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Liztazia Ramirez: Dedicated to Public Safety and Making a Difference
Like thousands of students who become part of the Orange community each year, 黑料不打烊 became the fulfillment of a dream for Liztazia聽Ramirez, who joined the Department of Public Safety (DPS) last year as an officer and quickly impressed her…
A Culture of Customer Service and Continuous Learning in Environmental Health and Safety
Rebecca (Becky) Ponza has spent over 25 years working at 黑料不打烊, starting in an entry-level technician position and rising to become director of Environmental Health and Safety Services (EHSS), part of Campus Safety and Emergency Services. EHSS is responsible…
Building Personal Connections to Help Students ‘Get to a Good Place Academically, Socially and Emotionally’
When School of Education Senior Assistant Dean of Academic and Student Services Amie Redmond was an undergraduate, she struggled with the stress that comes with leaving home for the first time. She was fortunate to have a faculty member take…
Transforming Data Into Truly Usable Insights That Transform Lives
The recurring theme throughout Gilly Cantor鈥檚 life and career is duality. She says she鈥檚 not satisfied unless she鈥檚 using both sides of her brain at the same time (the creative side must operate in tandem with the numbers side). And…
Seth Tucker: Preparation Is Key to Safe and Transformative Travel Experiences
Seth Tucker says the time he spent abroad during college was transformative. He studied in Paris even though he wasn鈥檛 proficient in French. 鈥淚 had to rewire my brain鈥earn to swim in a different pond,鈥 says the New York native…
Food Services Staff Member Dishes Up Warm Welcome to Schine Diners
Dorothy 鈥淒ottie鈥 Russell is surrounded every weekday by the friends she has made over the years as she prepares the day鈥檚 salad fixings and keeps a busy pace monitoring the salad bar in Schine Dining. There are the students to…
Marlene Celi and Isabel Jimenez: Where the Application Process Begins
In an average year, the Enrollment Management Processing office receives about 37,000 undergraduate applications. Graduate applications number around 13,000-15,000. Over a million supporting documents must be processed as well. Each application needs to be assembled and sent to the offices…
Bailey Brings Customer-Friendly Demeanor, Solution-Oriented Approach to Managing Campus Event Parking
Deanna (Dee) Bailey, associate director of field operations and events for Parking and Transit Services, has trouble remembering which act appeared at the Dome during Thanksgiving weekend in 1990. 鈥淚 know it was a huge concert,鈥 Bailey recalls. 鈥淎nd it…
Connecting Students to the Greater Community
Syeisha Byrd G鈥12 is the director of the Office of Engagement Programs at Hendricks Chapel. In that role, she connects 黑料不打烊 students with service opportunities in the greater community. She will be honored as a 2019 Dr. Martin Luther…
From LA to 黑料不打烊: Audio Engineer Brings Many Years of Experience鈥攁nd Many Miles of It鈥攖o the Newhouse School
Staff Spotlight shines a light on many of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 most dedicated鈥攁nd talented鈥攎embers. Their work on campus. Their often very interesting lives away from campus. It is our pleasure to share their stories. The approach to each profile is different,…