UPDATE: watch videos of the 2024 award recipients, captioned in six languages.
Thank you for attending the seventh annual Facilities Planning & Management (FP&M) Employee Recognition Awards Celebrations, which were held July 16 and 17, 2024. Don’t forget to send your selfie photos from the selfie station to recognition@fpm.wisc.edu!
Here are the 2024 award recipients:
Creative Solutions Award
Talmage Kegley
Health Physicist | Environment, Health & Safety
Nominated by Jason Rusch
Customer Service Award
Melanie Smith
Compliance Specialist | Transportation Services
Nominated by John Anderson
Going Above and Beyond Award
Ricardo Portillo
Floor Technician | Physical Plant
Nominated by Chad Froh and Juana Zarate (two separate nominations)
Teamwork Award
Custodial Crew 201
Custodial Services | Physical Plant
Mama “Fatou” Fatty, Custodian
Araceli Hernandez-Perez, Custodian
Mark Kazynski, Floor Technician
Jalika Kebbeh, Custodian
Luz Melo-Jimenez, Custodian
Sonia Mendez, Custodian
Tashi Norbu, Floor Technician
Kunga Sangpo, Custodian
Juan Santoyo-Davalos, Custodian
Steven Surrarrer, Custodial Lead Worker
Maiyang Thao, Custodian
Kaozouapa Yang, Custodian
Zong Yang, Custodian
Nominated by Thomas Wells
Unsung Individual Award
Rosalino “Lino” Chavez
Floor Technician | Physical Plant
Nominated by Chad Froh
AVC Excellence Award
Lorraine Schwager
Technical Training Program Manager | Physical Plant
Nominated by Corey Popp, selected by AVC Cindy Torstveit
Congratulations to all award recipients and nominees, and thank you for all you do to keep campus running year-round!
Coming soon: You will be able to watch the award videos with captions in English, བོད་སྐད / Tibetan, Español / Spanish, नेपाली / Nepali, Hmoob / Hmong and 中文 / Chinese, soon. Look out for these videos in an upcoming FP&M employee newsletter email.
Thank you to those who recognized FP&M employees’ continuous efforts over time by nominating them. And remember: recognition is year-round. The Employee Recognition Team is accepting nominations for the 2025 awards.
An FP&M tradition
Building a culture of employee recognition takes commitment and energy from all of us. At the celebration of employee recognition we experienced how this engagement manifests into gratitude and community.
Thank you for attending!
Nominations are accepted all year round. What are you waiting for? Nominate a coworker or team at: go.wisc.edu/nominate-fpm.
Thank you,
FP&M Employee Recognition Team
Donovan Kron and Karen Demick, Co-Chairs. Dawn Bierman, Eduardo Fuerte-Espindola, Lauren Hawley, Chad Hellenbrand, Johnny Lohrentz, Louise Meske, Kevin Steele, Alexandria Steinert; Team Members
inside.fpm.wisc.edu/employee-recognition
