On Tuesday, October 22, 36 employees were recognized during the 9th Annual Spiritual Life & Wholeness Leadership Banquet. Celebrating with them were family members, loved ones, and colleagues. The event was held in Wong Kerlee International Conference Center.
Spiritual Life Service Awards are presented to employees of LLUH in recognition of a vibrant faith in God that leads to extraordinary care for the spiritual well-being of others and an effective ability to bring hope and meaning in the midst of educational or health care challenges. Each received a copy of the book My Utmost for His Highest, by Oswald Chambers, an early 20th century Scottish Baptist minister, as well as a certificate.
Recipients of the 2013 Spiritual Life Service Award are:
Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center: Sandra Ayala and Jennifer Guerrero.
Loma Linda University: Brenda Boyd, Terry Douglas, Andrew Haglund, Liane Hewitt, Marilyn Kelly, Esperanza Lundgrin, Helen Martinez, Yolanda Martinez, Mindy Morrell, Catherine Oms, Teri Ross, Kimberlee Skoretz, and Kathi Wild.
Loma Linda University Health Care: Leanne Flores, Judy Garcia, Delia Sanchez, and Laura Thoreson.
Loma Linda University Medical Center: Elizabeth Anderson, Arelis Benitez, Susan Bentley, Larry Feenstra, Miyuki Isogai, Melinda Juhl, Silvia Kite, Laura Kivett, J. Wally Pierce, M. Elizabeth Rangel, Beth Rose, and Lori Scott.
Loma Linda University Shared Services: Nikki Gaitan and Larry Kidder.
Loma Linda University Medical Center–Murrieta: Peggy Brock, Jennifer McMahon, and John Quintans.
The 2013 Spiritual Life & Wholeness Leadership Award was presented to Carla Gober-Park, PhD, MS, MPH, director, Center for Spiritual Life & Wholeness. Dr. Gober-Park consistently receives wonderful evaluations from her students for her teaching about whole-person care," says Dr. Winslow. "For several years, she has led the Center for Spiritual Life and Wholeness. In that leadership role, she has represented Loma Linda University as a much-sought speaker throughout North America and around the world. She has organized major conferences on campus, and, recently, has led our entire organization in the adoption and promulgation of a creative model of providing spiritually nurturing, whole-person care to our patients. This CLEAR model is now being taught to our students and to our clinicians. She is also the key source of energy in the creation of the Wholeness Portal, an interactive website designed to help students, faculty members, and many other constituencies on their journey toward high-level health and wholeness." Dr. Gober-Park was recognized for these and many more contributions to the achievement of the faith-inspired mission of LLUH.
