IC’s Staff Council presented a new award at the beginning of the spring semester, and the first staff members to be recognized were Jennifer Pawlewicz ’95 and Luca Maurer. The award was created to honor staff members who are actively involved with the IC community and who have gone above and beyond their regular work duties, demonstrating initiative, support, commitment, and accomplishment.

A career engagement and marketing specialist in the Office of Career Services, Pawlewicz was honored for her involvement in the Life after IC series and First Generation Working Group, as well as for independently planning the college’s graduate school expo and sundae social. Pawlewicz also represents Career Services at admissions and orientation events throughout the year.

The director of the Center for LGBT Education, Outreach, and Services, Maurer was honored for his work toward creating an inclusive, supportive, and equitable community. Maurer worked with the Office of Human Resources to advocate for LGBT community members to gain equity in benefits, assisted with the process of amending records for preferred names, and developed a clinic to help IC and local community members who are transitioning.