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UNLV Honors Top Classified Staff Members

Paul Dzerk, Kenneth Hughes, Dottie Shank Barnett, and Sandra Obenour-Dowd win awards
Pictured: Kevin Raschko, assistant director of facilities; Paul Dzerk, Classified Employee of the Year; and Neal Smatresk, UNLV president.

UNLV staff members were honored for their hard work at the annual Classified Staff Awards Ceremony on July 11.

Paul Dzerk, a grounds supervisor I in the department of landscape, grounds, and arboretum, was named President's Classified Employee of the Year.

Taking second-place honors was Kenneth Hughes, a construction project coordinator II in facilities maintenance services.

The third-place honoree was Dottie Shank Barnett, an administrative assistant III in the School of Environmental and Public Affairs.

Sandra Obenour-Dowd, a facility supervisor II with the department of landscape, grounds, and arboretum, was selected as the President's Classified Rookie of the Year.

Other nominees for Employee of the Year included:

  • Michelle Bossler, Harry Reid Center
  • Gloria Cooper, Urban Affairs Advising Center
  • Brianne Heinle, Academic Success Center
  • Ivona Zakarain, Center for Academic Enrichment and Outreach

Nominees for Rookie of the Year included:

  • Maura Erickson, College of Engineering
  • Jackie Kinsey, School of Nursing
  • Rachelle Weigel, UNLV Libraries

Related Link

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Topics:

awards

Campus Units:

School of Public Policy and Leadership,  Greenspun College of Urban Affairs,  Facilities Management,  Business Affairs

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