CU Denver Celebrates Staffers at 2025 Event

April 29, 2025

CU Denver is a university committed to making education work for all. That means our staff put a lot of work into supporting each student’s goals. On April 23, we celebrated staff members for their contributions to CU Denver by presenting staff awards, applauding retiring staff members, and recognizing longtime staffers for their years of service.

Staff Awards

Hidden Gem Award: Munira Lantz, PhD, Microbiologist & Laboratory Coordinator, Department of Integrative Biology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Inclusive Excellence Staff Award: Rosanna Miiller Salas, Instructional Designer and Lecturer, School of Education & Human Development

Lynx Leadership Award: Jeff Lambson, Director and Curator, Emmanuel and Experience Art Galleries, College of Arts & Media

Mentoring Excellence Award: Lisa VanRaemdonck, Executive Director of Outreach, Partnerships & Professional Learning; Lecturer, School of Public Affairs

Exemplary Student-Support Award: Rebecca Schell, Senior Graduate Academic Advisor, School of Education

Excellence Award Honorable Mentions

Elizabeth Evans
Keiko Goldman
James Hough
Jody Maestas
Michelle Médal
Bernadette Nguyen-Hoong

Ellen Patterson
Dawn Savage
Chris Smith
Cher Vo
Paula Wallace

Retiring Staff

Connie Amen
Douglas Sicker
Debra Frey

Barbara Schmidt
Tom Thuis
Kenneth Wolf

Staff Celebrating Five Years at CU Denver

Sarah Broadhurst
Sarah Buller
Sulastri Carr
Tatjana Cheneweth
Shihao Dai
Alex DeWind
Beth Eagen
Liz Evans
Julie Gallagher
Melissa Galvagni
Jessica Gomez-Garcia
Yelena Gordiyenko
Dan Griner
Kangze He
Lauren Jacobs
Kevin Lawless
Jeremy Lingle

Harriet McTigue
Niki Mott
Emma Muirhead
Joseph Murdock
Leigh Pinner
Mollie Sarpong
Kodi Saylor
Michael Schaming
James Sharp
Sarah Soenke
Jody Tucker
Miriam Venzor-Majalca
Cher Vo
Emily Wheeler
Anthony Wilson
Robert Wright