bIT Colleagues,
As we kick off Staff Appreciation Week, I want to extend my deepest gratitude for your continued resilience and hard work in diving into another academic year. As you juggle your work life along with the many life occurrences and demands in your personal lives, you all deserve recognition and a huge THANK YOU!
I think it is also a good time to celebrate colleagues who have been recognized for their outstanding achievements. Recently, EDUCAUSE announced Wes Johnson, Executive Director for Campus IT Experience as their Rising Star Award recipient for 2023 and he will be honored at this year’s conference. Wes was awarded, “For providing exemplary customer support throughout his career progression; for championing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the higher education technology workplace; for inspiring others through his personal journey and his passion for giving back.”
Earlier this year we congratulatedCharron Andrus, Associate Chief Information Security Officer (ACISO) on being selected as a recipient of the Excellence in Management Award along with community members who won Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Awards (COSA) including Wood Foster-Smith, Nili Ovaici, Rana Silver, Eric Armstrong, and Leslie Wills
We are now pleased to announce the 2022-2023 Berkeley IT Spot Award recipients. This award is designed to recognize special contributions of staff, as they occur, for a specific accomplishment. They also recognize and reinforce the behaviors and values that are important to us in Berkeley IT, the One IT Community, and at UC Berkeley.
The impressive accomplishments that have taken place over the past year are remarkable and something for which we should all be proud.
2022-2023 bIT Spot Awards Recipients |
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Kellsie Adams CITI Syed Ahmed CAD Eric Armstrong CAD Mithra Bandi CAD Natasha Batra (student) ISO Jeane Blunt S&P Micah Bot-Miller CITE Caroline Boyden CITE Sina Carroll CITE Darin Clarke Bus Ops Max DiBlasi S&P Irma DonaldsonCITI Mariah Dyson-Smith CAD Chad Edwards ISO Mark Edwards CAD Yvonne Fang CAD Clarissa FerminPPC Andrew Fitzgerald CITI Anna Gazdowicz CITE Adam Germek CITI Luca Giles (student) ISO Emily Gladstone ISO |
Danny Grieb CAD Sam Griffin Bus Ops Jake Harwood ISO Tim Heidinger CAD Ken Hensel CAD Rachel Hollowgrass CAD Mike Howard CITI Mona Irwin CAD Blaine Isbelle CITI John Ives ISO Colette Jackson CAD Yolanda Jaggers CAD Luqi JiaBus Ops Mike Jones ISO Patricia Juarez CITE Radha Karichedu CAD Desi Katuri CAD Terri Kouba CAD Josh Kwan ISO Andrea Lloyd CAD Irene Lobos CITI Jessica Longhurst CAD |
Kathleen Lu CITE Jeff Makaiwi CITI Isaac Mankita Bus Ops Cosmo Martinez CAD Britt McClintockPPC Judy Meers CITI Jason Miller CAD Joe Mitola CITE Yoshita Mukherjee Bus Ops Deepthika Nallaparaju CAD Shubha Narasimhan CAD Jim Neal CITI Taneya Neal CITI Rosalind Nevels CITI Gladys OddoyeCITI Pooja Ojha CAD Nili Ovaici CAD Sunil Kumar Panta CAD Pankaj Patel CAD Lexie Patten CITE Lani Pittman CAD Stella Pretzlaf CITI |
Keerthy Puttagunta CAD Michael Quan CITE Rita Rosenthal S&P Siva Sareddy CAD Kazim Senoglu CAD Supriya Shanbhogue CITI Rahul Shrivastava CAD Joe Silva CITI Gaurav Singh CAD Forrest SmalleyCITI Faye Snowden Bus Ops Ray Spence CITI Robin Tate CITI Jonathon Taylor ISO Doug Van Buren CAD Padma Vemula CAD Tony Venuto CITE Jeffrey WilliamsCITE Leslie Wills CAD Angela Wong CITI Brian Wood CITE Brandon WrightCAD |
Fall Staff Appreciation Week (SAW), Sept. 18-22
As a reminder, here are the events happening this week:
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Tuesday, Sept. 19 - Free Coffee at Goldies - 9 - 11:30 a.m. - Head over to Goldie's for a free cup of drip coffee, tea, hot cocoa, pastry, or banana courtesy of People & Culture. Must be present and show staff ID to receive.
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Wednesday, Sept. 20 - Berkeley Staff Assembly (BSA) “Back to School” coffee & cookies - 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Enjoy coffee and cookies with BSA atThe Class of 1914 Fountain (near Bancroft & College). Must show staff ID. Pleaselet us know if we’ll see you there! Also, please note this is not an officially sponsored SAW event.
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Wednesday, Sept. 20 - $7 Lunch at Berkeley Dining Locations - 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Enjoy lunch with your colleagues for 50% off (courtesy of People & Culture) when you show your Cal 1 Card at Crossroads, Foothill, Cafe 3, CKC, and MLK Eateries.
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Thursday, Sept. 21 - Celebrate Cal Night at the ball game - Oakland A's vs. Detroit Tigers - 6:40 p.m. - Get 1 FREE ticket (or more at a discount) and enjoy the A’s Cal Night with other Berkeley staff in our sectioned off area and private lounge. Plus, a limited edition free Cal/A’s baseball cap will be given to each staff member who uses our link!Get your tickets here and see more details on ourSAW websiteOne IT will have their own section and family and friends are welcome to join!
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Friday, Sept. 22 - Virtual Escape Room - 10 - 11 a.m. - Interact with new colleagues as you work toescape the desert islandMust RSVP to participate. Please note teams are randomly assigned.
Also, throughout the week all staff are invited to come shop in-store and show your Cal ID for 20% off your entire purchase at our official campus store - don’t forget to check out our Staff Appreciation Week webpage for more details.
Supervisors and managers are encouraged to show flexibility for their teams throughout this week by allowing them to attend events during work hours as their unit’s business needs allow. As a reminder, appreciation for our staff’s efforts this week (and every week) is always encouraged.
Remember, you always have the option to thank or celebrate a colleague throughout the year by nominating them through our Pay IT Forward program.
Again, thank you for your hard work, dedication, and service to the UC Berkeley community!
Regards,
Gabriel
Related Links: Learn More About STAR | Pay IT Forward