Enrollment Management Values Awards

The Enrollment Management (EM) Values Awards were established to honor team members who enhance Enrollment Management through their commitment and embodiment of the University of Arizona’s values.  

The 4th Annual EM Values Awards will be held on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 from 3:00 - 5:00pm. During this event, we will gather to recognize and acknowledge the dedication, hard work, and success of our outstanding team members. Virtual option will be available for those who are not able to make it in person.

Any professional staff member within Enrollment Management may be nominated for an Individual Value Award and any department within Enrollment Management can be nominated for Team of the Year Award. We recommend that nominators select no more than two individuals to nominate for each award. If nominating multiple people, we encourage you to consider recognizing EM members both inside and outside of your immediate team. Awardees will be selected by an external review committee and will not consist of EM team members. Nominees will be judged on a scale of 0-5 based on the responses to each of the three questions posed in the nomination form.

Honoring Excellence in Enrollment Management 

2024 Awardees

  • Integrity | Jasmin Khan Niazi, Enrollment Management Systems and Communication
  • Compassion (Spirit of Rebekah Hoppel Salcedo Award) | Renée Marquez, Parent Family Programs
  • Exploration | Gabriela Valencia, Admissions Processing Unit
  • Adaptation |Molly Ingram, National Recruitment
  • Inclusion | Anupam Singh, Student Engagement and Career Development
  • Determination | Brittany Tellez, Events and Customer Relations
  • Team of the Year | Admissions Processing Unit, (Team Lead: Danielle Crosby, Team Members: Abril Yubeta, Amanda Kimberly, Andrea Lopez, Annette Peralta, Beatriz Gutierrez, Brenda Ayon, Brent Gambrell, Briana Valdez, Christina Pool, Claudia Olivo, Connie Wang, Corina Flynn,  Estrella Guillen, Flora Lau, Gabriela Valencia, Isabel Gutierrez, Jeremy Marsalla, Jianmei Li, Jodie Starks, Johanna Ouanzin, Justin Philips, Kayla Smith, Mary Yturralde, Michael Barber, Robert Siqueiros, Ruby Romero, Sergio Ayala, Susan Cepin ,Valerie Gsoell, Vanessa DeCardenas, Victoria Vindiola Sicre, Zachary Love)

  • Integrity | Sergio Ayala, International Processing Unit
  • Compassion (Spirit of Rebekah Hoppel Salcedo Award) | Peter Corrigan, Student Engagement and Career Development
  • Exploration | Jodie Starks, Admissions Processing Unit
  • Adaptation | Jack Josellis, National Recruitment
  • Inclusion | Joe Elliott, National Recruitment
  • Determination | Justin Archer, National Recruitment
  • Team of the Year | Enrollment Marketing & Communication (Magan Alfred, Teri Bingham, Melissa Brown-Dominguez, Jenny Isaacs,  Day Jacobsen, Liz Jurman, Dann Niegocki, Amanda Reyes, Jason Ryder, Aubrey Thrower,  Antonio Villagomez

  • Integrity | John Salata, Enrollment Management Systems and Communication
  • Compassion (Spirit of Rebekah Hoppel Salcedo Award) | Brent Gambrell, Admissions Processing Unit
  • Exploration | Amanda Harrell, Student Engagement & Career Development
  • Adaptation | Ariel Ornellas, Student Engagement & Career Development
  • Inclusion | Jianmei Li, Admissions Processing Unit
  • Determination | Jessica Hill, Student Engagement & Career Development & Jessica Salata, Events and Customer Relations
  • Team of the Year | Events and Customer Relations (Cristina Bates, Neyveth Duarte, Kyle Fisher, Linda Harrison, Ashleigh Pendleton, Courtney Robinson, Jessica Salata & Brittany Tellez)

  • Integrity | Helen Horetski, Scholarships & Financial Aid
  • Compassion (Spirit of Rebekah Hoppel Salcedo Award) | Corina Flynn, Admissions Processing Unit
  • Exploration | Cory LaPlant, Enrollment Management Systems & Communication
  • Adaptation | Amanda Reyes, Enrollment Marketing
  • Inclusion | Linda Harrison, Admissions Recruitment
  • Determination | Alejandra Martinez, Admissions Processing Unit

Individual Value Awards

INTEGRITY | Be honest, respectful and just.

