The 2008 recipients of Delta State University’s “Awards for Staff Excellence in Service” were formally recognized on Friday, June 6 at a luncheon held in the atrium of Kent Wyatt Hall on the Delta State campus.

The awards are funded through the Delta State Foundation and the University in an initiative geared toward recognizing individual staff members who have made outstanding contributions to the university, their colleagues or the university’s relations with communities in the region.

Pictured are: (front row) Director of Student Health Services Bevaline Black, Senior Secretary for the Department of Social Sciences Linda Douglas, Administrative Payroll Officer Donna Fitzgerald, Assistant Director of Human Resources Lisa Giger, Administrative Secretary to the Dean of Education Deleslyn Dakin, Director of Career Services Christy Montesi; (back row) Electrical Supervisor James Marquis, Jr., Groundskeeper for the President’s residence Rickey Brown, Vice President of Finance and Administration Greg Redlin, President of the Foundation Frank Sibley, Supervisor of Carpentry and Painting William (Junior) Miller and Delta State University President Dr. John Hilpert.

The nine award winners each received plaques and commemorative clocks to honor the recognition and a $3,000 cash prize. The awards are separated into three categories: Service to the University, Service to University Colleagues and Service to the Community. Recipients were selected by a representative committee appointed by the Vice President of Finance and Administration with advice from the Administrative Staff Council and the President’s Cabinet.

Nomination calls for the 2009 Foundation Staff Awards for Staff Excellence in Service will go out in early fall. Nominations can be made by employees, students, alumni, community members or the individual, themselves.

The University of Louisiana at Monroe was recently named the state’s premier provider for the Louisiana Leader Fellows Program, a new initiative that will train talented teachers, specifically in high-poverty areas, to become qualified administrators.

Out-of-state and non-affiliated external auditors recognized ULM for its ability to “develop an innovative model that will effectively address the unique needs of the students and geographically-dispersed areas.”

ULM’s College of Education and Human Development is the top selection among four other Louisiana universities that applied to direct this program, a joint effort between the Governor’s Office, Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, Board of Regents, and the University of Louisiana System.

Louisiana State University at Shreveport ranked second and will also offer the program.

This initiative will provide school districts with funding to train and certify its best teachers to become highly-qualified principals, assistant principals and district leaders. The 13-month program, which is slated to begin July 1, will greatly benefit education in Louisiana, said Dr. George Rice, professor and Director of ULM¹s Louisiana Leader Fellows Program.

Professors Dr. Rochelle Gilbert and Dr. Beverly Flowers-Gibson will work with him on the initiative.

“This is an incredible opportunity to have a statewide impact on the quality of education for Louisiana students,” Rice said. “We are very excited to have this opportunity to offer our leadership program through a fast-track, highly-interactive model.”

The Board of Regents has already begun the selection of potential candidates through an online survey intended to identify 100-150 qualified applicants. Applicants will be selected for the program via a collaborative process involving ULM program faculty, the Board of Regents and the Department of Education.

Implementation of the new leadership program is contingent upon funds being provided by The Wallace Foundation.

Louisiana has applied for a grant from The Wallace Foundation and is working to attain funding from the foundation and the legislature to support the program. The state will receive official notification during June 2008 regarding the availability of the funding.

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Class III member, Duane Dutka, as announced today, has been appointed by the Arkansas Governor’s Office to the Arkansas Division of Volunteerism Advisory Council.  More information to come, but until then…Kudos, Duane!

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