Rutgers Gateway Award (Service to Students), Individual Honoree Sasha Taner
Rutgers Gateway Award (Service to Students) Team Honoree, Douglass College Advancing Women in Computer Science, Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Rutgers Gateway Award (Service to Employees) Individual Honoree, Keith P. Lewis
Rutgers Gateway Award (Service to Employees) Team Honoree, POIT Enterprise Service Delivery—Service Management Office and Platform team, Universitywide/Central Administration
Rutgers University Spirit Award Individual Honoree, Rena Gitlitz
Rutgers University Spirit Award Team Honoree, Rutgers University–Camden Driving Change Community, Camden College of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University–Camden
Rutgers Outstanding Service Award Individual Honoree, JoAnn Arnholt
Rutgers Outstanding Service Award Team Honoree, Rutgers Legal Clinics Faculty and Staff, Rutgers Law School, Rutgers University–Newark and Rutgers University–Camden
Pride of Rutgers Award Individual Honoree, Mohini Mukherjee
Pride of Rutgers Award Team Honoree, Rutgers Law School Newark Center for Career Development, Rutgers University–Newark
2023 Presidential Employee Excellence Recognition Awards Ceremony
2023 Presidential Employee Excellence Recognition Awards Ceremony
2023 Presidential Employee Excellence Recognition Awards Ceremony
2023 Presidential Employee Excellence Recognition Awards Ceremony
2023 Presidential Employee Excellence Recognition Awards Ceremony
2023 Presidential Employee Excellence Recognition Awards Ceremony
2023 Presidential Employee Excellence Recognition Awards Ceremony
2023 Presidential Employee Excellence Recognition Awards Ceremony
Rutgers Gateway Award (Service to Students)
INDIVIDUAL HONOREE
Sasha Taner
Program Director and Research Coordinator
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Institute for Women’s Leadership
TEAM HONOREE
Douglass College Advancing Women in Computer Science
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Lydia Prendergast
Uli Kremer
Ana Paula Centeno
Margaret Cozzens
David Pennock
Sangya S. Varma
Hayet Bensetti-Benbader
Rutgers Gateway Award (Service to Employees)
INDIVIDUAL HONOREE
Keith P. Lewis
Professor and Chair
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Rutgers Health
TEAM HONOREE
OIT Enterprise Service Delivery
Service Management Office and Platform team
Universitywide/Central Administration
Vladimir Gabrielescu
Leonard Ambos
Victor Brusca
Rae Clarke
Patrick Cotter
Bryan Loniewski
Gabriel Szabo
Peter Wright
Deborah McDaniel
Bharat Desai
Christopher Hart-Ruiz
Naj Junaid
Jiancy Moreno-Lassalle
Mrunal Nawathe
Brett Smilen
Michele Williams
Rutgers University Spirit Award
INDIVIDUAL HONOREE
Rena Gitlitz
Senior Director of Community-Based Services
Rutgers Health
Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care
TEAM HONOREE
Rutgers University–Camden Driving Change Community
Camden College of Arts and Sciences
Rutgers University–Camden
Aditya Birla
Naima Hall
Amy Savage
Bailey Blessing
Carla Villacis
Carly Hart
Emily Wood
Sunil Shende
Haydee Herrera-Guzman
Jeannie Garmon
Jennifer Oberle
Jesse Sandberg
Julianne Griepenburg
Julie Roncinske
Kate Blair
Kimberlee Moran
Nathan Fried
Kwangwon Lee
Kylie Jenkins
Suneeta Ramaswami
Rutgers Outstanding Service Award
INDIVIDUAL HONOREE
JoAnn Arnholt
Director, Fraternity and Sorority Affairs
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
TEAM HONOREE
Rutgers Legal Clinics Faculty and Staff
Rutgers Law School
Rutgers University–Newark and Rutgers University–Camden
Meredith Schalick
Sandra Simkins
Victoria Chase
Denise Higgins
Ashley Maddison
Karma Williams
Caryn Schreiber
Taylor De La Peña
Elizabeth Yaeger
Joanne Gottesman
Nyssa Taylor
Jason Hernandez
Mary Hewey
Traci Overton
Ruth Anne Robbins
Arthur Laby
Tara Pellicori
Angelica Latorre Aguirre
Lidia Catoe
Anju Gupta
Randi Mandelbaum
Ashley Cruz
Cosette Douglas
Jared Flannery
Ariela Herzog
Cristi Privado
Tomica Saul
Charles I. Auffant
Ronald K. Chen
Laura Cohen
Elana Wilf
Jon Dubin
Esther Canty-Barnes
Jennifer Rosen Valverde
Douglas S. Eakeley
Theodore Weitz
Sandy Freund
Greg Baltz
Kathryn Sabbeth
Leena Khandwala
Pina Cirillo
Irma Calderon
Shayna Scott
Sylvia Santos
John R. Kettle III
Penny Venetis
Jenise Ly
Diane Martinez
Pride of Rutgers Award
INDIVIDUAL HONOREE
Mohini Mukherjee
Executive Director of International Student Services
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Rutgers Global–International Student and Scholar Services
TEAM HONOREE
Rutgers Law School Newark Center for Career Development
Rutgers University–Newark
Elizabeth Acevedo
Wendi Taylor
Stephanie Gomez
LaTasha Onugha
Learn more about the honorees
These individuals and teams were recognized for their service to students and employees, for their role in cultivating a beloved community, for making a lasting difference beyond the university’s borders, and for excellence in their work.
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