Staff Excellence Awards

Nominated by Cynthia Diefenbeck, Director, Center for Counseling and Student Development

“She is the glue that connects CCSD with all of our campus partners and community providers. With her impeccable referral navigation services, students have a seamless care experience both on- and off-campus.”

• Corrie has single-handedly transformed how students connect with services at CCSD by designing an innovative care management system that prevents students from falling through the cracks. 
• Since starting at UD in late August 2022, Corrie has single-handedly assisted nearly 600 students connect with resources across campus and in the local community. Corrie conducted nearly 1,300 individual meetings with students across all sectors of campus–undergrad and graduate, domestic and international.
• Corrie serves as Outreach Coordinator and helps ensure CCSD is present at campus events and able to show-up for our stakeholders. Corrie tracks our involvement and volunteers for mental health-related outreaches above and beyond her assigned responsibilities–both during and after hours and weekends. In addition to Care Coordination, Corrie brings to UD a wealth of expertise in critical incident stress debriefing as a former Victim’s Advocate for the State of Delaware which...she has been called upon to use multiple times since her hiring to assist in supporting the UD community through crisis.

Nominated by Peter Benson, Department Chair, Anthropology with support from Jennifer Trivedi, Asst. Professor, Anthropology

“More than just doing an excellent job in [her] role, she has quickly become the most essential and influential part of our concerted efforts to (in the words of the UD and CAS strategic plans) "improve student experience," "lead the way in student learning and engagement," and "develop and diversify faculty, staff and students... We have increased the number of anthropology majors by 25% in the two semesters since her hire!" 

Specific work has included:

• Redesign of Anthropology Blue & Golden Days display with special attention to increasing diverse representation of research, teaching and student demographics.
• Helped the chair systematically review and revise all of Anthropology's course titles, course descriptions, and curricular attributes—a monumental logistical undertaking that was critical for refreshing and innovating our academic program.
• Jeanine coordinated all elements of a major, weeklong Fall-semester event focused on improving undergraduate student professionalization and career training in anthropology. This event has now rolled over into an additional phase in which our department is part of a pilot program of the Career Center looking at new networking and career search possibilities for UD undergraduates.
• Standardized our office functions and filing systems on a shared Google Drive (using Docs, Forms, and Sheets) to facilitate communications and procedures within the anthropology department.
• Created a Gantt chart that details all department processes to enhance workflow among staff and the chair and improve outcomes for students and faculty.
• Leveraging her own UD art degree, Jeanine decorated our space with anthropological art, gallery-style informational placards, and new displays showcasing student and faculty achievements...She routinely immerses herself in department culture and programming, setting a new standard for how logistical and intellectual work can be merged and highlighting the critical role that staff play in the university mission.
• When we installed the HT94 art installation in Munroe Hall, the work came with several important parts, including logistics of arranging the space, providing food for students, staff, faculty and community members who were participating, and actively installing the work. The art installation has been one of the most successful programs in department history, garnering widespread community participation and important recognition by the UD and CAS Comms teams. Jeanine’s leadership, coordination and immersive learning were essential for the program’s success.