October 03, 2013
Employees honored for service, commitment
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southern Illinois University Carbondale Chancellor Rita Cheng recognized 354 employees for their service to the university in a ceremony and reception at the Student Center on Oct. 2.
The event recognized with 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 45 years of service to SIU Carbondale. The employees have a combined total of 5,935 years of service to the University. Eighty employees who retired also received recognition during the ceremony and reception.
The following employees listed by hometowns and years of service received recognition.
ILLINOIS
Alto Pass
15 years: Edward Jay Heist, Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center; Paula Sue Keith, Office of the President, SIU President’s Office; Russell Dee Orsburn, Physical Plant Service.
Anna
10 years: Xiaoxin Wang Beardsley, Finance.
15 years: Cynthia Ann Casper, Student Health Services; Brenda K. Keller, Enrollment Management; John Philip Ligon, ASA Aviation Management and Flight.
20 years: Imogene Ann Wright, Campus Mail Service.
30 years: Laurie E. Minniti, Recreational Sports and Services.
Ava
15 years: Shane Ray Moore, Physical Plant Service; Sharon Norris Moore, Finance; Tonia Dee Purcell, Recreational Sports and Services.
Benton
10 years: Beth Ann Mosley, Curriculum and Instruction.
15 years: Julie Kristen Davis, ASA School of Allied Health.
20 years: Richard W. Cole, Jr., Plant Biology.
Buffalo Grove
10 years: Jennifer Anne Jacobs, Curriculum and Instruction.
Buncombe
15 years: Monica Lyn Russell, Economics.
Cairo
10 years: Don E. Patton, MEDPREP/Medical Education Preparatory-School of Medicine, Carbondale.
Cambria
15 years: Christopher Alan Pearson, College of Engineering.
Carbondale
10 years: Angela Genise Anderson, Physical Plant Service; Ken Brian Anderson, Geology; Karen S. Baertsch, Linguistics; Andrew K. Balkansky, Anthropology; Zsolt Leslie Becsi, Economics; Sukesh Ranjan Bhaumik, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Michael Duwain Brazley, ASA School of Architecture; Mark S. Byrd, Physics; Elizabeth Ann Chester, General Counsel and Legal Affairs-SIU University-wide Services. Kathy M. Dollins, ASA School of Allied Health; Janet B. Douglas, University Communications; Ahmad Fakhoury, Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems; Thomas Bruce Flick, University Housing; Kimberly A. Gray, Kinesiology; Reza Habib, Psychology; Ryan M. Hagler, Physical Plant Service; Justin Michael Harrell, Physical Plant Service; Bryan Todd Harrison, ASA Management and Flight; Tina Lynne Horvath, University Housing; Susan Marla Howell, Library Affairs; James Thomas Kidd, Theater; Eric Lenz, School of Music; Melissa A. Mackey, School of Music; James Allen Mathias, Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes; Jamison R. Moore, Physical Plant Service; Tonny J. Oyana, Geography and Environmental Resources; Seburn Levoy Pense, Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems, Mark Schultz, School of Law; Amanda Jane Sutton, Undergraduate Admissions; Jennifer Leigh Sykes, Curriculum and Instruction; Ha-Yee Teska, Office of Distance Education and Off-Campus Programs; Gail A. Thomas, School of Law; Luke Tolley, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Colleen A. Torphy, ASA School of Allied Health; Edward C. Workman Jr., ASA School of Information Systems and Applied Technologies; Jian Xiong, Library Affairs; Andrew Youpa, Philosophy; Chunhau Zhao, Intercollegiate Athletics.
