To recognize the creative contributions and exemplary performance of its staff, Arts & Sciences presented seven of its own with the Arts & Sciences 2005-06 Outstanding Staff Award during a ceremony and reception recently in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge.
Edward S. Macias, Ph.D., dean of Arts & Sciences, executive vice chancellor and the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences, presents the awards annually to non-teaching personnel who have contributed significantly to the effectiveness of the teaching, advising, counseling and research efforts in Arts & Sciences.
In addition, Macias presents the Dean’s Award to a University staff member housed outside of Arts & Sciences who has made key contributions to the school. Nanette Tarbouni, director of admissions, received this year’s Dean’s Award for her support, service and commitment to the academic enterprise.
“Nanette is committed to Washington University and to helping Arts & Sciences and the University recruit the best and brightest students in the world,” Macias said. “These students are the fundamental core of Arts & Sciences, and they all pass through the admissions office, and they all know Nanette.”
Macias referred to the awards ceremony as a “wonderful time to recognize outstanding staff who help make Washington University a stronger institution. They are enormously important to the smooth functioning of Arts & Sciences and we could not succeed without their excellent work,” he said.
“Our staff do so much that’s important, including welcoming new students, advising undergraduate majors, processing complex paperwork, supporting faculty with their research and teaching, and being a contact that most faculty and students turn to for answers. Each award recipient has made a difference in Arts & Sciences.”
All honorees received a framed award and a $250 gift certificate to the Saint Louis Galleria.
The following are recipients of the Arts & Sciences Outstanding Staff Award:
• Tamara Casanova, office manager for the Department of Philosophy;
• Bob Chapman, senior departmental support specialist in Arts & Sciences Computing;
• Hugh Chou, systems & network administrator/manager in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences;
• Ellen Feinstein, assistant to the editor for the yearbook Gegenwartsliteratur in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, who retired June 1;
• Victoria May, director of the University’s Science Outreach, Department of Biology;
• Judy Ruhland, department secretary II in the Performing Arts Department, who retired May 19; and
• Sharon Stahl, associate dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.
To read more about the award recipients, go online to artsci.wustl.edu and click on “Arts & Sciences Outstanding Staff Awards 2005-06.”