Richard Kahle, facilities director of the Richard E. and Ruth McDowell Sport and Fitness Center at Pitt–Bradford received the President’s Award for Staff Excellence during Honors Convocation on April 19.
“Rich is one of those unsung heroes whose work might be easy to overlook because everything he touches goes smoothly,” said interim President Larry Feick, who presented the award. “We are so pleased to honor him in this way and to shed a little bit of light on all of the behind-the-scenes work he does in one of the most visible buildings on our campus.”
Kahle’s supervisor, Athletic Director Bret Butler, nominated him for the award. Kahle handles not only the details of setting up, running and tearing down athletic events in the Sport and Fitness Center, but also commencement, admissions programs, summer camps, Midnight Madness, Big 30 events, and non-university programs such as the annual Senior Expo and the recent veterans benefits fair.
Additionally, he does the same for events held at the Kessel Athletic Complex and for numerous fun runs, trail walks or tailgate events that happen at the university, including several statewide Little League tournaments.
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