2024 Outstanding Employee Nominees
The Outstanding Employee Awards Banquet will be held on Friday, May 17, 2024, from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm on the campus of Saginaw Valley State University in the Curtiss Alumni Lounge.
All local winners will receive lunch, acknowledgement, and a token of appreciation for their service.
One Outstanding Employee of the Year will be selected from the local winners and will receive an additional honor and gift.
Agenda:
- Museum Tour (10 am)
- Lunch (noon)
- Awards Presentation (12:30 pm)
Michael Ray Williams, Sr.
Chandler Park Academy School District - District-Campus Safety Supervisor
Motto: “You learn something every day if you pay attention.” - Ray Leblond
Scott Pike
Landmark Academy - Campus Resource Officer
Quote: “The true measure of a man is not how he behaves in moments of comfort and convenience but how he stands at times of controversy and challenges.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Nette Wood
Waterford Montessori Academy - Custodian
Motto: “If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.” – Martin Luther King
Susan Holston
Pontiac Academy for Excellence - School Bus Driver
Motto: “Spread positive energy cause the younger generation is the future.”
Kimberly Ann Griffin
Saginaw Preparatory Academy - Food Service Manager
Motto: “Treat people like you want to be treated.” - Addie Griffin (Mom)
Pamela Wilson
Chandler Park Academy Elementary - Campus Safety
Motto: “I walk in, I clock in, I get my eyes and ears on, and then I am all in to protect and serve.”
John M. Gonzales
Chatfield School – School Safety
Motto: “What I love to do is the opportunity to serve others.”
Melissa Porter
Faxon Academy - Attendance Liaison and Support Staff
Quote: “Life is a gift, and it offers us the opportunity and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.” - Tony Robbins
Oleta Birkbeck
Flat River Academy - Food Service Director
Liliana Claudia Lupercio
Cesar Chavez Lower Elementary - Lunch Coordinator
Motto: “¡Sí se puede!” - Cesar Chavez
Christina Kuraib
Cesar Chavez Middle School Academy – Food Service Coordinator
Quote: “Don't Start Nothing, Won't be Nothing” - Men in Black
Kathleen Miller
Kingsbury Country Day School – Transportation Manager
Quote: “You can do anything you put your mind to.” – Ben Franklin
Karen Kielbas
Landmark Academy - Transportation Coordinator
Quote: “It takes a village to raise a child.” Unknown
Michael Vazquez
Cesar Chavez High School - Security
Quote: “Never give up, don’t ever give up.” - Jim Valvano, Coach
CONTACT US.
School/University Partnership Office
Office Location: Gilbertson Hall
Email: supo@svsu.edu
Phone: (989) 964-4623