This week we honored the impactful contributions of FP&M colleagues at the ninth annual FP&M Employee Recognition Awards celebration events, held on Sept. 21 (Late Night) and Sept. 24 (Daytime).
There is still time to send in your selfie photos from the photo background! Also, keep in mind that you can nominate a coworker for next year.
Read on for more details.
We nominated, we recognized, we celebrated
And the award recipients are . . .
2026 FP&M Employee Recognition Award Recipients
| Award | FP&M Employee Recipient (s) |
| AVC Excellence Award | Workday Enablement Team Lisa Achenbach, Brad Bauman, Kathy Retz, Milu Canicoba, Emma DeGan, Kayla McConville, Rebecca Rohde, Bill Minser, Tony Ring, Chad Boettcher, Isaac Knoflicek, Aaron McCoy, Jim Gasparick, Chris Makey, Ellie Wu, Holly Laux O’Higgins |
| Creative Solutions Award |  Jill Koeller |
| Customer Service Award |  Andrew Powers |
| Going Above and Beyond Award |  David Winston |
| Teamwork Award | Custodial Crew 344 Tenzin Choephel, Jacqueline Damian, Pauline Hankins, Bulo Heda, Benito Monfil, Francisco Montes Lopez, Sonia Paredes, Hector Recoba, Victor Ward, Patrick Sakala |
| Unsung Individual Award |  Xee Lee |
Learn more about FP&M’s Employee Recognition Awards and history.
2026 Outstanding Campus Partner Award recipients
FP&M recognizes campus partners and collaborators across the UW-Madison campus by presenting one Outstanding Campus Partner Award each year.
| Outstanding Campus Partner Award (2026) | Cultural Linguistic Services (CLS) team: Carolina Bonetto, Elizabeth Gaytan, Alex González, Yangbum Gyal, Shuwen Li, Félix Lizárraga, Valentina Marulanda Ospina, Mengxun Mi, Cassie Pilarksi, Parwat Regmi, Diana Román, Carmen Romero-González, Jesús Silveyra, Jennifer Sell, Jzong Thao |
Congratulations to this year’s Award recipients, and to all of our exceptional nominees on the Honor Roll! We also extend a big thank-you to everyone who took the time to recognize the ongoing contributions of FP&M employees by nominating an employee for an award.
Stay tuned: translated and captioned award videos will be shared in an upcoming edition of the FP&M Employee Newsletter.
Send us your selfies!
If you snapped a photo at the selfie station during the awards celebration, send it to recognition@fpm.wisc.edu! We’ll share some of your photos in a future newsletter.
Nominations now open for 2027
Remember, recognition doesn’t end with the events. The Employee Recognition Team is already accepting nominations for the 2027 awards.
Nominate someone you know today!