Giving credit

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• Level of performance
• Organization
• Good communication skills
• Reliability
• Initiative and assertiveness
• Professionalism
• Problem-solving ability
• Generosity of spirit (willingness to go beyond the job description)
• Cooperativeness
• Willingness to participate as a team player

Sandy consistently [provides] a level of support far above that expected, earning the well-deserved reputation throughout the department and college, over the last 20 years, as a reliable source of corporate knowledge and administrative expertise, and a self-starter who makes things happen on a daily basis Particularly noteworthy are [her] outstanding contributions regarding student recruitment and retention; tracking student applications, maintaining accurate, up-to-date records and being a friendly source of help and information.

-Department Head David Brooks
Department Operations Manager Ed Shaar
Letter of Citation

Sandy has been a valuable contribu-tor to department activities for over 20 years [She] is an invaluable resource for our students. She patiently explains to them what they need to do and she helps them get it done Our section faculty are scattered among the O&M Building, at the Ocean Drilling Program, and in the Halbouty Building, so getting section business done is not easy. Sandy handles it with competence and patience Finally, Sandy is always ready to help, even if it is outside the normal bounds of her job description. In my own recollection, she has helped me conduct business from afar while I was at sea She has helped my visiting colleagues to the extent of setting up their apartments and bank accounts, helping them in shopping and learning to pay bills.

-Geological Oceanography Chair
William Sager
Letter of Nomination

In addition to the normal secretarial skills, which she executes rapidly and efficiently, [Sandy] is an invaluable source of information for both faculty and students, and what information she doesn't know, she takes the initiative to find quickly She seems to have unlimited patience with solving the problems that both faculty and graduate students bring her way, from shipping equipment to another part of the world to registering for classes Sandy is particularly adept at communicating with our international students and helping them find their way through the forms to file and doing so in a timely fashion. Sandy always comes through Sandy has been an invaluably positive influence in our section and has helped to make life in a large university much more personal and pleasant. We know we couldn't have been as productive professors in fulfilling our research, teaching, and service responsibilities without her.

-Geological Oceanography
Professors Wilford Gardner and
Mary Jo Richardson
Letter of Nomination