Previous Award Recipients
See below for information regarding previous awardees:
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2023
Peter Berg, ADA Coordinator, Office of Access and Equity
Stephanie Calato, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, College of Medicine Rockford
Jiwang Chen, Director, Cardiovascular Research Core
Theresa Christenson-Caballero, Director of Graduate Student Professional and Career Development, Graduate College
Kathleen Diviak, Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Health Research and Policy, School of Public Health
Patrick Falk, Senior Academic Advisor, Biological Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Carol Rose Fendt, Director of PRAIRIE Group, Learning Sciences Research Institute, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Michelle McCrillis, Assistant Dean of Curriculum and Outreach Programs, Honors College
Ricardo Rivero, Executive Director, Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center, College of Medicine
Elizabeth Woods, Associate Director, Grants and Contracts, Center for Biomolecular Sciences, College of Pharmacy
2022
Charity Ball, Director of Clinical Research Operations, Center for Clinical and Translational Science
Sandi Hall, Executive Director, Academic Advising, Student Academic Affairs, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Misty Huacuja-La-Pointe, Director, Pre-Professional Advising, Student Academic Affairs, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Linda Naru, Associate Dean, Associate University Librarian for Administration Services, University Library
Nicole Sammaratino, Clery Act Compliance Coordinator, Office of Preparedness and Response
Soudabeh Soura, Associate Director, Office of Animal Care & Institutional Biosafety, Office for the Vice Chancellor for Research
Roniciel ‘Joy’ Vergara, Executive Director, Center for Student Affairs
Allen Bryson, Director of Pre-Graduate Programs, Office of Diversity & Recruitment, Graduate College
2021
Vainis Aleksa, Director of Writing Center, English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Chris Berndt, Director of Physical Plant, IT & Facility Planning, Physical Plant Operations – Rockford
Daniel Dicesare, Director of Student Affairs, Office of Student Affairs, College of Pharmacy
Elizabeth Romero Fuerte, Senior Director for Learning Tech, Center for the Advancement of Teaching Excellence
Megan Magnuson, Senior Class Coordinator, Rockford Regional, College of Pharmacy
Kimberly Miller, Director of Finance and Administration, Dean’s Office, School of Public Health
Santhi Nannapaneni, Director for Student Affairs, Computer Science, College of Engineering
2020
Ivan Arenas, Associate Director for Community Partnerships, Institute for Research on Race & Public Policy
Marc DeVar, Associate Chief Financial Officer, Patient Accounting/ UI Health
Aisha El Amin, Associate Provost and Chief of Staff, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Robert Kiser, Associate Director, Clinical Performance Center, Medical Education
Aaron Rosenthal, Senior Associate Director of Contract Management, UIC Purchasing
Stacey Walters, Director of Career Services, Administration, College of Medicine
2019
Mark Valentino,
Dana Plepys, Associate Director, Electronic Visualization Laboratory, Department of Computer Science
Brian Roessler, Executive Assistant Dean, Dean’s Office, Liberal Arts and Sciences
Vandana Loebel, Director of International Teaching Assistant Program, Graduate College
John Slavik, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, School of Public Health
Scott Dubick, Assistant Director of Industrial Hygiene, Environmental Health and Safety Office
2018
Lisa Halliday, Clinical Veterinarian, Biological Resources Laboratory
Nick Kane, Director of Facility and Planning, College of Medicine, Dean’s Office
Susan Littau, Director, Research Facilitation, College of Nursing
Kunal Vora, Director of Administrative Operations, Department of Radiology
Dana Wright, Director of Academic Program Development, Office of Programs and Academic Assessment
Angela Yudt, Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs, Office of the VP for Faculty Affairs
2017
Rita Berendt, Neurosurgery Advance Practice Nurse, Neurosurgery
Theresa Christenson-Caballero, Director, Graduate Student Outreach
Eileen Doran, Assistant Dean, Student Affair, Applied Health Sciences
Eloy Reyes, Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science
Gregory Quinn, Executive Assoc. Director, Capital Planning
Antoniah Lewis-Reese, Executive Assistant to the Dean, School of Public Health
2016
Ifat “Eve” Ali Boles, Director of Research Operations, Math, Statistics, & Computer Science
John Fudacz, Assistant Dean, LAS- Administration
Antonio D. Jimenez, Senior Research Specialist in Health Sciences, Community Outreach Intervention Projects
Jaime Klaus, Program Coordinator, Community Health Sciences
Mee Mee Lee-Choi, Interim Senior Associate Director, Office of Grants and Contracts
Dale C. Lorens, Associate Director of the Essentials of Clinical Medicine, Medical Education
2015
Fernando Howell
Jessica Jonika
Jacob Mueller
Linda Naru
Ana Ogbac
Francisco Pina
2014
Gillian J. Coombs
Elizabeth Herrera
Steven Kragon
Karen Sholeen
Hugo Teruel
Charu Thakral
2013
Jennifer A. Parsons
Christopher Peter Deegan
Yesim Anter
Kristine Jennifer Zimmermann
Stephani Joyce Whitaker
Andrea Marie Celerio