2022 Outstand ing Service Award Winners

STEPHANIE SPERA, assistant professor of geography and the environment, received the H. Hiter Harris III Award for Excellence in Instructional Technology from the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges. The award highlights a faculty or staff member who has incorporated technology in innovative ways in the undergraduate educational experience.

BOB SPIRES, associate professor of education, published the chapter “Human Trafficking, Antitrafficking, and Contemporary Theory” in Human Trafficking: Global History and Perspectives (Lexington Books).

LAUREN TILTON, assistant professor of digital humanities, and Taylor Arnold, associate professor of statistics, received a $324,693 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support a project to build open-source software for collecting and analyzing digital images.

JOANNA WARES, associate professor of mathematics, published “Predicting the Impact of Placing an Overdose Prevention Site in Philadelphia: A Mathematical Modeling Approach” in the Harm Reduction Journal. Wares received a grant from the Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics to support research with UR undergraduates and collaborating faculty at Rollins College to use mathematical models to understand opioid crisis interventions.

JAMELLE WILSON, dean of the School of Professional & Continuing Studies, facilitated the Eighth Annual Executive Briefing on “The Economics of Early Childhood: Smart Beginnings for Virginia’s Workforce Pipeline,” co-hosted by the Virginia Early Childhood Foundation and the Virginia Chamber Foundation.

2022

Outstanding Service Award Winners

These awards, given annually, honor staff members for exemplary commitment and service to the University in the following categories: clerical support, dining services, administrative, service/maintenance, and sustainability. Outstanding Service Award winners are nominated by their colleagues and supervisors and receive $1,000 and a personalized plaque.

Dining Services ERINN BROWN

Banquet Captain Catering

Sustainability TERRY DOLSON

Associate Director, Community-Engaged Learning Bonner Center for Civic Engagement

Administrative CHRIS JONES

Associate Athletic Director for Sports Medicine and Student-Athlete Welfare Sports Medicine

Service/Maintenance DREW PARKER

Groundskeeper II University Facilities/ Landscape

PAUL SANDMAN

Integrated Pest Management Specialist University Facilities/ Landscape

Clerical Support JUNE WISE

Administrative Coordinator Languages, Literatures, and Cultures