15 years: Lori Renee Amerman, Office of Economic and Regional Development; Cheryl L. Anderson, School of Law; David John Anthony, English; Jo Ann E. Argersinger, History; Peter H. Argersinger, History; Nilanjana R. Bardhan, Speech Communication; Matthew C. Baughman, Office of the Chancellor; Doris Bell, Head Start Agency; Antony Sean Bittle, Library Affairs; David R. Bond, Library Affairs; Deborah L. Burris, Office of Teacher Education; Jerry Eugene Bush, School of Journalism; Andrew D. Carver, Forestry; Rosalba Correa, Workforce Education and Development; Laura Lee Dreuth, School of Social Work; Karen Frailey, Plant Biology; Leonard K. Gadzekpo, Africana Studies; Tina J. Gerecke, Saluki First Year Experience; Kathleen Cecilia Ginther, School of Music; Carma Ryanne Gorman, School of Art and Design; David M. Johnson, Foreign Languages and Literatures; Elaine T. Jurkowski, School of Social Work; Steve James Karau, Management; Sanjeev Kumar, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Mary Jo Landt, Curriculum and Instruction; Donna M. Margolis, Accountancy; Tobias Lane Merriman, College of Liberal Arts; Marcus Dean Odom, Accountancy; Rebecca Jaye Pittman, Office of Economic and Regional Development; Rachel Sue Price, Information Technology; Marsha G. Ryan, School of Law; Kusum Sharma, AIS Office; Mary E. Tyler, Students Rights and Responsibilities; Stuart Alan Walters, Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems; Gregory Wendt, Center for Teaching Excellence; Jonathan S. Wiesen, History.
20 years: Catherine Caldwell, Center for English as a Second Language; Michael W. Collard, Physiology-School of Medicine, Carbondale; Patricia E. Cripps, School of Law; Timothy J. Fink, School of Music; Douglas P. Flummer, Information Technology; Laura H. Germann, Geography and Environmental Resources; John L. Graig, Physical Plant Service; Daphne L. Grigsby, Rainbow’s End; Larry A. Hickman, Center for Dewey Studies; Paul Hinze, Recreational Sports and Services; Anna Jackson, English; Karla J. Johnson, Bursar; Dimitrios H. Karayiannis, Foreign Languages and Literatures; Veronique C. Maisier, Foreign Languages and Literatures; Scott James McEathron, English; Joyce L. Metcalf, Library Affairs; Bonnie L. Miller, School of Law; Erin Lee Palmer, School of Art and Design; Marcella A. Pleasure, Physics; Philip G. Reed, University Housing; Gerald Kent Richards, Information Technology; Gregory Alan Scott; SIU Foundation Carbondale; Linda McCabe Smith, Associate Chancellor-Diversity; Gary Dean Tisdale, Recreational Sports and Services.
25 years: Michael B. Behrmann, ASA Automotive Technology; Paul A. Bennett, Student Health Services; Sabra F. Borger, Student Health Services; Donald E. Castle, Student Center; Thomas Connelley, Student Center; Carl Raymond Flowers, Rehabilitation Institute; Sylvia Ann Frazier, Curriculum and Instruction; Bidyut Gupta, Computer Science; Michael Haywood, College of Business; Christi Lynn Ketzner, ASA Aviation Management and Flight; Lynette L. Knowles, Marketing; Christopher L. Lant, Geography and Environmental Resources; Lisa J. McClure, English; Lori Merrill-Fink, University Honors Program; Donna K. Mueller, Microbiology; Michael Mueller, Student Center; Mary B. Nemetsky, College of Applied Sciences and Arts; Nancy Peck, Project 12 Ways; Sara Long Roth, Animal Science Food and Nutrition; Sandra Lee Shea, Family and Community Medicine/Carbondale-School of Medicine, Springfield; Bobby Leo Smith, Physical Plant Service; Monica J. Tichenor, Broadcasting Service; Michael Wainer, Computer Science.
30 years: Jeffrey R. Beaulieu, Agribusiness Economics; Clarence L. Boykins, Information Technology; Agnes H. Goh, Information Technology; Thomas M. Mitchell, Economics; Subhash C. Sharma, Economics; Frank L. Stemper, School of Music; Rosanne M. Szekely, ASA School of Allied Health; Leigh A. Tiebout, ASA School of Allied Health; Cheryl D. Walton, Curriculum and Instruction; Mehdi R. Zargham, Computer Science.
