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Professional and Scientific Council holds Cytation Awards

Wendy Wintersteen spoke Thursday at the first annual Cytation Award ceremony to be held in person since the outbreak of COVID-19.

Jack Mcclellan
March 24, 2022

Iowa State’s Professional and Scientific Council held its annual Cytation Awards on Thursday, giving recognition to ISU employees for going above and beyond throughout the pandemic.

Iowa State’s P&S employees fill a wide range of responsibilities from research and investigation to academic affairs. These employees are essential to making sure that all of the processes and functions of the university run smoothly. To show their gratitude, the P&S Council holds a Cytation award ceremony every year.

This year’s Cytation awards took place in person for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19. The awards began at 7:00 a.m. with a breakfast banquet in the Alumni Center Reiman Ballroom, and at 8:00 a.m., the awards ceremony began with a word from Wendy Wintersteen.

“We have made it through one of the most extraordinary times in our history and we’ve done it together,” Wintersteen said. “And we can come back together in a room like this to celebrate individuals for their leadership, the impact that they’ve had, this is a good thing.”

After Wintersteen finished her speech, Chris Johnsen, the current president of the P&S Council, took the podium to begin the awards ceremony. Johnsen expressed his gratitude for all P&S employees and the significance of the awards to be presented. He then handed the podium off to Suzanne Ankerstjerne, the P&S Council Award Committee chair, to announce the award winners.

“The last two years have been especially hard and with the extraordinary effort that the campus has gone through, professional and scientific employees have carried a huge load in supporting the efforts for the universities functions,” Ankerstjerne said. “And this event this year is extra special because we were virtual for the last two.”

While the last two Cytation awards took place virtually, with awards presented through the mail, P&S employees held strong and persevered through the challenges they faced. Many of the Cytation recipients received awards for exceeding their responsibilities and helping the university to quickly adapt to changes brought on by the pandemic.

“It’s great to recognize the individuals in person in front of the senior leadership, but also, it’s just it’s an important event to have every year because there’s such great work that occurs here every single year,” Johnsen said. “coming out of the pandemic, there’s just so much cause for celebration of all the great work of professional scientific staff do.”

Four different awards were presented at the Cytation Banquet, the Cytation award: the individual Cytation Award, for outstanding service by P&S employees, the Woodin Cytation award, for an individual who has shown willingness to go above and beyond their personal tasks, the Outstanding new P&S Council Member Cytation Award and the team Cytation Award, to celebrate teams who excelled during the previous year.

Cytation Award Recipients: