Kelley McKee, Lindsey Riebe and all the Student Success Coaches who empower up to 200 students each year through a coaching relationship with an NAU employee or retiree trained in life-coaching tools. Thank you for your work to equips students with the tools and resources to manage transition, access support, and explore academic and career opportunities.
Lauren Berutich along with all the faculty, staff, and GA’s involved in ARTS (Action Research Teams) who have in four very fast paced years developed a program with over 16 student/community teams. Through these there are over a thousand students -460 students in Fall 2013 -along with 40 community partners, who are practicing the very essence of civic democratic practices and collaboration toward issues such as immigration, urban gardening, water advocacy, queer and ally relations, sustainable entrepreneurships, and much much more.
Robin Long and Kristy Paddock with CCC2NAU who manage to learn systems, guidelines, and regulations of two different institutions so as to make the path for students easier. They have enormous caseloads yet do not rush any of their students who often need extra time and have numerous questions. You help students, help CCC, help NAU, and add value and meaning to the term “tireless effort”
Darrelle Martin, Business Analyst Sr with Planning and Institutional Research, for her tireless dedication in managing the cohort data for the 18 2NAU sites located at community colleges throughout Arizona. Darrelle is a master at querying data for inconsistencies and deftly identifies proactive strategies to accurately report on 2NAU students. Thanks Darrelle!
Kenric Kesler, Professional Development Coordinator at the Center for Science Teaching and Learning, for his work with TGen2School to secure APS and Flagstaff Community Foundation funding for the BioSEEK (Bioscience Education Enhancement Kits) and STEP2 (Science Teacher Education-Phase 2) projects. These innovative programs will bring cutting edge science kits to the classroom and provide for associated professional development for local middle school, high school, and community college educators.
John Doherty, Instructional Designer at the e-Learning Center, who presented a paper on blended learning at the first national Teaching Professor Technology conference in Atlanta, GA. John co-presented with Kevin Ketchner of Cline Library. Three other NAU faculty attended the conference with them.
Melissa Griffin, Manager of Health Promotion an integral part of Campus Health Services. She possesses undying energy, passion, enthusiasm & devotion to anything relating to promoting one’s Health; be it physical, emotional, or psychological.
Maureen Fray for her dedication to all the students of CEFNS and her continued support of the advising staff. We wish her well in her new position as Assistant Director of Gateway, where she will surely make a great impact in many more lives of students and staff alike!
Lela Montfort for the energy and creativity she brings to University College and to the collaborations she works so hard to create across campus on UC's behalf, and in particular for her recent work with orientation and welcome week.
the UCBA (University College Business Analyst) team who in their first year worked on the analysis of the impact of the Faculty Senate’s attendance policy on first year students, on course offering and capacity analytics for First Year Seminar and Liberal Studies, implemented the online change of major, continues to refine and expand technology such as Grade Performance Status (GPS) and Action Center and works tirelessly to provide extensive data analysis reports for University College programs and its collaborations across campus. Many thanks to Sarah Durocher, Tracy Locarni, Zane Shewalter, and Debbie Wildermuth.
Chris Drake, Chris Jensen, Colleen Rice, Emilly Borthwick-Wong, Ian Wischmeier, Laura Lyn, Maureen Fray, Pam Stinson-Tattersol, Stacey Calvert, Susan Klasinski, and all the advisors and registrar representatives who show patience, kindness, and compassionate understanding when working with the Undergraduate Academic Continuation Committee (UACC) students. Being suspended from NAU can be an emotional experience and returning after suspension takes work. Thank you for working hard alongside the students as the earn their way back to NAU and then continuing to support them once they return.
Kim Knowles. She has been so welcoming and patient with a new colleague’s learning curve. Kim has been so kind in answering all questions! She is also a wealth of knowledge for the Hospitality and Restaurant Management students.
Betsy Buford, Coordinator with Academic Transition Programs, who developed and successfully implemented a new student success course tailored specifically for international students in addition to her ongoing work in enhancing student success skills for almost 500 students enrolled in NAU 120 courses. Thank you for all you do.
Melissa Welker, the queen of collaboration for student success. In her role as Director of Student Learning Centers and the Supplemental Instruction, Melissa works to support academic success not only in SI collaborative courses across campus but also in enhancing student academic skills in all courses, areas, and venues.
Elizabeth Glass, CEFNS Director of Career Development, for putting on a very successful CEFNS (College of Engineering, Forestry & Natural Sciences) Career Fair. She coordinates with employers to participate in the fair and participation increased from 22 to 30 from Spring 2013 to Fall 2013. She sent out over 400 invitations to possible participants and 263 students attended! She oversees creating and maintaining the event on Jobs for Jacks, including employer and student registrations. She handled advertising related to the Career Fair. She manages the Career Fair day including booking the venue, food orders, networking and visiting with employers and assisting students in the process. She also successfully organized the information sessions for interested employers which occurs the evening before the fair. And she organizes
the interview day, which is held the day after the fair and pairs up students with possible employers. There were dozens of interviews – 14 interview rooms with schedules packed all day! All of which is the result of her dedication and hard work.
