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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 Center and Medical University.  Employees received a $50 gift certificate to either Citadel or Northwoods mall. The AREA award recipients are:    Vernell Threat, Public Safety. Threat helped a patient stranded in Rutledge Tower with no transportation home. Threat called for a taxi, but discovered the patient had no money. Threat helped pay for the cab ride home with his own money.  Kathy Brown, Accounts Payable: Brown goes out of her way to find and copy checks. She is an asset to Accounts Payable. Roger Jennings, Public Safety: Jennings changed a tire for two young women. The tire went flat in the middle of Calhoun Street at the height of rush hour.  He risked his own personal safety.  Ashley Foster, Public Safety: Foster inspected and repaired a tire for an employee.  Peter Kobes, College of Dental Medicine: Since September 1998, Kobes has donated platelets through the American Red Cross Platelet Center at MUSC 24 times. each donation takes approximately two hours and helps improve platelet transfusions for cancer and leukemia patients. Eddie Polk, Physical Plant: Polk found a fork lift to come and remove equipment from a semi-truck. Polk stopped what he was doing to assist the removal when the truck driver announced that it was MUSC's problem to unload the item, not his. Stephen Giallombardo, Public Safety: On Dec. 4, 1998, Giallombardo was patrolling 18 Bee Street when he spotted a suspect’s feet through an open window. Due to his quick reaction the suspect was apprehended and arrested as he attempted to leave the building. Herbert Lafayette, Parking Management: Lafayette was very kind and helpful in going out of his way to a visitor who was in distress with a dental emergency.  Mary Anne Smith, Enrollment Services: Smith answered calls from students who needed help finding their final grades and registration appointment times on the web site. Her patience and diplomacy are outstanding and exceptionally noteworthy. Bill Stillway, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Stillway volunteers his time to teach between 50 -100 MUSC students, staff and faculty dance lessons Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the Harper Student Center. Lora Fields, Nuclear Medicine: Fields went out of her way to help transport a study patient to an outpatient appointment.