{"id":10525,"date":"2013-04-25T16:07:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T22:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=10525"},"modified":"2013-04-25T16:12:02","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T22:12:02","slug":"outstanding-staff-award-winner-goes-beyond-position-description","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=10525","title":{"rendered":"Outstanding Staff Award winner goes beyond position description"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ian Smith\u2019s sense of humor, experience on campus, and willingness to go outside of his position description, make the departments of history, philosophy and humanities run smoothly and effectively, according to his colleagues.<\/p>\n

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Ian Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Smith, a program assistant who helps all three departments, was recently selected as the UCCS Outstanding Staff Member of the Year. He\u2019ll accept his award during a 4 p.m. May 1 campus award ceremony at Berger Hall. He will also receive a $1,000 bonus.<\/p>\n

\u201cIan has brought an insider\u2019s staff sense of what changes would make the departments function more effectively both for faculty and students,\u201d Paul Harvey, professor, Department of History and department chair, wrote. \u201cHe has supervised an enthusiastic staff of student workers who have quite literally helped to bring us to the 21st century.\u201d<\/p>\n

Previously, Smith, a seven- year UCCS staff member, worked for the Department of Physics and the Office of Admissions and Records. Assigned to his current position, for 18 months, he wasted little time in creating a positive effect.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t grieve \u2013 tell Ian and it will be taken care of,\u201d Lorraine Arangno, senior instructor, Department of Philosophy, wrote. \u201cAnd not some time next semester but as soon as possible!\u201d<\/p>\n

Harvey and Arangno cited Smith\u2019s willingness to take on extra duties as well as his compassion for others. A student wandering the halls will be intercepted as was an ill faculty member who received extra help navigating her wheelchair through narrow Columbine Hall passage ways. Department of History Instructor Barbara Headle cited Smith\u2019s help with her course and Smith\u2019s volunteering to portray one of Fountain\u2019s early founders, a Scottish immigrant named Riddoch.<\/p>\n

\u201cIan not only mastered the basic script but he also mastered the Scottish brogue the historical Mr. Riddoch would have had,\u201d Headle wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cIan\u2019s exceptional efforts paid off \u2013 he significantly impressed not only UCCS faculty who attended the cemetery walk as well as his fellow student volunteer actors but Ian also deeply impressed Fountain\u2019s community members including the City Council.\u201d<\/p>\n

—\u00a0Photo by Tom Hutton<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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