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Columns::August 27, 2001

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Office manager in special education department receives college staff award

By Michael Childs
mchilds@coe.uga.edu

Angela Callaway, office manager for the department of special education, received the College of Education’s 2001 Staff Award for Excellence. The award included a plaque and $1,200.
The first runner-up, Deborah Rogers, budget analyst for the School of Leadership and Lifelong Learning, was awarded $750, and the second runner-up, Anita Miller, senior administrative secretary for the School of Teacher Education, received $300.
Faculty members use words like “unselfish,” “loyal,” “reliable” and “dedicated to excellence” to describe top staffer Callaway.
A staff member in the college for more than a dozen years, Callaway is primarily responsible for budgetary matters and graduate-student records, and she is the front-line person dealing with current and prospective students. She also serves as secretary to three faculty members.
Callaway was also lauded for her interaction with students. “Angie always goes out of her way to help all students,” says one faculty member. “During this past year, our department began a new Internet-based alternative certification program for teachers. The first cohort, enrolled in the summer, included more than 80 teachers from all over Georgia. This new initiative effectively tripled the size of our graduate program. All of these students were non-degree candidates and required a significant amount of assistance to navigate the complex system of the Graduate School. Angie spent many hours on the phone ‘talking’ these students through the application and enrollment process. Without her, this highly regarded program would not be the success it is today.”
First runner-up Rogers, a college employee for nearly 22 years, is a budget analyst who helps faculty and staff with grant and contract submissions. “She is regarded as the expert on budget management,” says one faculty member. She is also praised for her leadership in the school’s renovation of the River’s Crossing building when the department moved from scattered locations on campus.
Second runner-up Miller has worked in four different offices in almost 28 years of service to the college. She has also served the staff in a variety of leadership roles—most recently as chair of the college’s Staff Representative Group, as a staff representative on the Millennium Commission, and as the college’s representative on UGA’s Staff Council.

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