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CSU LIFE
MAY 2022
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FACULTY & STAFF
Star Award recognizes accomplishments of AP employees
The AP Star Award was created to express appreciation by recognizing the accomplishments of administrative professional employees who have demonstrated outstanding individual performance at CSU. Meet this year’s finalists.
Chloe Wright
Senior Staff Psychologist – CSU Health Network
Dr. Wright joined CSU in 2017 as a doctoral intern, stayed on as a postdoctoral fellow, and is now a senior staff psychologist in the CSU Health Network. She has a PhD in Counseling Psychology with a Graduate Certificate in Child and Adolescent Psychology from UNC in Greeley. Dr. Wright contributes to CSU through many official teaching/mentoring roles, as well as other informal roles. She co-leads efforts to deepen counseling services skill level/commitment to our marginalized students, through co-facilitating both our monthly staff Diversity Dialogues meetings and co-facilitating our weekly Diversity Seminar for counseling trainees. Dr. Wright employs a variety of methods to help further develop the talents and skills of those around her, from didactic teaching to deeper reflection/processing. She brings specific attention to intersections of identity, underscoring that it is not possible to separate overlaps of oppression across race, sexuality, gender, socioeconomic status, and ability. Dr. Wright works tirelessly to brighten the lives of students, staff, and the community at large. As the pandemic continued, our BIPOC, queer, and trans students faced an incredibly heavy burden, from disparate impacts of COVID and constant trauma of witnessing the violent deaths of many BIPOC individuals. Dr. Wright specifically centers these students in their work, with innovative services and programming for students, regular presentations to staff & colleagues of color, and mentoring of various BIPOC trainees at the CSU Health Network (CSUHN). Dr. Wright consistently goes above and beyond in their work, both within CSUHN and across campus.
Elaine Kim
IACUC Coordinator – Office of the Vice President of Research
Elaine Kim has been an IACUC Coordinator here at CSU for almost 12 years. As senior coordinator, Kim is responsible for coordinating and holding meetings
for the IACUC to review protocols in accordance with federal regulations, as well as maintaining the animal welfare and use policies for the university. She also acts as a liaison between the researchers and the IACUC, and between the IACUC and federal agencies like the USDA, and she handles each party with the utmost integrity and respect. As a Certified Professional in IACUC Administration (CIPR), she is highly trained in the regulations governing this research and is active at the local, national, and international level in upholding the ethical and legal use of research animals. Her reputation and expertise are recognized at the national level, where she has presented at numerous meetings, conferences and has taught several workshops. Most recently, she was on the planning committee for the 2020 IACUC conference for PRIM&R (an international research ethics non-profit with over 25,000 members), where she was the driver behind incorporating DEIJ principles into every facet of the conference. Kim is a current member of a planning committee with The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine that focuses on the issues associated with the unique welfare challenges of conducting research with wildlife. She is a stalwart advocate and mentor for those she supervises both inside and outside of work. She excels at being a mentor and ensures her mentees are not only succeeding professionally but also, drives to ensure they manage a healthy work-life balance too. Elaine is a strong advocate for maintaining a healthy work-life and is often picking up new hobbies or trying new recipes to share with her colleagues. Kim is also an active member on the board of her church and her child’s parent teacher organization.
Kim Daggett
Academic Success Coordinator – College of Liberal Arts
Kim Daggett has been with the CLA Advising Center for five and a half years as an academic success coordinator and advises for English, economics, and History Social Studies Teaching. Daggett’s advising philosophy is to meet each student
