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Annual Staff Awards Winners<\/h1>\n \n
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The winners of the Administrative Operations Annual Staff Awards were announced at the AO Staff Appreciation Meal. Read more about each winner and why they were nominated below.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Pictured left to right: Senior Vice President Michael B. Cline, Officer Zach Waltz, Lieutenant Ryan Edwards, Kristi Brown, Leslie Rody, Jake Denecke, Kyra McIntosh, Mark Fell, Suzi Manns, Dave Lucas, Richard Badders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Gold Service Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Gold Service Award recognizes staff who are high-performing service providers committed to customer care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025 Winners<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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  • Mark Fell, Grounds<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Suzi Manns, Procurement Services<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Kristi Brown, Capital Asset Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Most Valued Principle (MVP)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    The MVP Award recognizes staff who have operationalized the organization\u2019s guiding principles, contributing to a safe, reliable and transformative culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2025 Winners<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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    • Officer Zach Waltz, Purdue University Police Department<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Richard Badders, Energy and Utilities<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Leslie Rody, Analytics and Information Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Jake Denecke, Physical Facilities for Office of Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Outstanding Leader Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      The Outstanding Leader Award recognizes people-centric leaders who visibly work to create a stable, reliable and engaged workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      2025 Winners<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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      • Lieutenant Ryan Edwards, Purdue University Police Department<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Dave Lucas, Operations and Maintenance<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Kyra McIntosh, Purdue Memorial Union<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":314,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1376","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/intranet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/intranet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/intranet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/intranet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/intranet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1376"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/intranet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2727,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/intranet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1376\/revisions\/2727"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/intranet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/operations\/intranet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}