2006 Liberal Arts Staff Awards Winners
Congratulations to this year’s staff award winners!
The Leadership Award recipient was Jean Courter, staff assistant VI, in the Department of Psychology. The Career Achievement Award winner was JoAnn Harris who is an administrative assistant in the Department of Psychology.
The winners of other awards were Esprit, Rebecca Cross and Client Service, Barbara Brinkman (Departments of French and Francophone Studies and Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese); Rising Star, Amy Homan (Political Science); and Innovator, Christine Laur (Undergraduate Studies). For the inaugural year of the Outstanding Professional Advisor Award, the winner was Katelyn Perry.
All of the winners were recognized at a reception on February 28 at the Nittany Lion Inn. This year’s awards committee included Donna Bahry, as the Department Head representative, and Gay Catherman, JoElle DeVinney, Erin Eckley, Kristie Kalvin, Kim Keller, Naomi McNulty, and Faye Maring. In addition, Betsy Will served as an ex-officio member of the committee. Also honored were our ten-year and thirty-year service award recipients, whose names and photos are shown.
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| Jean Courter, Leadership | JoAnn Harris, Career Achievement |
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| Christine Laur, Innovator; Becky Cross, Esprit; Amy Homan, Rising Star; Barbara Brinkman, Client Service; Katelyn Perry, Outstanding Professional Advisor | 30 Year Award Winners Jan Wallace, Joyce Wilusz, and Kathy Force |
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| 10 Year Award Winner Robert Probst |





