PAWS
About the Award
Nomination Form
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The PAWS (People Appreciate Wonderful Staff) Award is presented to a staff member who provides exceptional service to the UNM community. This staff exemplifies University values and shows initiative outside of their job scope. Branch campuses are included in these awards.
The Staff Council Rewards and Recognition Committee selects a recipient from candidates nominated quarterly by members of the UNM community. Recipients are presented with an engraved plaque shaped like a paw!
Quarterly Nomination Schedule (nomination form will be open for the full month noted for quarter):
- Call and nominations open for the month of February.
- Scoring early March.
- Announcement of winner mid-March.
- Call and nomination open for the month of May.
- Scoring early June.
- Announcement of winner mid-June.
- Call and nominations open for the month of August.
- Scoring early September.
- Announcement of winner mid-September.
- Call and nomination open for the month of November.
- Scoring early December.
- Announcement of winner mid-December.
PAWS Recipients
Andrea Botero-Tompkins, Michelle Gallegos-Lucero, Amanda DiMercurio
Beverly K. Bracker, Alaina Martinez, Kali Levsen, Keila Gutierrez, Angelica Solares
Mark Reynolds, Autumn Collins, Debra Stottlemyer, Pamela Kirchner
*From 2011 - 2021 the PAWS was awarded monthly; from 2022 on, it is a quarterly award.
Debra Sparks, Karen McEleny, Monica Vlad, Jessica Lewis-Gonzalez, Cheyenne Blanton, Beth Ha, Sean Gonzales
Frank Borja, Lauren Lewis, Diana Meijers, Marisa Marquez, Reed Vawter, Marty Apodaca, Rosemary Melndrez, Debra Montana, Javier Flores
Desiree Gathings, David Hansen, Megan Boarders, Lynette Eisenbeck, Alan Billau, Sophie Shemas, Marnie Goldberg, Elizabeth Espinosa, Rebecca Colon, Tiffany Martinez-Durant, Douglas Williams, Teresa Natera
Ruben Zurita, Nathan Molina, JJ Conn, Sandra Griffenberg, Barbara Cohen, Lydia Wolberg, Luzelva Arambula, Sarina Ochoa, Katie Fletcher, Jessica Stanton, Patricia Esquibel
Edwina Garcia, Jason Quinn, Debra Schaffer, Janet Werner, Arleen Montoya-Anaya, Leonel Diaz, Robert Duren, Teresa Quintana, Shalom Bond, Shannon Saavedra, Ariana Delmerico
Dianne Perea, Amaris Swann, Kelly Morantes, Nicole (Niki) Montoya, Catherine Brandenburg, Bernadette Jaramillo-Peck, Tasha Santistevan, Denise Rivera, Laura Vele Buchs, Carli Maldonado, Renee Conklin, Gary Bednorz
Smith Frederick, Barbara Conley, Pam Agoyo, Angela Beauchamp, Marcie Valencia, Marlena Bermel, Rita Chavez, Jan Schmidt, Tracy Ingalls, Luis Arias, Shannon Kindilien, Lisa Romero
Elyse Gerol, Shoshana R. Handel, La'Tasia Dyer, Alfredo Ruiz, Pari Noskin, Latayah York, Bryan Suhr, Clebert Garcia, Julie Morrison, Jeff Brumfield, Mariah Harrison, Karen Wright
Dianne Perea, Stacia Jackson, Patsy Lucero, Jessica Jaramillo, Gary Bednorz, Dean Jojola, Katrinia Sweetland, Grandon Gomez, Lowell Gibbs, Nancy Pellman, Jason Blankenship, Dorothy M. Martinez