The Presidential Staff Excellence Awards, or Zuma Awards recognize outstanding contributions and efforts made by San Diego State University staff in support of the university, fellow employees and the community. During an awards ceremony on Aug. 3, President Sally Roush recognized staff excellence in seven categories, including staff-to-staff mentoring, innovation and team effort. Candidates were nominated by their colleagues and the finalists were selected from a pool of more than 130 entries.
Innovation
Andrea Saltzman Martin, instructional designer in the College of Education
Saltzman has been with SDSU for 10 years and helped develop the online master of arts in teaching program for elementary and secondary education offered by the College of Education. She was on the original development team for the online program and now coaches faculty on the development and deployment of the courses.
Read about the full list of winners at SDSU Newscenter.