The Staff Assembly recently honored 45 employees for excellent work. They are recipients of Citations for Excellence, presented annually by the assembly.

Announcement of this year's awards, in individual and team categories, came during the Thank Goodness for Staff picnic on May 10; then, on May 25, Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef hosted the honorees at a reception at his residence.

Individual awards:

General contributions and campus service — Zachary Freiders, Education Abroad Center; Nicole Ranganath, University Outreach and International Programs; and Janet Tillinghast, engraving services, Materiel Management.

General contributions — Christina Adam-son, Institute of Transportation Studies; Yan An and Valinda Stagner, Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology; Regina Canegan, Humanities Institute; Alexis Cole and Tonya Fleming, Department of Animal Science; Diana Cummings, John Muir Institute of the Environment; Dollie Lindstrom, National Institute for Global Environmental Change; Kevin Liu, University Communications; Brandy Poarch, Section of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior; Gail Setka, Genome Center; and Peggy Younglove, Division of Social Science, College of Letters and Science Deans Office.

Campus service — Heidi Souverville, Advising Services.

Supervision — Cindy Dufern, University Writing Program; John Gomez, Grounds Services; and Nancy McLaughlin, Department of Anthropology.

Team awards:

General contributions and campus service — Dinah Greenstreet, Yuri Rodriguez and Jeri Sorensen, transition team, Department of Human and Community Development.

General contributions — Loreen Avellar, Elizabeth Borghi, Tracey Brooks, Kristi Case, Conie Fong, Jenni Matheis, Georgie Tolle and Onelia Yan, administrative team, Department of Physics; David Arriaga and Mary Tucker, purchasing team, Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology; and Debbie Abbott, Steven Asercion, Leslie Chang, Bobbi Coon, Shery Justice, Kathleen Kowalski, Glen Mangseth, Robert Pattison, Brandy Poarch, Cristina Reyes, Dianna Smith and Lifeng Wang, administrative team, Section of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior.

Supervision — Francine Freitas and Barry Pullum, counseling staff supervision team, Undergraduate Education and Advising, College of Letters and Science Deans Office.