Irma - I so appreciate how you are always so helpful when I need help with a complicated financial question.

Rodrigo - I miss stopping in your office and hearing the good news that you know where my package is. I really appreciate all of the extra detective work that you have done to figure out some of our weird shipping adventures....

Carmen - putting a grant proposal together is such a complicated and stressful set of tasks. Your calm and effective assistance is so appreciated. I even look forward to the next one! : )

Marcus - I know that I never remember the correct form to fill out, and yet somehow you are able to stay calm when you go over the same information repeatedly with me. Thank you for your patience and the excellent job that you do keeping track of all of the confusing...

Marissa - you keep the department running so smoothly. Thanks for your calm and knowledgeable help on an astonishingly broad array of issues.

Regina Castleman is pleasure to work with! In many ways, Regina has been my mentor as I try to learn more tools related to digital marketing. She's so patient, takes the time to teach me new features on WordPress, and overall is a fantastic teammate. Even while...

Hetty Ha gave me valuable insight on the student body needs based on institutional data. While I was in the planning stages of proposing a new class on Scientific Argumentation and Critical Thinking, Hetty provided me valuable insight and suggested creative solutions...

During the pandemic, I had to learn how to organize a virtual graduation ceremony that allowed students to celebrate their achievements together, invited family members to join, protected the event from bad actors who may zoombomb, and maintained the UCI brand name....

Shout out to my bookkeeper, who provides timely financial reports and answers to my questions.

Lindsay Malter Simmons, Graduate Program Coordinator & Purchasing Administrator for Dev & Cell, always responds rapidly, cheerfully and helpfully to my emails, even if I am asking about stuff that's not really her job to deal with.