USM Recognizes Employees For Distinguished Service
July 1, 2009
The University of Southern Maine celebrated the accomplishments of five staff members this month at the 20th Annual Professional Staff Recognition Reception held June 2, in the Hannaford Lecture Hall.
This year’s Distinguished Professional Staff Award was presented to Joyce Branaman, of South Portland, director of Support for Students with Disabilities. This award recognizes distinguished career achievement and service to USM by a member of the University’s administration with five or more years of service to USM.
William ‘Liam’ Harrison of Portland, received this year’s Emerging Professional Staff Award. Harrison is director of the Office of Research Compliance. This award is given annually to a member of USM’s administration with less than five years service who showed distinguished service to the University. The award recipient shows outstanding promise for continued excellence and achievement within his or her field.
Also recognized were the winners of this year’s Professional Staff Divisional Excellence Awards. These awards are designed to recognize members of the administration who have distinguished themselves in their division and/or department. Recipients were:
Nicki Piaget of Cumberland. Piaget is the director of the Bookstores.
Kathleen Schorr of Westbrook. Schorr is the program manager for Professional Education.
Jon Dustin of Saco. Dustin is system administrator of IT Network Services.
