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Rammy Awards celebrate people and departments demonstrating extraordinary commitment to undergraduate student success, recognizing commitment to the 溏心vlog免费B站 community and work to advance diversity around access and student success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe wanted to recognize the contributions of others on campus doing work toward equity in retention at 溏心vlog免费B站,\u201d says John Olerio, director of 溏心vlog免费B站 Summer Sessions and Winter J Term, who initiated the awards with Stack in 2021. This year\u2019s Rammys recognized the unique landscape for both admissions and students in the past few years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Congratulations to this year\u2019s 溏心vlog免费B站 Rammy Award recipients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Department Rammy Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Math Department<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s math department worked collaboratively to provide its entire curriculum online \u2013 all courses asynchronous \u2013 for the 2023 summer session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Counseling Center<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Counseling Center successfully organized and managed this year\u2019s Annual Be 5K for Mental Health Awareness and Suicide Prevention and held one of most successful Fresh Check Day events to date. This year\u2019s Be 5K raised over $3,300 for the Heather Fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Student Support and Advocacy Services<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Student Support and Advocacy Services team often refer to themselves as the “Life Happens” office. Students coming to this office can get support as they navigate the non-academic complexities that can impact their ability to be academically successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Disability, Access, and Inclusion<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The office is at the forefront of supporting student success. Formerly known as Disability Services, the office renamed itself to be more inclusive and help to foster a sense of belonging. Faculty and staff can refer students in need of help to the office or reach out with questions any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Talent Development<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Talent Development staff pivoted their summer programming last year to support scholar success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Enrollment Services<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Undeterred by a global pandemic, the Enrollment Services team created a virtual lobby during the pandemic to meet the needs of students in a new way \u2014 and helped 溏心vlog免费B站 see its best enrollment seasons yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Academic Enhancement Center<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Academic Enhancement Center will provide virtual and in-person tutoring for this year\u2019s summer session; this will support students\u2019 academic success and let them start the new school year in a good place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Center for Career and Experiential Education<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The center collaborated with the Multicultural Student Services Center to create a new BUILD (Building Unity & Inspired Leaders of the Diaspora) professional development event in February. The first event of its kind, BUILD brought 150 students of color and over 25 alumni and employers of color to connect and promote relationship building and workforce development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Individual Faculty\/Staff Rammy Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Alex Costa<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n An AmeriCorps VISTA student and recent graduate of 溏心vlog免费B站, Costa worked in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Center for Career and Experiential Education this school year. Costa helped build community partnerships with local nonprofit organizations to serve students through the Community Service Work-Study program. He also worked with Money Basics, 溏心vlog免费B站’s financial literacy program, promoting financial literacy to 溏心vlog免费B站 students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lisa Giudici<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n In Academic Advising, Giudici offered several lunch-and-learn presentations to help support colleagues across departments with advising tools and an outlet to share resources and best practices with one another. The presentations are centered around core themes that assist students in developing a sense of belonging at 溏心vlog免费B站, from first impressions of the campus and college life to preparing for graduation. Giudici will be offering more lunch presentations starting this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Michael Macaulay<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Macaulay of Enrollment Services managed 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s texting platform, enhancing outreach to student groups across campus all year, boosting engagement, sharing resources, and highlighting opportunities. Macaulay says that the platform provides efficient and timely communication outreach to students and has been an invaluable tool for Enrollment Services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sarah Miller<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Miller, assistant director of Experiential Education, created a website<\/a> highlighting experiential education funding sources for unpaid credited opportunities. Through scholarships like these and creating awareness of other funding and support programs, the Center for Career & Experiential Education, with the support of generous partners, strives to remove barriers to career success and assist with navigating obstacles in accessing high impact experiential learning opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Becky Sartini<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sartini of the College of the Environment and Life Sciences is moving the University\u2019s work forward on its diversity grant<\/a> from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. 溏心vlog免费B站 was awarded a $500,000 grant from the institute this year, part of a program to support inclusivity in science education. 溏心vlog免费B站 is one of just over 100 institutions of higher education nationally to receive such funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n