Two dozen faculty and staff of UW-Milwaukee were honored for their distinguished service to the university at the 2024 Employee Excellence Awards ceremony. Chancellor Mark Mone and other speakers praised the winners during a ceremony Wednesday in the ballroom of the UWM Student Union.
Kristen Murphy was awarded the Faculty Distinguished University Service Award.
Kristen Murphy has been very active in service, particularly in those areas that serve the instructional mission. She has been on the Academic Program and Curriculum Committee since 2015, serving for nine years and chairing or co-chairing for seven years. Murphy also has served on the Academic Planning and Budget Committee, Academic Policy Committee, Faculty Appeals and Grievances Committee and Faculty Senate. Within the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, she has served in many roles with particular pride in developing and supporting the successful chemistry supplemental instruction program. Most recently, Murphy has been involved with the new Chemistry Building, participating in design, planning and operations in her role on the chemistry user group. Finally, she has been active in serving her community – Murphy was recognized in 2023 with induction into the 2023 class of American Chemical Society Fellows (joining about 1,300 out of 170,000 members).