei Qin, Student Employee, Lancer Recreation Services

Leadership Award

Kristen Morris, Director, Cooperative Education & Workplace Partnerships

Service Excellence Award – All Service Interactions

Debbie Bastien, Custodian, Facility Services - Custodial Services

Linda Ingram, Secretary to the Associate Deans & Research Chair, Odette School Of Business

LMS Implementation Team (view/download the list of team members)

Service Excellence Award – Student Services

Joyceln Lorito, Student Development Specialist - Learning Strategist, Student Accessibility Services

 

Previous Recipients

Impact Award – Community Engagement

Chad Sutherland, Applied Learning Coordinator, Kinesiology

 

Inclusive Excellence Award

Tranum Kaur, Learning Specialist, Chemistry & Biochemistry

 

Leadership Award

Mohsan Beg, Executive Director, Student Health, Counselling And Wellness Services

 

Ziad Kobti, Director, Computer Science (On Sabbatical)

 

Calvin Love, Electronics Technologist, Electrical and Computer Engineering

 

Ryan Kenney, Associate Vice-President, Operations, Office Of The Vice-President, Finance and Operations & Marcin Pulcer, Interim Executive Director, Information Technology Services I.T. Services

 

Service Excellence Award – All Service Interactions

Sherri Dutot, Secretary to the Head, Psychology

 

Alyssa Frazao, Research Associate, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research and Integrative Biology

 

Shafqat Hanif, Technical Support Specialist, Law Library

 

Payroll Team (Jessica Higgins, Payroll Manager; Kellie Hansaruk, Payroll Administrator; Christine Boakes, Payroll Administrator; Carmen Olteanu, Payroll Administrator).

 

Service Excellence Award – Student Services

Ashley Quinton, Digital Communications Developer, Office of Enrolment Management – Recruitment

 

Melissa Robinet, MAC Program Secretary, School of Computer Science

 

Niel Van Engelen, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

 

Lancer Recreation Student Staff (view/download the list of Team Members)

 

Wellness Champion Award

Giovanna Abraham, Office Co-ordinator, Office of Associate Vice-President, Operations

 

Krista Loughead, Sessional Instructor, Kinesiology

 

Hoda Skaff, Administrative Assistant, Reception & Employer Support, Career Development and Experiential Learning

View the Recognition Awards Virtual Presentation

 

Excellence in Leadership Award

Daniel Heath, Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, and Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research;

Dave Johnston, Head, Access Services Department, Leddy Library

Fall Return Leads (Team Members: Jennie Atkins, Executive Director, Continuing Education; Jess Dixon, Professor, Department of Kinesiology; Chris Houser, Dean, Faculty of Science)

 

Excellence in Health and Safety Award

Shaun Dunford, 3rd Class Maintenance Engineer, E.C.C.

COVID-19 Screening Platform Team (view/download the list of Team Members)

 

Impact Award

Sherri Lynne Menard, Manager, Environmental Health and Safety, Human Resources

Trevor Pittman, Concert Producer/Operations Manager, School of Creative Arts

 

Service Excellence Award (Individual)

Christopher Ribble, Application Developer, Information Technology Services

Graham Fawcett, Application Developer and Consultant, Information Technology Services

 

Service Excellence Award (the First Five Years of Employment)

Rachelle Prince, Communications Coordinator, Office of the President 

 

Service Excellence Award (Team)

Athletics and Recreational Services (view/download the list of Team Members)

Enrollment Marketing and Recruitment – Hybrid Fall Open House (view/download the list of Team Members)

Fall 2021 Technology Projects – Information Technology Services (view/download the list of Team Members)

University Players Staff (view/download the list of Team Members)

 

UWindsor Proud Award

Sheri Lowrie, Student Recruitment Officer, Enrolment Management and Recruitment

View the Recognition Awards Virtual Presentation

 

Excellence in Leadership Award

James Yaworsky, Review Counsel, Community Legal Aid

 

Excellence in Health and Safety Award

Individual: Michelle Bondy, Learning Specialist, Faculty of Science

Team: Research Safety Committee (view/download the list of Team Members)

 

Impact Award

Individual: Nargis Ismail, Organic Analysis Lab Coordinator, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research

Team: Centre for Teaching and Learning & Office of Open Learning (view/download the list of Team Members)

 

Service Excellence Award (Individual)

Alison Samson, Director (retired), Graduate Academic Services, Faculty of Graduate Studies

Nick Keren, Systems Analyst, Information Technology Services

 

Service Excellence Award (the First Five Years of Employment)

Sarah Hebert, Communications Assistant in the Office of the Associate Vice-President, Student Experience

 

Service Excellence Award (Team)

Pre-Service Team – Faculty of Education (view/download the list of Team Members)

Service Excellence Award - Individual

Michelle Fitzgerald

Administrator – International and Exchange Student Services, International Student Centre

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Beverley Hamilton

Academic Initiatives Officer, Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic

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Service Excellence Award - The First 5 Years of Employment

Jessica Hatt

Secretary, Faculty of Law

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Service Excellence Award - Team

The Print Shop

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Team members (in order of appearance): Luc Quenneville, Reprographic/WordPro Operator; Scott Thorpe, Reprographic Operator; Jennifer Almeida, Reprographic Operator


Excellence in Leadership Award

Lisa Porter

Executive Director, Windsor Health Institute

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Impact Award - Team

Co-chairs of the LGBTQ+ in STEM Conference

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Team members: Tricia Carmichael, Acting Associate Dean – Research and Graduate Studies, Faculty of Science and James Gauld, Department Head, Chemistry and Biochemistry.


