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IU McKinney's Beth Young Receives Bepko Spirit Award
11/09/2021
Beth Young, IU McKinney’s social media coordinator and event manager, received the IUPUI Gerald L. Bepko Staff Council Spirit Award. She was given the honor during the Chancellor’s Staff Recognition Ceremony on November 3.
Young is a graduate of Indiana University, completing her undergraduate studies on the IUPUI campus. Her job title may be social media coordinator and event manager but that doesn’t encompass all that she does at IU McKinney or on the IUPUI campus. She served as the law school’s Staff Council Representative from 2016 to 2020, has been an IUPUI Commitment Champion for 2020 and 2021, and received the IU McKinney Law Outstanding Administrative Staff Award for 2018.
“Beth Young exemplified the ‘spirit’ of IUPUI,” wrote Assistant Dean for External Affairs and Alumni Relations Jonna MacDougall, ’86, one of individuals who nominated Young for the honor. “She exhibits one of the most positive attitudes of anyone I have ever worked with in my 30-plus year tenure with the university. She is always willing to pitch in to help people in our department, other departments within the law school, as well as departments across campus.”
Young’s colleagues appreciate the way in which she managed the law school’s social accounts during the 2020-2021 academic year of COVID protocols and social upheaval on campus and around the world. Young “did whatever she could, online or in person, to help and encourage those she encountered,” wrote Creative Director Elizabeth Allington.
The award is presented to full-time staff members who through their extraordinary service and special contributions exemplify the spirit of IUPUI, strengthening the campus by fostering collegiality, cooperation, creativity, and innovation toward the end of helping IUPUI become one of the nation’s best urban universities for employment and education. It is named for IUPUI Chancellor Emeritus, IU Trustee Professor and Professor of Law Gerald L. Bepko, who also served as dean at IU McKinney earlier in his career.
In the photo, Beth Young is with IUPUI Chancellor Nasser Paydar.