35 years: Carolin M. Harvey, Registrar’s Office; John H. Summey, Marketing.
45 years: Richard F. Bortz, Workforce Education and Development.
Carterville
10 years: Brent M. Bany, Physiology-School of Medicine, Carbondale; Jerry G. Childress, Physical Plant Service; Sandra K. Collins, ASA School of Allied Health; Paul Richard Deering, Student Center; Jennifer Lynn Flath, Broadcasting Service; Ruby Della Harris, University Housing; Doreen Stephon Hees, Zoology; Daniel Joel Reedy, University Housing; Holly J. Rick, Human Resources; Peter Andrew Rosenbery, University Communications; Dawn Erin Sisk, Physical Plant Service; Ralph Finley Tate, ASA Automotive Technology; Dawn Michele Vagner, University Press.
15 years: Steve L. Jackson, Undergraduate Admissions; Patricia Susan Latch, Human Resources; Melissa J. Marlow, School of Law; Gina R. McCann, Curriculum and Instruction; Stacy Lynn Peach, Human Resources; Deborah Lynne Stroud, Information Technology; Linda Kaye Venegoni, Head Start Agency.
20 years: Connie J. Baker, School of Social Work; Kyle Lee Lake, Recreational Sports and Services; John Mann, University Communications; Diane M. McClain-Inman, School of Art and Design; Lynn A. Westra, College of Business.
25 years: Barbara E. Bogard, SIU Foundation Carbondale; LaVon Donley-Cornett, College of Mass Communication and Media Arts; John Eric Massie, Student Health Services; Carol A. Reynolds, College of Education and Human Services; Sonjie Ann Schwartz, Office of Sponsored Projects Administration; Warren Lee Snider, Information Technology; Toni Gale Vagner, Financial Aid Office.
Christopher
10 years: William Samuel Rose, Information Technology.
20 years: Sylvia Jacqueline Vercillo, ASA Aviation Technologies.
Cobden
10 years: Edwin W. Vogler III, Kinesiology.
15 years: Mary Kathleen Anderson, Head Start Agency; Richard Alan Black, Geology; Alethea Renee England, Information Systems/Carbondale-School of Medicine, Carbondale; Kimberly Gail Prater, Workforce Education and Development; Jennifer Marie Stillman, Bursar; Gayla Marie Stoner, Office of Distance Education and Off-Campus Programs.
20 years: Carroll Glen Walker, Center for Teaching Excellence.
Coulterville
15 years: Randy Bruce Lowe, Physical Plant Service.
Creal Springs
15 years: Patti L. Cludray, Forestry; Charlie W. Cox, Accounting Services; Hollie Jo Pulley, Head Start Agency.
De Soto
10 years: Allison Rae Sutphin, Medical Library/MRC-Carbondale-School of Medicine, Carbondale; Terry L. Vinyard, SIU Foundation Carbondale.
15 years: Kenneth G. Howard, Physical Plant Service; Craig Jackson, University Housing; Brian Lee Skouby, Information Technology.
20 years: Thomas Dale Hexamer, Radio, Television, and Digital Media.
30 years: Rhonda Lynn Hooper, Institutional Research and Studies.
Du Quoin
10 years: John Rex Duncan, Office of Economic and Regional Development; David S. O’Rourke, Physical Plant Service.
15 years: Tamara Lynn Carson, Vice President for Financial & Administrative Affairs-SIU University-wide Services; Ella Isabelle Ginn, Procurement Services; Russell E. Klein, Student Health Services; Victoria J. Macaluso, Center for International Education; Christina Marie Rowell, Budget Office; Elizabeth Ann Thompson, Transfer Student Services; Diana Lynn Tilley, University Housing; Clarence E. White, Student Center.
20 years: Christine A. Barker, SIU Foundation Carbondale; Robyn Laur Russell, Office of Economic and Regional Development.
Eldorado
10 years: Kitty Yvonne Martin, Rehabilitation Institute.
Elkville
15 years: Melissa Ann May, ASA Aviation Management and Flight.
Ewing
10 years: Vicky Ann Pearce, Curriculum and Instruction.
