{"id":145796,"date":"2026-07-30T12:13:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T16:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=145796"},"modified":"2026-07-30T14:12:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T18:12:36","slug":"jon-asgeirsson-named-distinguished-staff-of-the-month-for-august","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/news-events\/articles\/2026\/jon-asgeirsson-named-distinguished-staff-of-the-month-for-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Asgeirsson Named Distinguished Staff of the Month for August"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Awards &amp; Honors<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <strong>Jon Asgeirsson Named Distinguished Staff of the Month<\/strong> <strong>for August<\/strong> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar js-block-editorial-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">July 30, 2026<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2026\/07\/JonAsgeirsson-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Man wearing blue shirt standing with arms folded\" class=\"wp-image-145809\" width=\"198\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/07\/JonAsgeirsson-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/07\/JonAsgeirsson-509x636.jpg 509w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/07\/JonAsgeirsson-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/07\/JonAsgeirsson-1229x1536.jpg 1229w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/07\/JonAsgeirsson-1638x2048.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/07\/JonAsgeirsson-288x360.jpg 288w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/07\/JonAsgeirsson-410x512.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/07\/JonAsgeirsson-576x720.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2026\/07\/JonAsgeirsson-800x1000.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The Dean\u2019s Office is pleased to announce that Jon Asgeirsson has been named Distinguished Staff of the Month for August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jon is an instructional technology support specialist II for BUMC IT\/Educational Media. He joined our community in March 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His nominators say, \u201cJon is the first to make sure everything is running smoothly \u2013 not only in the room, but outside of meeting hours by coordinating with course directors, deans and other support staff and faculty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe constantly tries to find new and innovative ways to make the technology work for the course needs and is always ready to tackle anything that comes up with a smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJon quite simply is a joy to have around. He&#8217;s an exceptional employee and a trusted colleague.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Congratulations!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/StaffOTM-logo.png\" alt=\"two concentric circles, red reads Chobanian &amp; Avedisian SOM inside white circle reads distinguished staff\" class=\"wp-image-133803\" width=\"251\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/StaffOTM-logo.png 499w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/StaffOTM-logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/StaffOTM-logo-361x360.png 361w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/StaffOTM-logo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/files\/2025\/05\/StaffOTM-logo-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dean\u2019s Office is pleased to announce that Jon Asgeirsson has been named Distinguished Staff of the Month for August. Jon is an instructional technology support specialist II for BUMC IT\/Educational Media. He joined our community in March 2022. His nominators say, \u201cJon is the first to make sure everything is running smoothly \u2013 not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":903,"featured_media":133803,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"Awards & Honors","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"tags":[356],"bu-publication":[367],"medicine-article-category":[],"medicine-topic":[],"news-article-category":[378],"news-topic":[],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/145796"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/903"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145796"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/145796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145872,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/145796\/revisions\/145872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145796"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=145796"},{"taxonomy":"medicine-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/medicine-article-category?post=145796"},{"taxonomy":"medicine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/medicine-topic?post=145796"},{"taxonomy":"news-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-article-category?post=145796"},{"taxonomy":"news-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-topic?post=145796"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=145796"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/camed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=145796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}