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12 MSU staff members honored with Zacharias Awards

12 MSU staff members honored with Zacharias Awards

Contact: Carl Smith

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳welve 幺力视频 employees are being honored for their dedication to service with this year鈥檚 Donald W. Zacharias Distinguished Staff Awards.

2023 Donald Zacharias Distinguished Staff Awards
幺力视频 President Mark E. Keenum (center, first row) congratulates winners of the 2023 Donald Zacharias Distinguished Staff Awards, including (first row, from left to right) Lisa Dye, Elizabeth Nicholson, Jenna Shook, Linda 鈥淐hristine鈥 Williams, Lola 鈥淭ookie鈥 Walker and Brenda Clark; (second row, left to right) Sheryl Kinard, Clint Hester, Douglas Shaw, Julie Sims and Jenny Ryals. (Photo by Grace Cockrell)

The awards, given in honor of the university鈥檚 15th president, were given during today鈥檚 [May 19] Staff Appreciation Day by MSU President Mark E. Keenum. The annual event is organized by the MSU Staff Council.

To be eligible, award nominees must be classified as a professional or support staff employee working at least half time and with a minimum of three years of campus service, among other criteria.

This year鈥檚 Zacharias Distinguished Staff Award honorees are:

鈥擝renda Clark, office associate, Northwest Mississippi Extension Forestry Office

鈥擫isa Dye, business coordinator, Department of Athletics鈥 Sports Medicine and Performance unit

鈥擟lint Hester, senior software project manager, nSPARC

鈥擲heryl Kinard, business manager II, College of Arts and Sciences

鈥擡lizabeth Nicholson, administrative assistant to the vice president, Office of Research and Economic Development

鈥擩enny Ryals, research associate II, South Mississippi Branch Experiment Station

鈥擠ouglas Shaw, engineering technician, Prairie Research Unit

鈥擩enna Shook, events coordinator, Division of Development and Alumni

鈥擩ulie Sims, project manager, International Institute

鈥擥ina M. Studley, inventory control assistant, Air Force ROTC

鈥擫ola 鈥淭ookie鈥 Walker, academic records coordinator, Office of the Registrar

鈥擫inda 鈥淐hristine鈥 Williams, assistant director, Disability Resource Center and ACCESS program

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