{"id":32968,"date":"2014-09-03T10:22:11","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T14:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=32968"},"modified":"2024-07-29T11:51:20","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T15:51:20","slug":"staff-units-recognized-for-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/09\/03\/staff-units-recognized-for-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff, units recognized for excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each year Wright State University recognizes select members of staff and staff units for their excellent work. Staff are recognized for excellence in areas such as leadership, human relations, service, collaboration and innovation.<\/p>\n<p>These are the President&#8217;s Awards for Excellence winners for 2014. Follow the links to read each of their stories.<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/dialogue\/2014\/08\/excellence-in-leadership-classified\/\">Excellence in Leadership (Classified)<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_32955\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/08\/14\/excellence-in-leadership-classified\/excellence-in-leadership-classified-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32955\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32955\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32955\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2014\/09\/Kurt-Holden-28-6-14-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kurt Holden<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/dialogue\/2014\/08\/excellence-in-leadership-unclassified\/\">Excellence in Leadership (Unclassified)<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_32957\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/08\/14\/excellence-in-leadership-unclassified\/excellence-in-leadership-unclassified-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32957\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32957\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32957\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2014\/09\/Sandi-Holdheide-7-14-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandi Holdheide<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/dialogue\/2014\/08\/excellence-in-human-relations-classified\/\">Excellence in Human Relations (Classified)<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_32947\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/08\/14\/excellence-in-human-relations-classified\/excellence-in-human-relations-classified-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32947\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32947\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32947\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2014\/09\/Sandra-Musick-7-14-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32947\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sandra Musick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/dialogue\/2014\/08\/excellence-in-human-relations-unclassified\/\">Excellence in Human Relations (Unclassified)<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_32949\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/08\/14\/excellence-in-human-relations-unclassified\/excellence-in-human-relations-unclassified-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32949\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32949\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32949\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2014\/09\/Seth-Gordon-8-14-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32949\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seth Gordon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/dialogue\/2014\/08\/excellence-in-service-classified-2\/\">Excellence in Service (Classified)<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_32951\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/08\/14\/excellence-in-service-classified-2\/excellence-in-service-classified-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32951\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32951\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32951\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2014\/09\/Sharon-Wik-7-14-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32951\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sharon Wik<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/dialogue\/2014\/08\/excellence-in-service-unclassified\/\">Excellence in Service (Unclassified)<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_32953\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/08\/14\/excellence-in-service-unclassified\/excellence-in-service-unclassified-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32953\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32953\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32953\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2014\/09\/Valita-Wilhoite-7-14-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32953\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Valita Wilhoite<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/dialogue\/2014\/08\/spirit-of-innovation-2\/\">Spirit of Innovation<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_32963\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/08\/14\/spirit-of-innovation-2\/spirit-of-innovation\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32963\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32963\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32963\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2014\/09\/Claudia-Espinoza-7-14-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Claudia Espinoza<\/p><\/div>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/dialogue\/2014\/08\/outstanding-collaborative-unit-2\/\">Outstanding Collaborative Unit<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_32965\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/08\/14\/outstanding-collaborative-unit-2\/outstanding-collaborative-unit\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32965\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32965\" class=\"size-large wp-image-32965\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2014\/09\/14025-103-copy-508x301.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Representatives from LEAP, UCIE and WSIG<\/p><\/div>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/dialogue\/2014\/08\/outstanding-unit-2\/\">Outstanding Unit<\/a><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_32967\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/08\/14\/outstanding-unit-2\/outstanding-unit\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32967\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32967\" class=\"size-large wp-image-32967\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2014\/09\/14121-113-508x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"306\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-32967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R) Theatre Design and Technology staff members Tim Judge, technical director\/production manager; John Lavarnway, properties master; and James Dunlap, audio coordinator. Not pictured: costumer Janet Denman and assistant costumer Carly Kimmins were also critical members of this award-winning team.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff are recognized for excellence in areas such as leadership, human relations, service, collaboration and innovation. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2014\/09\/03\/staff-units-recognized-for-excellence\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":32930,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[748,2041,711,4906,2040,725,2046,731,747,2039,715,2402,719,2024,2113],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-office-of-disability-services","category-faculty-staff","category-finance-accountancy-management-information-systems-and-economics","category-giving","category-home-news-sidebar","category-international-students","category-lake-campus","category-liberal-arts","category-military-veterans","category-news","category-presidents-awards-for-excellence","category-special-categories","category-staff","category-university-center-for-international-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32968"}],"version-history":[{"count":54,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52399,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32968\/revisions\/52399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}