December 2021 Star Player

Rebecca Romero is our December Star Player of the Month! Rebecca Romero is Provost IT’s Senior Applications Administrator, where she leads several technical projects and manages business applications across a variety of university functional areas. Rebecca joined Provost IT in 2021 after working in a variety of technology roles supporting student systems at USC. Since…

November 2021 Star Player

Michelle Hu is our November Star Player of the Month! Michelle Hu has been instrumental in our return to campus with regards to communicating and managing the expectations of our Off-Campus College-Work Study Agencies.  We currently have about 27 active contracts with Off-Campus Agencies to employ College Work-Study students.  Michelle is responsible for ensuring the…

October 2021 Star Player

Zachary Ellison is our October Star Player of the Month! Zachary Ellison is an Executive Secretary for the Provost Office. He is being recognized as our Provost Shared Services Star Player for the month of October for his leadership in supporting the Good Neighbors Program. Zach designed a giving-campaign for the shared services staff, which resulted in new donors and…

September 2021 Star Player
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Ada Santos is our September Star Player of the Month! I wish to recognize Ada and her work with Provost HR. As the HR Coordinator for Provost HR she has been instrumental in the coordination and physical inspection of I-9’s. And most recently Ada has been assisting with HR and Payroll activities for the Academic units Provost…

August 2021 Star Player

Leslie Ornelas is our August Star Player of the Month! Leslie joined our payroll team in April 2019 as our Payroll/Personnel Tech. Specifically, hired to manage our onboarding process for student new hires. While she’s been doing a great job since coming aboard, she’s been exceptionally diligent with the onboarding process for Fall 2021, which…

July 2021 Star Player

Heidi Tran is our July Star Player of the Month! Heidi Tran currently works in Provost Finance, supporting the payments of stipend and student awards.  For the past few months, Heidi has also supported the Libraries and the USC Museums, while one of our employees is on maternity leave.  Now, Heidi has stepped up further…

June 2021 Star Player

Ron Beal is our June Star Player of the Month! Ron began working for Provost IT almost 1.5 years ago during a very challenging time as campus had just closed due to COVID-19. Ron was able to step right in and help the team immediately, as he assisted a number of users with various hardware…

January 2020 Star Player
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Valentina Quezada is our January Star Player of the Month! Valentina recently spearheaded the USC Pacific Asia Museum’s Diversity and Inclusion program with a session on “Developing a Reflective Practice”. The program expands upon the themes of inclusion, equity, diversity and access in the museum’s work. Valentina is the Youth and Family Programs Specialist and…

December 2019 Star Player

Melissa Reynaldo is our December Star Player of the Month! Melissa is instrumental in ensuring the University’s efforts to attract the best and brightest minds in health sciences and medicine are realized with our international recruits.  Her courteousness, outstanding professionalism, and wealth of knowledge makes her a tremendous resource for the fast-paced medical and health…

November 2019 Star Player

Carla Williams is our November Star Player of the Month! Carla is one of the most dependable players on the payroll team.  She shows great leadership traits by helping her teammates when they are in need, takes the lead to complete tasks before they are assigned to her, volunteers to cover payroll errands, and attends…