Volunteer of the Year Recipients
One volunteer per year will be chosen as the UM-Volunteer Services Outstanding Volunteer. This award recognizes a volunteer whose service benefits the campus in a way that is beyond the expectations for the position.
2008
Annette Harrison, Marilyn Kinsella, Sherry Norfolk
"25 Years of Dedication"
The nomination committee was highly impressed with the accumulative length of time these women have dedicated to the Storytelling Festival- 25 years! More recently, the women worked together to develop an online study guide tool for teachers on behalf of the department of Continuing Education. They were more than willing to volunteer their time, talent, and expertise to accomplish the goals and mission of the festival.
2007
Marilyn Smith
"Warm Spirit"
Those staff members that nominated her used words like competent, pleasant, reliable, organized and friendly, ---but the one that I feel best describes her is “warm spirit”. The nominators went on to say that she takes great pride and care in every project in which she has assisted. Her attitude and professionalism is genuine and sincerely appreciated. She is someone we know we can count on.
2006
Mary Wurtz
"Wurtz her Weight in Gold "
Besides her service to Volunteer Services she is an active volunteer for the USO, the Touhill Performing Arts Center and the Storytelling Festival. She has
been a volunteer with Volunteer Services since February 2005. She is always
very giving of her time to our campus. She has been described as a
“professional” in every sense of the word. She works throughout the campus in various
volunteer capacities and is committed, polished, inventive and very flexible. Mary is absolutely wonderful with directing traffic to the
special event and making sure that everything goes smoothly!
She makes all visistors to our campus feel welcome and at home.