APPLAUSE AWARDS

Veronica Duarte, Teacher Diversity Project

Veronica Duarte is an exemplary employee and team player. She is always willing to help and do her work, often going beyond the call of duty.  Because she represents what the Teacher Diversity Project is all about, she is able to communicate and relate well to all the students who come from similar cultural backgrounds. The fact that she is a bilingual elementary teacher, and has a degree in Spanish, allows her to bring the acdemic support needed behind the pursuit of a teaching degree. - Ellie Galvez-Hard, Teacher Diversity Project, Director

Holly Galbraith, Dining Services, FSW1- Lead

Holly is the right hand of Charlie Brown's Cafe, and she straight-up rocks! Holly works every day to improve the quality of service not only to our customers, but to the students we employ as well.  Holly holds firm to the high standards of quality to which the Charley Brown Cafe subscribes, while being an empathetic leader.  Holly is always so rock solid in her performance, that she inspires me to dig deeper, rise higher and try to go further than ever before in development and sales. I don't kid myself, without Holly, CBC would not be what it is today.  Thank you Hollyanna, thank you.  - Tracy Ramsdell-Ray, Manager, Charley Brown's Cafe

Nels Worden, Chemistry - Stockroom Chemist

I would like to applaud and thank Nels Worden in the Chemistry Department for helping to solve the "white board problem" on campus. I have been teaching this semester in Carson 68 and the white boards were badly smudged and almost unusable. Nels dropped everything and came over from the modular laboratories to work his chemical magic on cleaning the white boards. He also provided a spray solution and towels to keep the boards clean. Going even further, Nels contacted the manufacturer of the white boards about steps we can take to keep all white boards on campus (and in the renovated Darwin Hall) clean in the future. Nels is spreading the word around campus about the proper pens, use of clean erasers, and periodic cleaning with cleaning fluids to assist everyone who uses white boards in their teaching. Thank you Nels! - Matt James, Chair Geology Dept.