Employee Recognition
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2021-22 Student Employees of the Year




Exceptional Employee of the Month
The Exceptional Employee of the Month is awarded to a Wellness & Health Promotion student employee that show exceptional work ethic. To receive a nomination, they must demonstrate core values of honesty, respect, responsibility, and/or kindness as an employee.

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Kala is a Commercial Aviation major with a focus on Helicopter training and Aviation Safety & Operations from Wilmington, Deleware. She has learned patience and good communication as well as meeting all the new friends since she started working as a Guest Service Associate, 6 months ago.
Meet Kala:
- Her greatest accomplishment has been earning "Exceptional Employee" of the month!
- The person Kala looks up to is her mom because she’s the strongest most amazing woman Kala knows.
- Kala's dream job would be to apply and earn the role of becoming a Red Bull helicopter stunt pilot.

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Ahmed is a Petroleum Engineering major from Cairo, Egypt. He started working for Wellness & Health Promotion in January 2022. He has enjoyed meeting new people through his position as a RecSports Official.
Meet Ahmed:
- His greatest accomplishment was traveling alone across the world to attend UND!
- The person he most admires is his dad for his perseverance and hard work through every step of life.

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Aaron is a Commercial Aviation major from Korea. He started working for Wellness & Health Promotion 3 months ago. He has enjoyed meeting new people through his Guest Service Associate position.
Meet Aaron:
- His greatest accomplishment was to Bench Press 225 pounds!
- He would like to go to North Korea in the future!

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Jack is a Commercial Aviation major from Sussex, WI. He has worked for Wellness & Health Promotion for six month and has enjoyed getting to interact with fellow climbers and people who love outdoor recreation as much as he does.
Meet Jack:
- He enjoys snowboarding, canoeing, whitewater kayaking, deer hunting and hanging out with friends.
- He would love to visit Alaska in the summer.
- His favorite quote is "You miss 100% of thes shots you don't take" - Wayne Gretzke

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Larissa is a Nutrition & Dietetics major from Bismark, ND. She has worked for Wellness & Health Promotion for almost a year and has enjoyed taking on a new leadership role this semester
Meet Larissa:
- She loves the outdoors and being active.
- She is a single mother while being a full time student.
- She would love to travel to Europe.

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Adam is a Commercial Aviation major from Vaugh, WA. He has worked for Wellness & Health Promotion for three years and has formed strong professional relationships.
Meet Adam:
- His favorite part of his job is getting to know all of the employees
- He would like to travel to Norway because that where his dad’s family is from.

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Laura is a Psychology and Pre-Physical Therapy major from East Grand Forks, MN. She has worked for Wellness & Health Promotion for one year and has developed strong problem-solving and teamwork skills.
Meet Laura:
- Her biggest career accomplishment was becoming a CNA and being able to help those in need.
- She would love to go to Hawaii and try surfing.
- Her favorite part of her job has been getting to know her coworkers.

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Taylor is a junior computer science major from Grand Forks, ND. He's worked for Wellness & Health Promotion for one year and has learned valuable skills about teamwork.
Meet Taylor:
- His greatest accomplishment is getting commissioned to write music for a project.
- He enjoys playing guitar, playing in a bad and doing anything tech related when not at school or working.
- The person he looks up to most is Alan Turning (the forefather of modern day computers and computer science)

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Heather is a senior psychology major from Woodbury, MN. She's worked for Wellness & Health Promotion for one year and has learned valuable skills about working with others.
Meet Heather:
- She enjoys designing and writing outside of school and work, so being able to do that for work is refreshing.
- Her greatest accomplishment is making the shortlist for a writing content for the past two years. She wrote a 20,000 to 40,000 novella in three months and was in the top 70 stories out of thosands that enter the contest each year
- She enjoys writing fiction (mainly horror and mysteries), reading and playing video games in her free time.
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