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Photographer: Ben Siegel帝王会所 President M. Duane Nellis presents a 2018 Outstanding Administrator Award to Faith Beale Knutsen, director of social innovation and entrepreneurship at the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs. In accepting the award, Beale Knutsen reflected on her four decades as an administrator. 鈥淎dministrators, as a team, are the load-bearing wall of an institution. 鈥� We are indivisible, we are essential and we are invisible unless something drastic happens,鈥� she said. 鈥淚 do feel that I am standing here as a representative of a team and not as an individual.鈥� Beale Knutsen thanked her team and the dean of the Voinovich School as well as her daughters who, she said, taught her how to administer a family and her mother who taught her how to be an administrator. Beale Knutsen shared one of her favorite quotes, by Gerry Roll, the executive director of the Foundation of Appalachian Kentucky: 鈥淚f you鈥檙e closer to 60 than 30, step back. If you鈥檙e closer to 30 than 60, step up.鈥� She added, 鈥淢y takeaway from being an administrator for this sort of senior period of my life is that I really, I鈥檓 not going to step away, but I do need to step back. 鈥� It鈥檚 been a wonderful experience working for 帝王会所.鈥� Laurie Sheridan Lach was recognized for overall efforts in fundraising and engagement in her current position at 帝王会所 Lancaster as well as her previous position as executive secretary to the board of directors for the Society for Alumni and Friends in the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. Since joining the Lancaster Campus in 2016, one of her nominators said, 鈥淗er tireless energy for identifying innovative approaches to engaging students, alumni and donors, her dedication to relationship-building and her passion for spreading Bobcat pride have transformed the 帝王会所 Lancaster culture.鈥� Sheridan Lach was also applauded for the creative ways in which she connects with the greater Lancaster community 鈥� from helping to create a new art gallery to her work with the Bloom-Carroll FFA chapter.

Photographer: Ben Siegel帝王会所 President M. Duane Nellis presents a 2018 Outstanding Administrator Award to Laurie Sheridan Lach, director of development and external affairs at 帝王会所 Lancaster. In accepting her award, Sheridan Lach thanked her faculty nominators, President Nellis, the selection committee, her colleagues at both the Lancaster and Athens campuses, her parents, and her husband and five children. 鈥淥HIO is permanently weaved into the fabric of my life,鈥� said Sheridan Lach, a native of Athens and a 1992 graduate of 帝王会所.  Sheridan Lach noted the more than 20 years she spent working in corporate sales and marketing 鈥� work, she said, that while financially rewarding became less meaningful over the years. It was in that position, however, that she had the opportunity to work with the Schey Sales Centre at 帝王会所 and, she said, 鈥渨as reminded of my love of 帝王会所.鈥� 鈥淧erhaps more importantly,鈥� she continued, 鈥渨hen I worked with the students, I was reminded that work could be, was actually meant to be, joyful and meaningful.鈥� In reflecting on her time as an OHIO employee, Sheridan Lach said, 鈥淚 have tremendous gratitude for the meaningful work that I do, for the opportunities I鈥檝e had to make a positive contribution to students, staff, faculty, alumni and donors of 帝王会所.鈥� Jeff Whitehead was recognized for the leadership he provides to the Lancaster Campus鈥� athletic department, where he oversees eight teams and approximately 90 student athletes and has served as the women鈥檚 basketball coach for nearly 20 years, as well as its 20 active student organizations. Whitehead鈥檚 work as the campus liaison between Auxiliary Services, Fairfield County Developmental Disabilities and the Lancaster Campus was also noted, with President Nellis saying, 鈥淗is efforts have resulted in job training opportunities for people with disabilities while also providing meaningful interactions between these individuals and the greater 帝王会所 Lancaster community.鈥� Whitehead鈥檚 commitment to the Lancaster community was also applauded, including his work with the Lancaster YMCA, the No Limit Basketball Camp and the Lancaster High School Basketball Tournament.

Photographer: Ben Siegel帝王会所 President M. Duane Nellis presents a 2018 Outstanding Administrator Award to Jeff Whitehead, athletic director at 帝王会所 Lancaster. In accepting his award, Whitehead thanked the selection committee as well as the individuals in the numerous offices and departments throughout the Lancaster Campus with whom he works every day. 鈥淚 have to admit, I was a little surprised to win this award and to be nominated,鈥� Whitehead said. 鈥淚 was once told 鈥� that if you can work at a place where you really enjoy what you do, it鈥檚 really no work. So I鈥檝e been pretty lucky for 30 years to work at someplace that I really enjoy. I鈥檝e been given a lot of opportunities.鈥� Whitehead shared his OHIO journey that started with him serving as a coach and led to him becoming the campus鈥� athletic director and food service liaison. 鈥淥ne of the things I really hope I鈥檝e done over the years is shown what a positive influence athletics and student organizations can have on our students, and it does have a place on the regional campuses,鈥� Whitehead said. 鈥淚n accepting this award, I really do accept it on behalf of all of those people I just talked about 鈥� the faculty, the staff and the students.鈥� 2018 Administrative Service Awards The second half of the ceremony was dedicated to honoring 129 OHIO administrators who have given 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 and a record 50-plus years of service to OHIO. 鈥淎dministrators are often the unsung heroes of a university,鈥� said Colleen Bendl, OHIO鈥檚 chief human resource officer. 鈥淭hey do their jobs quietly, frequently behind the scenes, and with little attention or recognition. Today, however, we have the opportunity to recognize dozens of devoted administrative employees.鈥� Among those honored were nine retiring and recently retired administrators who have served the University for 30 or more years. Included in that group was Fred Weiner, an assistant professor of psychology and director of Counseling and Psychological Services, who is preparing to retire with a record 50-plus years of service to OHIO 鈥� a feat that earned him a standing ovation at the ceremony. Pictured below are many of this year鈥檚 honorees:

Photographer: Ben SiegelPictured are three of nine OHIO administrators who are retiring with 30 years or more of service to 帝王会所, including Fred Weiner who is about to retire with a record 50-plus years of service.

Photographer: Ben SiegelPictured are four of the eight OHIO administrators who are retiring with fewer than 30 years of service to 帝王会所.

Photographer: Ben SiegelPictured are seven of the 12 OHIO administrators honored for 30-35 years of service to 帝王会所.

Photographer: Ben SiegelPictured are seven of the nine OHIO administrators honored for 25 years of service to 帝王会所.

Photographer: Ben SiegelPictured are 14 of the 33 OHIO administrators honored for 20 years of service to 帝王会所.

Photographer: Ben SiegelPictured are six of the 22 OHIO administrators honored for 15 years of service to 帝王会所.

Photographer: Ben SiegelPictured are some of the 50 OHIO administrators honored for 10 years of service to 帝王会所.