Business office assistant Mike Carter wins Superior Achievement Award
If Norman Hall is the home of the College of Education, then business office assistant Mike Carter is its devoted caretaker. He has been the guiding force and stabilizing influence in a sea of change that has occurred recently within the college and its historic academic building.
Over the past few years, Carter has coordinated and monitored several major repair and upgrade projects in Norman Hall, which opened its doors in 1934. The work ranges from long-awaited renovations and asbestos abatement, and the moving and consolidation of departments and offices, to the installation of an Internet-based telephone system. There was also the recent emergency clean-up and repair of ruptured bathroom pipes that flooded the college’s adjacent computer server room.
Carter’s “can-do” attitude and attention to detail, plus his cool-as-a-cucumber demeanor under stress, explains why he was nominated and chosen recently for a universitywide 2010 Superior Accomplishment Award in the clerical/office support category. (Pictured right, Carter receives his award from UF Associate Provost Bernard Mair.)
“Mike never complains about additional work. He never falls into the ‘not me’ pattern so prevalent in the workforce today,” says his supervisor, Marcia Marwede, the COE business office manager.
Carter’s work ethic even impresses those outside the college. “Some of the (building) projects had very critical timelines and Mike worked with me to address the time constraints, with creative solutions to accomplish each project,” wrote Rod Clements, a senior engineering technician with UF’s architecture engineering department and its quick response team, in one of several nomination letters submitted on Carter’s behalf.
Carter’s Superior Achievement honor comes with a certificate, coffee mug and a $200 stipend.
