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Service MVP Awards

The following awardees are members of both formal teams and informal collaborations who provided a community-based approach to solving never-before-seen challenges in higher education. These honorees collectively created the structure, support and resources to keep our academic engine running despite a global pandemic.

Academic Support and Services Academic Scheduling Campus Health and Safety

Academic Support and Services

For their steadfast commitment to ensuring our faculty, instructors and students were prepared for remote learning and an online teaching environment and for their endless hours of support, creation of new resources and commitment to serving the academic community.

Edward Beck
Classroom Specialist
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Tracey Beckley
Assistant Dean for Teaching and Learning
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Julie Black
Assistant Director
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Eva Buchman
Multimedia Specialist
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Carla Corsetti
Multimedia Specialist
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Jeremy Crawford
Classroom Technologist
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Chrys Dean
Senior Instructional Designer
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Robert Dillion
Professional Technologist
WVU Online

Sukanya Dutta-White
Program Coordinator
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Beth Fluharty
Administrative Associate
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Kimberly Ann Foore
Director of State Authorization and Online Quality Assurance
WVU Online

John Gregg
Classroom Technologist
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

McKenzie Hall
Social Media Specialist
WVU Online

Clint Heinrich
Instructional Designer
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Joanne Hunt
Director of Marketing and Communications
WVU Online

Smita Jain
Instructional Designer
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Erin Kelley
Director of Learning Experience Design
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Amy Kuhn
Director of Teaching Support and Advancement
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Charlene Lattea
Public Relations Specialist
WVU Online

Brian Lauffer
Senior Instructional Designer
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Eric Lemley
Program Coordinator
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Jason Lowe
Classroom Specialist
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Eric Merrill
Professional Technologist
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Lydia Mong
Senior Instructional Designer
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Roger Neptune
Assistant Director
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Benson Njoroge
Instructional Designer
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Amber Novotny
Assistant Director of Enrollment Services and Special Sessions
WVU Online

John Oughton
Associate Director
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Marie Pavlik
Instructional Services Coordinator
WVU Online

Ryan Pratt
Multimedia Specialist
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Elmer Rose
Classroom Specialist
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Robynn Shannon
Director of Assessment Support
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Lee Silverman
Instructional Designer
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Kenneth (Grant) Smith
Data Analyst
WVU Online

Stephanie Smith
Administrative Assistant
WVU Online

Kayla Stewart
Multimedia Specialist
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Julie Thalman
Executive Director
WVU Online

Amanda (Mandy) Tracey
Instructional Designer
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

John Wales
Classroom Technologist
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Nicholas West
Classroom Specialist
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Kyle Williams
Classroom Technologist
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Patrick Williams
Classroom Technologist
WVU Teaching and Learning Commons

Academic Scheduling

For their tireless attention to detail and facilitation of summer and fall semester schedules and their ability to identify and overcome procedural obstacles through collaboration, communication and teamwork.

Josh Imes
Associate Registrar for Technology
Office of the University Registrar

Valerie Lastinger
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Sean McGowan
Assistant Registrar for Catalog and Curriculum
Office of the University Registrar

Meredith Morris
Assistant Director
Planning, Design Construction and Scheduling

Aimee Pfeifer
University Registrar
Office of the University Registrar

Louis Slimak
Assistant Provost for Curriculum and Assessment
Office of the Provost

Rebecca Tarabrella
Professional Technologist III
Office of the University Registrar

Misti Woldemikael
Associate Registrar for Academic Services
Office of the University Registrar

Kristi Wright
Assistant Registrar for Student Services
Office of the University Registrar

Michael Zielinski
Information Systems Specialist
Planning, Design Construction and Scheduling

Campus Health and Safety

For their unwavering dedication to creating health and safety protocols to provide the needed protection of all faculty, staff and students returning to campus and for their commitment to the public health needs of our institution and surrounding communities.

Rob Alsop
Vice President for Strategic Initiatives
Government Relations

Johnna Bolyard
Associate Professor
College of Education and Human Services

Carmen Burrell
Division Chief of Ambulatory Operations, Medical Director and Associate Professor
Urgent Care, Student Health Services and International Travel Clinic, School of Medicine

Jeffrey Coben
Associate Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean
Health Sciences Center and School of Public Health

Lesley Cottrell
Director and Professor
Center for Excellence in Disabilities, School of Medicine and School of Public Health

Christopher Cuff
Director of Core Resources
School of Medicine

Corey Farris
Dean of Students
Division of Student Life

Scotti Foltz
Office Manager
Health Sciences Center

Gayle Fratto
Associate Director
Environmental Health and Safety

Robert Gerbo
Director and Division of Occupational Medicine
School of Public Health

Leslie Miele
Associate Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer
Health Sciences Center

Aaron Monseau
Chief Division of Sports Medicine, Program Director for Sports Medicine Fellowship, Head Team Physician of WVU Athletics
School of Medicine

Marsha Payton
Assistant Director, Medical Management
Talent and Culture

John Principe
Executive Director of Environmental Health and Safety
Facilities and Services

Amy Root
Department Chair and Associate Professor
College of Education and Human Services

Tara Scatterday
Executive Director, Communications and Institutional Relations
Health Sciences Center

Arif Sarwari
Chairman and Associate Professor
School of Medicine

Lee B. Smith
Executive Director, Monongalia County Health Officer and Adjunct Professor
Monongalia County Health Department and School of Medicine

Stephanie Taylor
General Counsel
Office of General Counsel