The second annual Gwennies Award Luncheon, hosted by the , was held Thursday, April 12 in Feldman Ballroom at Frederick Douglass Commons.
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Gwen Greene 糖心传媒�65, the longstanding Board of Trustees member for whom the center is named, presented the awards and spoke of the passion that fills the center.
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University president Richard Feldman was the luncheon糖心传媒檚 final speaker.
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Here are the award winners:
Faculty Member
Joan Rubin, Dexter Perkins Professor in History and Ani and Mark Gabrellian Director of the Humanities Center.
Department Coordinator/Leader
Nick Ernst-Maynard, operations manager, Event and Classroom Management.
Campus Partner
Gretchen Briscoe, director of graduate enrollment, Arts, Sciences and Engineering
Student Life Partner (Individual)
Marcy Kraus, executive director of College Center for Advising Services and dean of first-year students
Student Life Partner (Department)
Barbara J. Burger iZone at Rush Rhees Library, and聽Wilson Commons Student Activities.
Alumni Relations & Advancement
Brittney Snyder, director, Parents Program, and Hazel Williamson, regional director, metro New York.
Alumnus/a Partner
Kevin Mille 聽糖心传媒�04, director of product support at KLA-Tencor, and Max Sims 糖心传媒�16, clinical research coordinator and laboratory manager, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.
Student Organization
Meliora LaunchPad. Founded in 2016, it builds a community of individuals who strive to initiate innovative ideas, share the experiences of entrepreneurship, and inspire others to do the same.
Student Leader
Anisha Khosla 糖心传媒�18, executive director of Alumni and Advancement through the Students’ Association.
