CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Six University of Illinois employees were honored at a reception April 1 as the newest recipients of the Chancellor’s Academic Professional Excellence awards.
Recipients of the CAPE Award are chosen for excellence in their work, personal and professional contributions to their fields, and the positive impact they have on colleagues, students and the public. Academic professionals perform a wide range of vital functions for the campus community. They provide critical administrative support, support research laboratories and educational programs, and offer important outreach programs throughout the state.
Each award winner receives a $1,000 increase in base salary and a $1,000 one-time budget increase for his/her department. The program was started in 1989.
The 2011 recipients:
As director of new media and innovation for Illinois Public Media, Jack Brighton is responsible for IPM’s websites, streaming services, social media, digital media systems integration, e-commerce, Web services and applications. He is leading a five-year capital campaign to address future technology needs and innovation, including the completion of the digital TV transition. Brighton also has become a leader – on campus and nationally – in preserving digital media content.
Angelina Cotler, the associate director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is an “administrative anchor” whose duties vary widely. She supervises undergraduate and graduate programs; serves as an adviser for several dozen students; works with the director to create academic programs for the center and to write and administer the external grants that pay more than 90 percent of its operating expenses.
Bill Goodman, the assistant dean for business, administration and technology for the College of Applied Health Sciences, leads the college’s resource planning and technology offices and is a primary adviser for its strategic planning. His careful financial planning, as well as his leadership in the creation of collegewide shared services, have allowed the college to operate without a budget deficit through recent years of budget cuts.
Hadi Rangin, a Web accessibility specialist for the Division of Disability Resources and Educational Services, leads the university’s efforts in improving the accessibility of Web-based resources and services. His work has helped raise the stature of the U. of I. as a leader in making information technologies used in higher education more accessible.
Overall, annual use of the 4-H Memorial Camp has nearly tripled since Curtis T. Sinclair became manager of the Monticello camp. His success at marketing the camp and creating programs is matched by his drive to improve the facilities. Sinclair is now leading a campaign to renovate the camp’s historic dining hall. However, for the visitors to the camp, Sinclair may be best remembered for the personal relationship he builds with campers.
Pamela Utterback, a research specialist in the department of animal sciences in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, manages a flock of adult roosters used for digestibility trials. She assists farm employees by formulating practical and research diets, coordinating hatches and designing research experiments. In addition to conducting her own research, she oversees research by graduate and undergraduate students, advises students, teaches classes and prepares labs.
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