UMCES Staff Excellence Award

A Staff Council initiative, approved by the Administrative Council, this award represents an honor bestowed by the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) for achievements of Exempt and Nonexempt Staff. The award is presented to an individual staff member who consistently demonstrates a high level of commitment and dedication to UMCES, has a positive impact on their work environment, is flexible and demonstrates cooperation and collaboration among their peers and supervisor while carrying out their job duties.


Eligibility:

  • Any employee may nominate another employee, employees may also nominate themselves.
  • Nominee must be a staff employee of the UMCES community, including all staff employees in Regular and Contingent II status.
  • Nominee must have been employed at UMCES for at least two (2) consecutive years.
  • Members of the Executive Council are not eligible.

Follow this link to download the UMCES Staff Excellence Award nomination packet. 

For more information, please send an email to: Staff-Awards@umces.edu.

2023
Cami Martin

Martin is lauded for her boundless enthusiasm and positive impact on the UMCES Appalachian Laboratory (AL) campus culture, particularly for her tireless efforts helping the students and making them feel included, and her commitment to keeping the lab a safe and healthy environment. During the pandemic, she spent countless hours seeking out personal protective equipment for the lab and pitched in to assist with routine cleaning responsibilities. Martin began her employment at AL in 2001 as a part-time office assistant, and it was soon clear she had a keen eye for detail and superior organizational skills. By 2004, she had been promoted to full-time accounting clerk with her primary duty handling procurement. As her responsibilities grew, she was promoted several times, most recently in 2015 to coordinator.

2022
Mary Ann Manley
 

For 36 years, Mary Ann Manley provided exemplary service to the UMCES and Horn Point Laboratory community through her work as a Program Management Specialist in the Horn Point business office. She was a leader in demonstrating teamwork among her colleagues and her exemplary performance consistently demonstrated a high level of commitment to UMCES. Manley retired in July of 2022, but made her reputation as a quiet, competent, powerhouse, keeping research grant accounts in order and providing invaluable assistance to faculty, staff and students, keeping her finger on the pulse of budgetary issues, and flagging concerns in a timely manner.