17吃瓜 Staff Excellence Awards
About the award
The 17吃瓜 Staff Excellence Award honors a staff member whose work serves to inspire others and who:
- Demonstrates 17吃瓜's Values,
- Exhibits a high commitment, "above and beyond", to the 17吃瓜 mission, vision and strategic directions, and
- Made a difference at 17吃瓜 over the past year.
All recipients
- 2024: Linda Berlin — Director of Financial Aid
- 2023: Gail Kurowski — Director of 17吃瓜 Police Academy
- 2022: Lindsey Dickinson — Director of Advising
- 2021: Lori Hodek — Talent Development Coordinator / Director of Professional Development Institute, Human Resources
- 2020: Bobbi Garner — Office Manager, Science-Math Academic Area
- 2019: Jan Root — Office Manager, Communications Academic Area
2024 Recipient:
Linda Berlin
Berlin, who has worked at 17吃瓜 since 2010, had led her department to set records for total scholarship dollars disbursed ($1.4 million in 2023-24) and the percentage of available dollars awarded to students (96%). She has also made structural changes to 17吃瓜’s processes and operations to maximize and automate student eligibility for state financial aid. In further recognition of her leadership statewide, Berlin also received the 2023-24 Henry Dykema Distinguished Service Award from the Michigan Student Financial Aid Association.
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