Outstanding Employees Honored with Custodial Services Award by Chronicle staff March 3, 2000 Custodial Services in Physical Plant is honoring two staff members as Employees of the Year. An outgrowth of the Employee of the Month program, which the department began in 1995, the award is in its second year. Teresa Czupkiewicz, maintainer I, who was selected from among day shift employees, received her award at a ceremony on Feb. 29. Maintainer I John Glaszcz, the night shift recipient, is ill and will receive his award when he is feeling better, according to Ron Lenois, assistant director of Physical Plant for Custodial Services. The award recognizes a number of qualities: team work, quantity and quality of work, excellence in performance, attendance, participation in training, and enhancing the depart-ment's ability to reach its goal of customer satisfaction. Czupkiewicz, who won the first Employee of the Month award five years ago, has been with the department for 14 years. "She's kept her work ethics," said Lenois. "Her dedication, work ethics, customer service and pride in her work have never wavered. Teresa has received numerous accolades from her customers and co-workers alike." Lenois noted that Czupkiewicz's mother, Mary Lavalle, set a good example for her, serving in Custodial Services for nine years for a total of nearly 20 years at the University. "It was nice to be recognized," Czupkiewicz said. "I appreciate that." Glaszcz, a 10-year veteran of the department, exhibits an infectious positive attitude toward his work, Lenois said. "He is thorough - striving not only to produce quantity but quality work," he said. "John is a team player with a reputation as a quiet, no-nonsense employee. He takes pride in his work and is a leader among his peers. I'd like to have a hundred of him." The awards consist of a plaque, a certificate signed by Earl Smith, director of Physical Plant, and a gift certificate to the Campus Center Store. Glaszcz and Czupkiewicz will also have their names placed on the Employee of the Year plaque, which hangs in the Custodial Services Hall of Fame, located in the custodial office area.