Past Recipients of the President's Award for Service Excellence

VIU Career Achievement Award

2021 Recipient, Fred Jacklin

Fred Jacklin, Registrar, has over 25 years of service to VIU and is the first recipient of the VIU Career Achievement award. Fred was nominated by colleagues who report, “Fred Jacklin is Mr. VIU. He works tirelessly to improve VIU policies and procedures, making them efficient, relevant and humane for students and employees. He is both the guy working behind the scenes and the actor or emcee extraordinaire out front ensuring important VIU events are fun and memorable.” They go on to say, “Fred consistently exhibits exceptional initiative, perseverance, accountability and commitment in meeting or exceeding staff and student needs...to continuously improve to benefit the University". Congratulations, Fred!

Leadership and Innovation Award

2021 Co-Recipient: Kristine Monk

Kristine Monk, Manager, Office of the Provost  has been selected co-winner for the 2021 President's Service Excellence Award for Leadership and Innovation. Kristine was nominated by her colleagues who report, "Kristine is so deserving of the Leadership and Innovation Award - I don't know anyone at VIU who has so much enthusiasm to share her knowledge and tries to bring others along with her so they too can learn more.”

Leadership and Innovation Award

Co-Recipient: Arwen Schewe

Arwen Schewe, Client Services Manager ITS, has been selected co-winner for the 2021 President's Service Excellence Award for Leadership and Innovation.

Early Career Impact / Emerging Leader Award

2021 Recipient: Kendra Stiwich

Kendra Stiwich, Student Research Engagement Coordinator, has been selected the winner for the 2021 President's Service Excellence Early Career Impact / Emerging Leader award. Kendra was nominated by a wide range of colleagues who commented, " Kendra… has demonstrated an exceptionally impressive track record of performance since she was hired in 2018. She takes initiative to capitalize on opportunities to enhance student research engagement in creative and innovative ways tracking impressive metrics that have profiled VIU as a leader in undergraduate research.”

Exemplary Team(work) Award

2021 Recipients: Library Public Services Team

The Library Public Services team (clockwise from top left) led by Lara Wright with Colin Ballard, Jenn Bolstler, Annie Smith, Liz Laidlaw and Joanne Fulton, has been selected the winner for the 2021 President's Service Excellence Exemplary Team(work) award.

Colleagues who nominated this team commented, "VIU can take a great deal of  pride, as the Library does, in this team's outstanding dedication, flexibility and commitment to student success, to maintaining positive relationships, and through these to the advancement of VIU's mission, under extremely difficult and taxing circumstances.”

Overall Service Excellence Award

2021 Recipient: Agia Doering

Agia Doering, Coordinator, Enrolment Services and Operations, has been selected the winner for the 2021 President's Award for Service Excellence. Agia’s nominators wrote words of support for her work, "Everyone dreams of working with someone like Agia. She is approachable, knowledgeable, and committed to excellence and moving new ideas forward. She approaches each issue (big or small) with professionalism and digs in to find a solution. She cares deeply about all of the people she works with.”