Linguistics Department Manager wins Outstanding Staff Award

Tanya Honig, Linguistics Department manager, has been selected as the 2009-10 UCSC Alumni Association and Staff Advisory Board Outstanding Staff Award recipient.

Honig has worked at UCSC for more than 35 years and has supported the Linguistics Department for a quarter century. One student said of Tanya, "... [she] is the glue that bonds faculty, graduate students, and undergrads into a cohesive and thriving unified department." Former dean of humanities and chair of linguistics, Professor Jorge Hankamer, wrote, "Tanya has been a major force in making our department what it is--one of the very best linguistics departments in the world." MORE