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University employees receive AREA awards for job well done  AREA (Accountability, Respect, Excellence Applause) awards were given to employees who have gone above and beyond their job description and have demonstrated actions exemplary to the mission, visions and values of the Medical University. Employees received a $50 gift certificate to either Citadel or Northwoods mall. The AREA award recipients are:  Thomas Branton Jr., and Herbert Franklin, University Housekeeping: Branton and Franklin assisted in aiding a man running to the Parking Garage II booth who was bleeding badly from a bottle cut to his neck and chest. Meredith Lyons-Crews, Psychiatry: On her time off, Lyons-Crew assisted a patient and her mother in dealing with a potentially harmful and difficult situation, which resulted in a positive outcome. Sophie Robert, Pharm.D., Community Pharmacy Practice: Robert came to 8 East to ensure that a patient transferring to the Institute of Psychiatry received their medications. Also, since the patient was transferred around dinnertime, Robert took  dinner to the patient to make sure they were not missed. Kristi Woods, Pediatrics: Woods took extended time explaining in detail about a patient’s illness to his mother. She even brought personal books from home to better explain the illness.