Outstanding Staff Award
Evelyn Goldman awarded 2026 Edmund A. Hajim Outstanding Staff Award
Evelyn Goldman, the assistant chair for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is receiving the 2026 Edmund A. Hajim Outstanding Staff Award for her selfless leadership, integrity, and tireless dedication.
“Evelyn is the operational backbone of the ECE department,” says Department Chair Marvin Doyley. “She manages department operations with exceptional competence, supports faculty and staff across a wide range of needs, and consistently goes above and beyond to make our department shine.”
Goldman joined the department during turbulent times at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and as the department transitioned chairs. Associate Professor of Instruction Michael Heilemann noted that Goldman “was a rock throughout the rapidly changing ecosystem and had a strong grasp on all new procedures. As a faculty member, this gave me the confidence to know I was following the University policies correctly.”
That composure during times of change is serving the department well once again as she helps to prepare incoming chair Professor Selçuk Köse for the role. “I have worked closely with Evelyn over the past several months during my transition into this role,” says Köse. “Her contributions during this period have been indispensable, and they reflect exactly the kind of excellence and dedication this award is meant to recognize.”
Distinguished Professor Mark Bocko, who worked with Goldman early as chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and as director of the Audio and Music Engineering program, echoes others’ comments about her unwavering willingness to help.
“Evelyn’s contributions are often the kind that make everything else possible,” says Bocko. “She keeps complex operations moving smoothly, solves problems before they grow, and does so with grace and good humor. Her work has had an enormous positive impact on ECE and on the Audio and Music Engineering program, and I know many others would say the same.”