Young Wins Staff Excellence Award

March 20, 2003
The 2003 Staff Excellence Award will be presented to Rebecca A. Young, assistant to the vice provost for academic affairs.

Established in 1993, this award recognizes the consistently outstanding performance of a staff member who has demonstrated and practiced the philosophy of continuous quality improvement, team spirit and managerial excellence in the performance of assigned duties, and who has provided leadership in establishing a quality service orientation, so as to benefit his or her unit and the University.

Hailed for her professionalism and dedication, Young is described by her colleagues as "consistently performing at the highest level of excellence for three decades, and doing so with a wonderfully good-natured spirit, commitment to teamwork and a sense of humor."

A Penn State employee of 30 years, Young staffs search committees for all of the University's executive searches - vice presidents, vice provosts, and deans. She has been involved in 28 such searches since 1994, including those that resulted in the appointment of 21 of our current deans. Young has been a major contributor to the success of this effort.

In addition to providing support for Penn State's Academic Leadership Forum and the AD-14 academic administrative reviews, she also has significant responsibilities in the administration of the University's promotion and tenure process. Young has contributed immeasurably to the establishment of a procedurally sound process, participating in and contributing to nearly two dozen promotion and tenure workshops each year and answering daily questions concerning the process from deans, department heads, committee chairs and individual faculty members. Young also serves as Associate Program Coordinator of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation Academic Leadership Program and is the Data Steward for the Student Rating of Teaching Effectiveness data warehouse.

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Contact:  Amy Neil at 814-865-7517 or at aen4@psu.edu