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A DECADE OF EXCELLENCE

Residential Life & Housing (RLH) has two University of Houston Excellence Award winners this year, James Aguanno and Nora Fisher. This makes the tenth year in a row that RLH has had Excellence Award winners or McElhinney Award winners among its staff.

James Aguanno, Office Assistant 2, won in the Non-exempt: Office and Clerical category. He has worked for RLH for almost twelve years in the Residence Life office. Aguanno has consistently displayed a willingness to take on new responsibilities and to recognize and close service gaps. As a result, Aguanno�s job duties include such disparate functions as space reservations, maintaining residential assistant personnel files and providing audio-visual and computer support.

Nora Fisher has been a custodian with RLH for almost eleven years. She won in the Non-exempt: Technical, Service and Crafts category. Fisher is known for her caring attitude and unwavering devotion to her job. She is always willing to go the extra mile, even coming in after hours when a sick live-in staff member needed help.

RLH has had a decade of Excellence and McElhinney Award winners. Since no one works alone, RLH staff members consider each award to be an acknowledgement of the effectiveness of the RLH team. The department is very proud of all of its award winners and of its decade of excellence. Past award winners include:

2010 � Donald Delano, Maintenance Mechanic 2
Esteban Mendoza, Journey Painter

2009 � Bernice Cantu, Office Assistant 1
Regina Nixon, Office Supervisor

2008 � Beverly Green, Executive Housekeeper (McElhinney)

2007 � Craig Brodd, Mechanical Supervisor (McElhinney)

2006 � Tom Ho, Journey Locksmith (McElhinney)
Beverly Green, Executive Housekeeper
Javier Hidalgo, Associate Director

2005 � Tom Ho, Journey Locksmith
Rebecca Szwarc, Administrative Assistant

2004 � Charles Snow, Maintenance Mechanic 2

2003 � Craig Brodd, Mechanical Supervisor
Sandy Coltharp, Associate Director

2002 � Carolyn Hudnall, Executive Secretary
Danny Murphy, Maintenance Supervisor

For more information about Residential Life & Housing, go to their website at http://www.housing.uh.edu/.