ANN ARBOR—
Five individuals and a team received Excellence in Staff Service Awards from the University of Michigan College of Engineering.
The individuals honored included:
Shekinah Errington, senior graphic artist, Department of Mechanical Engineering;
Kathy Friedrichs, manager, Off-Campus Education Programs, Center for Professional Development;
Claudia Hill, administrator, National Science Foundation Industry-University Cooperative Research Center for Dimensional Measurement and Control in Manufacturing and the S. M. Wu Manufacturing Research Center;
Linda Jaarda, research secretary, Solid-State Electronics Laboratory;
Linda Owens, administrative manager, Center for Ultrafast Optical Science.
The following staff members from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering were recognized as a team:
Laraba Kendig, instrument analyst; Keith McIntyre, facilities engineer: Zacharias Platsis, engineering technician; Ying Qi, engineer; and Kevin Worth, computer systems specialist.
This was the eighth year that the College of Engineering has honored staff members with service awards. A committee made up of the previous years’ recipients makes the award selections based on recommendations from staff, faculty, and students. Each recipient is given a framed memento and a stipend.
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College of EngineeringMechanical EngineeringNational Science FoundationSolid-State Electronics LaboratoryCenter for Ultrafast Optical ScienceDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering[email protected]