October employees of the month recognized
Juan Izaguirre Unclassified employee
Juan Izaguirre
Current title: Assistant director, Office of Multicultural Affairs.
What that means: Izaquirre’s primary responsibility is coordination of the nationally recognized HAWK Link student retention program, which provides students with mentoring, free tutoring and individualized academic plans. He organizes monthly academic success seminars and teaches PRE 101, an orientation seminar that introduces new students to the University community and helps them develop strategies for success at KU.
Notable: When Izaguirre discovered the number of participants in some areas of the HAWK Link program was declining, he did extensive research on the past several years of the program and developed strategies for improvement.
Karen Hummel University support staff
Karen Hummel
Current title: Administrative associate senior, religious studies.
What that means: Hummel provides support for the department in all aspects of its mission.
Notable: Tim Miller, professor of religious studies and a former department chair, said Hummel is utterly reliable, even to the point that she never seems to get sick when her presence is especially critical. She arranges her vacations, medical appointments, and the rest of her personal life to suit the convenience of the department. In the rare cases when she needs to be gone, she makes sure that students and other staff are available to cover office functions.
Quotable: “We rely on her strong sense of responsibility, her capacity for necessary judgments and appropriate action in a way that is open and helpful to others,” said one faculty member.
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