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°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÀúÊ·¼Ç¼ June Employee of the Month Kevin Markham is pictured with his nominator, Executive Director of Financial Affairs Ketra Roselieb.

Markham Named June Employee of the Month at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÀúÊ·¼Ç¼

June 24, 2022


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MACOMB, IL -- °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÀúÊ·¼Ç¼ IT Manager Kevin Markham has been named the Al and Elaine Goldfarb Civil Service Employee of the Month for June 2022.

Markham began working at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÀúÊ·¼Ç¼ in 2001 as a Digital Computer Operator II in Administrative Information Management Systems (AIMS) and resigned in March 2004. He began working in AIMS in October 2004 as a Digital Computer Operator III. He was reallocated by audit to Applications Programmer I in AIMS in September 2005; to Applications Programmer II in AIMS in October 2008; to Applications Programmer III in AIMS in May 2010; to Applications Analyst in AIMS in November 2013; and to his current position in May 2016.

According to Markham's nominator, he has handled a number of "complicated, highly urgent and sensitive projects" within the last month alone, requiring him to work additional hours.

"Kevin has completed each of these tasks with a high degree of accuracy and a positive attitude," said his nominator. "Kevin finds solutions to problems, builds a team environment in any situation, and maintains a positive attitude. It's easy to forget the work of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÀúÊ·¼Ç¼'s programmers when our paychecks come in on time, or when filling out time cards and moving on with the day -- but these things are only possible due to the amazing work of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÀúÊ·¼Ç¼ employees like Kevin."

In August 2010, the Goldfarbs established an endowment to permanently fund the University's Civil Service Employee of the Month award. The Goldfarb endowment is used to fund a $100 award for the recipient of the Civil Service Employee of the Month, as well as a plaque.

The °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÀúÊ·¼Ç¼ Foundation provides a $500 stipend for the Civil Service Employee of the Year. Western faculty, staff and administrators, as well as community members, wishing to nominate a civil service employee for the monthly recognition should contact the Civil Service Employees Council (CSEC) at csec-nominations-g@wiu.edu.


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