Today@Dal

As part of Employee Appreciation Week 2023, February 27 to March 3, we're highlighting the amazing contributions Dal faculty and staff make across the university.

Shout-Outs allow you to recognize someone in your faculty, department, or unit, or in the broader Dal community, who has helped you, your team, or Dalhousie in some way – big or small.

Each day this week in Today@Dal we'll be publishing just some of the amazing Shout-Outs that have been submitted. Visit the Shout-Out website (login required) to read all the amazing Shout-Outs submitted from the Dal community.

SUBMIT A SHOUT-OUT: Would you like to recognize a Dal colleague for something that they have done to make your day a bit brighter? Or has helped your peers or Dalhousie more broadly in a way that deserves recognition? Complete the Shout-Out form.

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Michelle Glaspy — Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie Medicine, New Brunswick

Michelle is often the backbone and corner stone with Faculty, learners and staff at DMNB. She is leaned on and relied on daily. She is reliable, persistent and dedicated to her peers and learners. Thank you Michelle, we appreciate you!

Angela Hogan

Ashley Broadbent — Student Development Manager with Science, Information Technology, Engineering Co-operative Education

Ashley is the most wonderful and supportive manager. She does a wonderful job at balancing support and compassion with being a manager and leader. We are so lucky to have her!

Haley Glenen

Tarra Chartrand — Faculty of Architecture and Planning

Tarra is always there to help out with all school related matters in a patient, supportive and informative way. She makes the Faculty of Architecture and Planning a pleasant, welcoming and fun place to work. I really appreciate all she does and the positive atmosphere she promotes.

Brenda Matheson

Ashley Macdonald — Faculty of Agriculture

Ashley has the student experience and student needs front and centre. She is supportive and enthusiastic about opportunities for learning and growing. She is an amazing agriculture warrior!

Joy Galloway-Jones

Yi Liu — Civil and Resource Engineering

Big shoutout goes to our department head for being the glue that sticks our department together. She's an amazing person who strives to be the best that she can be. Not only is she an amazing leader, but she's also a great communicator & team player, and I look up to her as a person. Her positive spirit makes my job that more enjoyable.

Tiffany Cooper

Hanako Hellinga, Kathleen Doran & Shaylagh MacKay — Microbiology & Immunology

Thank you Micro Admin team for being so great to work with!

Heather Harris

Sandra Pereira — School of Biomedical Engineering

Thank you Sandra for all the work you do for the School of Biomedical Engineering!

Heather Harris

Amanda Kowlich — Faculty of Computer Science

Amanda consistently puts student first and cares deeply about her work. She brings an enthusiasm and energy to everything that she tackles!

Angela Siegel

Eduardo Ramirez Padilla — Student Life

You're always doing a fantastic job to support every single mentor and mentee as part of Together@Dal, and you always try to ensure that folks are being included in all the activities. Love your genuine dedication and care to ensuring that everyone is well-settled !

Mayank Ramchandani

Shelley Parker — Civil and Resource Engineering

Big shout-out to our department administrator for the amazing job she does! She's such a kind, helpful and informative leader. Her positive attitude and willingness to work as a team player doesn't go unnoticed. I am privileged to be able to work along side of her.

Tiffany Cooper

Cheryl Brown — Faculty of Health, Dean's Office

Helpful co-workers make a big difference in our work life. Thanks, Cheryl, for responding to my requests for help with positivity. You make the office a more cheerful place.

Faculty of Health Research

Trudi Smith — Communications, Marketing, and Creative Services

Trudi Smith is relentlessly dedicated to creating a superior user experience for visitors to dal.ca, and has created countless comprehensive tools that support authors as they transition their site to the new platform. Her professionalism, work ethic, empathy, and attention to detail stand out!

Sherry Brown

Wendy Terris Klaus — School of Social Work, Manager-E-Learning

Wendy has been there from the beginning of my journey as an Instructor with the School of Social Work in 2016. Wendy works tirelessly to assist my Students, TAs, and myself in the successful delivery and completion of all course components to produce the least stressful online learning experience for us all. Thank you, Wendy, for being there for myself and my Team.
Dr. Sheila McKinnon-Oke

Sheila McKinnon-Oke

Marilyn Callaghan — Faculty of Open Learning & Career Development

Marilyn is our custodian and does a great job of keeping our space clean and is always willing to help out with anything you need done. Thanks for being such a great support to us. Marilyn, your the best 😊

Cathy Lee

Andrea King — Faculty of Open Learning and Career Development

Andrea goes above and beyond to make sure our in-person time is positive, social, charitable, and collaborative. She's organized multiple social outings; student-teacher charity events; and can always be heard laughing during coffee breaks. Thank you Andrea!

