Heroism comes in many forms and is especially needed in uncertain and challenging times like these. The contribution of this individual during the COVID-19 pandemic has made a positive impact on others – an outcome that is heroic by many measures. We are proud to name Hala Alnagar a Big Cat Hero.
Hala was instrumental in the analysis of our People First COVID-19 experience survey conducting focus groups across staff, faculty (senate and non-senate) as well as grad students to ensure we had qualitative data to accompany the quantitative data. She helped develop the recommended actions post-survey as well and presented findings to leadership and our campus community to ensure the findings were accessible to all. She also ensures the People First website is up to date and drafts communications with the same so that our responsiveness is real time and we stay true to our mission of placing our people first.
Additionally, Hala analyzed the childcare survey identifying several pods for our campus community based on location and educational needs of campus families.
Lastly, Hala has been instrumental in supporting our Valuing Black Lives task force providing subcommittees with the foundational documents, guiding questions and ensuring that the work moves forward seamlessly.