This award recognizes a team member who demonstrates exceptional integrity in their work and interactions with others. This awardee consistently earns the trust of others by acting with honesty and integrity, honors commitments made, takes responsibility for their actions, and chooses courage over comfort, enabling Enrollment Management to positively impact the people we serve and work with. 

Please address the following in the nomination form for this award:

  1. Please describe why this individual embodies the spirit of Integrity for you. 
  2. Please provide examples of how this individual demonstrates reliability, trustworthiness, and accountability. 
  3. How does this individual facilitate fair, transparent, and honest practices and/or processes to impact their team, Enrollment Management, and/or the University Community?

COMPASSION | Choose to care. 

The Spirit of Rebekah Salcedo Award

Rebekah Salcedo led with humanity. She sought to create real connections, uplifting others, and enabling them to be successful through her compassionate and encouraging leadership. Much like Rebekah, this award recognizes a team member who takes special care to recognize and attend to the needs of others, practicing kindness and compassion in their daily interactions. 

Please address the following in the nomination form for this award:

  1. Please describe how this individual embodies this spirit of Compassion for you.
  2. Please provide examples of how this individual demonstrates kindness, understanding and compassion to support their colleagues and students.
  3. How does this individual facilitate the value of compassion to impact their team, Enrollment Management and/or the University Community?

EXPLORATION | Be insatiably curious.

This award honors a team member who exhibits an energetic spirit of curiosity, asking critical questions that challenge the status quo and drive our division forward in seeking innovative answers that improve our work. 

Please address the following in the nomination form for this award:

  1. Please describe why this individual embodies the spirit of  Exploration for you.
  2. Please provide examples of how this individual demonstrates curiosity, experimentation, and a willingness to take risks?
  3. How does this individual facilitate others’ connection to discovery and wonder to impact their team, Enrollment Management, and/or the University Community?

ADAPTATION | Stay open-minded and eager for what’s next.

This award honors a team member who demonstrates exceptional flexibility, agility, or resiliency in the face of new challenges. The honoree demonstrates open-mindedness and a willingness to learn new things, embracing change and exploring alternative possibilities.  

Please address the following in the nomination form for this award:

  1. Please describe how this individual embodies the spirit of Adaptation for you.
  2. Please provide examples of how this individual demonstrates flexibility, resilience, or applying new knowledge to meet their goal(s). 
  3. How does this individual apply adaptation and flexibility to impact their team, Enrollment Management, and/or the University Community?

INCLUSION | Harness the power of diversity. 

This award honors a team member who actively seeks to include different perspectives, universally design experiences, and remove barriers to full participation in ways that make our team stronger. They treat all people with respect and encourage shared decision-making to create a climate that enables and empowers individuals from diverse backgrounds to succeed. 

Please address the following in the nomination form for this award:

  1. Please describe how this individual embodies this spirit of Inclusion for you.
  2. Please provide examples of how this individual demonstrates seeking different perspectives, universally designed experiences and removing barriers to create a climate that enables and empowers individuals to succeed.
  3. How does this individual facilitate the value of inclusion to impact their team, Enrollment Management and/or the University Community?

DETERMINATION | Bear Down.

In honor of the University of Arizona’s most enduring slogan and battle cry, this awardee embodies the discipline, resourcefulness, and work ethic required to achieve excellence. Their demonstrated commitment and initiative drives results and continually contributes to the mission of Enrollment Management.

Please address the following in the nomination form for this award:

  1. Please describe how this individual embodies this spirit of Determination for you.
  2. Please provide examples of how this individual demonstrates discipline, resourcefulness and work ethic to drive results and contribute to the mission of Enrollment Management..
  3. How does this individual facilitate the value of determination to impact their team, Enrollment Management and/or the University Community?

EM Values Team of the Year Award | Embody core values for success

This award honors a department or team within Enrollment Management whose commitment to several of the University of Arizona’s shared values has led them to meet and exceed the goals established by our division’s leadership. 

Please address the following in the nomination form for this award:

  1. Please describe how this team embodies the spirit of at least 3 of the institutional Values.
  2. Please provide examples of how this team demonstrates the core values as described in the individual questions?
  3. How does this team facilitate these values to impact their team, Enrollment Management and/or the University Community?