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 SafetyFor 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
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
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