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Colby Gillette – Human Resources

Nominated by Elizabeth Heyerdahl for Collaboration Colby is a pleasure to work with. He never hesitates to jump right in and collaborate with others in HR and around the university to get the job done. For example, we are currently in the process of onboarding an international guest scholar. Colby has patiently guided me through…
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Kristine Alcon – Academic Affairs, TCOM

Nominated by Yein Lee for Serve Others First  Kristine Alcon has joined our department recently, but I already cannot imagine our department without her. She is incredibly organized, always seems to think of everything. She makes all our teaching and evaluation sessions seamless. She is kind and always thinks of a way to help others.…
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Lee Ann Cunningham – Institute for Patient Safety

Nominated by John Sims for Be Visionary LeeAnn truly exemplifies all HSC values; I selected "Be Visionary" as per this example. The HSC campus has remained open during the recent surge in Covid-19 cases. SaferCare Texas began facilitating self-tests in Sept. for all HSC students, faculty, and staff to provide peace of mind on safely…

Steven Bartolotta, John Lentz and James Renfro

Steven Bartolotta – Academic Communications John Lentz – Educational Programs, TCOM James Renfro – Student & Academic Affairs Nominated by Felicity White for Collaboration This group deserves Valubility of the Month for their leadership in making a substantial revision and improvement to the annual TCOM Medical Student Performance Evaluation (Dean's Letter) process for the 2022…
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Peter Mosley – Educational Programs, TCOM

Nominated by Vic Holmes for Serve Others First I would like to nominate Dr. Peter Mosley for Valubility of the Month for his incredible service to the students in our PA program. In general, Dr. Mosley goes out of his way to help with the proofreading and improving the written communication of our students' papers…

Jose Diaz – Facilities Administration

Nominated by Lori Knowles for Serve Others First In the 17 years I have worked at the HSC, no one has ever demonstrated "Serve Others First" with more heart than Jose Diaz. Since his passing, stories have poured out from across campus of all the good he did for others. The most recent before his…
Valubility of the Month

Valubility of the Month: September 2021

Elizabeth Baker, Sharon Manson, Cindy Passmore & Nicole Williams-Hall – Educational Programs - TCOM In spite of unprecedented and abrupt COVID-precipitated need to shift the Graduate Certificate in Academic Medicine (GCAM) program to the online format last year, the team successfully completed delivery of the program by quickly learning and implementing new, high-quality instructional strategies…