Dr. Lisa P. Collins Outstanding Staff Awards
Dr. Lisa P. Collins Outstanding Staff Awards
Annually, the Dr. Lisa P. Collins Outstanding Staff Awards program recognizes seven high achievers out of more than 2,000 employees. Some 35-45 nominations are reviewed by a committee of college peers and honored at the annual RoundUp Staff Appreciation Day.
In 1997 when the program was initiated, support came from Gamma Sigma Delta, the international agriculture honor society that became inactive at UK a few years ago, as well as the college’s alumni association and the Dean’s Office through the Partners in Agriculture fund. In 2018, a revised endowment agreement called the Gamma Sigma Delta Gold Fund was finalized in order to support the OSA program in perpetuity. The awards were renamed for Dr. Lisa P. Collins in 2020 to recognize her outstanding service and advocacy on behalf of the staff of the college.
People in the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment often say “we are different” because we are. M-G CAFE has offices and personnel in all 120 Kentucky counties, research and extension stations across the state, the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, Regulatory Services, and an Arboretum; the list is extensive. The staff of these units, whether on the Lexington campus or in Leslie County, are the heartbeat of the college. There is not one M-G CAFE employee who has not gone above and beyond in service, innovation, and dedication. The Dr. Lisa P. Collins Outstanding Staff Awards are one way for the Martin Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment to say “thank you” to all staff employees.
Nominations have closed for this year - meet your 2023 nominees here!
Join us in celebrating these great examples today and at the award ceremony on Friday, September 29
2023 Individual Nominations
Christina Wilson | Landscape Architecture |
Nicole Atherton | Agriculture Economics |
Avery Watkins | Engineering Manager |
Cristin Costello | Business Center |
Deloris Foxworth | Center for Student Success |
Wayne Centers | Center for Student Success |
Lacey Kessell | Boone County Extension Office |
Jennifer C. Combs | Regulatory Services |
Lois Ann Campbell | Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory |
Selena Smith | Administrative Support Associate I |
April Lorenzana | Lincoln County Extension Office |
Kaitlyn Collins | Cumberland County Extension Office |
Kimberly Campbell | Magoffin County Extension Office |
Jessica Musgrove | McCreary County Extension |
Kimberly Bailey | Mason County Extension Office |
Brittany Smith | Knox County Extension Office |
J. Ryan Scott | West Kentucky Station |
Mike Nichols | West Kentucky Station |
Qiulin Qin | Plant and Soil Sciences |
Ashley Moore | 4-H Central Operations |
Doran Howard | RCARS |
Joe Smith | Boone County Extension Office |
Ashley Reynolds | Knott County Extension Office |
Debbie Covington | Kenton County Extension Office |
Kelsey Lamb | Animal & Food Science |
2023 Team Nominations
Zachary Creech |
Leighia Eggett |
Sarah Longacre |
Emily Dorward |
Sean Goins |
Vivienne Main |
Shristi Shrestha |
Tami Smith |
Ben Currens |
E. Glynn Beck (KGS) |
Aron Harned |
April Coffee |
Becky Marefat |
Britanie Dawson |
Claire Bridges |
David Oetken |
Devon Joiner |
Jamie Johnson |
Janet Flaugh |
JC Phelps |
Joan Jasper |
Johnna Wilford |
Joyce Smith |
Kayla Keeton |
Kevin Norvell |
Krisna Joyce |
Kyle Mann |
Lee Goatley |
Michelle Spriggs |
Mike Jackson |
Monica Poindexter |
Patricia Krausman |
Rachel Bowling |
Rhonda Jones |
Rodney Kuhl |
Ryan Ferguson |
Scarlet Consalvi |
Shannon Maxey |
Steve Snowden |
Stuart Arnold |
Tiffany Shumake |
Tony Pence |
Tonya Parsons |
Vallorie Henderson |
Shannon Rudd |
Kip Sparrow |
Johnnie Henderson |
Clifford Green |
Tyler Stucker |
David Gorney |
Joseph Bush |
Bronson Hudgins |
Rodney Hedges |
Brian Morgan |
Kevin Hughes |
Randy Abbot |
Suvad Karic |
Carl Bernius |
Billy Workman |
Matt Peake |
Steve Zanone |
Jimmy West |
Thomas Morgan |
Lauren Morgan |
Kevin Hays |
Christopher Coil |
Ryan Redimarker |
Anne Delage |
Hanna Bullock |
Walter Rhodus |
Rick Hayes |
Amy Holbrook |
Keith O'Hair |
Christopher McKenzie |
Shawn Mulberry |
Mark Machek |
Nathan Wynn |
Brittany Browing |
Andrew Modica |
Rebecca Meadows |
Tina Noe |
Cheryl Owens |
Mawnie Belcher |
Reagan Weedman |
2022 Winners
Executive/Administrative/Managerial
Tymory Stanton, Administrative Staff Officer II, Entomology
Esther Fleming, Academic Coordinator, Agricultural and Medical Biotechnology
Office and Clerical
Suzette Walling, Department Manager, Plant and Soil Sciences
Office and Clerical- County Extension Offices
Nancy Williams, Extension Staff Assistant, McCracken County Cooperative Extension
Service/Maintenance/Skilled Crafts and Farm Management
Millard “Chip” Stamper, Research Farm Technician II, Veterinary Science
Technical and Paraprofessional
Ed Dixon, Research Analyst Principal, Plant Pathology
Anthony Clark, Research Analyst, Plant and Soil Sciences
Outstanding Team
UK VDL Necropsy Technicians
Additional Information
Forms
(Nominations have closed for this year)