Zacharias Awards honor staff for service
MSU President Mark E. Keenum (back, center) congratulates the university’s newest Zacharias Staff Award winners. They include (front, l-r), Ra’Sheda Forbes, Kim Kavalsky, Madeline Golden, Carol Young, Diane Alexander and Meggan Franks (back, l-r) Trudy Jones, John Vowell, Adam Rohnke, Jesse Morrison, Frank Fulton and Terri Snead. PHOTO: Russ Houston | Public Affairs
Twelve Mississippi State employees are 2016 selections for Donald W. Zacharias Distinguished Staff Awards.
The honors are a memorial to the university’s 15th president in whose 1985-97 administration the annual Staff Appreciation Day and the accompanying awards program were established.
The recognition program is organized by the MSU Staff Council and is a part of the university’s Staff Appreciation Day activities held last Friday [May 13].
To be eligible, award nominees must be classified as a professional or support staff employee working at least half-time and with a minimum of three years of campus service, among other criteria.
At the end-of-school-year event, MSU President Mark E. Keenum presented each honoree with a plaque and $1,000 check. The group included (alphabetically, by category):
Professional
-- Diane Alexander, director of academic fiscal affairs in the Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President.
-- Ra’Sheda Forbes, associate director of the Holmes Cultural Diversity Center.
-- Meggan Franks, assistant director of the Office of Student Leadership and Community Engagement.
-- Kim Kavalsky, mental health outreach coordinator for the health promotion and wellness department.
-- Jesse Morrison, research associate in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences’ plant and soil sciences department.
-- Adam Rohnke, senior extension associate for the Central Mississippi Research and Extension Center.
Support Staff
-- Frank Fulton, campus landscape crew member for the Campus Services division.
-- Madeline Golden, accounting assistant for the Office of Agricultural Communications.
-- Trudy Jones, administrative assistant for facilities management administration.
-- Terri Snead, population medicine technician for the College of Veterinary Medicine’s clinical sciences department.
-- John Vowell, journey lineman for physical plant administration.
-- Carol Young, office associate for the College of Business’ finance and economics department.
For more about MSU Staff Council, its awards program and other activities, visit www.staffcouncil.msstate.edu.
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Sasha Steinberg | Public Affairs
