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Congratulations to Karen Hawley, who received an Employee of the Year Award from the Dean’s Staff Advisory Committee and the College of Arts and Sciences!

The award citation celebrated Karen’s “leadership, innovative drive, and unfailing devotion to students and staff” as well as her “administrative, leadership, and communications skills, which contribute to the success of the Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures.”

With her vast knowledge of university policies and resources, Karen helps faculty, staff, and students succeed, and her work also contributes to departmental community.

Congratulations to Karen Hawley on this well-deserved recognition!

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Congratulations to Karen Hawley for Two Awards from the College of Arts and Sciences!

Congratulations to Karen Hawley, GSLL Program Assistant, for winning two awards!

The first, the Monthly Staff Recognition Award, recognizes outstanding performance and contributions to the College. Karen was nominated by a group of GSLL faculty members and students for the Recognition Award.

The second recognition came in the form of an award from ASCEND, the Arts and Sciences Consortium of Committees on Climate, Equity, Inclusion and Diversity. As part of the Be Seen Initiative and the planning committee for the first-ever staff summit in the College of Arts and Sciences, Karen Hawley was recognized, along with five other staff colleagues. The College of Arts and Sciences Magazine praised the committee’s work for “providing and supporting opportunities for greater learning, which increase job satisfaction, bolster staff retention, enhance productivity, and promote collaborative and sustainable working environments for all employees in the College of Arts and Sciences.” Read the full story here.

Congratulations to Karen!

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Congratulations to Beverly Weber for the successful conference Diversity, Decolonization, and German Curriculum!

From March 11 to March 14, the German Program was the virtual host for DDGC 2021: A Virtual Gathering, which focused on antiracism, antiblack racism, white supremacy, and Black resistance in German studies. The conference was organized by Professor Adrienne Merritt (St. Olaf College) and Professor Beverly Weber (UC ����Vlog�ƽ��). Over 115 attendees attended the conference, which included plenary speakers Professor Tiffany Florvil (University of New Mexico) and Kira Thurman (University of Michigan), as well as workshops on teaching in an age of white supremacy, the use of historical documents in teaching about Black Germans, and rethinking the German studies curriculum.

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Congratulations to Dr. Vicki Grove for receiving the Faculty Council Distinguished Service Award! This award recognizes outstanding service to the University of Colorado system by faculty members, and in particular participation in faculty governance.  

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Congratulations to Dr. Vicki Grove, who was given the ����Vlog�ƽ�� Faculty Assembly’s Excellence in Leadership and Service Award! This is one of the highest distinctions given to faculty on the ����Vlog�ƽ�� campus, and it recognizes Dr. Grove’s extensive record of service to GSLL, the ����Vlog�ƽ�� campus, and the CU system, as well as her contributions to the community, including her work as the co-director of the Russian, East European, and Central Asian Heritage Camp for Adoptive Families.

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