Thank You to These Community Members

The following MIT community members have been recognized for going the extra mile. Thank someone today.
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Nancy Sugan

I would like to recognize Nancy for the amazing care and her attention to detail to every referral and to the patient the referral is linked to. Her knowledge in referrals makes sure the patient is aware of what is going on with the referral every step of the way. Her friendly & supportive attitude is truly appreciated by patients and staff. I would like to thank Nancy for everything she does for our community! We are lucky to have her on the MIT Health team.
Marilee Soto, MIT HEALTH - Manager, Clinical Operations, Primary Care and Urgent Care Departments

Jordan Madrid

Thank you for always going the extra mile and supporting the Media Lab community with your warmth and attention.
Lisa Breede, School of Architecture + Urban Planning

Meredith Hanna, Stacey Sullaway, Kate Mc Peake

Heroic…patient…really smart:
This is how your efforts were described to me today, after you had helped local teams and the PI get a large, complex CSAIL ARPA-H proposal submitted under extraordinary circumstances. Thank you for supporting research & administration excellence at MIT!
Anne White, Office of the Provost, Vice President for Research, Lincoln Laboratory

Leslie A Kolodziejski, Kevin P O'Brien

Leslie and Kevin helped me through a very challenging interpersonal issue in a wonderful and constructive way. So many Gold Stars.
jessica kedziora, School of Engineering

Bori Stoyanova, ChemE HR Administrator; Patricia Toledo, ISchO Advisor to International Scholars

Bori and Patricia have shown tremendous devotion to me as an international scholar seeking timely and sensitive assistance in staying in the US. I want to also leave a thank you note and express my huge appreciation to the departmental HR and ISchO team.
Hyungseok Kim, School of Engineering

Tom Bagarella, Jeanne Dominchella, Anna Giraldo-Kerr,

A special shout-out to our wonderful VPHR colleagues! ⸜( ˙˘˙)⸝ Thank you for sharing your expertise at Level Up day.
Lisa Breede, MIT Media Lab

Lynda Nelson

Lynda Nelson is a Senior Administrative Assistant in RAS, and she always goes above and beyond to keep our community connected and coordinated. Thank you Lynda for the positive impact you have at MIT each and every day! We couldn’t aspire to research excellence without you!
Anne White, Office of the Provost, Vice President for Research, Lincoln Laboratory

Mandy Chan

Mandy provided exceptional assistance with kindness and compassion. She listened well, and gave pertinent advice to the healthcare coverage concern. She has vast experience and great understanding of the healthcare coverage. She gave thorough instruction through the process to resolve the problem. I am very thankful, and greatly appreciate Mandy's extraordinary help, her knowledge, and the education that she provided. Mandy Chan is exemplary staff at the MIT Benefits office. Thank you. Annie Liau
Annie Liau, Retiree

Erin Hall

I would like to recognize Erin Hall, one of the OSATT Strategic Transactions Officers, for her excellent contribution on behalf of MIT as a leader and expert in the recent Contracting Forum held by UIDP, a national academic-industry partnership organization. UIDP President and CEO called Erin a "natural leader" and gave his thanks and compliments to Erin for her role (co-chair) in making the event, which convened more than 140 professionals from university and industry sectors across the country, a tremendous success. Additionally, I would like to mention that Erin's contributions at MIT are just as noteworthy and appreciated; for nearly 20 years, she has supported MIT research engagements of all kinds, but particularly those in ChemE, AeroAstro and the Koch Institute, with sound judgment, efficiency, creativity and good humor.
Meghan McCollum Fenno, Office of the Provost, Vice President for Research, Lincoln Laboratory

Maximilliano Martinez

Max (mniwheat) is the dread pirate roberts of the mailing list of 'Not-Faraz'. He shares "amusing, intriguing, and unmoderated content for those who love to learn, ranging from everything trivial to transformative." Not-Faraz is a cool community where other people can share whatever they think is also cool.

Recently, Max posted a dozen CSVs, including one with notes from reading ELEVEN MILLION words of MIT Admissions content. I'm sure Faraz would be proud. These CSVs, especially the MIT-related research, seem like they took a LOT of effort to put together. This is a lot of work for like no reward, and I wanted to recognize his erudite curiosity and sharing.
Lucas Chu, Xreg Student

IS&T - Olympia Valentine and Dudley Kirkpatrick

During a recent OAuth upgrade with DocuSign and e-Builder we ran into some authentication issues that could only be resolved by resetting a service account that had been created. Olympia and Dudley worked with me well beyond normal business hours to resolve the issue avoiding a disruption in DocuSign Services. From me, and the entire user community in e-Builder - thank you Olympia and Dudley!
Salvatore Angelone, Facilities

Deb Shafran

We had a situation where our scheduled tunnel walk leader was unable to lead a getfit sponsored tunnel walk. Deb was there as a participant and quickly informed me how the leader was not there. She then stepped in as the walk leader, giving the 7 other people the opportunity for exercise during the day. Thank you Deb for helping out in a pinch!
Rachel Bigler, MIT Health

Dennis Burianek and Kenny Sims

Dennis and Kenny are my department leaders. They have been supportive of my desire to return to school for an MBA and have continued to provide challenging work for me to grow and develop. Their understanding and support has allowed me to be more focused on the things I need to while balancing work and MBA and my personal life.
Julie Arloro-Mehta, Employee at MIT Lincoln Laboratory

John Shriver and Michael Leskiw

Shout to John Shriver and Michael Leskiw in OSATT for their tremendous contribution to supporting several major agreements with MITEI recently. John and Michael brought their specialized skills and negotiating finesse to help navigate complex agreements that are leading to novel and exciting engagements with industry at MIT. This was a huge team effort spanning the research administration ecosystem of OSATT Core, TLO, RAS, MITEI and more; and this is just a quick note of how much John and Michael's important contributions are recognized and valued here at MIT. Thank you, John and Michael!!!
Anne White, Office of the Provost, Vice President for Research, Lincoln Laboratory

