Award of Distinction celebrates exceptional employees
By Erin Long | Emory Report
March 19, 2013http://news.emory.edu/stories/2013/03/er_award_of_distinction/campus.htmlTwelve employees have been honored with the Emory University Award of Distinction. Honorees were recognized at a dinner on March 18 with President James Wagner and received a $1,000 award. Each year, the award recognizes members of the Emory community who have demonstrated exceptional dedication to their jobs.
The 2013 Award of Distinction honorees are:
Michael D. Shutt
Shutt has distinguished himself as an outstanding community member, trailblazer and innovator as the director of the Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Life. When he first arrived in 2008, he quickly united the Emory community and was named as one of the 100 Community Builders within his first year. He has led the effort to increase the understanding of the needs of transgender people by facilitating workshops for improving services, hosting a panel with nationally recognized experts on transgender issues, and starting a support group for transgender students. He also collaborated with numerous university offices to determine how to help students change their names on educational records, obtain more gender-neutral on-campus housing and bathrooms, and gain health insurance that covers gender reassignment surgery. Shutt is also credited with the assessment and subsequent redevelopment of the Safe Space Program, a meaningful educational program that prepares Emory staff and faculty for offering a secure environment for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students.
