Darla Dao Administrative Program Specialist A		Office: 116 ChE Building Telephone:  225.578.3052 E-mail:  darla@lsu.edu

Darla Dao, ChE Administrative Program Specialist, was awarded the 2007 Outstanding Administrative Support Staff Award. An employee of the CoE for 21 years, she has worked in her current position for the past 13 years. Her job description includes overseeing daily operations of the office, managing all ChE Department accounts, and assisting visitors, students, and employees with any problems or questions.

A nominator stated, “Ms. Dao has demonstrated superior work performance in contributing to the achievement of Departmental and University goals by providing consistent and reliable support to the chairman, 15 full-time professors, 4 instructors, 52 graduate students and more than 300 undergraduate students. Ms. Dao continually demonstrates her willingness to do more than her assigned duties. For example, on more than one occasion she has taken the time to instruct faculty on how to use the Office of Purchasing new on-line requisition system as well as the Office of Sponsored Programs new on-line proposal routing system. It is one of many things she does, on her own accord, to support the faculty and staff of the Department.”