Eight employees win President's Achievement Awards

Eight Northern Arizona University employees have been selected for the 2008 President's Achievement Award, considered the highest staff recognition from the university.

The winners are:

Debbie Berktold Coordinator College of Arts and Letters	Suzanne Coppinger Administrative Associate NAU-North Valley	Thomas "TC" Eberly Assistant Director Dining and Card Administration	Susan Gillette Administrative Associate Enrollment Services
Diana Hernandez Library Supervisor Cline Library	Patricia Johnson Administrative Associate School of Communication	Nicole Morrow Program Coordinator Associate Provost for Academic Administration	Anika Olsen-Yanka Associate Director Admissions

Classified staff and service professionals are eligible to be nominated by peers or supervisors.

The winners were selected on three criteria:

• promoting strong positive interpersonal relations and creating a sense of true community through their presence and manner of job performance
• having complete job mastery and performance that far exceeds NAU expectations and being effective at meeting goals and objectives
• demonstrating active support and loyalty to NAU, its goals, objectives and values

The recipients each will receive a $1,000 award and will be honored at a luncheon on Thursday.