{"id":17228,"date":"2024-05-19T12:09:28","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T16:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=17228"},"modified":"2024-05-20T15:41:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T19:41:18","slug":"titan-commitment-honored-at-2024-spotlight-on-excellence-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2024\/05\/19\/titan-commitment-honored-at-2024-spotlight-on-excellence-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Titan commitment honored at 2024 Spotlight on Excellence awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_17229\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17229\" style=\"width: 1168px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17229\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/05\/Spotlight-on-Excellence-2024.jpg?resize=993%2C470&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Seven people pose for a photos, three holding lamps, in front of a blue University of Detroit Mercy backdrop, inside of the Student Union.\" width=\"993\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/05\/Spotlight-on-Excellence-2024.jpg?resize=300%2C142&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/05\/Spotlight-on-Excellence-2024.jpg?resize=1024%2C485&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/05\/Spotlight-on-Excellence-2024.jpg?resize=768%2C364&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/05\/Spotlight-on-Excellence-2024.jpg?resize=1536%2C728&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/05\/Spotlight-on-Excellence-2024.jpg?resize=1161%2C550&amp;ssl=1 1161w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/05\/Spotlight-on-Excellence-2024.jpg?w=1900&amp;ssl=1 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left to right with President Donald Taylor: Karla Lewis, Arthur Ko, Megan Novell receive mission awards, and Pam Zarkowski and Diane Praet are honored for their 45 years of service to the University.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dozens of members of the University of Detroit Mercy community were honored Monday during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/about\/leadership\/president\/employee-recognition\/index.php\">2024 Spotlight on Excellence<\/a> awards ceremony inside of the Student Union Ballroom on the McNichols Campus.<\/p>\n<p>The University acknowledged the contributions and achievements of the faculty, staff, administrators and retirees during the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Among those honored were Administrative Assistant in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department Jane Schley for 50 years of service, Provost Pam Zarkowski and Associate Vice President\/University Registrar Diane Praet for 45 years of service to the University and dozens more people who are marking 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10-year milestones.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 Faculty Recognition Awards went to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Faculty Excellence Award<\/strong> \u2014 Claudia Bernasconi, Professor, School of Architecture &amp; Community Development<\/li>\n<li><strong>Faculty Achievement Award<\/strong> \u2014 Nadine Wodwaski, Associate Professor, Nursing, College of Health Professions &amp; McAuley School of Nursing<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jesuit Community Faculty Stipend<\/strong> \u2014 Rosemary Weatherston, Associate Professor, English Department; Erin Henze, Associate Professor, Psychology Department; Rachel Lee, Assistant Professor, Psychology Department; Sarah Rowe, Assistant Professor, Psychology Department<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Earning the 2024 Commitment to Excellence Awards were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rising Star Award<\/strong> \u2014 Dwayne Arnett, Helpdesk Technician, ITS<\/li>\n<li><strong>Commitment to Excellence Staff Award<\/strong> \u2014 Lalisha Griffin, Administrative Assistant, Biology, College of Engineering &amp; Science<\/li>\n<li><strong>Commitment to Excellence Administrator Award<\/strong> \u2014 Tyra Dahlerup, Executive Director of Admissions, Admissions &amp; Recruitment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Receiving the 2024 Mission Leadership Awards were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Agere ex Missione Staff Award<\/strong> \u2014 Karla Lewis, Administrative Assistant to the Dean, College of Engineering &amp; Science<\/li>\n<li><strong>Agere ex Missione Administrator Award<\/strong> \u2014 Megan Novell, Title IX Coordinator and Equity and Compliance Specialist, Co-Director of Women&#8217;s and Gender Studies<\/li>\n<li><strong>Agere ex Missione Faculty Award<\/strong> \u2014 Arthur Ko, Associate Professor, College of Health Professions &amp; McAuley School of Nursing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/about\/leadership\/president\/employee-recognition\/index.php\">Visit udmercy.edu for a full list of honorees and award winners.<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/udmercy0-my.sharepoint.com\/:f:\/g\/personal\/erwingj_udmercy_edu\/Eny9NUE4U6xMlNZwmpS_KCEBdOEmyJeP_1f3bWFJuksjYA?e=A2r8Za\">Full photos from Spotlight on Excellence.<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University acknowledged the contributions and achievements of the faculty, staff, administrators and retirees during the Spotlight on Excellence ceremony on May 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":17229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6],"tags":[1036,214,3657,6033],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2024\/05\/Spotlight-on-Excellence-2024.jpg?fit=1900%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-4tS","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17228"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17228"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17231,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17228\/revisions\/17231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}