The inaugural recipients are honored for their commitment to UMB’s core values of accountability, civility, collaboration, diversity, excellence, knowledge, and leadership.
To celebrate and promote the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s (UMB) core values, the University launched this year the Presidential Core Values Awards, designed to recognize students, faculty, and staff who embody the seven values at the heart of UMB’s mission: accountability, civility, collaboration, diversity, excellence, knowledge, and leadership.
In addition, April was to be celebrated as Core Values Month, and though the COVID-19 pandemic scuttled the planned kickoff event and other festivities, it isn’t preventing the University from recognizing six individuals and a team with the inaugural Core Values Awards.
“Despite the upheaval brought on by COVID-19, UMB’s core values are more important now than ever,” says UMB Interim President Bruce E. Jarrell, MD, FACS. “Crises like this one test our ability to stay true to our values — and yet provide us with an opportunity to use those core values in our new path forward.”
Here are the winners and those who received honorable mention:
Accountability
Payroll Team, Financial Services
Candace Chow, Glenda Habeych-Randall, Jen Qiu, Shanay Smith, and Celeste Williams
Honorable mention: Climate Change Workgroup, School of Nursing; Neal Gallico, School of Social Work; Jamie Hoots, School of Pharmacy; Lee Westgate, MSW, MBA, LCSW-C, School of Social Work.
Civility
Al Essien
Associate director, Corporate and Foundation Relations
Honorable mention: Fadia Shaya, PhD, MPH, School of Pharmacy; Lei Zhang, PhD, School of Medicine.
Collaboration
Rose M. Viscardi, MD
Professor, Pediatrics, School of Medicine
Honorable mention: Health Sciences and Human Services Library; Stephanie Malchine, Francis King Carey School of Law.
Diversity
Elizabeth Alston Ottey, DDS, MHS
Third-year resident, School of Dentistry
Honorable mention: Health Sciences and Human Services Library ClimateQUAL Task Force and Values Task Force; Sandra Quezada, MD, MS, School of Medicine.
Excellence
Kathleen Hoke, JD
Professor, Francis King Carey School of Law
Honorable mention: Bill Crowley, Facilities and Operations; Yan Sun, PhD, MBA, School of Medicine.
Knowledge
Joe Evans
Assistant vice president, Strategic Sourcing and Acquisition Services
Honorable mention: Asaf Keller, PhD, School of Medicine.
Leadership
Kaitlyn Holzer
Third-year student, Francis King Carey School of Law
Honorable mention: Kevin Curley, MBA, Financial Systems, and Diane Faranetta, Center for Information Technology Services; Kimberly Lumpkins, MD, School of Medicine.