Western Award of Excellence

2025 Western Award of Excellence

Western is proud to recognize staff members who demonstrate exceptional commitment to the University’s values and who contribute in a demonstrable way to Western's reputation as a leading institution of higher learning. The Western Award of Excellence provides meaningful and enriching recognition, offering respect and appreciation to outstanding staff and academic administrative leaders. Our goal is to have the Award of Excellence foster a culture of recognition across the University and to complement and encourage recognition programs at the department level.

Each year Western faculty, staff, students and alumni are invited to nominate an individual staff member or a team of staff who make an outstanding contribution to our campus community.

Congratulations to the 2025 Western Award of Excellence recipients:

• Angela Wilson, Robarts Imaging
• Courtney Swinden, Earth & Science Institute
• Jenna Smith, Sport & Recreation
• Marc Lalonde, Housing & Ancillary Services
• Nanette Love, Faculty of Law
• Nina Zitani, Biology
• Tara MacCrone, Faculty of Engineering
• Convocation Operations Team: Abigail David-Adjah, Alicia Payne, Amy Thornton, Andrew Pocock, Caitlin Price, Caroline Whippey, David Scriver, Hamza Khattar, Lauren Lee, Patricia de Wit, Steve Krupa and Valerie Sarkany

The recipients will be celebrated at a formal presentation and reception on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. in the Great Hall, Somerville House. Those wishing to attend are asked to register by Tuesday, April 28, 2026. 

If you have questions about the awards, please contact The Staff Recognition Team.