Freeman Spur
10 years: Patti J. Deskines, Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems.
Galatia
10 years: Harrold Gano Gurley, Mining and Mineral Resources Engineering.
Herrin
10 years: Lisa C. Caringer, Disability Support Services; Terry Eugene Jones, University Housing; Elizabeth Michelle Spezia, Broadcasting Service; Shawn William Virden, Physical Plant Service.
15 years: Tammera Lynn Baumgarte, Travel Service; Patricia Lynn Bird, Student Health Services; Kevin Sylwester, Economics.
20 years: Sarah Elizabeth Newlin, Family and Community Medicine/Carbondale-School of Medicine, Springfield.
25 years: Russell A. Chiaventone, Information Technology; Karla Jean Rankin, Undergraduate Admissions; Lori J. Robinson, University Housing.
Hurst
15 years: Danny J. Watts, College of Education and Human Services.
Johnston City
25 years: Jane Ann Meuth, Center for English as a Second Language.
Joliet
25 years: Edward G. Pultorak Jr., Curriculum and Instruction.
Jonesboro
10 years: Jennifer Dawn Nadeau, Broadcasting Service.
25 years: John Cress McHugh’s, ASA Aviation Management and Flight.
Macedonia
10 years: Donald Gene Biller, Head Start Agency.
Makanda
10 years: Deborah A. Bruns, Educational Psychology and Special Education; William R. Bruns III, Student Center; Darcie Hastings, Animal Science Food and Nutrition; Steven M. Kappel, Physical Plant Service; Girmaye Mehari Misgna, Graduate School; Peter Eric Rowan, Information Technology.
15 years: Craig S. Gingrich-Philbrook, Speech Communication; Daniel J. Richardson, SIU Foundation Carbondale; Tina M. Shingleton, Alumni Services.
20 years: Bhaskar Bhattacharya, Mathematics; Teresa J. Braswell, Department of Public Safety; Shari H. Garnett, College of Business.
25 years: Randall J. Greer, Information Technology; Joseph L. Matthews, Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems; Ronald A. Naversen, Theater.
30 years: Barbara Agnieszka Szary, MEDPREP/Medical Education Preparatory-School of Medicine, Carbondale.
35 years: David G. King, Anatomy-School of Medicine, Carbondale.
Marion
10 years: Elizabeth Ann Hunter, University Communications; Janis R. Marchal, Microbiology; Scott Dee Sprague, Physical Plant Service; Duane Stucky, Vice President for Financial and Administrative Affairs-University-wide Services; David Earl Whitsell, University Housing.
15 years: Mary L. Bogumil, English; Mary Louise Bratzel, SIU Foundation Carbondale; Sheila Marie Dingrando, Rehabilitation Institute; Bonnie Collier Ebelhar, Institutional Research and Studies; Diane Fritcher, Mathematics; David Lynn Johns, Physical Plant Service; Steven J. Lazorchak, Physical Plant Service; Michael R. Molino, English; Chad Clayton Waters, ASA School of Allied Health.
20 years: Tracy Ann Bennett, Human Resources.
25 years: Becky S. Phillips, Student Health Services.
Mascoutah
15 years: Ronald M. Baechle, University Farms.
McLeansboro
10 years: Angela Dawn Darnell, Curriculum and Instruction; Kelly J. Garrett, Physical Plant Service.
Murphysboro
10 years: Loretta Battaglia, Plant Biology; Cade Bursell, Cinema and Photography; Robert Stephen Easton, ASA Aviation Management and Flight; William J. Fiedler III, Library Affairs; Ann R. Fischer, Psychology; Qingfeng Ge, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Barbara Ann Jones, Student Affairs-School of Medicine, Carbondale; Mandy L. King, Physiology-School of Medicine, Carbondale; Cynthia Shea Massey, SIU Foundation Carbondale; Diana Jean Murphy, Curriculum and Instruction; Benjamin F. Rodriquez II, Psychology; Charlene L. Summers, Student Center; Charlotte Marie Terry, University Housing.
