November 28, 2016

Employees will be honored for service, commitment

by Pete Rosenbery

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Southern Illinois University Carbondale Interim Chancellor Brad Colwell will recognize 358 employees for their service to the university in a ceremony and reception Friday, Dec. 2, in Student Center Ballroom D. 

The ceremony begins at 8:30 a.m. Registration starts at 8 a.m. in the John W. Corker Lounge. 

The event will honor employees with 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and 55 years of service to SIU Carbondale. The employees have a combined total of 6,195 years of service to the university. Four employees have 40 years of service and one has 55 years of service. 

The following employees, listed by hometowns and years of service, will be honored. 

ILLINOIS

Alto Pass

10 years: Myron Curtis Albers, University Farms and Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems. 

Anna

10 years: Diane Renee McIntyre, University Housing. 

15 years: Angela Kay Johnson, University Core Curriculum; Barbara Helen Smith, School of Law; Troy Lynn Wiseman, Information Technology. 

Ava

10 years: Linda Kay King, Office of Sponsored Projects Administration; Ann M. Little, University Housing. 

15 years: Richard McGriff, Physical Plant Service; Lea Jessica Jasmine Winters, ASA School of Architecture. 

20 years: Jeffrey D. Walker, Physical Plant Service. 

Belknap

20 years: Clarissa June Terbrak, Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.

Benton

10 years: Jon Chris Kraft, Chemistry and Biochemistry. 

30 years: Margaret Susan Lay, Office of Economic and Regional Development. 

Campbell Hill

10 years: Christina Lee Lawrence, SIU Extended Campus. 

15 years: Douglas E. Chapman, Physical Plant Service. 

20 years: Cheryl A. Bauersachs, Bursar. 

Carbondale

10 years: Mavis Tandoh Adjei, Marketing; Ira Jacob Altman, Agribusiness Economics; Rebecca Lynn Atkinson, Animal Science, Food, and Nutrition; Roberto Everardo Barrios, Anthropology; Nancy J. Beasley, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Kelly Sue Bender, Microbiology; Elery Michael Bendler, Student Center; Pinkney A. Benedict, English; Stephen Rhyne Bloom, Political Science; Ras Michael Lawrence Brown, History; Patricia Ann Chalmers, School of Art and Design; Holly C. Cormier, Clinical Center; Jason D. Crabb, Travel Service; Gwyn C. Crawshaw, University Housing; Judith K. Davie, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology-School of Medicine, Carbondale; Donald Ray Dinkins, University Housing; John Brian Matthew Geisler, Plant Biology; Kimberly J. Goforth, New Student Programs; Judith Ann Green, Educational Administration and Higher Education; Renada D. Greer, Student Support Services; Kathryn M. Griffith, Printing and Duplicating Service; Henry H. Hexmoor, Computer Science; Chester Hood, Undergraduate Admissions; Rodger P. Ivy, Department of Public Safety; Vicki L. Kreher, School of Journalism; Wago Lee Kreider, Radio, Television, and Digital Media; Sandra L. Lanzi, Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs; Michael E. May, Counseling, Quantitative Methods, and Special Education; Abigail Elizabeth Moberly, Head Start Agency; Kenneth Mulligan, Political Science; Tracey Lee Neeley, University Housing; Susan G. Patrick Benson, Theater; Walter D. Ray, Library Affairs; Ulrich Helmut Reichard, Anthropology; Douglas Scott Sanders, Kinesiology; Justin T. Schoof, Geography and Environmental Resources; Rhetta M. Seymour, Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities; Leonardo E. Silbert, Physics; Jennifer Lynn Smith, Languages, Cultures, and International Trade; Andrea Renee Steen, University Communications and Marketing; Terry L. Tefft, Library Affairs; Deborah V. Tudor, College of Mass Communication and Media Arts; Gray H. Whaley, History; Rachel Bridges Whaley, Sociology; Hale Yilmaz, History. 

15 years: Aaron Lee Boaz, Information Technology; George E. Boulukos, English; John Howard Carter, Library Affairs; Kenneth W. Culton, School of Social Work; Anne Fletcher, Theater; Joseph Tobin Grant, Political Science; Daniel Patrick Hillyard, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice; Hope Hines, Head Start Agency; Kamal M. Ibrahim, Zoology; Carol L. Jackson, Associate Chancellor-Diversity; Stephen C. Jones, Procurement Services; Adrian Krupa, ASA Aviation Management and Flight; Jennifer Renee Langin, College of Engineering; Antyne Lester, Project Upward Bound; Joan Marie Looft, Library Affairs; Michael James Lydy, Fisheries and Illinois Aquaculture Center, Zoology; Scott McClurg, Political Science, School of Journalism; Wanki Moon, Agribusiness Economics; Donald Lee Morehead, Jr., Physical Plant Service; Peter Paul Mykytyn, Jr., Management; Jay F. Needham, Radio, Television and Digital Media; Erik David Oberg, Touch of Nature; Peter Patrylo, Physiology-School of Medicine, Carbondale; James W. Phegley, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Angela M. Reinoehl, School of Art and Design; Henri Uwe Schurz, Mathematics; Thomas E. Shea, MEDPREP/Medical Education Preparatory-School of Medicine, Carbondale; Darren E. Sherkat, Sociology; Stephen C. Shih, ASA School of Information Systems and Applied Technologies; Sheila Jeanne Simon, School of Law; Hussein Soliman, School of Social Work; Susan E. Tulis, Library Affairs; Alison Watts, Economics; Roger Monroe Webb, Counseling, Quantitative Methods, and Special Education; Paul D. Welch, Anthropology. 

