Thank you for celebrating Employee Recognition Awards with us

photo of black tablecloth with yellow and purple flowers and white and red pamphlet on table that says "Thank you!" as well as lettering in Chinese, Nepali, and Tibetan characters, and "Ua Tsaug!", and "Gracias!", with yellow star next to it and yellow photo wall in background Yesterday, we honored outstanding FP&M colleagues at the eighth-annual Employee Recognition Awards ceremonies. There is still time to send in your selfie photos! And keep in mind that you can nominate a coworker for next year. Read on for more details.

We nominated, we recognized, we celebrated

Congratulations to all recipients and nominees, and thank you to everyone who took the time to recognize the ongoing contributions of FP&M employees through your nominations!

2025 FP&M Employee Recognition Award Recipients

Award FP&M Employee Recipient (s)
AVC Excellence Award Student Bus Pass Program Implementation Team – Dar Ward, Issac Knoflicek, David Berland, Sue Thalacker, Alex Pastena, Abby Terzis, Lauren Vander Kamp, John Kjarsgaard, Ankit Rajbhandari
Creative Solutions Award Don Maahs
Customer Service Award Ben Weiler
Going Above and Beyond Award Melissa Lueptow
Teamwork Award Team from Charter Street Heating & Cooling Plant – Zach Miles, Solomon Bhulai, Mike Krause, Andrew Bishop, Thakur Paneru
Unsung Individual Award Lynn Sadler

2025 Outstanding Campus Partner Award

Campus Partner Recipients Crystal Potts (State Relations and Statewide Outreach) Mitch Goettl (State Relations), Brenda Gonzalez (Community Relations) Carla Vigue (Tribal Relations), Laura Phillips (Congressional Affairs)

Translated and captioned award videos will be shared in an upcoming edition of the FP&M Employee Newsletter. Stay tuned!

Nominations for 2026 awards are now open

Remember, recognition doesn’t end with the ceremony. The Employee Recognition Team is already accepting nominations for the 2026 awards. Nominate someone you know today!

Nominate

three individuals standing in front of bright gold-yellow photo backdrop in conference room, trying on reflective yellow PPE and white construction helmetsSend us your selfies!

If you snapped a photo at the selfie station during the awards ceremony, send it to recognition@fpm.wisc.edu! We’ll share some of your photos in a future newsletter.

Send in your photo