Thanh “Tanya” Nhan Nguyen (CBS Team 10), nominated by Maggie Reuter (Office of the Chancellor)
Tanya is a STAR because she is very "heads up" in her work. Tanya does not ONLY just her job with pride, industry, and attention to detail, but she is aware and dialed in to her surroundings. Here are a few of the things I have noticed: Tanya noticed a small ceiling leak in the 2nd floor bathroom of 914 Broadway, a small leak that many others may have missed. She noted that she noticed discoloration on the toilet seat while performing her duties, and looked up - and noticed a slight leak which she immediately called in and got mitigated - before this ceiling leak became a much bigger and very costly issue! Thank you Tanya! But that's not all. I have seen Tanya holding the door for other colleagues in our building, and just being engaged, positive, smart, industrious, and aware. She is an absolute asset to your team - and without a doubt -- a quick thinking STAR!!! Thank you, Tanya!
Daren Brown (Plumbing Shop), nominated by Sean McCullough
Daren Brown has been consistently excellent over the years. It is one thing to have a great week, but to be a solid performer over years an excellent work ethic is needed. He works the afternoon/evening shift for Plumbing. The reason this is important is he gets last minutes calls often, thus getting roped in to an emergency rather than going home at night. Furthermore, for afterhours calls he always answers, no complaints or pushback, and gets to campus super quick (about 20 minutes). Which minimizing or forestalling CU buildings from much damage, usually from floods.To reiterate, this behavior has been consistent for years.
I&R Constellation Award - September 2025
Property Services Team (Distribution Center), nominated by Walter O’Toole
Property Services partnered with the CU Environmental Center and the City of 91Ҹ on Student Move-Out and Move-In efforts for the first time this year, and it was a great success! Between three Move-Out Events, Property Services received 10.8 tons of furniture and other household items. They then resold 94% of that (10.2 tons) at the Surplus Store, and at pop-up Move-In sales at Williams Village. The whole team put in extra effort to make this a success, including hauling the items from Campus and the Hill, reorganizing our warehouse space to store the items, and working on weekends to maximize our sales efforts. As Chris Ewing noted on the last I&R Employee Newsletter, the Move-In sale "was a hit with students and a win for reuse and sustainability."
