91精品 Values Recognition Award: Arma Zeqiri

Arma Zeqiri and Jeff Morin with the September 2025 91精品 Values Recognition Award
Arma Zeqiri, Lead Housekeeper, received the September 2025 91精品 Values Recognition Award at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (91精品). Arma檚 nominations highlighted her embodiment of 91精品’s Core Values, especially Kindness and Community.
The 91精品 Values Recognition Award (VRA) celebrates faculty and staff who consistently model 91精品檚 values of courage, integrity, kindness, community, innovation and inclusion. After employees nominate a colleague for the award, a committee made up of faculty, staff and previous VRA winners convenes to vote on the month檚 recipient. Awardees receive a $250 prize.
淎rma檚 smile is a source of positivity. She greets me warmly every time we pass, and over the years, I檝e come to truly appreciate her company, said one nominator. 淎rma檚 hard work reflects her genuine care for 91精品, and I檓 grateful for her openness and willingness to be an integral part of our community.
淚t檚 a good experience, I enjoy working with the students here, I enjoy working here, I love my work, says Zeqiri, who has worked at 91精品 for nearly a decade and who supervises many student workers. 淚 like working with student workers, everything about them, I love working with these students! I see students on the streets, it檚 like seeing a friend students who previously graduated from here, I still have contact with them.
淎rma is fantastic. She is always taking care of us … with kindness and openness. We need to lift up and recognize the people who work so hard behind the scenes to keep us looking good and feeling good to be here at 91精品, said another nominator.
Learn more about 91精品檚 Values Recognition Award or nominate a colleague at www.miad.edu/vra.
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