DCS Celebrates 2023 Annual Awards

Campus Safety team members came together in early August at the Global Center for Academic and Spiritual Life's Grand Hall for the Campus Safety 2023 Annual Awards Ceremony, where they celebrated and honored colleagues from across the department and the university for their outstanding work over the past year. More than 80 members of the university community were on hand to celebrate the department's professionalism and excellence in support of the NYU community.

I am proud of each and every one of you, for the work that you do, and the way you support each other every day - we could not do what we do without you, said Vice President, Global Campus Safety Fountain Walker.

Executive Vice President Martin Dorph was also in attendance to greet and congratulate the department and award recipients.

In addition to annual awards, department team members were honored with commendation medals, meritorious service medals and acknolwedgements of years of service to the department and the university.

Award winners were nominated by Campus Safety team members and chosen by the Department's Awards and Recognition Committee.

A full listing of award recipients is below. All photos are ©Myaskovsky: Courtesy of NYU Photo Bureau.

Awards Recipients

Meritorious Service Medal

Dispatcher Octavia Anderson, Dispatcher Yudarcid Cruz, Campus Safety Officer David Rosado

Commendation Medal

Campus Safety Officers Tania Williams, Douglas Apparicio, David Rosado, and Juan Miranda, Sergeant Pamela Green, CPR Instructors, and Field Training Officers

Student Ally Award

Christina Borao

Inclusivity Ambassador Award

Irene Cedano

Innovation Achievement

Paolo Lappe

Project of the Year

Tommy Chu

Partner of the Year

Dr. Rafael Rodriguez, Associate Vice President and Dean of Students

Community Member Commendation

Dr. Bob Talbot, Employee Assistance Program

Team of the Year

Communications Center

Employee of the Year

Matt Shelosky

Dispatcher of the Year

Tyisha Wallace

Sergeant of the Year

Sergeant Marie McGuinness

Campus Safety Officer of the Year

Campus Safety Officer Douglas Apparicio

The James Patrick Medal of Valor

Sergeant Christopher Creighton and Lieutenant Bitterson Darius

Milestone Years of Service

40 Years: Raymond Goettel

35 Years: Adrian Brown, John Dooley, Garry Hunter, Darrell Monroe, Robert Padilla, Ismail Zalmai

30 Years: Juan Rosario, Shaban Lihari

25 Years: Mohammed Bashar, Collin Campbell, Savvas Demosthenous, Eugene Macdonald, Rafael Santini, Abdou Sidibe

20 Years: Jean Bertrand, Lynden Clarke, Glenn Colson, Randy English, Angel Irizarry, Syed Mannaf, Vahe Mardirossian, Edwin Quiles, Hussain Razack, Manuel Rodriguez, Angel Santamaria, Juan Tie, Jamie Torres, Diarra Vargas

15 Years: Bertram Black, Arthur Figueroa, Lourdes Garcia, Justin Grant, Mohamed Hamid, Raymond Intriago, Adriana Mitchell, Shanelle Pendergrass, David Rosado, Michael Salerno

10 Years: Ashley Broughton, Christopher Dietz, Ruth Medina, Natalie Pena, Jonathan Poe, Victor Woods

5 Years: Stephanie Chan, Nichole Dingee-Allinson, Yadilsa Martin, Anne-Marie Mclaughlin, Clifton Mcqueen, Allisha Settles, Lisa Wright, Brian Wummel