Award Winners – 2019

2019 Libraries Spirit Awards – Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Smoky Mountain table display

Planning Committee Members: Michelle Brannen, Shaina Destine, Connie Inman, Niki Kirkpatrick, Laura Romans, Annamarie Russell (chair), & Tyler Schlandt.

Nomination Review Committee Members: Kim Blaylock, Molly Royse, & Samantha Ward (chair)

Theme: Smoky Mountains Collection

Award Winners

Paul E. Trentham, Sr., Dean’s Award for Excellence in Professional Performance
Chris Durman

Outstanding Faculty Member Award
Rachel Caldwell

Outstanding Staff Member Award
Martha Rudolph

Paul & Marion Miles Innovation Award
Holly Dean & Sarah Johnson (Seed Library)

Library Society Service Endowment Award for Extraordinary Customer Service
Susan Pritchard

Library Star Award
Shelly O’Barr

Library Unsung Hero Award
Christine Nassir

Rookie of the Year Award
Sarah Zimmerman Sanders

Paul E. Trentham, Sr., Library Partner Award
Dr. Dixie L. Thompson

Paul E. Trentham, Sr., Teamwork Award

UT Libraries Diversity Committee:
Kim Blaylock, Michelle Brannen, Ernest Brothers, Shaina Destine, Melanie Dixson, Peter Fernandez, Sarah Gonzalez, Sara Green, Elizabeth Greene, Trey Hobson, Anne Hulse, Cathy Jenkins, Charissa Powell, Megan Venable, & Lizeth Zepeda

Alma Encumbered Project:
Louis Becker, Tonya Brewer, Nancy Bright, Amy Campbell, Lizzie Cope, Teresa Daugherty, Heather Doss, Sara Green, Brittany Hatcher, Val Hodge, Deb Lyons, Victoria Ogle, Chris Reynolds, Niloo Sareh, & Carol Shaffer

Red and Theresa Howse and Jim and Betty Papageorge Library Scholarhip
Will Eakin (DeVine Music Library)

Graduate Student Award
Vilmos Magda (Webster C. Pendergrass Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine Library)

Undergraduate Student Award
Mackenzie Hudgins (John C. Hodges Library – Libraries Administration & Human Resources)