The MIT Excellence Awards are among the highest honors awarded to staff by MIT and acknowledge the extraordinary efforts made in the spirit of fulfilling the goals, values, and mission of the Institute. In 2014, the Collier Medal was created to honor the memory of Officer Sean Collier, whose spirit will live on through the award recipients.
This year’s award winners range from a film media assistant, to a project technician, to an environmental health and safety coordinator, to an instrument maker. They work in numerous roles across MIT campus and at Lincoln Laboratory. In each of their respective categories, this year’s winners have demonstrated a commitment to excellence and a commitment to the MIT community.
The 2017 MIT Excellence Award recipients are:
- Virginia Johnson, Monica Marie Orta, and Lianne P. Shields in the category of Advancing Inclusion and Global Perspectives;
- Brent Oberlin, Raoul Ouaedraogo, and Alexia Schulz in the category of Bringing Out the Best;
- William B. McCarthy in the category of Innovative Solutions;
- Edison Arana, Katherine Barlett, Kimberly Benard, Jonathan Byford, Tina Gilman, Jane Hamilton, Forrest Larson, Stuart Levine, Benjamin Nahill, Aida Riley, Vienna Rothberg, Jeffrey Stewart, Kerin Willis, and Susan Young in the category of Outstanding Contributor;
- Robin M. Deadrick, Brian Jones, Rosa G. Liberman, Sarah Rankin, Laura Ryan, Darren J. Scartissi, and Greg Walton in the category of Serving the Client; and
- Ruth T. Davis and Stephanie Trembley in the category of Sustaining MIT.
The 2017 Collier Medal of Service recipient is Lorraine K. Wong, an MIT senior in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and the Program in Women’s and Gender Studies.
The entire MIT community is welcome to attend the MIT Excellence Awards and Collier Medal ceremony and reception on Thursday, March 16, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Kresge Auditorium.
