Staff Excellence and CLAS Leadership Awards

awards certificatesThe Mary Louise Kelley Staff Excellence Award recognizes staff whose accomplishments and contributions to the College and the University have benefited their departments and brought honor or recognition to the College and the University.

The award is named for an alumna Mary Louise Kelley who earned a B.A. degree in speech from CLAS in 1930, and went on to work for the university, retiring in the 1940s. When she died in 1997, she left an estate gift that funds the Mary Louise Kelley Staff Excellence Awards and the Mary Louise Kelley Professional Development Awards, which help staff members pursue professional-development opportunities.

2023 Mary Louise Kelley Staff Excellence Award winners:

  • Merry Aamodt, CLAS Human Resources
  • Michele Ketchum, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
  • Ryan Kirkey, CLAS Finance and Tiffany Schier, CLAS Faculty Affairs
  • Tracy Meginnis, Division of Interdisciplinary Programs
  • Kyle Schaefer, CLAS Grant Support Office
  • Andrea Shaevitz, Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Jill Tobin, CLAS Marketing and Communications

2022 Mary Louise Kelley Staff Excellence Award winners:

  • CLAS Data Team: Hans Hoerschelman, Romeliza Wise, Karen Noggle, and Alexander Junk
  • Jennifer Eimers, CLAS Undergraduate Programs
  • Laura Goddard, School of Music
  • Kathleen O'Neill, Department of History
  • Christopher Piker, Physics and Astronomy
  • Wendy Sandersfeld, Political Science
  • Molly Rechkemmer, CLAS Undergraduate Programs

2021 Mary Louise Kelley Staff Excellence Award winners:

  • Laura Goddard, School of Music
  • Jennifer Eimers, CLAS Curriculum and Instruction
  • Chris Piker, Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Wendy Sandersfeld, Department of Political Science
  • Kathleen O'Neill, Department of History
  • Molly Rechkemmer, Department of Cinematic Arts
  • The CLAS Data Team

The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Leadership Award recognizes staff members who exhibited exceptional leadership qualities and positively impacted individuals, departments, or the College.

2023 CLAS Leadership Award winners:

  • Stratis Giannakouros, Office of Sustainability and the Environment
  • Gabbie McDermott, CLAS Office of the Dean

2022 CLAS Leadership Award winner: 

  • Daniel Khalastchi, Magid Center for Undergraduate Writing