Design and Development Services or DDS (Steve Kaufman, Rene
Molenaur, Jamie Newhall, Ling Qian, Patrick Tabatcher, and Wendy Lampner)
received the Ziptastic award in May. Here’s what they said:
Congratulations! We are honored to inform you, the amazing group of
employees in Design and Development Services department, that you, as a group
are the recipients of the SEAC Ziptastic Award for the month
of May. All of you were nominated by the faculty and
staff from Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences for the amazing work you
accomplished transitioning UA to online courses in a matter of days. We
are excited to share your dedication to the UA Community.
The Ziptastic Award
was created by the Staff Employee Advisory Committee (SEAC) in October of 2016.
The purpose of the Ziptastic program is to raise awareness of the
contributions of UA employees who are committed to the The University of
Akron community.
The
faculty and staff of the Buchtel College of Arts & Sciences (through BCC)
collectively (and anonymously) submitted the following nomination…
We are
nominating the entire Design and Development Service department. This is
unusual, but well deserved. It would be difficult to overstate the difference
our colleagues at DDS have made, in every department across campus, as we have
moved all classes online in response to the coronavirus. Among other responses
to this crisis, they have scheduled online workshops for WebEx and Brightspace,
have posted tutorials for other online aids, have answered endless questions
from faculty through email, and have monitored their phones for last-second
difficulties faculty encountered. This is, of course, no surprise. DDS has been
providing thoughtful and engaged professional support for our community for
many years. But in the context of this crisis, we have come to even more deeply
appreciate their contributions to teaching and learning in our classrooms. Many
thanks DDS.
A well-deserved award to the members of DDS! A great job and CONGRATULATIONS!
