Donna M. Lamp is a recipient of the 2016 Staff Excellence Award. Lamp began working at UAH in 2009, as Staff Assistant in Communication Arts (CA) and World Languages and Cultures (WLC - formerly Foreign Languages and Literatures ) in the College of Arts Humanities, and Social Sciences (formerly College of Liberal Arts). At the time, both academic divisions were combined into one large department. Two years later, CA and WLC were divided into two departments and Lamp remained as staff assistant for both areas.