Bobbie Fults is November EOM

Bobbie Fults was literally crowned Employee of the Month for November 2009 during a ceremony in the University Hall Building atrium on Wednesday, November 18.

Fults has been an Office Support Specialist in the Computer Science Department since October 2005. She held several other positions on campus before taking on her current role.

“She’s got them all organized and quickly made the department her own. She’s organized the faculty. She’s organized the students,” said Donna Schaub, assistant to the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Fults’ friends and family was on hand to congratulate her, along with her niece Emery who presented her with flowers. Her co-workers also had a gift for her, a tiara to wear. She vowed to never take it off.

“I don’t know what to say for a change. I’m just blessed to be where I work with the people I work with, and it’s very rare to come to work with family every day,” said Fults.

Terry Minder is October EOM

Terry Minder walked into his Employee of the Month celebration carrying food for his own party, but the surprise was already out of the bag.

“I kind of knew it. I kept threatening to call in sick, but Joan says no you can’t. I don’t know what else to say. I’m honored,” said Minder.

Minder was honored with the October Employee of the Month award during a ceremony in the UIS Student Center on Thursday, October 29, 2009.

He started working for UIS in May of 2000 as a part-time grounds keeper and in March 2002 was named the Assistant Grounds Gardener.

The UIS grounds crew is responsible for caring for more than 370 acres of land. Minder takes care of some of the most diverse flowerbeds and other areas around campus.

“He does an excellent job and a beautiful job taking care of the annuals and perennials that we put out every year,” said Joan Buckles, UIS horticulturist and grounds worker supervisor.

Minder has helped to nurture many of the plants and flowers on campus from the seed phase to full bloom. He spends a lot of time working in the greenhouse on campus to make sure they’re perfect.