Bill Rose Memorial Award Recipients
2021 Bill Rose Memorial Award Recipients
Rebecca Jackson
CAS/COEng Team Lead
Shared Services
Rebecca manages various roles and tasks, and does so with sound reasoning, compassion, and transparency. During the transition to Shared Services her positive leadership has ensured the highest level of service to all teams she works with while keeping teams grounded.
Rebecca exhibits an extraordinary level of professionalism and customer services. And, is a helpful and accurate budget information resource.
Rebecca always finds a way to keep moral up and her commitment is unwavering.
Kara Monroe
Grounds Supervisor
Facilities and Campus Services
Kara oversees a wide range of campus needs and programs, and does so with passion, enthusiasm, attentiveness, and innovation. In addition to ensuring that UAA maintains cherished recognitions, Kara collaborates with community partners and seeks external funding assistance.
Among these needs is community engagement. During COVID Kara filmed a virtual Tree Tour of west campus which provided a ways for elementary school students to participate.
Kara is a patient mentor and role model whose dedication is unending.
2020 Bill Rose Memorial Award Recipients
Joe Kelley
Desktop Lead Technician
Information Technology Services
Joe was the lead on several projects this year. A few of those projects are the Windows 7 upgrade for west campus, dental clinic software upgrade, Eagle River campus closure; technology relocation, KRUA data recovery, digital signage transition to IT.
He overcame many issues and challenges to complete these projects on time, often-working long hours. He never hesitates to offer assistance on any project to complete the mission of the University and to enable faculty, staff and students succeed.
Patrick Wilcox
Fleet Services Mechanic
Facilities and Campus Services
Patrick has served in multiple roles providing needed stability and dependability during many changes. A couple of those roles are shop lead and acting supervisor, while keeping up with his regular duties. His roles continue to expand, into emergency spill response and other areas while he upkeep's an average of 1400 work orders annually. And is always looking for ways to increase efficiency.
He is always willing to step in and step up when needed, often at a moment notice. Always providing excellent customer service.
2019 Bill Rose Memorial Award Recipient
Sara Braniff
Fiscal Analyst
Budget Office
Sara is a long-time employee of the university, and has transitioned to the Budget Office. In her new role, Sara has taken on new responsibilities with great confidence and is relied upon for accurate process and procedure information by not only the UAA community, but also those at SW who rely upon her role for action and feedback.
When Sara left her previous position as Accounts Payable Manager, she continued to provide advice and guidance. When the new manager went out on FML for several months, Sara used her expertise in very complex accounting questions to support the department moving forward. And, continued to perform in her new role at a high level.
Sara works as a team member which is so valuable to creating a positive environment at UAA. After getting comfortable with her new role, she saw that an employee who works in the same area, but not part of the budget office, had no back up if they were out sick or on vacation. So, Sara took it upon herself to cross-train on how to process the “bank” each day so she could provide coverage there.
And, it goes without saying that Sara is always a positive, helpful, and accurate resource to others on Budget issues.
2018 Bill Rose Memorial Award Recipient
Ryan Buchholdt
Sustainability & Business Manager
Facilities & Campus Services
Ryan adapts behind the scenes in Facilities as needed for various titles and duties always seeking and striving for excellence in his assignments. He exhibits excellence in lean thinking, strategy development, communications to customers, sustainability, safety culture and process improvement. Ryan has assumed multiple roles and duties to fill in the gaps. These roles have a reaching affect across the campus units, across to the community campuses, across to our municipal partners, community partners, stakeholders and customers, and all in service to UAA and its mission.
Ryan is willing to jump in where needed to keep projects moving ahead and has a deep sense of commitment to process improvement. He has overseen the installation of bike storage lockers, bike workstations, water bottle filling stations, reduction of electricity and paper use, redefining space use during capital improvements, and investment in campus fixtures and hardware for increased cost savings over the long-term.
2017 Bill Rose Memorial Award Recipient
Camille Oliver
Housing Assignments Manager
University Housing
2016 Bill Rose Memorial Award Recipient
Ryan McCarthy
Head UAA Women's Basketball Coach
Athletics
Ryan McCarthy, Head Women’s Basketball Coach, Athletics – Ryan started at UAA August 2012. He is one of the most talented coaches in the NCAA. Ryan has led our Women's Basketball team to No. 1 in the national rankings for two consecutive years. He finished the 2015-16 season with an impressive 38-3 overall record, and was named the WBCA’s NCAA DII West Region Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season. Ryan has a very strong commitment to his student-athletes’ success both on the court and in the classroom; he makes earning a college degree an expectation and a requirement. He also possesses an outstanding work ethic and great leadership skills. Thank you for your hard work!
2015 Bill Rose Memorial Award Recipient
Roxanne Swallows
Fiscal Manager
Athletics
As expressed by one of her colleagues, "I don't know what we would do without Roxanne in her position, and I certainly don't want to find out." Roxanne Swallows, the fiscal manager of the athletics department, has been with UAA for over 25 years. With her pure talent, she has been able to keep the athletics budgets untangled for years on end. Each budget has grown even more complex than the one before it, but that hasn't stopped Roxanne from doing her work in an incredibly timely and accurate manner. In addition, she oversees the procurement and travel functions for Athletics, works closely with various partners including Sullivan Arena & Global Spectrum, and provides unmatched quality customer service for all. Thank you, Roxanne, for your impeccable professionalism, commitment, and dedication!
2014 Bill Rose Memorial Award Recipient
Felipe Castro
Building Maintenance Supervisor
Facilities & Campus Services
Felipe is a long time Facilities employee and in those years has managed to work his way up from custodian to painter to Building Maintenance Supervisor. He is a very hands on supervisor and isn't afraid to get them a little dirty to help his staff get things done. He and the lock shop have started with electronic key system implementation, and with his UAA degree in computer systems, he is a huge asset to the electronic key process. Felipe has also served as a union official and as UAA's Management Representative to the last two union agreement negotiations. He is a trusted adviser and collaborator, and a great asset to the entire Facilities team. Congratulations, Felipe!
2013 Bill Rose Memorial Award Recipient
Kathy Ivie
Payroll Coordinator
Human Resource Services
Kathy served as a Payroll Coordinator for over 10 years and during this time has exhibited exceptional commitment to getting the job done well and on time. Payroll is extremely vital to UAA as a whole and Kathy has always gone beyond her job to help and assist people with a smile, positive attitude and her characteristic quick wit. She has often skipped campus-wide and Administrative Services-wide events to get payroll entered and submitted on time. Kathy's honesty, integrity, hard work and respectful attitude makes her one of a kind for UAA. Congratulations Kathy!