2011-12 Employee of the Year Winners Announced

The Staff Senate wishes to congratulate the University of Arkansas Employees of the Year for 2011-12.

Employees of the year represent staff employees who have gone above and beyond their normal job duties for the previous year, and were selected from amongst the winners of the Employees of the Quarter from Fiscal Year 2012. These individuals are nominated by their peers and supervisors for outstanding work from five different categories and were selected by a committee composed of the Employees of the Year from Fiscal Year 2011.

The campus community is invited to join the Staff Senate at its regular meeting Thursday, Sept. 13, 9:30 a.m. in Arkansas Union Room 507, to help celebrate and recognize these outstanding staff members at the University of Arkansas:

• Sylvia Scott, director, Off Campus Connections/Student Affairs; Category I - professional/non-faculty-academic
• Tate Neyman, applications developer/University Development; Category I - professional/non-faculty-administrative
• Jeanne Short, administrative support supervisor/History Department; Category II - secretarial/clerical
• Keukeu Abdullah, fiscal support specialist/Campus Card Office; Category III -paraprofessional/technical
• Chris Shapley, coordinator of Housekeeping/Facilities Management; Category IV - skilled crafts/service/maintenance

Each winner will receive a certificate and a monetary award at this awards ceremony. In addition, 2011-12 Employees of the Year will serve as the selection committee for the 2012-13 Employees of the Quarter and Year. The 2010-11 Employees of the Year who served on this year’s selection committee were Josette Cline, Bill Kearney, Kim Keeney, Sandra Sawyer, and Mike Waldie.

For more information about the Employee of the Quarter/Year program, please visit the Staff Senate website.