Amanda Bly is July EOM

Admissions Counselor Amanda Bly thought she was on her way to a meeting, when co-workers led her into the PAC Restaurant. In fact, she was about to be named July 2010 Employee of the Month.

“You guys tricked me,” said Bly after the surprise was announced.

Family, friends and co-workers greeted her during the award celebration on July 20, 2010.

Bly has been a dedicated member of the UIS admissions staff since January of 2006. She travels around central Illinois visiting local high schools and answering questions from future UIS students.

“We wanted to say thank you for all of your hard work,” said Kathryn Kleeman, assistant director of admissions.

Bly thanked those who showed up to support her and talked about the teamwork she enjoys at UIS.

“I love you guys all so much. You make working at UIS so fun and even though sometimes we have hard, long days having you guys around to commiserate makes all the while,” said Bly.

Bly was presented with a special parking spot for the month and will get some extra spending cash placed on her i-card.

Ron Turner is June EOM

Ron Turner thought he was on his way to change out a podium in the PAC Restaurant, but little did he know he was about to be named June 2010 Employee of the Month.

Turner was a little camera shy when he walked in the celebration on June 25, 2010, but soon warmed up to the crowd.

Ron is a Building Service Sub-Foreman in Conference Services and has worked for UIS since April 19, 2005. He’s responsible for helping to pull off nearly every event in the PAC, so keeping his party a surprise was a big task.

“The fact that we could pull this off without you knowing about it is a major accomplishment, because Ron is so on top of everything,” said Carolyn Neitzke, director of Conference Services.

In the letter nominating Ron for the award, he’s hailed as being “very organized”, “always on time”, and “very hard working”. The letter goes on to say, “Ron takes great pride in his work. He helps out where ever he’s needed and always has a great attitude about his work.”

Turner is known for having a great rapport with staff and students in setting up for events.

“There are always last minute changes and he takes everything in stride and accomplishes everything needed for each even to be a success,” said his nominator.