Outstanding Staff Award
The Staff Advisory Board is pleased to partner with the UC Santa Cruz Alumni Association to recognize a staff member for the Outstanding Staff Award. Established in 1995, each year the review committee solicits the greater UC Santa Cruz community for Outstanding Staff Award nominations. This award seeks to recognize the work of a staff member who excels in one or all of the following categories:
- Goes "above and beyond" to provide distinguished service to students, staff, and/or faculty colleagues.
- Champions the work of their department, division, and the campus Strategic Plan.
- Fosters the Principles of Community. Embraces and values diversity, strives for an inclusive community, and promotes mutual respect, trust, and support that strengthens the UCSC community.
- Engages in UCSC activities and promotes campus initiatives.
Nominations are now closed for the 2024 Outstanding Staff Award.
The Staff Advisory Board holds an annual Outstanding Staff Award and Staff Milestone event to honor our Outstandings Staff awardee and staff members that have reached a milestone for years worked at UC.
Previous Recipients
Below are the prior staff members who have been recognized as Outstanding Staff. They are just a few of many staff members of UC Santa Cruz who work to change the lives of students every day on our campus.
Honorable Mentions: Rocio De La Cruz, Frank Dang, Christina Lombardo, Michael Tassio
2019-2020
2018-2019
2017-2018
Judy Scarborough, Academic Personnel Manager for the Division of Undergraduate Education
2016-2017
Irena Polić, (Cowell '03, Linguistics) Managing Director, The Humanities Institute
2015-2016
Jan Cloud, Assistant Dean, Arts Division
2014-2015
Wendy Baxter, Director of Academic and CoCurricular Programs
2013-2014
Margie Claxton, Associate Registrar, Office of the Registrar
2012-2013
Elaine Kihara, Academic Preceptor, Oakes College
2011-2012
Anne Callahan, Academic Human Resources Manager, Humanities Division
2010-2011
Michael McCawley, Associate Director, Admissions Program
2009-2010
Tanya Honig, Manager, Department of Linguistics
2008-2009
2007-2008
Bob Hastings, Director of Current Students Services, Division of Graduate Studies
2006-2007
Lynne Wolcott, Academic Adviser at Cowell, 1981-2006; Since 2006, campus Coordinator for Academic Advising
2005-2006
Corinne Miller, (Graduate Division '89, Theater Arts Certificate: Performance, Plan and Design) Director, Services to Transfer and Re-Entry Students (STARS)
2004-2005
Cheryl Perazzo, Scholarships Advisor, Financial Aid Office
2003-2004
Carol Douglas-Hammer, Assistant Director for University Housing Services
2002-2003
Joseph Weiss, Technical Production director and Operations Manager for the Theater Arts Department
2001-2002
Betsy Wootten, Faculty Services Supervisor, Kresge College
2000-2001
David Kirk, Media Specialist, McHenry Library
1999-2000
Nicolette Czarrunchick (Kresge '93, Women's Studies), Manager, Women's Studies Department
1998-1999
Pam Lawson, Manager, Literature Department
1997-1998
Angie Christmann, College Programs Coordinator, Cowell College
1996-1997
Brenda Brown, Academic Advisor, Crown College
1995-1996
Susan F. Curtis, Administrative Manager, Board of Studies in Sociology