15 years: Gary Allen Apgar, Animal Science Food and Nutrition; Kathy Good Chonez, Foreign Languages and Literatures; Elizabeth A. Clover, Financial Aid Office; Bradley Shawn Cowley, Physical Plant Service; Mary Elizabeth Dowdy, Transfer Student Services; William L. Drone, Physical Plant Service; Scotty Sean Dunning, Student Life and Intercultural Relations; Magdalen Sue Hawthorne, Student Life and Intercultural Relations; Laura Lynn Klump, Curriculum and Instruction; Beverly Joyce Love, Radio, Television, and Digital Media; John William Nicklow, Office of Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs; John Robert Quigley, Physical Plant Service; Steven Michael Rogers, Students’ Legal Assistance; Roseann Romero, Curriculum and Instruction; Ian Michael Ruark, Rehabilitation Institute; Roger M. Suski, Broadcasting Service; Linda D. Wright, SIU Foundation Carbondale; Bryan Gerald Young, Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems; Steven T. Zak, Office of the President-SIU President’s Office.
20 years: Jana J. Bateman, Student Health Services; Georgia Anne Beasley, Information Technology; Kevin G. Ebersohl, Physical Plant Service; Michelle Lynn Hines, Plant and Service Operations; Kimberly A. James, Student Health Services; Myra Jean Tucker, Curriculum and Instruction; Tomas Velasco, Technology; Lori A. Williams, College of Engineering; Janie Wright, AIS Office.
25 years: Donna J C Brantley, Bursar; Jan Elizabeth Hamilton, Graduate School; David Lee Jaynes, ASA Aviation Management and Flight; Maurice J. McCann, Finance; Gerald C. Ripley; Lois Elaine Thompson, Procurement Services.
30 years: Bruce A. Devantier, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Sandra L. McRoy, Workforce Education and Development; Laura J. Sims, Speech Communications; Peggy Ann Wilken, Health Education and Recreation.
35 years: Brian P. Klubek, Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems.
Orient
10 years: Sarah J. Robey, School of Law Library.
Pinckneyville
15 years: Steven Charles Ginn, Student Center.
25 years: Jerald John Bruns, Physical Plant Service; Mary Ann Jausel, Technology Off-Campus Degree Programs.
Pittsburg
15 years: Sean Timothy McDonald, Physical Plant Service.
Rosiclare
10 years: Michael Cubley, Undergraduate Admissions.
Royalton
10 years: Phillisa Ellen Tyner, Traffic and Parking.
20 years: Karen Elaine Moskoff, Student Health Services.
35 years: Barbara K. Patterson, Exploratory Students.
Springfield
10 years: Linda Renee Baker, Paul Simon Public Policy Institute; Cynthia D. Weiskopf, General Counsel and Legal Affairs-SIU University-wide Services;
Tamaroa
20 years: Catherine J. Yeager, Human Resources.
Tamms
10 years: Amelia K. Vick, Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems.
Thompsonville
10 years: Linda Marie Eaton, Curriculum and Instruction.
20 years: Michele L. Clem, Curriculum and Instruction.
Tunnel Hill
20 years: Shawn Renee Johns, Accounting Services.
Vergennes
20 years: Judy Lyn Jones, Plant and Service Operations.
West Frankfort
10 years: Cassandra Jill Laswell, Curriculum and Instruction.
15 years: Debra Ann Martin, Physical Plant Service; Susan Ann Williams, School of Law.
25 years: Dawn M. Moake, SIU Foundation Carbondale.
Whittington
10 years: Stephanie Lee Jones, Curriculum and Instruction.
CALIFORNIA
Menifee
10 years: Douglas Dean Owens, Workforce Education and Development.
DELAWARE
Dover
20 years: Michael F. Costello, Technology Off-Campus Degree Programs.
INDIANA
West Lafayette
10 years: Peter J. Fadde, Curriculum and Instruction.
MISSOURI
St. Louis
25 years: Jan Irene Roddy, College of Mass Communication and Media Arts.