College of Health
Staff Appreciation Awards
Purpose
To celebrate exceptional performance and commitment to UAA College of Health (COH)
programs throughout the academic year.
Eligibility
All COH staff in active positions during the award period are eligible (regular, term,
temporary, part-time, full-time).
2024 Award Recipients
Recognizes an employee who collaborates in an outstanding way to achieve excellence.
"[Junland Navarro] has consistently been willing to step up and take on responsibilities
not typically in his role, as he understands the need to provide high quality service
to our students. Jun is an efficient communicator, and frequently greets everyone
with a smile and kind service. Jun鈥檚 dedication to the HPER Department and its students
is clearly evident through the way he adapts to the needs of what is going on around
him, and frequently seeks for ways to improve collaboration through systemic process
changes that will help us meet our program goals."
"In the four months that I have been employed by UAA she [Katie Walker] has assisted
me with onboarding, BB development, gradebooks, computer technology, learning outcomes,
syllabus development, and adjusting to life in academics. Katie is literally the jack
of all trades. She makes people feel valued, seen, and heard. She is calming force
and brings order to situations that feel chaotic. Katie is a superstar and I am honored
to work with her and without a doubt she deserves this award..."
Recognizes an impactful employee who consistently performs above and beyond expectations.
"So very impressive is Jenifer's persistence in the face of obstacles, and her resourcefulness...Her
involvement in finding a technological solution for capturing the many nuances of
accreditation requirements is seen as a model by the accreditation body, the Accreditation
Council on Human Services Education."
"Jenifer has been a consistent and reliable higher performer. Works well under pressure
and is flexible."
"Ms. Leigh reaches out to faculty, students, and peers in proactive ways involving
them in major projects tapping into their strengths. She works at the highest level
of performance and follows through on assignments providing regular updates and information
about the status of projects."
Recognizes an optimistic employee who demonstrates excellence in adapting to change.
"Es demonstrated excellence in critical thinking to resolve the multiple challenges
of this expense report and engaged in positive communication... Throughout the process,
Es was very responsive and helpful!"
"I think of him [Esmatullah] when challenges and change comes my way because he faces
life with humor and humility. He is an inspiration."
Recognizes an employee with five or fewer years of experience in their field whose
accomplishments distinguish them as an emerging leader.
"Emma has consistently demonstrated initiative and sought out opportunities for increased
responsibility since her date of hire. Emma served as building manager for PSB for
academic year 23-24 and handled things in an efficient, professional way while maintaining
timely communications. She joined the COH DEIJ committee and was recently appointed
as co-chair for academic year 24-25. Her enthusiasm and commitment to learning is
clearly demonstrated in her stewardship of the committee and passion for DEIJ."
"[Emma's] confidence is strong and she undertakes work through an initiative that
is a model for us all... She has taken leadership as building manager focusing on
improving the well being of faculty, staff and students through multiple and measurable
improvements to the facility.... Her deep commitment to learning about and advancing
熊猫在线视频 Native knowledge, language and culture is reflected in her efforts as co-chair
of the COH Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee. Still her commitment to addressing
climate change on campus is resulting in conferencing, seminars, colloquia, and special
events that address social action to remedy climate change."