April 17, 2007: Charles Klarr, Distributed User Support Specialist for the Department of Media, Journalism and Film, is awarded the College's Staff Professional Achievement Award (SPAA).
A summary of the nominations on his behalf reads:
"I nominate Charles Klarr
for staff member of the month. He is just a gem for our department and
like most of us doesn’t get paid what he is worth. He literally keeps our
department running smoothly, and it is truly mind boggling since he has so many
things on his plate. He is in charge of all the equipment maintenance and
repairs (this is extremely important for MJF), supervises the media lab,
equipment, and students who work there. He runs our computer system and
server, maintains our website and has now taken over teaching a class [due to
another teacher’s medical leave]. He just really deserves to be
recognized for the great work that he does for our department and college on a
regular basis, and now he has gone above and beyond. He should know that we all
appreciate him."
Deborah Larson
Assistant Professor, Department of Media, Journalism and Film
"I’ve worked closely with Charles this year in my capacities
as Coordinator of the EA program, and as Chair of the MJF and COAL Tech
Committees. He is always willing to go the extra mile to research and
find out technology data and information, and has a good sense of how all the
various computer and hardware in all of our diverse media, journalism and film
labs will interface and interact. He works long hours, far above and
beyond the forty hour load expected.
He is an extraordinary asset to the department and the
college in his roles as a DUSS and a lab supervisor. Under his guidance we have
been able to build and maintain state of the art audio and video computer
editing labs – labs that have allowed our students to excel. The high
number of awards MJF and EA students win for their creative work is in no small
part due to Charles’ vision and hard work.
I believe that he is most worthy of recognition for a
SPAA award."
Mark Biggs
Associate Professor, Department of Media, Journalism and Film
Congratulations and well done, Charles!