Tony Rusinak

Jessica Wilson — Supernova at Dalhousie

I recently started working for SuperNova and Jessica was very helpful & supportive in my learning process. She would take the time to respond to all my questions with great details and help-out whenever I need. Thank you for your support!

Areej Syed

Wendy Terris Klaus — School of Social Work

Wendy works very hard behind the scenes to keep online courses in Social Work running smoothly, figuring out solutions to tech issues and supporting teaching staff to deliver high quality online learning to undergraduate and graduate students. I can always count on her to help in a timely, friendly, savvy way. Thanks so much Wendy for all you do!

Erin Brown

Mackenzie Valentine — SuperNova at Dalhousie

I recently started working for SuperNova and Mackenzie was very helpful & very kind with the training process. She would politely answer all my questions even some of the repetitive ones. Thank you for your help!

Areej Syed

Theresa Myra — Science, Information Technology, Engineering (SITE) Co-op Office

The new development team wants to thank Theresa for all of her continued guidance and mentorship. Having her support makes the new development team better and help us learn how to best serve Dal students through working with employers! It means a lot to us that she also cares about our well being and continued professional development. Thank you for being a super manager!

Aaron Ginn, Paulina Sinclair-Fortin, & Claire He

SITE Co-op Employer TeamScience, IT, Engineering Co-op

All I can say is that I am truly honored to be leading an amazing group of professionals that make up the employer team at the SITE Co-op office. These 7 individuals are extremely hard-working, dedicated and relentless when engaging with industry for meaningful and academically relevant co-op work terms for our students. I would like to recognize Lori Baker, Paul Mombourquette, Claire He, Aaron Ginn, Paulina Sinclair-Fortin and Sukhpreet Kaur Khatkar and Terri Coolen/(Anne Swan filling in). Thank you for all that you do for our students and our employers!

Theresa Myra

Billie Xu — Schulich School of Law

Billie is the quiet force behind the Law School's Student Services and Engagement Service. She cares for the students very much.

Lucie Guibault

Jeanna Parsons Leigh — Faculty of Health, School of Health Administration

Dr. Parsons Leigh lives by example for her students, mentees, and colleagues. She is committed to leading cross-cutting, impactful research and living a wholesome and fulfilling live outside academia. Thank you, Dr. Parsons Leigh!

Stephana Julia Moss

SITE Co-op Employer Team — Science, Information Technology, Engineering (SITE) Co-op Office

All I can say is that I am truly honored to be leading an amazing group of professionals that make up the employer team at the SITE Co-op office. These 7 individuals are extremely hard-working, dedicated and relentless when engaging with industry for meaningful and academically relevant co-op work terms for our students. I would like to recognize Lori Baker, Paul Mombourquette, Claire He, Aaron Ginn, Paulina Sinclair-Fortin and Sukhpreet Kaur Khatkar and Terri Coolen/(Anne Swan filling in). Thank you for all that you do for our students and our employers!

Theresa Myra

Danielle Hill — Schulich School of Law

Danielle is a wonderful, caring, person who goes out of her way to help students and colleagues. Danielle is a fantastic colleague!

Lucie Guibault

Mike Crawford — School of Occupational Therapy

Mike has been amazing to work with since I started in OT last August. He is kind, patient and works so hard for us, staff, and for the school. He deserves to be recognized. Thank you Mike for being the best Administrative Manager and leader that I have ever had.

Kelly Bronson

Stef Adams — Human Resources

Stef Adams gives a lot to the Talent Pathways program! She promotes the program widely among equity-deserving groups! She remains present to support employees and employers after the successful placements! Stef participates in career fairs, community meetings, and wherever she goes, she remains an ambassador for the Talent Pathways program and Dalhousie University!

Huwaida Medani

Laura Godsoe — Human Resources

Laura is an inclusive leader! She is supportive, collaborative, good listener, and solution-focused! She brings the best in her, gives the best to her team and brings the best out of them!

Huwaida Medani

Lauren Duke — Faculty of Medicine Undergraduate Medical Education Office

Lauren has gone over and above her job description to assist in other vacant positions in our office for the past couple years. She has done this without any complaints and deserves to be recognized for her extra efforts and continued passion for her work at the Faculty of Medicine Undergraduate Medical Education Office.

Karen Simpson

Rob Sandeski — Human Donation Program — Dept. of Medical Neuroscience

For 20 years, Rob has been one of the biggest driving forces behind the Human Donation Program. Uplifting and empowering, he works tirelessly to support us as one of the strongest pillars of the team, and is absolutely fundamental to its success. From the rest of the team - Thank you, Rob! We appreciate everything you have done, and will continue to do.

Jessica Tower