This year's LBJ Appreciation Award is shared by two LBJ School staff members--Stephanie Hill of the Office of Student and Alumni Programs (OSAP) and Debbie Warden, a member of the faculty support group.
The cash award, which was established in 1991 as part of the School's 20th anniversary, recognizes staff members whose initiative, reliability, and attitude make life easier at the LBJ School.
Stephanie Hill
As OSAP's graduate coordinator and former coordinator of minority programs, Hill is in close contact with many LBJ School students. She assists the graduate adviser, responds to students' inquiries, handles petitions and special requests, compiles statistics, and coordinates registration.
In 1994, her open-door policy and willingness to help students earned her a nomination for the university's James W. Vick Texas Excellence Award for Academic Advisers.
An LBJ School staff member since 1992, Hill has worked closely with the Woodrow Wilson Program in Public Policy and International Affairs. The annual summer program is designed for undergraduates with public service career potential.
Before coming to the LBJ School, Hill was store manager in a number of retail clothing outlets in Austin and Fort Worth. She has an Associate of Applied Arts degree in fashion merchandise from Bauder Fashion College in Dallas.
Debbie Warden
Warden has served as an administrative assistant at the LBJ School from August 1990 to November 1991 and from September 1993 to the present.
During that time she has been a member of the School's faculty support group, assisting a number of professors with projects and activities. As part of her job, she helped plan and manage a major symposium sponsored by the Tom Slick Professorship of World Peace in 1991.
Warden has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and a secondary teaching certificate from North Texas State University. Currently, she is working toward a Master of Arts degree in theology from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Previous jobs include positions as director of religious education for the First Presbyterian Church in Georgetown; head of circulation at Temple Public Library; and classroom teacher for fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade English, science, and spelling at Saint Gregory's Elementary School in Tyler. She has also worked for the Temple Civic Theater, The Kerr Foundation in Oklahoma City, UT Austin's Petroleum Extension Service, and the West Dallas Teaching Project.
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