Six MSU employees received 2011 Donald Zacharias Distinguished Staff Awards during annual Staff Appreciation Day activities Friday. They include (from left) Joy Odom, administrative assistant, Department of Agricultural Economics; William "Bill" Hamrick, extension associate II, Wildlife and Fisheries Department; Sherry Fisackerly,administrative assistant, School of Human Sciences; Sandy Williamson, fiscal officer, Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development; Straton "Strat" Karatassos, associate athletic director for development, MSU Bulldog Club; and, not pictured, Nicole Ivancic, office associate, Department of Computer Science and Engineering. They were congratulated by MSU president emeritus Donald Zacharias, seated, the awards' namesake; and MSU President Mark E. Keenum, far right. Staff Appreciation Day is sponsored by the Professional and Support Staff Advisory Council.