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USM Regents Present Annual Staff Awards

 
 

On September 7, 2007, the University System of Maryland (USM) Board of Regents presented its annual staff awards during its meeting at the Universities at Shady Grove.

The Regents' Staff Awards, instituted in 2000, are the highest honor bestowed by the Board of Regents on non-exempt and exempt employees of the university system. Award winners are selected based on nominations and letters of support from colleagues and recommended to the Board by the Council of University System Staff. Each award winner receives $1,000, provided by his or her institution and the University System of Maryland Foundation.

This year's winners are:

Outstanding Service to Students in an Academic or Residential Environment

USM Board of Regents Chair Clifford Kendall, UMBC President Freeman Hrabowski, Cindy Kubiet, USM Chancellor William Kirwan, Exempt Staff, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

As the director of sports medicine at UMBC, Cindy Kubiet has developed a stellar reputation for her service to UMBC's student-athletes and her colleagues. Kubiet supervises the athletic training staff and all of the logistics necessary to provide for the healthcare needs of UMBC's 400 student-athletes. Kubiet takes a personal interest in these students, often personally supervising the care of sick or injured athletes; she was also responsible for implementing a holistic wellness program for all student-athletes. Kubiet also takes her role as a mentor seriously, working with students who are studying for careers in physical therapy or sports medicine.

USM Board of Regents Chair Clifford Kendall, Salisbury University President Janet Dudley-Eshbach, Debra Truitt, USM Chancellor William Kirwan, Non-exempt Staff, Salisbury University (SU)

Since coming to Salisbury University in 2000, Debra Truitt has proven herself to be an exceptional administrator whose devotion to students and her department is evident in her work. Truitt works with students regularly, providing general advising to the approximately 600 students majoring or minoring in psychology at SU and supervising undergraduates conducting research. She also serves as her department's primary contact with prospective students. In addition to her work within her department, Truitt contributes her time to many other campus activities, chaperoning a number of student club trips and creating handmade quilts that are sold to raise money for charitable events on campus.

Exceptional Contribution to the Institution or Unit

USM Board of Regents Chair Clifford Kendall; Janet Anderson; USM Chancellor William Kirwan; Ann Wylie, Assistant President and Chief of Staff at UMCP , Exempt Staff, University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP)

Without Janet Anderson, assistant director of finance and administration in the School of Public Policy, one of the University of Maryland, College Park's most prominent fundraising efforts might never have happened. Anderson traveled to the University of Kentucky in 2002 to take part in the College Business Management Institute and saw Kentucky Wildcat sculptures on campus, inspiring her to bring this idea back to Maryland. As part of the university's 150th Anniversary Celebration committee, Anderson helped initiate the University of Maryland Fear the Turtle Sculpture project and contributed her own sculpture, Metalli Terp, to the project. Ultimately, this project raised over $300,000 for scholarships and generated considerable publicity for the university. Anderson has also applied her creativity within her own department by developing a trivia game for the School of Public Policy to showcase its programs during the campus's annual Maryland Day event.

USM Board of Regents Chair Clifford Kendall; Maria Malloy; Ann Wylie, Assistant President and Chief of Staff at UMCP; Cheng-i Wei, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at UMCP; USM Chancellor William, Non-exempt Staff, University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP)

Maria Malloy has worked for the Home and Garden Information Center (HGIC) in University of Maryland's Cooperative Extension Service since 1994. In her previous position as horticultural consultant, she showed herself to be conscientious and dedicated employee, taking ongoing training to expand her ability to assist with the office's public hotline. She has continued this pattern of extraordinary service in her current position of business services specialist. Malloy is an ambassador for the Home and Garden Information Center to everyone she works with and constantly looks for ways to market their work, including beginning a newsletter to publicize the HGIC's work. Malloy also looks for ways to improve day-to-day functions in her office, recently arranging to have her office's phone service switched to a VOIP provider-a measure that saves the office over $35,000 yearly.

Extraordinary Public Service to the University or to the Greater Community

USM Board of Regents Chair Clifford Kendall, Samuel Gibson, USM Chancellor William Kirwan, Salisbury University President Janet Dudley-Eshbach, Exempt Staff, Salisbury University (SU)

Sam Gibson clearly exhibits a passion for public service through his work at Salisbury University and in the larger community. Gibson has worked as a graphic designer for the Office of Publications at SU for the last five years, but has taken on additional roles as the advisor for student groups such as the Outdoor Club and the Surf Club, as well as the campus's chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. As advisor, he assists student leaders in planning trips and campus events, as well as community service efforts. In addition to his work on campus, Gibson also lends his time to a number of community organizations including the Wicomico Environmental Trust and Wicomico Creekwatchers. Gibson also uses his professional skills to assist the community, offering graphic design services on a volunteer basis to groups such as Camp Odyssey of the Salisbury School, the Salisbury chapter of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and the Red River Gorge Climbing Coalition.

USM Board of Regents Chair Clifford Kendall; Doris Climes; Ann Wylie, Assistant President and Chief of Staff at UMCP; USM Chancellor William Kirwan, Non-exempt Staff, University of Maryland, College Park (UMCP)

Since coming to the United States from the Dominican Republic in 1991, Doris Climes has wanted to help people work through personal challenges. Climes completed an undergraduate degree in psychology before leaving the Dominican Republic and hopes to pursue graduate studies and a career as a counselor in the future. Currently, she works as a team leader in housekeeping services and volunteers her time to provide educational seminars to other Latino employees in the facilities management division on issues such as depression, substance abuse, and domestic violence. Climes also volunteers as a counselor at a Prince George's County community center near campus, primarily working with at-risk youths to encourage them to stay away from gangs and complete their education. In addition, she works with her church to provide family counseling for other members of the congregation and Latino families in the larger community.