Creighton University

The annual "Rookie of the Year" award is presented at the "We Need a Spring Break, Too" luncheon sponsored by the Jesuit Community each spring. This award recognizes a rookie staff member for outstanding contributions to his/her workplace.

To be eligible for nominations, the recipient of this award must meet the following criteria:

be enthusiastic about his/her work, made significant contributions to his/her area or department, embody the Creighton Credo in his/her workplace, been employed at Creighton University for no more than two years, and be classified as E-M staff position.

Twenty-four staff members received nominations this year, with some of them receiving multiple nominations! Congratulations to all the nominees - your hard work and caring spirits are appreciated.

Robby Daniels, University Relations/IT, was the 2008 recipient of the Rookie of the Year Award. The winner was announced at the 2008 We Need a Spring Break, too! luncheon the Jesuits host for the Creighton staff every year.

Darin Boudreau, chairperson of SAC, announced the ROY winner.	Robby receives his award
Darin recites the praise Robby's supervisor and colleagues wrote about him	Congratulations, Robby!

 

 The nominees for the 2008 ROY were:

Erica	Anderson	Outpatient Clinic
Todd	Ashmore	Division of Information Technology
David	Barnum*	Pediatric Infectious Disease
AB	Biggerstaff	Cath lab/EP lab
Kristin	Bonstetter	Creighton Medical Labs
Sandy	Cerveny	Student Support Services
Marilyn	Chollett*	Marketing and Public Relations
Linda	Cotton	Family Medicine
Robby	Daniels*	University Relations/IT
Joseph	Ecklund	Student Success
Liz	Ferguson*	Student Activities
Jill	Fuhrman	Creighton Medical Labs
Wendy	Greenwood	Health Information Management
Michelle	Kearney	CMAPS
Kathleen	Knox	Patient Accounts
Kay	Krogman	Creighton Medical Labs
Christina	Lamas	Cardiac Center - Research
Robert	Lee	Cardiology
Blane	O'Callahan	Facilities Management
Stephanie	Reed	Family Medicine
Kathryn	Stuhr	Pharmacy Office of Experiential Education
Carol	Suddith*	Education
Tina	Young	Nursing
Barbara	Zorn	School of Dentistry

*multiple nominations received

2008 Robby Daniels, University Relations/IT 2006 Dr. Joy Voltz, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions	2007 Judith Gunter, School of Medicine 2005 Becky Messenger, Multicultural and Community Affairs
2004 Taunya Plater, Psychology Department	2003 Matt Schill, Registrar's Office
2002 Lisa Barrientos, Department of Pathology	2001 Nancy Walker, Creighton Medical Associates
2000 Shirley Walker, Mail Services, Kiewit Hall	Gabriel McGrath, Registrar's Office
1998 Carol Knaub, Mail Center	1997 Amy Peyton, Osteoporosis Research Center
1996 Brian Besack, Facilities Management	1995 Jason Wyscarver, Mail Center
1994 Brenda Smith, Human Resources	1993 Dorothy Allen, Student Board of Governor