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Award created for student centeredness |
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Matt Lockwood |
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Nov 6, 2006 |
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| President Lloyd Jacobs talked with Dr. Morris Jenkins last week when he stopped by his class to recognize him as one of November’s student-centered employees. |
Dr. Morris Jenkins, assistant professor of criminal justice, was in the middle of a constitutional law lecture last week when a group of people unexpectedly walked in bringing things to a halt.
Darlene Stevens, an enrollment management specialist in the College of Business Administration, was working in her office the next day when the same group interrupted her.
What did Jenkins and Stevens do to deserve such treatment?
They put students first on a daily basis and were named November’s student-centered employees of the month.
The President’s Commission on Student Centeredness is recognizing University employees who go above and beyond the call of duty to help students and ensure their success.
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| Dr. Jacobs handed Darlene Stevens some gift certificates when he let her know she was selected as one of the student-centered employees of the month. |
Now your help is needed naming the new award and submitting nominations.
Please send potential award names to nametheSCAward@utoledo.edu by Wednesday, Nov. 15.
The contest winner will receive a $75 gift certificate to the UT Bookstore, a $25 gift certificate to Starbuck’s and a specially designed pin.
You also can help recognize employees who go the extra mile for students by nominating a student-centered employee of the month.
All monthly award winners will receive the previously mentioned gift certificates and pin. They also will be eligible to win $1,500 as the student-centered employee of the year.
Dr. Eric Lambert, professor and chair of criminal justice, nominated Jenkins writing that he often meets students outside of normally scheduled office hours, frequently oversees independent study projects, and involves undergraduate students in research projects.
Lambert wrote, “He volunteers to teach lower-level courses so he can help students learn, succeed and graduate. He holds students to high standards and constantly helps them to meet these standards.”
Dr. Terribeth Gordon-Moore, assistant dean in the College of Business, nominated Stevens. “She is willing to meet with prospective and current students in the day, evening or weekend to meet the student’s schedule,” she wrote. “She will advise the students and act as a mentor and a confidant. Darlene always puts the students’ needs first.”
Stevens also organizes student appreciation days and started an annual student picnic that has become a huge success.
To nominate a student-centered employee of the month, visit www.admission.utoledo.edu/?613.
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