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Behrend's Best Awards

Each year, faculty, staff, and students have an opportunity to nominate a Penn State Behrend staff member for the "Behrend's Best" Awards. Sponsored by the Janet Neff Sample Center for Manners and Civility, the awards recognize staff members who live the civility values and enrich our campus in doing so. In recent years, awards have been given for best team, best supervisor, best administrative staff member, and overall impact.

Nominations are submitted each spring. A selection committee of staff members read the nominations and select award recipients with the Chancellor. Winners are announced at the award luncheon.

For more information, contact Kim Paris, Amy Hopson, or Alice Puzarowski, who co-chair the Behrend's Best Committee.

 

Behrend's Best Awards: Recipients 2020–present

Year Award and Recipient
Spring 2024
  • Impact Award: Sara Hollobaugh, Housing and Food Services
  • Behrend's Best: Kelly Kemmet, School of Engineering
  • Behrend's Best: Rae Nowak, Personal Counseling
  • Behrend's Best Supervisor: Jon Gunnell, eLearning Initiatives
  • Behrend's Best Team: Personal Counseling
Spring 2023
  • Impact Award: Heather Cass, Strategic Communications
  • Behrend’s Best: Amy Hopson, Finance
  • Behrend’s Best: Ken Mason, Information Technology Services
  • Behrend’s Best Supervisor: Lindsey Hopkins Hall, Student Leadership and Involvement
  • Behrend’s Best Team: Exploratory and Pre-Major Advising
Spring 2022
  • Impact Award: Michelle Hartmann, Community and Workforce Programs
  • Behrend’s Best: Joyce Bevan, Nursing
  • Behrend’s Best: Holly Hedlund, Registrar's Office
  • Behrend’s Best Supervisor: Bill Underhill, Mail Services
  • Behrend’s Best Team: Information Technology Services
Spring 2021
  • Behrend’s Best: Carrie Egnosak, Academic and Career Planning Center
  • Behrend’s Best: Paul Lynch, School of Engineering
  • Behrend’s Best Team: Health and Wellness Center
Spring 2020
  • Behrend’s Best: Nathan Carter, School of Science
  • Behrend’s Best: Chris Fox, Student Leadership and Involvement and Smith Chapel
  • Behrend’s Best Team: Maintenance and Operations

 

Behrend's Best Awards: Recipients 2007–2019

Year Awardees Departments
Spring 2019 Jodi Herman
Gabi Quiggle
Center for eLearning Initiatives
Athletics
Spring 2018 Emily Artello
Alice Puzarowski
Academic and Career Planning Center
School of Business
Spring 2017 Alyson Amendola
Mary Mischler
Young People's Chorus of Erie
Office of Educational Equity and Diversity Programs
Spring 2016 Jerry Magraw
Terri Mando
School of Science
Academic and Career Planning Center
Spring 2015 Bobbie Peters
Sherry Cooley-Johnson
School of Business
School of Engineering
Spring 2014 Michelle Brown
Mary Tuzynski
Office of Disability Services
Human Resources
Fall 2012 Amy Wittman
Brian Streeter
School of Science
Athletics
Fall 2011 Bev DiNicola
Linda Kaleta
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Personal Counseling
Spring 2011 Sue Daley
Linda Fryer
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Academic and Career Planning Center
Fall 2010 Carol Peterson
Jessica Skelton-Wolfe
Admissions
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Spring 2010 Debbie Tromans
Christa Morris
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Fall 2009 Andrea Konkol
Becky Faulhaber
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Spring 2009 Sandra Taccone
Jerry Kutz
School of Engineering
Maintenance
Fall 2008 Betty Hamilton
Brenda Bane
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Spring 2008 Jane Brady
Matthew Smith
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Maintenance
Fall 2007 Sue Nielsen
Carol Tobin
Admissions
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