November Employee of the month
Cynthia Sexton, University Support Staff
Cynthia Sexton
Current title: Administrative associate senior, Department of Psychology.
Started at KU: 1997
What that means: Despite her title, Sexton is known around her department simultaneously as the assistant to the chair of psychology, faculty recruiting coordinator, promotion and tenure specialist and many other untitled roles.
Notable: Sexton is an appointed member of the University Support Staff Senate and serves on the Disciplinary Action Hearing Board for USS. She assisted the director of Human Resources and Equal Opportunity in explaining the transition of employees from state classified employee status to USS to staff at other state schools. She was also a member of the initial class of the University Staff Fellows Program.
Quotable: Greg Simpson, professor and chair of psychology, said, “Cindy has become recognized around the university for her loyalty to the university, her determination to do the job right, and her friendliness and humor.”
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