Staff Awards
The Office of Instruction awards recognize the exceptional efforts of our employees on behalf of UGA. Awards will be given out at the Instruction staff appreciation event in April.
Award categories
Leadership Award
For someone who inspires, motivates, and gets the job done. This person helps the
team make progress and stay on deadline.
Nominations should include examples of how this person shines as a leader and how
they made a project successful.
Innovator of the Year
In recognition of a staff member who had innovative ideas, thought outside the box,
and offered creative solutions in 2022-2023.
Nominations should include examples of the innovative ideas that they brought to the
table and implemented and how those ideas made a difference.
Community Building Award
For outstanding performance in helping foster a positive, productive, collegial, and
helpful environment in the office.
Nominations should include examples of helpfulness and positivity. Explain how this
person goes above and beyond to make the office better.
Criteria
Open to full-time staff employed in the Office of the Vice President for Instruction. Nominations should include a letter of support from the unit director. The preceding year’s winners are not eligible.
Nominations closed March 15.
Previous Staff Award winners are listed below.
2023 winners
Andie Biscegilia, Leadership Award
James Castle, Innovator of the Year
Bernard Green, Community Builder Award
2022 winners
Maggie Blanton, Leadership Award
Amanda Sphohn, Innovator of the Year
Katie Burr, Community Builder Award
2019 winners
Kay Stanton, leadership award
Kyleigh Weaver, team player award
Jennifer Eberhart, innovator award
Courtney Cullen, innovator award
2018 winners
Joanne Sorrow, leadership award
Krystal Pintar, team player award
Colby Moss, innovation award
2017 winners
Adam Lawrence, team player award
Sherontae Maxwell, leadership award
Krystal Pintar, team player award
Greg Spillers, innovation award