Congratulations to the 2010 Excellence Award Nominees!
Pictured from left to right: Eleanor Henderson, Frances Hamilton, Celeste McDonald, Laurel Holmstrom Vega, Mary Hanson, Magali Telles, Cynthia Renfrew, Nancy Crosat, Eshawn Zuniga, Tracy Navas, and Paul Cotter
Congratulations to our Applause Award Recipients!
Below are recipients since January, 2010. To view a complete list of awardees, visit the Applause Award Recipients web page. To learn more about how to nominate someone visit the Applause Award Program web page.
Christopher Dinno, Facilities Management
Christopher and his crew have been instrumental in the implementation of the Erna and Arthur Salm Holocaust and Genocide Memorial Grove, ... (read more)
— Nominated by Elaine Leeder, Dean, School of Social Sciences, June 2, 2010
Facilities and Landscaping Staff, Facilities Management
The Department of Intercollegiate Athletics applauds the Trades staff from the Facilities and Grounds Department for their outstanding work in ... (read more)
— Nominated by Bill Fusco, Senior Director for Athletics, May 11, 2010
Todd Simmons and Chuck Elliot, Operations and Engineering
Todd and Chuck always ensure Police Services vehicles are repaired and ready to serve the community. For example, recently 3 of the Police vehicles ... (read more)
— Nominated by Dave Dougherty, Police Officer, May 2, 2010
Joe McNiff, Laborer, and Henry Amaral, Lead Mover and Events Coordinator, Housekeeping
On April 12, Joe McNiff and Henry Amaral quickly replenished Reprographics press room hand soap dispensers for each of our three shop area ... (read more)
— Nominated by Liona Spring, Reprographic Process Assistant, April 20, 2010
Matt Bedford, Building Service Engineer, Operations and Engineering
During our requested maintenance service on April 12 to the two clean/fresh air ventilation systems in Reprographics press room, Matt Bedford ... (read more)
— Nominated by Liona Spring, Reprographic Process Assistant, April 20, 2010
Sue Bennett, Administrative Information Systems and Peter Flores, Common Management System
Sue and Peter have worked diligently for months on the Online Orientation Reservation system that will allow incoming students to sign up ... (read more)
— Nominated by Jacqueline Holley, Coordinator for New Student Orientation and Family Programs, March 30, 2010
Jennifer O'Neil, Instructional Technology Services, Information Technology
Here, at this big institution, entropy--the natural movement from order to disorder--attacks us 24/7. Only with constant diligence do we fit the... (read more)
— Nominated by Jack Ritchie, Library Assistant, March 30, 2010
Stephanie Torres, Instructional Technology Services, Information Technology (Picture not Available)
A big thank you to Stephanie (and Nate and Jeremy) for helping us realize our dream of having the Holocaust Lectures available via the internet. ... (read more)
— Nominated by Myrna Goodman, Director, March 16, 2010
Barbara Moore, Information Technology Web Services
The Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide web site was sorely in need of updating. Babs worked with me to reformat the pages and ... (read more)
— Nominated by Myrna Goodman, Director, March 4, 2010
Anastacio Diaz , Facilities Services
Anastacio recently installed a computer corner desk in the Art and Art History Department Image Collection to provide more space for our digital ... (read more)
— Nominated by Karen Kessel, Visual Resources Specialist, March 3, 2010
Stephen Mallory, Operations and Engineering
Stephen Mallory spent a whole morning investigating our ongoing problems with the remote control connections for the slide projectors in our art ... (read more)
— Nominated by Karen Kessel, Visual Resources Specialist, March 3, 2010
Tai Russotti, School of Arts and Humanities
We would like to applaud Tai for her extraordinary effort and excellent work during January and February while we were in between ... (read more)
— Nominated by Brian S. Wilson, Music Department Chair, March 1, 2010
Brianna Kiler, Music Department Student Assistant
We would like to applaud Brianna for her amazing work recently when we were in between Department AC's. Brianna went above and beyond the call ... (read more)
— Nominated by Brian S. Wilson, Music Department Chair, March 1, 2010
Tech High Students and Staff (Pictures not Available)
Tech High students and staff provide invaluable help to the custodial staff by preparing their classrooms for cleaning on an almost daily basis. ... (read more)
— Nominated by Paul Clinton, Night Custodian, February 2, 2010
Barbara Moore, Information Technology Web Services
Barbara Moore's title should be the Web Angel of Sonoma State. The push to make our course websites accessible has been a challenge for those of us ... (read more)
— Nominated by Suzanne Toczyski, Professor of French, January 29, 2010
Steve Francisco and Manual Moreno, Housekeeping (Pictures not Available)
Many thanks go to the outstanding work of Steve Francisco and Manuel Moreno of the housekeeping staff. You did a great job one night early in ... (read more)
— Nominated by Kathleen Spitzer, Employee Services, January 26, 2010
Katie McCormick, School of Social Sciences (Picture not available)
We would like to applaud Katie McCormick in Social Sciences for her extraordinary effort and excellent work on the Spring 2010 contracts. Katie was ... (read more)
— Nominated by Faculty Affairs, January 26, 2010
Steven Nank, Shipping and Receiving
Steven Nank solves all of my problems. You probably think I'm exaggerating, but I'm not. He runs his shipping and receiving department like a ... (read more)
— Nominated by Holly Sautner, School of Social Sciences, January 21, 2010