Kate Hammond

Kate is immensely helpful and always gets back to me quickly. Over the last few months she has helped me with all sorts of inquiries, most of which probably aren't technically in her wheelhouse but she's always willing to track down the answer regardless. I am so grateful to have a colleague like Kate. Thank you!!
Gaby Wirth, MIT Museum

Research Administrators

I would like to express my gratitude to the many talented research administration professionals across MIT who enable the research enterprise through technical excellence and content expertise day in and day out. Thank you for helping faculty members, PIs, postdocs, and students impact the world through cutting-edge research and scholarship! Happy Research Administrator Day!
Anne White , Office of the Provost, Vice President for Research, Lincoln Laboratory

Abigail Ketchen, Senior Financial Officer IMES; Caroline Lowenthal, Alliance Manager, OSATT core; Kelley Shepard, Richard Corrente, Accounts Receivable, VPF; Bernadette Vallely, Team Manager, RAS

This amazing teams in IMES, OSATT Core, VPF, and RAS worked creatively and collaboratively to solve a tough issue managing a sponsored payment process recently. I was told that "Abigail in particular has really gone above and beyond on this work - not only is she taking the lead on reconciling invoices, POs, and payments for IMES projects, but she’s also taken responsibility for sorting these things out for PIs in other departments. Having a single person handling all of this, especially someone with her high level of skill, has really made the process more efficient and comprehensive." Thank you Abigail, Caroline, Kelley, Richard, and Bernadette so very very much!
Anne White, School of Engineering

Jeremy Kennelly

In addition to being a pleasure to work with, Jeremy has gone above and beyond the call of duty to aid me and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab with all of our subawards. I am very much indebted to Jeremy for his knowledge, hard work, good humor, and patience during a long grant process.
Jason Rhode, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Alison Hynd

Dear Alison,
Thank you for sharing your experiences with your presentation at the MIT Media Lab, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, School of Architecture & Planning Level Up day! The session shared was relevant and contributed to the success of the day. Thank you!
Lisa Breede, School of Architecture + Urban Planning

Devan Monroe

Dear Devan,
Thank you for sharing your experiences with your presentation at the MIT Media Lab, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, School of Architecture & Planning Level Up day! The session shared was relevant and contributed to the success of the day. Thank you!
Lisa Breede, School of Architecture + Urban Planning

Nick Marmor

Dear Nick,
Thank you for sharing your experiences with your presentation at the MIT Media Lab, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, School of Architecture & Planning Level Up day! The session shared was relevant and contributed to the success of the day. Thank you!
Lisa Breede, School of Architecture + Urban Planning

Sarah Beckmann

Dear Sarah,
Thank you for sharing your experiences with your presentation at the MIT Media Lab, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, School of Architecture & Planning Level Up day! The session shared was relevant and contributed to the success of the day. Thank you!
Lisa Breede, School of Architecture + Urban Planning

Ryan McCarthy & Rich Lay

Dear Rich & Ryan,
Thank you for sharing your experiences with your presentation at the MIT Media Lab, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, School of Architecture & Planning Level Up day! The session shared was relevant and contributed to the success of the day. Thank you!
Lisa Breede, Schwarzman School of Computing

Tianna Ransom

Thank you, Tianna, for sharing your expertise and experience in developing a presentation for the MIT Media Lab, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, School of Architecture & Planning Level Up day! The session you designed was relevant and contributed to the success of the day. Thank you!
LIsa Breede, School of Architecture + Urban Planning

Diane Stacey Wood, Jodie Nosiglia, Martha Collins, Eileen Ng

Diane, Jodie, Eileen, & Martha,
Thank you for sharing your expertise and experience with your presentation at the MIT Media Lab, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, School of Architecture & Planning Level Up day! The session shared was relevant and contributed to the success of the day. Thank you!
Lisa Breede, School of Architecture + Urban Planning

Tianna Ransom

Thank you, Tianna, for sharing your expertise and experience in developing a session for the MIT Media Lab, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, School of Architecture & Planning Level Up day! The session you designed was relevant and contributed to the success of the day. Thank you!
LIsa Breede, School of Architecture + Urban Planning

Libby Mahaffy

Thank you, Libby, for sharing your expertise and experience in presenting a session for the MIT Media Lab, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, School of Architecture & Planning Level Up day! The session contributed to the success of the day. Thank you!
Lisa Breede, School of Architecture + Urban Planning

Michele King Harrington

Thank you, Michele, for sharing your expertise and experience in developing a session for the MIT Media Lab, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, School of Architecture & Planning Level Up day! You designed a relevant session that contributed to the success of the day. Thank you!
Lisa Breede, School of Architecture + Urban Planning

Manny, Chef at Sloan Cafeteria

I started at Sloan in August of 2022 and have interacted with Manny while getting lunch on and off the entire year. Manny is always very kind, helpful, and enthusiastic. He always has a smile on his face and seems to care deeply about the work that he is doing. I just want to recognize that his personal enthusiasm and care for the Sloan community while serving food does not go unnoticed.
Yaminette Diaz-Linhart, Sloan School of Management

Nora Flaherty and Brynne Crawley

A big thank you to both Nora and Brynne for so successfully tackling yet another PRH sales presentation. I thank my lucky stars that I get to work with such brilliant, unflappable, witty colleagues on a daily basis. It makes the work fun!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Bill
Bill Smith, MIT Libraries and MIT Press
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