Swenson honored with Sargis Award at UW-Stevens Point
Anne Swenson of Stevens Point, a University Library employee at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, has received the Carolyn Rolfson Sargis Award, the highest honor for a classified staff member at the university.
Named for the late Carolyn Rolfson Sargis, the school’s business manager who worked under seven different presidents, the award recognizes classified staff members who epitomize the standards of outstanding and dedicated service and special contributions to the university. The winner receives a $1,000 monetary award as well as a plaque. Swenson’s name will be added to a plaque of previous winners, which hangs outside the personnel office in Old Main.
A library services assistant-advanced in Library Acquisitions, Swenson has been described as “the go-to person” at the library. She coordinates all order requests for library materials, works with academic departments and serves as the library point of contact for thesis binding, all shipping, receiving, processing and mail distribution. In addition, she has taken on many other jobs including helping with library catalog upgrades, repairing books as well as in the past, organizing open houses, conferences, displays and other library events.
At UW-Stevens Point, she has volunteered on the Historic Preservation Committee since 1996, maintaining its Web page. Swenson has served in many Classified Staff Advisory Council roles including chair and as organizer of fundraisers for American Red Cross Hurricane Katrina relief and the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. She has won classified employee recognition awards for service and outstanding work.
Swenson is also heavily involved in her community. Since 2005, she has helped raise more than $20,000 through the sales of Circle of Hope bracelets benefiting the St. Michael’s Living with Cancer Support Group as well as the Oncology Department special request items and cancer research. In 2012 she was one of the spokespersons for the annual American Cancer Society’s Daffodil Days in Stevens Point. She also serves as a caregiver for the St. Michael’s Living with Cancer Support Group and volunteers with Marshfield Clinics Crafters for a Cause, making items such as pillowcases for children attending Camp Hope. She is also a regular blood donor, having given more than 12 gallons, an active member at St. Joseph’s Church and was a Girl Scout leader for eight years.
“The Library, UW-Stevens Point, and the community are all better places as the result of Anne’s wonderful spirit and natural congeniality,” said her library supervisor, Tom Reich.
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