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.
1984 – June S. Stillman
1985 – Judith E. Young
1986 – Carole W. Cubberley
1987 – Jeannette A. Ward
1988 – Cheryl A. Mahan
1989 – Phyllis J. Hudson
1990 – Theodore R. Pfarrer
1991 – Jeffrey S. Sowder
1992 – Cheryl D. Walters
1993 – Linda J. Sutton
1994 – Suzanne E. Holler
1995 – Carole S. Hinshaw
1996 – Norris (Nick) S. Bazemore, Jr.
1997 – Jack L. Webb
1998 – Selma K. Jaskowski
1999 – Gary L. Hyslop
2000 – No Award Given
2001 – Cynthia M. Kisby
2002 – Rich Gause
2003 – Penny Beile
2004 – Athena Hoeppner
2005 – Elizabeth K. Killingsworth
2006 – Kimberly Montgomery
2007 – Terrie K. Sypolt
2008 – Kristine Shrauger
2009 – Richard Harrison
2010 – Min Tong
2011 – Ying Zhang
2012 – Timothy Bottorff
2013 – Andrew Todd
2014 – Hal Mendelsohn
2015 – Michael A. Arthur
2016 – Terrie K. Sypolt
2017 – Jeanne M. Piascik
2018 – Sarah Norris
2019 – Ven Basco
2020- Tina Buck
2021 – Peter Spyers-Duran
2022 – Sara Duff
2023 – Lee Dotson
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
1978 – Bernard L. Foy
1982 – Lynn W. Walker
1988 – Norbert St. Clair
1989 – Myrtle R. White
1990 – Elizabeth Lucille Lloyd
1994 – Florence J. Glazier
1996 – Orlyn “Lynn” LaBrake-Harrison
1996 – June S. Stillman
1997 – Anne Marie Allison
1997 – Phyllis J. Hudson
2001 – William E. Fidler
2002 – Joseph C. Andrews
2003 – Dr. Chang C. Lee
2004 – Winnie Tyler
2006 – Roger D. Simmons
2007 – Shidro Jones
2007 – Cheryl G. Mahan
2008 – Marilyn R. Snow
2008 – Jeannette Sommer Ward
2011 – Carole S. Hinshaw
2011 – Deborah Weatherford
2014 – Marcus Kilman II
2014 – Alice Smith Crist
2015 – Athena “Tina” Candela
2015 – Gloria Thomas
2015 – Hal Mendelsohn
2015 – James W. Mauk
2017 – Leticia G. Abulencia
2018 – Raynette Kibbee
2019 – Meg Scharf
2019 – Barbara Alderman
2020 – Selma Jaskowski
2020 – Barry Baker
2020 – Kim Montgomery
2021 – Meredith Semones
2021 – Anna Dvorecky
2022 – Cynthia Kisby
2022- Penny Beile
2023 – Jacqui Johnson
2023 – Terrie Sypolt
2023 – Elena Beredo
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
2012 – Rosalie Flowers
2013 – Athena “Tina” Candela
2014 – Aaron Keyser
2015 – Matthew DeSalvo
2016 – Kathleen (Katie) Kirwan
2017 – Martha Cloutier
2018 – Pam Jaggernauth
2019 – Debbie Barnes
2020 – Anna Dvorecky
2021 – Susan MacDuffee
2022 – Mary Lee Gladding
2023 – Robert (Bobby) Ciullo
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |