Above & Beyond Award Winner: Kent Meinert

 

We're very happy to announce Kent Meinert as a winner of the Business/SPEA Library Above & Beyond Award for the Fall 2023 semester. As a winner, Kent is the recipient of a Target gift card.

Kent was nominated by Matt, who had the following to say in his nomination: 

“There is an old maxim that goes, “If you want something done, get a busy person to do it.”  Kent, as most of us know, is a very busy man.  As an undergraduate essentially doing the work of a PhD student, he has managed to fill nearly every hour of every day with some obligation or other. In fact, he probably shouldn’t even be here right now – he should probably be at a lab doing lab stuff.  Despite all this, Kent has been unfailingly reliable, dedicated, hardworking, and always willing to pitch in when extra help is needed.  All of which made him an easy choice when we were looking for a new Senior PSA -- a position that has given him the opportunity to apply his own extensive experience in management, which is only one of the many hats Kent has worn in his storied life that includes being a volunteer firefighter, a small business owner, and rap artist, sort of. For all those things as well as being someone who always has something interesting to say on almost any topic, for being a trusted confidant for the younger staff, and for being an all-around good egg, thank you for going above and beyond.” 

Congratulations, Kent! 

Thank you for going Above & Beyond!