SPARKS AWARD
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
Georgia State announces a call for the 2021 Sparks Awards nominations. Deadline for submission of nominations is 5 p.m. on Friday, February 12.
SPARKS AWARDS
The George M. Sparks awards recognize Georgia State’s unsung heroes: faculty, staff, and students who exemplify a willingness to go the extra mile with good humor and perseverance. These were the characteristics of one of the university’s most highly regarded presidents, Dr. George McIntosh Sparks, who served from 1928 to 1957.
A university committee that includes past Sparks Award recipients selects the winners based on the information submitted.
Faculty and staff nominees must be full-time employees who have been associated with Georgia State or Perimeter College for at least five years.
2018
George Greenidge, Jr.
Mary Helen O’Connor
Lenore Musick
Avinash Sukhu
2011
Brian Buckwald
Shelby Frost
Luvert Holt
Alicia Knox
2010
Jill Chu
Elizabeth “Libby” Diaz
Carole Golder
2009
Glenda Crunk
Kyle Stapleton
Wanda Cooley
Annie Dillard
Jonette Gowan
Christopher Jackman
Barbara Lahey
Dona Stewart
Angela Turk
Danny Weipert
2008
Carles “Karl” Adams
John Brittian, Jr.
Meg Buscema
Sylvia Caley
Heather Housely
Gary Longstreet
Subhash Tah
Shelly-Ann Williams
2007
Natasha Barrett
Carolyn Codamo
Susan Coleman
Tonya Cook
Peter Farina
Elsa Gebremedhin
Ellen Posey
Susan Roman
Debbie Rupp
Derrick Williams
2006
Jennifer Stewart
Edward Miles
Trelley Murray
Rosalind Gates
Martha Fowler
Susanne Jernigan
Erin Erskine
William Moore, Jr.
Belinda Payton-Mack
Steven Whitfield
2005
Dracy Blackwell
Vickie Brown
Virginia Brown
W. Dwight Coleman
Robert Daniel
Doris Derby
Angela Garner
Janie Hardman
Bob Heck
Ruby Hopkins
Debbie Housworth
Jayant Kale
Sandy Land
Katie Lowery
Elgie Ogburn
Avani Raval
Mary Nell Stone
Tawanna Tookes
Bert White
Douglas Zimmerman
2004
Dan Adams
Becky Cain
Deborah Dunbar
Valerie Fleischmann
Quanda Miller
Bryan Murray
Debi Robbe
Julie Turman
Leigh Walker
Allen Wilbanks
2003
Mary Beran
Patricia Bryan
Charles Bush
Mildred Cody
Carol Cohen
Ruth Ebenezer
Crystal Love
Lucy McClurg
Roger Schuppert
Robin Steinbrenner
2002
Sibby Anderson-Thompkins
Jason Bradford
Mary Jane Casto
Carolyn Crutchfield
Lori Elliott
Lovell Lemons
Valencia Lewis
John Rowland
Pat Tasse
Janis Wilcox
2001
Angela Bourque
James Cochran
Caroline Griffin
Greg Lewis
Ellen Logan
Sabrina Manwiller
John McCullum
Davy McDonald
Carla Relaford
Frances Stone
2000
Janice Arsan
Dexter Benning
Jacqueline Boles
Bonnie Fritz
Sandra Garber
Dawn Jones
Sam Koffi
John Drafka
Chuck McCuen
Colleen O’Connell
1999
Sandy Anderson
Kathy Carter
Phyllis Kimbro
Mary MacKinnon
Shital Manjee
Jerry Rackliffe
Steve Strickland
Eva Trussell
Jeff Walker
Gretchen Young
1998
Jean Burrows
Trish Coady
Sue Fagan
Helen Fernandes
Brenda Holt
John Jackson
Fred Massey
David McCord
Bill Read
Tommy Young
1997
Rhea Ballard
Mary Bradley
Carol Brown
Randy Malamud
Maggie Mitchell
Jennifer Patterson
Carole Pearson
Usha Ramachandran
Mary Renfroe
Mary Ann Simpkins
1996
Clarence Cummings, Jr.
Janet Higdom
Brian Hyden
Roz Mallison
Becky Poling
Stella Richardson
High Robinson
Marolyn Wells
McRae Williams
Brian Winston
1995
Dianne Becht
Rim Bookout
Jerry Ferrell
Becky Graham
John Harris
Randy Jones
Magie McMillian
Trevor Sookdeo
Cecily Walker
William Young
1994
Jeanette Ballard
Delon Barfuss
Dwain Brown
Robert Dinwiddle
Gener Hines
Joel “Tommy” Kay
Selma Poage
Claire Roberts
Robert Shuford
Gloria Jean Upshaw
1993
Dawn Davis
Sandra Gibson
Beverly Hamilton
Cheryl Jackson
Clifford Johnson
Carolyn McGee
Sally G. Siewert
John Truslow, Jr.
Jessie Whitlocke
Phillip Williams, Sr.
1992
Jeannette Berry
James Bross
Evelyn Buffington
Cassandra Butler
M. Katherine Cowart
Sarah Farley
Carolyn Grant
Bruce LaBudde
John Preston
Karla Stein
1991
Donald Ahearn
Clyde Appling, Jr.
Patricia Bryan
Melissa Buchheit
Arthur Hughes
Benjamin Johnson
Larry Rifkind
Dorothy Sussman
Thelma Williams
Daniel Witt
1990
James Bailey
Kathryn Chance
Virginia Cox
Elsa Pena
Mary Roberts
Belita Smith
Gayle Smith
Margaret Stanley
Kenneth Terrell
Joan Tysinger
1989
Barbara Buffington
Eugene Burns, Jr.
Barbara Cheshire
Iren Cook
Danny Darby
Andrew Drooker
Janet Gabler-Hover
Jakki Gaither
Helen Gatlin
Roy Reeves
1988
Grace Moore Casnel
Christine d’Avanzo
Susan Goodroe
Georgia Griggs
Maureen Hurley
Robert Morsch
F. Dorset Noble
Charlie Prince
Alphonso Rosser
Henry Sottnek
1987
Ginger Cater
Marion Hale
Michael Hightower
Louise Ingebritsen-Hughs
Janice Irwin
Grace “June” Krugcale
Fred Lacey, Jr.
Steve Martin
Mark Mayfield
Denicd Pitters
Judith Rice
Dianne Smith
Claire Sturgeon
Iletha Thorton
Nina Walton
1986
Tracy June Anderson
Charles Barber
Susan Barnhill
Paul Bolster
Cary Bynum
Delle Cardwell
Susan Couvillon
Brenda Douglas
Lois Edison
Bess Gaddy
Jimmy Gilmore, Jr.
Norman Harbaugh
Betty Hutchins
Louis Kelly
K. Kern Kwong
Christina Landram
Andrea Maddux-Pitts
Elaine Murphy
Heather Olson
Clarelle Sauls
Melinda Sepmeyer
Betty Anne Smallwood
Milton Snoeyenbos
Patricia Tate
Edgar Torbert