{"id":13562,"date":"2025-11-04T15:06:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T20:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/?p=13562"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:03:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:03:40","slug":"awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards and honors highlight A&F staff accomplishments"},"content":{"rendered":"

University of Rochester Administration and Finance (A&F) staff members regularly earn awards and honors for their contributions from University and professional organizations. As part of an ongoing series, we\u2019re spotlighting their accomplishments.<\/p>\n

Share your updates
\n<\/strong>Know of an A&F staff member receiving an award or honor? Contact Alyssa Davis<\/a>.
\nLooking to show appreciation for a colleague? Celebrate their achievements as part of the UR Stars program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n


\nCarolyn Patterson<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Carolyn
Carolyn Patterson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Carolyn Patterson, an environmental services worker with the University Facilities and Services department, was selected to receive the 2025 Susan B. Anthony Lifetime Service Award. Established in 2024, the award celebrates women who exemplify exceptional dedication to service and honors individuals who have made enduring contributions to improve and support their communities.<\/p>\n

Patterson was recognized for her unwavering commitment to the University at the 2025 Susan B. Anthony Legacy Awards Ceremony in April.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Rachel Stuckey<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Rachel
Rachel Stuckey (left) at the 2025 Building Commissioning Association annual conference.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rachel Stuckey, Director of Engineering and Commissioning, was honored with the 2025 Benner Award from the Building Commissioning Association (BCA) for exemplary efforts in making building commissioning \u201cbusiness as usual.\u201d The award recognizes her outstanding achievements and leadership to build the commissioning program at the University of Rochester, where she and her team work to improve the value and outcome of construction projects. It also celebrates the collaborative approach that\u2019s been taken to share experiences and processes with other universities through a grassroots cohort developed in the last year.<\/p>\n

Stuckey was recognized at the BCA\u2019s annual conference in October.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Yi-Li van den Berg<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Yi-Li
Yi-Li van den Berg (right) at the 2025 New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council Partnership Awards Gala.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yi-Li van den Berg, Purchasing Director, received the Special Appreciation Award from the New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council (NYNJ MSDC), one of the most influential and largest supplier development organizations in the United States. The award recognizes her unwavering support of partnership and community engagement.<\/p>\n

van den Berg was honored at the 2025 Upstate New York Supplier Diversity Summit in February and at the annual NYNJ MSDC Partnership Awards Gala in October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

University of Rochester Administration and Finance (A&F) staff members regularly earn awards and honors for their contributions from University and professional organizations. As part of an ongoing series, we\u2019re spotlighting…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[162],"class_list":["post-13562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates","tag-capital"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAwards and honors highlight A&F staff accomplishments - Administration and Finance<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"University of Rochester Administration and Finance (A&F) staff members have received recognition from University and professional organizations.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Awards and honors highlight A&F staff accomplishments - Administration and Finance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"University of Rochester Administration and Finance (A&F) staff members have received recognition from University and professional organizations.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Administration and Finance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-11-04T20:06:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-07T17:03:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Patterson_resized.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alyssa Davis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alyssa Davis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alyssa Davis\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/42123836d1a00026ec81fd08f5c68e02\"},\"headline\":\"Awards and honors highlight A&F staff accomplishments\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-04T20:06:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-07T17:03:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":396,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Patterson_resized-300x300.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"capital\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News and updates\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\\\/\",\"name\":\"Awards and honors highlight A&F staff accomplishments - Administration and Finance\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Patterson_resized-300x300.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-11-04T20:06:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-04-07T17:03:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/42123836d1a00026ec81fd08f5c68e02\"},\"description\":\"University of Rochester Administration and Finance (A&F) staff members have received recognition from University and professional organizations.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Patterson_resized.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/11\\\/Patterson_resized.jpg\",\"width\":500,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Carolyn Patterson\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Awards and honors highlight A&F staff accomplishments\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/\",\"name\":\"Administration and Finance\",\"description\":\"University of Rochester\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rochester.edu\\\/administration-finance\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/42123836d1a00026ec81fd08f5c68e02\",\"name\":\"Alyssa Davis\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Awards and honors highlight A&F staff accomplishments - Administration and Finance","description":"University of Rochester Administration and Finance (A&F) staff members have received recognition from University and professional organizations.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Awards and honors highlight A&F staff accomplishments - Administration and Finance","og_description":"University of Rochester Administration and Finance (A&F) staff members have received recognition from University and professional organizations.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\/","og_site_name":"Administration and Finance","article_published_time":"2025-11-04T20:06:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-04-07T17:03:40+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Patterson_resized.jpg","width":500,"height":500,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Alyssa Davis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alyssa Davis","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\/"},"author":{"name":"Alyssa Davis","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/#\/schema\/person\/42123836d1a00026ec81fd08f5c68e02"},"headline":"Awards and honors highlight A&F staff accomplishments","datePublished":"2025-11-04T20:06:15+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-07T17:03:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\/"},"wordCount":396,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Patterson_resized-300x300.jpg","keywords":["capital"],"articleSection":["News and updates"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\/","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\/","name":"Awards and honors highlight A&F staff accomplishments - Administration and Finance","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Patterson_resized-300x300.jpg","datePublished":"2025-11-04T20:06:15+00:00","dateModified":"2026-04-07T17:03:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/#\/schema\/person\/42123836d1a00026ec81fd08f5c68e02"},"description":"University of Rochester Administration and Finance (A&F) staff members have received recognition from University and professional organizations.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Patterson_resized.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Patterson_resized.jpg","width":500,"height":500,"caption":"Carolyn Patterson"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/awards-and-honors-highlight-af-staff-accomplishments\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Awards and honors highlight A&F staff accomplishments"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/","name":"Administration and Finance","description":"University of Rochester","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/#\/schema\/person\/42123836d1a00026ec81fd08f5c68e02","name":"Alyssa Davis"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13562"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13912,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13562\/revisions\/13912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/administration-finance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}