Awards
Three of the most commonly awarded honors for Libraries faculty and staff include UCF Excellence in Librarianship (awarded to a library faculty each year; presented at Founders Day); Libraries Lifetime Service award (for Libraries faculty & staff); Libraries Employee of the Year (for USPS/A&P); and for Libraries students the June S. Stillman Memorial Endowed Scholarship.
Excellence in Librarianship
Presented at the annual Founders’ Day Convocation each year since 1984, UCF sponsors the Excellence in Librarianship Award to recognize the outstanding contributions and support given to UCF’s faculty and students by its library faculty members.
2024 – Lily Dubach
2023 – Lee Dotson
2022 – Sara Duff
2021 – Peter Spyers-Duran
2020- Tina Buck
2019 – Ven Basco
2018 – Sarah Norris
2017 – Jeanne M. Piascik
2016 – Terrie K. Sypolt
2015 – Michael A. Arthur
2014 – Hal Mendelsohn
2013 – Andrew Todd
2012 – Timothy Bottorff
2011 – Ying Zhang
2010 – Min Tong
2009 – Richard Harrison
2008 – Kristine Shrauger
2007 – Terrie K. Sypolt
2006 – Kimberly Montgomery
2005 – Elizabeth K. Killingsworth
2004 – Athena Hoeppner
2003 – Penny Beile
2002 – Rich Gause
2001 – Cynthia M. Kisby
2000 – No Award Given
1999 – Gary L. Hyslop
1998 – Selma K. Jaskowski
1997 – Jack L. Webb
1996 – Norris (Nick) S. Bazemore, Jr.
1995 – Carole S. Hinshaw
1994 – Suzanne E. Holler
1993 – Linda J. Sutton
1992 – Cheryl D. Walters
1991 – Jeffrey S. Sowder
1990 – Theodore R. Pfarrer
1989 – Phyllis J. Hudson
1988 – Cheryl A. Mahan
1987 – Jeannette A. Ward
1986 – Carole W. Cubberley
1985 – Judith E. Young
1984 – June S. Stillman
Lifetime Service
Lifetime Service Awards are given to those retiring UCF Libraries staff who meet the following criteria:
- Must have worked in the library profession for 20 years or more
- Must have worked in the UCF Libraries for 10 years or more
2023 – Elena Beredo
2023 – Terrie Sypolt
2023 – Jacqui Johnson
2022- Penny Beile
2022 – Cynthia Kisby
2021 – Anna Dvorecky
2021 – Meredith Semones
2020 – Kim Montgomery
2020 – Barry Baker
2020 – Selma Jaskowski
2019 – Barbara Alderman
2019 – Meg Scharf
2018 – Raynette Kibbee
2017 – Leticia G. Abulencia
2015 – James W. Mauk
2015 – Hal Mendelsohn
2015 – Gloria Thomas
2015 – Athena “Tina” Candela
2014 – Alice Smith Crist
2014 – Marcus Kilman II
2011 – Deborah Weatherford
2011 – Carole S. Hinshaw
2008 – Jeannette Sommer Ward
2008 – Marilyn R. Snow
2007 – Cheryl G. Mahan
2007 – Shidro Jones
2006 – Roger D. Simmons
2004 – Winnie Tyler
2003 – Dr. Chang C. Lee
2002 – Joseph C. Andrews
2001 – William E. Fidler
1997 – Phyllis J. Hudson
1997 – Anne Marie Allison
1996 – June S. Stillman
1996 – Orlyn “Lynn” LaBrake-Harrison
1994 – Florence J. Glazier
1990 – Elizabeth Lucille Lloyd
1989 – Myrtle R. White
1988 – Norbert St. Clair
1982 – Lynn W. Walker
1978 – Bernard L. Foy
Libraries Employee of the Year
Created in 2012 this award recognizes one USPS or A&P employee for outstanding contributions to the UCF Libraries. Nominated and chosen by a panel of five Libraries employees including faculty and staff, the award recognizes those who exhibit one or more of these qualities:
- extraordinary effort, dedication, and pride
- above and beyond job requirements and responsibilities
- exemplary service to the UCF Libraries
- efforts which result in an improvement or innovation to the UCF Libraries
2024 – Suphi (Burak) Ogreten
2023 – Bobby Ciullo
2022 – Mary Lee Gladding
2021 – Susan MacDuffee
2020 – Anna Dvorecky
2019 – Debbie Barnes
2018 – Pam Jaggernauth
2017 – Martha Cloutier
2016 – Kathleen (Katie) Kirwan
2015 – Matthew DeSalvo
2014 – Aaron Keyser
2013 – Athena “Tina” Candela
2012 – Rosalie Flowers
June S. Stillman Memorial Endowed Scholarship
In 1998 the June S. Stillman Memorial Endowed Scholarship for Libraries Student Assistants & USPS was established in memory of one of the first two reference librarians hired in 1968 when the University of Central Florida (then Florida Technological University) first opened to students.
This scholarship is quite unique in that the founders created the scholarship to further the educational goals of UCF Libraries student assistants and USPS employees only. To see more about the: scholarship and application. To watch a short video about: June Stillman.
| Academic Year | Student | Library Department |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | Kevin Le | LibTech | 2023-2024 | Sarah Rasmussen | Curriculum Materials Center |
| 2022-2023 | Crystal Lu | Acquisitions & Collections |
| 2020-2021 | Sarah Rasmussen | Curriculum Materials Center |
| 2019-2020 | Holly Rogers | Acquisitions & Collection Services |
| 2018-2019 | Sara Nazarian | Circulation Services |
| 2017-2018 | Cody J. Brayton | Circulation Services |
| 2016-2017 | Melissa Franco | Acquisitions & Collections |
| 2015-2016 | David Garcia | Information Technology |
| 2014-2015 | Daniel Francis | Interlibrary Loan |
| 2013-2014 | Brittany Baker | Copy Services |
| 2012-2013 | Sarah Miwa Parker | Circulation |
| 2011-2012 | Jade Laderwarg | Library Administration |
| 2010-2011 | Lindsay Allen | Copy Services |
| 2009-2010 | Malinda Ashford Watkins | Interlibrary Loan |
| 2008-2009 | Lindsay Allen | Copy Services |
| 2007-2008 | Elizabeth Cunningham | Reference |
| 2006-2007 | Elizabeth Krieger | Reference |
| 2005-2006 | Elizabeth Krieger | Reference |
| 2004-2005 | Aimee Aldahondo | Copy Services |
| 2003-2004 | Julia V. Taylor | Cataloging |
| 2002-2003 | Susan MacDuffee | Acquisitions/Binding |
| 2001-2002 | Lisa Byl | Circulation |
| 2000-2001 | Sara Patton | Circulation |
| 1999-2000 | Laurie Gould | Reference |
Libraries Vinnies Award
Created in 2024 this award recognizes Libraries employee for outstanding contributions to the UCF Libraries. Nominated by fellow employees and chosen by a panel in the Dean’s Advisory Group, the award recognizes those who have demonstrated dedication, innovation, and notable impacts in our library this year, in any capacity.
Fall 2024 – Diana Kelly
Summer 2024 – Suphi (Burak) Ogreten
Spring 2024 – David Benjamin