- Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey
STAR stands for Staff Appreciation and Recognition, and honors MSP (manager and senior professional) and PSS (Professional and Support Staff) employees, including students, who have gone “above and beyond” in support of the campus's core values.
Editor Dave Jones wrote in today's Dateline:
"Since 2006, in addition to his full-time position, Chan has voluntarily provided comprehensive and professional audiovisual support and service to the UC Academic Business Officers Group. Working at the direction of the systemwide conference steering committee, Chan has undertaken full and primary responsibility of the ABOG conference and has provided time and talent to what is, in and of itself, a full-time AV specialist position. Even during a six-month deployment to Afghanistan as a an Air Force Reserve captain, he served ABOG's AV needs were met without interruption."
Chan is one of 22 staff members honored by Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi in the second annual campuswide STAR Award Program.
See more on the Dateline web page.
Among this year's recipients: Ellen Dean, curator of the herbarium in the Center for Plant Diversity, who has close ties with the Department of Entomology and Nematology, including the Bohart Museum of Entomology, directed by Lynn Kimsey, professor of entomology.
Dean was singled out:
"Ellen Dean, principal museum scientist, curator of the herbarium in the Center for Plant Diversity — “Ellen has earned a well deserved reputation as one of the best identifers of plants in the region,” her nominator wrote. But Dean's work goes far beyond identifying plants: She's the herbarium administrator, writes grants, provides instruction and training, and does independent research. Especially notable are her efforts over the last several years to make taxonomic name changes to ensure that the herbarium's collections and database are in agreement with the recently published second edition of The Jepson Manual. She leads field trips, gives talks and workshops, and organizes the annual wildflower display for Picnic Day.