Rebecca Rooney

Faculty Affairs Coordinator
Office of the Provost and Dean

First UTSW job: Administrative Staff Assistant IV, Office of the President

Best part about my job: Interacting with people from all over campus.

What energizes me at work: Being part of a team working together to solve problems.

Recipe for success: Paying attention to detail, working hard, and being dedicated and flexible.

Best UTSW memories: Singing “God Bless America” during the seventh-inning stretch on UT Southwestern Spirit Night at the Grand Prairie AirHogs baseball game. Also memorable was hearing Stephen Hawking speak in the Tom and Lula Gooch Auditorium.

I’m really good at: Taking something complicated, breaking it down, and putting it into terms that are easier to understand.

Hobby or passion: Anything that involves creativity – music, theater, art, photography, etc.

Surprising fact: In addition to working at UTSW, I was a children’s choir director for 28 years.

Final note: When I first started at UTSW, I helped with the Employee Recognition Program. This included requesting information from honorees for Center Times and arranging the Quarter Century Club luncheon. Twenty-five years later, here I am on the other side of it.