We are only able to do the incredible work we do in Student Affairs thanks to the incredible humans in our Division. Our staff makes an impact every day on the lives of our students, on our campus at large, and outside of UC Berkeley.
We are grateful to each and every staff member who is a part of our community.
Division-wide awards
Thanks to our staff, our Division has earned the following accolades this year:
- 2024 Most Promising Places to Work in Student Affairs, ACPA-College Student Educators International (ACPA) and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
- Member of the First Scholars Network
Department awards
Congratulations to our departments whose hard work earned them acknowledgement in the past year.
- 2024 Handshake Career Spark Award, Berkeley Career Engagement
- 2024 NACE Technology Excellence Award, Berkeley Career Engagement
Staff awards
Congratulations as well to our staff who have won awards (both collective and individual) this past year. In addition to the below mentioned awards, Student Affairs distributed over 300 SPOT awards in FY24 alone!
2024 Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Awards
Individual Recipients
- Bahar Navab
- Cristal Carpinteyro
- Stefan Montouth
Team Recipients
- Gender Recognition and Lived Name Project
- Anne Marie Richard, Associate CIO and Director, Student Affairs IT
- Cruz Grimaldo, Associate Vice Chancellor Financial Aid and Scholarships & Cal Student Central, Division of Student Affairs
- Justin Selph, Associate Registrar, Office of the Registrar
- Lien Truong, Assistant Dean of Students, Multicultural Affairs, Division of Student Affairs
- Sarah Reed, University Registrar, Office of the Registrar
2023 Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Awards
Individual Recipients
- Lien Truong
- Tiffany Melendez
Team Recipients
- Cal Dining Foothill Culinary Management Team
- David Murray
- Lawrence Honorio
- Michael King
- Equity-Oriented Advising and Coaching Program Development & Implementation Team
- Laurence Jackson
- Layla Naranjo
- Financial Planning Post-Strike Implementation Workgroup
- Cruz Grimaldo
- Doug Au
- Student Affairs Business Operations – COVID Response Team
- Alan Prejean
- Brittany Olson
- Ryan Adelman-Sessler
- Stephen Furman
- Stephanie Ngan
- Targeted Injury Project (TIP) Team
- Stephen Furman
- Stephanie Ngan
- University Village Residential Life
- Aisha Younis
- Analee Scott
- Claudia Hall
- Justine Erickson
- Tanisha Muquit
- Vic Sanchez
2024 UC Berkeley Excellence in Management Awards
- Cristal Carpinteyro
- Guillermina Ellis
- James Kato
- Claudia Morales
- Dale Joseph Morrow
- Karla S Robbins
- Jaime Santoyo
- Jessica Thach
- Jacquelynn Thomas
- Roshonda (Ro) Walker
- Heidi Yu
2023 UC Berkeley Excellence in Management Awards
- Emily Briguglio
- Tami Cate
- Phaedra Gauci
- Cruz Grimaldo
2024 Excellence in Advising & Student Service Award Recipients
- Advising Innovation
- Equity-Oriented Advising & Coaching Program Team
- Donna Vivar, Senior Advisor on Equity and Belonging, Division of Student Affairs
- Larry Jackson, Senior Associate Director for Career Education, Berkeley Career Engagement
- Layla Naranjo, Executive Director of Administration, Division of Student Affairs
- Sunny Lee, Dean of Students, Division of Student Affairs
- Equity-Oriented Advising & Coaching Program Team
- Equity Champion
- Yesenia Mendoza Muller, Scholarship Program Advisor & Tamisha Marsh, Program Manager, Fiat Lux Scholarship Program
- Transfer Prep Team, Center for Educational Partnerships
- Anokhi Patel, Transfer Specialist
- Brittany Ayala, Transfer Specialist
- Dion Medina, Transfer Specialist
- Luis Yataco, Data & Systems Manager
- Maika Jimenez, Transfer Specialist
- Melanie Ly, Program Manager
- Tiffany Reardon, Director
- Outstanding New Advisor or Student Services Staff
- Emilie Mitchell, Violence Prevention and Education Program Coordinator, Center for Support & Intervention
- Outstanding Advising or Student Services Administrator, Director, or Manager
- Harris Mojadedi, Interim Assistant Dean for Student Engagement, Division of Student Affairs
2023 Excellence in Advising & Student Services Award Recipients
- Marisol Vasquez, Outstanding New Advisor or Student Services Staff
- Najet Carrick, Outstanding New Advisor or Student Services Staff
- Jan Carmelo Bautista, Outstanding New Advisor or Student Services Staff
- Paula Marquez, Outstanding Peer Advisor, Mentor, Counselor, or Ambassador
2024 University of California Winston Doby Impact Award
- Claudia Morales
Submissions
If your staff member has won a campus, professional association, or work-related award, and you’d like to see it mentioned here, please reach out to sacommunications@berkeley.edu.