UH Hilo Chancellor’s Awards
Chancellor’s Award Winner
Erlinda Walker
Clerk Typist Erlinda Walker received the Outstanding University Support Staff Award for her work in the financial aid office.
Her primary responsibility is the administration of all student financial aid programs. Over the past six years, her workload has dramatically increased as the value of student loans processed each year soared from $3 million to $16 million.
She has also been credited with saving students more than $306,000 in loan fees by expediting the processing of loans. She has worked with graduating students to slash the university’s institutional student default rate, which has fallen from 7.9 percent in 2003 to 3.2 percent in 2009.
The Chancellor’s Awards honor outstanding service by UH Hilo employees.
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