“U” Make a Difference Award

Andrew Jenner

Manager of Technical Support, Faculty of Engineering

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Service Excellence Award - Individual

Trevor Pittman

Concert Producer/Operations Manager, School of Creative Arts

 


Service Excellence Award - The First 5 Years of Employment

Johanna Beneteau

Internship Co-ordinator, Co-operative Education and Workplace Partnerships

 


Service Excellence Award - Team

School of Creative Arts Staff Team

 

Team Members: Kiki Athanassiadis, Chris Blais, Sherri Dutot, Lucy Howe, Trevor Pittman, Victor Romão, Nadja Pelkey and Dana Wiley Datta


Excellence in Leadership Award

Marian Doll

Director, Student Awards and Financial Aid


Impact Award - Team

UWinsite Project Implementation Team

 

Team Members: Download the list


“U” Make a Difference Award

Lynna Baran

Co-op Secretary, Co-operative Education and Workplace Partnerships


Excellence in Health & Safety Award

Connie Beaudoin

Secretary to the Law Librarian, Law Library

Service Excellence Awards: Individual

Susan Dennison,                                                       

Lab and Education Coordinator, Faculty of Nursing

 

Service Excellence Awards: First 5 Years of Employment

Melissa Gabrieau

Animal Care Technician, Central Animal Care Facility

                                                                     

 

Excellence in Leadership Award

Nick Baker, Director, Office of Open Learning

 

Impact Award: Individual

Aaron Dickau

Gardener, Housekeeping & Grounds

 

Impact Award: Team

Teaching Awards Nomination Team

(Team Members:Beverley Hamilton, Office of the Provost &Vice-President, Academic; Peter Marval, Centre for Teaching & Learning; Jessica Raffoul, Centre for Teaching & Learning)

 

“U” Make a Difference Award

Frank Jeney

Lancer Recreation Assistant/Fitness Coordinator, Athletics & Recreational Services

 

Excellence in Health & Safety Award

Dave Yott

Acquisitions/Production and ILLO Coordinator, Leddy Library

Service Excellence Awards: Individual

Sharon Horne, Administrative Assistant to the Department Head and Graduate Secretary, Department of Kinesiology

Service Excellence Award recipient Sharon Horne

Service Excellence Awards: First 5 Years of Employment

Linda Sterling Operations Manager, Central Animal Care Facility

First 5 Years of Employment award recipient Linda Sterling

Service Excellence Awards: Team

The Office of Open Learning (Team members: Nobuko Fujita, Alicia Higgison, Mark Lubrick, Darko Milenkovic and Kyle Seguin)

Service Excellence Team award recipient the Office of Open Learning

Excellence in Leadership Award

Susan Mark, Executive Director, Facility Services

Excellence in Leadership Award recipient Susan Mark

Impact Award Team

Learning Management System (LMS) Team (Team Members: Teresa Collins, Graham Fawcett, Marlene Kemski, Chris Ribble, Allyson Skene, Arpa Smith, Lorna Stolarchuk, Tim Au-Yeung and Tomas Dobos. Also in the photo: Nick Baker and Erika Kustra, LMS Team nominators)

Impact Award recipient the Learning Management System team

“U” Make a Difference Award

Kimberly Lefebvre, Head Secretary, Physics

U Make a Difference Award recipient Kimberly Lefebvre

Excellence in Health & Safety Award

Kiki Athanassiadis, Technician – Printmaking, Visual Arts

Excellence in Health and Safety Award recipient Kiki Athanassiadis

Service Excellence Awards: Individual

Arpa Smith, Team Leader, Client Services, Information Technology Services

Arpa Smith

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service Excellence Awards: First 5 Years of Employment

Dana Wiley, Undergraduate Secretary, Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology

Dana Wiley

Service Excellence Awards: Team

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Office of Quality Assurance (team members: Alison Samson, James Gauld, Debbie Kane, Christine Maitre, Svetlana Georgieva, Erica Lyons, Lisa Timperio, Barbara Zimmerman, Nancy Steeves, Carrie Carr & Angie Penev)

Team

Excellence in Leadership Award

Jessica Raffoul, Teaching & Learning Research & Communications Coordinator, Centre for Teaching and Learning (no picture available)

 

Impact Award

Michelle Freeman, Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator, Faculty of Nursing

Michelle Freeman

“U” Make a Difference Award

Russell Nahdee, Coordinator, Aboriginal Education Centre

Russell Nahdee

Excellence in Health & Safety Award

Trevor Pittman, Concert Producer and Operations Manager, School of Creative Arts

Trevor Pittman

Service Excellence Awards: Individual

Domenic Iacobelli, Custodian, Housekeeping & Grounds

Domenic Iacobelli

 

 

 

 

 

Service Excellence Awards: Individual

Joe Lichaa, Departmental Technologist, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Joe Lichaa

 

Service Excellence Awards: First 5 Years of Employment

Joyceln Lorito, Residence Life Coordinator, Residence Services

Joyceln Lorito

 

Service Excellence Awards: Team

Faculty of Engineering, Office of the Dean

Team

 

 

 

 

 

 

Excellence in Leadership Award

Lorraine Grondin, Assistant to the Dean, Administrative & Finance Faculty of Engineering

Lorraine Grondin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Excellence in Health & Safety Award

Lucy Formicuccia, Administrative Assistant to the Dean, Leddy Library

Lucy Formicuccia