Corps of Engineers recognizes Hudson, Wisconsin, resident

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, selected Hudson, Wisconsin, resident Virginia Gnabasik as one of its three Civil Servants of the Year for 2016.

The St. Paul District presents this award annually to the top three or four employees of its nearly 600-person staff. Gnabasik, who's worked for the Corps of Engineers for more than 32 years, is an archaeologist at the district’s headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota.  

Gnabasik received her award in recognition of being an unsung hero. She was presented with her award at the 39th Annual Minnesota Federal Civil Servant of the Year Awards in Bloomington, Minnesota, at the Double Tree Hotel May 5.  

The nearly 600 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, employees working at more than 40 sites in five upper-Midwest states serve the American public in the areas of environmental enhancement, navigation, flood damage reduction, water and wetlands regulation, recreation sites and disaster response. Through the Corps’ Fiscal Year 2015 $100 million budget, nearly 1,600 non-Corps jobs were added to the regional economy as well as $155 million to the national economy. For more information, see www.mvp.usace.army.mil.