Shellie Harden named Employee of the Month

Shellie Harden, secretary for the Student Activities Center, is the Career Services Employee of the Month for February at The University of South Dakota.

President James W. Abbott presented the award to Harden during a reception Feb. 3 with friends and co-workers.

Harden, who lives in Vermillion with her husband Matthew, a music professor at USD, has worked for USD for four and a half years. She was nominated for the honor by co-workers in the Student Activities Center.

"In a word, Shellie is extraordinary," said Margie Rostyne, coordinator of co-curri-cular programs, community service and multicultural issues at the Coyote Student Center. "Shellie maintains a friendly and supportive demeanor with students and staff alike. Her warm personality helps to create a work environment that is inviting, fun, productive, and most of all, worth coming back to."

"I would like to thank the Student Activity Center staff for nominating me. I feel very honored," said Harden, during the employee of the month celebration. "We get a lot of students in our office and I thoroughly enjoy helping them."

Harden and her husband have three children, one of whom is a student at USD.