Stein receives Distinguished Staff Award
Stein has a knack for superseding her list of job duties, to the joy of all those who work with her daily in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Add in the fact that she already excels as grant funds coordinator, helping faculty write and submit proposals for the department (funding has increased to $9 million from $5 million seven years ago during her tenure), and nominators were not shy in calling her the best colleague with whom they have ever worked.
“My language skills are too limited to compose a suitable set of superlatives to describe how Carrie helps the faculty in the CSE department,” one nominator wrote.
Among the numerous examples, Stein played a critical role in recruiting a faculty member who also was weighing an offer from the prestigious Microsoft Research Laboratory. Stein had a realtor show him and his wife around Columbus, and after overhearing how his wife was interested in an unpaid observer position at OSU hospitals, Stein used her contacts to secure it, which helped sway the faculty member to Ohio State.
She has caught mistakes in grant proposals that averted the loss of at least $1 million in funding, she proactively seeks out new funding opportunities, stays on top of policy changes and devotes countless hours on weekends, vacations and after hours responding to deadline emergencies and requests.
Recently Stein took on the responsibility of producing an alumni newsletter to enhance the department’s fundraising efforts and handles all the staff functions related to faculty searches.
She also received the 2014 Outstanding Service Award from the Ohio State College of Engineering.
“Carrie is a gem,” a nominator wrote. “Our department is just so fortunate to have her helping us in so many ways. She probably does well over twice of what would be considered excellent, and she does it with so much cheer.”
