{"id":210736,"date":"2023-01-31T15:37:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T20:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/?p=210736"},"modified":"2023-01-31T15:37:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T20:37:32","slug":"employee-recognition-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/2023\/01\/31\/employee-recognition-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Recognition Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences launched a monthly employee recognition program to to acknowledge members of our community who go above and beyond to support individuals, departments, programs, and the college overall. The individuals below were recognized in November and December for their commitment to collegiality and their contributions to creating a community of care beyond their general scope of work. Congratulations!<\/p>\n

November Awardees<\/h2>\n
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Tina Bollettieri<\/a>, Dean’s Office
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\u201cTina’s position\u2026makes her the point of contact for many stakeholders\u2026with long reaching impact into the community. The students who end up in my classes always make a note about how helpful, clear, and precise Tina’s advice has been. Beyond her professional qualifications and strengths, she is a thoughtful colleague, asking and keeping up with our families and health and daily life. This warmth is something that lies at the core of MSU’s mission as a people-first university, and I’m grateful to work with someone like her.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n

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Brenda Sheehan<\/a>, Justice Studies
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\u201cBrenda is one of the most engaged, professional, and friendly members of the CHSS community. She tirelessly works for students, faculty, and staff to provide guidance and support, and she does so with a smile. Even to those who have treated her poorly, she never fails to act with the highest standard of professionalism and decorum. Brenda is a model member of the CHSS community, MSU community, and field of higher education.<\/em>\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n

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Laura Nicosia<\/a>, English
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\u201cLaura goes way above and beyond in supporting new faculty. She is the only program resource mentor across campus who voluntarily attends the weekly New Faculty Program. She goes out of her way to say hello when we cross paths on campus, and she is exceptionally empathetic and supportive when new faculty face challenges. She has offered walks, coffee chats, etc. that go well beyond her formal role. Very grateful to have her as a mentor!”<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n

December Awardees<\/h2>\n
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Bekki Davis<\/a>, Student Success Center
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\u201cBekki is a powerful advocate for both students and staff, and continues to give back to the community in any way she can. She is always challenging the community to improve for our students. When faced with a problem, she approaches it with innovation and her out-of-the-box thinking. All in all, Bekki brings a shining light to the team, her students, and all who are lucky enough to work with her.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n

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Anne Edstrom<\/a>, Spanish & Latino Studies
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“Anne is very loved by her students because she is a passionate, kind, fair and well prepared professor. She is not only a great teacher but an amazing colleague. She would do anything to help colleagues, improve our program, she works non-stop at the point to get sick, she gives it all for her job, students and colleagues!”<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n

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Anita Veal<\/a>, Administrative Services
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\u201cAnita is thoughtful, kind, truthful, respectful, insightful and always willing to pitch in and help. She always changes the atmosphere for the better.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/p><\/div>\n

Honorable Mentions<\/h2>\n

Jean Alvares,<\/strong> Classics and General Humanities
\nDelina Andrews,<\/strong> Psychology
\nNicole Fackina,<\/strong> Justice Studies
\nMaria Jose Garcia-Vizcaino,<\/strong> Spanish & Latino Studies
\nJonathan Greenberg,<\/strong> English
\nJulia Loken,<\/strong> CHSS Student Success Center
\nDonna Meeker-O’Rourke,<\/strong> Social Work & Child Advocacy
\nJessica Restaino, <\/strong>Writing Studies
\nChristopher Salvatore, <\/strong>Justice Studies
\nArt Simon, <\/strong>English
\nMonica Taylor, <\/strong>Gender, Sexuality, and Women\u2019s Studies
\nM\u00e9lissa V\u00e9lez, <\/strong>Psychology
\nDeborah Verderosa,<\/strong> Communication Sciences and Disorders
\nJen Wilenta,<\/strong> Psychology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences launched a monthly employee recognition program to to acknowledge members of our community who go above and beyond to support individuals, departments, programs, and the college overall. The individuals below were recognized in November and December for their commitment to collegiality and their contributions to creating a community […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":210504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-20_chss-news","category-7_homepage-news-and-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210736"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210754,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210736\/revisions\/210754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/chss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}