{"id":30392,"date":"2023-08-16T16:46:24","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T20:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=30392"},"modified":"2023-08-17T10:07:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-17T14:07:40","slug":"ucf-cos-july-2023-ace-award-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-cos-july-2023-ace-award-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet July 2023 College of Sciences Ace Award Winner: Tara Gamble\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The College of Sciences recognizes our outstanding staff with the Staff Ace Award. Winners of the Ace Award exhibit initiative to support COS while working well with those around them. They are \u201cmovers and shakers\u201d in their departments and inspire others with their leadership skills.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to our July 2023 recipient, Tara Gamble!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/08\/Tara-Gamble.4-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Tara Gamble sitting in chair in library \" class=\"wp-image-30393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/08\/Tara-Gamble.4-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/08\/Tara-Gamble.4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/08\/Tara-Gamble.4-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/08\/Tara-Gamble.4-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/08\/Tara-Gamble.4-299x200.jpg 299w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2023\/08\/Tara-Gamble.4-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Tara Gamble<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Title:<\/strong> Business Staff Specialist&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Department\/School:<\/strong> UCF RESTORES&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Start date at UCF:&nbsp;<\/strong>June 2022&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hometown:&nbsp;<\/strong>Albany, GA&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How would your friends and family describe you?\u00a0<\/strong>Sweet, funny, caring and a perfectionist.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do you enjoy about your job? <\/strong>I enjoy being able to help people in their time of need, especially a group of people that tend to get overlooked when it comes to receiving mental health services.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do you enjoy about being a Knight?&nbsp;<\/strong>I love the sense of community that you experience here at UCF. Everyone is so helpful and friendly; you can\u2019t help but enjoy being a Knight.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who inspires you at work?&nbsp;<\/strong>My supervisors and co-workers keep me inspired. Everyone I work with is so hardworking (and caring) that it motivates me to be the same way, not only at work but in my personal life as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to staff members like Tara, we can continue reaching our collective potential. Their hard work and dedication to UCF inspires us all to Charge On.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are a UCF staff or faculty member, <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/faculty-staff-awards\/#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nominate your fellow staff members here.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The College of Sciences recognizes our outstanding staff with the Staff Ace Award. 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