Chairman's Award
2017 Recipient
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High-ResKathy McCarthy
McCarthy was manager and administrative assistant with UGPTI for 25 years. She was responsible for administrative management including supervision and personnel administration, management of the grants and contracts, all fiscal and financial reporting and budget preparation for the Institute, scheduled and coordinated national workshops and conferences, and coordinated activities of the communications and technical support staff. She assisted with the creation and operations of the research and training programs of the UGPTI, and implementation of the graduate education program established in 1994 via the TLN videoconference system.
McCarthy was the professional and friendly face of the UGPTI to visitors, callers or clients and was the go-to person for questions for those both within and outside of UGPTI. She cultivated an excellent working relationship with offices across campus.
McCarthy began her career at NDSU in 1974 working for the NDSU Extension Service until joining the UGPTI in 1990. In 2005, in recognition of her broad vision and knowledge of the UGPTI she was named department manager. She retired December 2016.
