Steve Gould Award Committee

FUNCTION:  Created in 1981 by the family and friends of Steve Gould, in loving memory of a man of honest and passionate concern for others.  The Award shall be made by the University of Maine Employee Advisory Council (EAC) to those persons or organizations who have, by their conduct, demonstrated superior qualities of unselfishness and compassion in the course of service to the University and its ideals.

The award is to be made to those persons (students, staff, faculty members) or organizations who have, by their conduct, demonstrated superior qualities of unselfishness and compassion in the course of service to the University and its ideals.  Those involved in acts of heroism may also be nominated.

The committee will solicit nominations from the University community of students and employees who meet the criteria of the award. Award recipients will be honored at a special reception during the fall semester and will receive a cash award (the amount of which may vary depending on the number of recipients and the funds available in the endowment account).

MEMBERSHIP:

The selection committee for the Steve Gould Award shall be chaired by the Employee Advisory Council Co-Chairs and shall be comprised of representatives from:

  • Employee Advisory Council Co-Chairs- ex officio
  • Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students (or designee)
  • Vice President for Human Resources (or designee)
  • Director of Student Employment and Volunteer Services (or designee)
  • Representative from EAC (salaried)
  • Representative from EAC (hourly)
  • Representative from the Faculty Senate
  • Representative from the Graduate Student Government
  • Representative from the Undergraduate Student Government
  • Interfraternity Council Chair
  • Panhellenic Council Chair

CURRENT COMMITTEE:

  • Drew Hooke – Employee Advisory Council Co-Chair
  • Mindy Pelletier – Employee Advisory Council Co-Chair
  • Nicole Lawrence – Vice President for Human Resources
  • Erica Tweedie – Director, Student Accessibility Services
  • Lilly Furrow – Employee Advisory Council Hourly Representative
  • Samuel Sternitzky – Job Locator and Development (JLD) Coorindator
  • TBD- Representative from the Faculty Senate
  • Carter Emerson – Representative from the Graduate Student Government
  • Cynthia Shelmerdine – Representative from the Undergraduate Student Government
  • Dominic Brunner – Interfraternity Council Chair
  • Emmelie Neff – Panhellenic Council Chair

Steve Gould Award

This form is for intake of Steve Gould Award nominations

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    PREVIOUS AWARDEES:

    • 1982 – University Volunteer Ambulance Corps
    • 1983- Alphi Phi Omega & Gamma Sigma Sigma
    • 1984- Russell A. Whitman, UMaine Counseling Center
    • 1985- Classified Employees Scholarship Committee
    • 1986- Theodore N. Mitchell, Associate Dean of Student Services for Native American Programs
    • 1987- Sally C. Jacobs, Instructor in Biochemistry
    • 1988- Leroy Patterson, Police Corporal & Elaine Gershman, Associate Dean- Arts & Sciences
    • 1989- Susan Sampson, Student & Murray C. Bain, Professor of Microbiology
    • 1990- Henry B. Metcalf, Associate Professor, General Engineering & UMaine Rape & Sexual Assault Awareness Program Committee
    • 1992- Melvin T. McClure, Professor of Accounting
    • 1994- Dr. Paul Harris, Associate Professor of Animal & Veterinary Sciences
    • 1995- Sharon E. Barker, Director of Women’s Resource Center
    • 1996- Deborah A. Mitchell, Public Safety
    • 1997- Helen Young, Secretary to UMaine Faculty Senate
    • 1998- Dana Humphrey, Professor of Civil Engineering & Debra Perro, Administrative Assistant, Department of Economics
    • 1999- Lambda Chi Alpha Chapter & Shannetta Mennenga, Interim Assistant Dean for Multicultural Affairs
    • 2004- Elizabeth Downing
    • 2007- Scott Johnson
    • 2009- Michael L. Petterson & Christina Soyden
    • 2010- Cooperative Extension’s Plan-A-Row for the Hungry
    • 2011- Patricia Hennery & Charles Hess
    • 2012- Gamma Sigma Sigma
    • 2013- University Volunteer Ambulance Corps & Maine Extension Homemakers Council
    • 2014- Nory Jones
    • 2015- Melinda Pelletier & Wayne Maines
    • 2017- Melissa Ladenheim
    • 2018- Laura Cowan
    • 2020- Doug Allen
    • 2019 – Janet May
    • 2021- Margaret Nagle