20 years: Najjar Abdul-Musawwir, School of Art and Design; Lydia A. Arbogast, Physiology-School of Medicine, Carbondale; Jeffrey Armit, ASA Aviation Management and Flight; Nanditha Balasubramanian, SIU Foundation Carbondale; Anne Kathleen Chandler, English; Michele A. Damian, University Housing; Bakul C. Dave, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Peter Filip, Mechanical Engineering and Energy Processes; David Wayne Gilbert, ASA Automotive Technology; Sharon R. Granderson, Library Affairs; Lisa G. Hawkins, ASA Aviation Management and Flight; John Janecek, Associate Chancellor-Diversity; Saliwe Kawewe, School of Social Work; Laura Klosterman Kidd, ASA School of Architecture; John McSorley, Mathematics; Khalid Meksem, Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems; Manoj K. Mohanty, Mining and Mineral Resources Engineering; Kyaw Thet Naing, Family and Community Medicine/Carbondale-School of Medicine, Springfield; Thomas W. Price, College of Liberal Arts; Michael C. Sullivan, Mathematics; JoDelle Williams, School of Music; Bryan Douglas Wise, Records Management; Andrew J. Wood, Plant Biology. 

25 years: James Smith Allen, Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Office of the President-SIU President’s Office; Rolando Bravo, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Philip Brown, School of Music; Edward J. Brunner, English; Shirley M. Castle, Office of Sponsored Projects Administration; Roger Feng-chang Chang, Technology; David T. Cronin, Physical Plant Service; Robert E. Fox, English; Frederick S. Hees, Information Technology; Michael L. Humphries, English; David Scott Kampe, ASA Aviation Management and Flight; Elizabeth Theresa Klaver, English; Carey Krajewski, Zoology; David A. Lightfoot, Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems; Ellenora Beth Lordan, English; Nancy A. Mundschenk, College of Education and Human Services; Rebecca Jane O’Neill, School of Law; Patricia L. Perschbacher, Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance; Candace M. Powell, Family and Community Medicine/Physician Assistant Program-School of Medicine, Carbondale; Edmund Riddle, Information Technology; Herbert Aaron Stearns, Campus Mail Service; Bernadette Marie Summerville, College of Liberal Arts; Barbara Ann Tipton, Physical Plant Service. 

30 years: Naushad Ali, Physics; Gerald E. Churchill, Physical Plant Service; Michael L. Grey, ASA School of Allied Health; Lalit Gupta, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Roy H. Joy, Counseling Center; Aldo D. Migone, Physics; Vijay K. Puri, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Mohammed R. Sayeh, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Gina J. Shiplett, Office of the Chancellor; Michelle J. Suarez, Alumni Services; Rory Lee Walters, Student Health Services. 

35 years: Bryan Kelso Crow, Communication Studies; Jon Davey, ASA School of Architecture; William Eichfeld, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Allan L. Karnes, Accountancy; L. Andersen Lindberg, Office of Economic and Regional Development; Kathleen Pericak-Spector, Mathematics. 

40 years: K. K. Collins, English. 

55 years: Lavida Cruse, Technology Off-Campus Degree Programs. 

Carterville

10 years: Christopher W. Behan, School of Law; Tena M. Bennett, Student Center; Susan Marie Burnam, University Housing; Jaime Ann Clark, Student Health Services; John R. Dorsey, Physical Plant Service; Pamela Sue Hackbart-Dean, Library Affairs; Elyse Michelle Hiller, Financial Aid Office; Akami Y. Marik, School of Law; Kathy L. McCabe, University Housing; Dana L. Roland, Information Technology; Jon Eldredge Schoonover, Forestry; Rebecca Stenhaug, Rainbow’s End; Lola Joy Wilkening, University Press. 

15 years: Walter D. Bogard, Physical Plant Service; Crystal K. Bouhl, University Housing; Greg Bouhl, Office of Economic and Regional Development; Andra S. Collier, Bursar; Renee A. Colombo, Human Resources; Kendall Lee Hollister, Department of Public Safety; Nathan James Lincoln, ASA Aviation Management and Flight; Jennifer Marie Meyer, ASA School of Allied Health; John Michael Pearson, Management; Arun Subramanian, AIS Office; Thomas Robert Weber, Intercollegiate Athletics. 

20 years: Lynn Marie Bittle, Curriculum and Instruction; Charlene A. Burrell, Rehabilitation Institute; Thomas A. Clark, Physical Plant Service; Bruce DeRuntz, Technology; Jeffrey Paul Garner, Center for Teaching Excellence; Cynthia Ann Yoakum Gerlock, ASA Automotive Technology; Frederick John Gill, Physical Plant Service; Lynn T. Gill, Animal Science, Food, and Nutrition; Kyle L. Harfst, Office of Economic and Regional Development; Kimberly Lynn Hawk, SIU Foundation Carbondale; Jason David Phillips, Student Health Services; Dena L. Stogsdill, College of Business; Mark Kent Varns, Theater. 

25 years: Joyce A. Davis, University Housing. 

Christopher

15 years: Karrie A. Sheridan, Curriculum and Instruction. 

25 years: Rebecca Irene Bondi, Anthropology. 

Cobden

10 years: Randy Lee Lange, Plant, Soil, and Agricultural Systems. 

15 years: Christopher M. Wieseman, University Housing. 

20 years: Bret B. Dougherty, Physical Plant Service; Holly Elizabeth Duckworth, Head Start Agency; Reuben A. Hawkins, Physical Plant Service; Mary E. Janello, Office of Sponsored Projects Administration; Gail B. Robinson, College of Science. 

30 years: Ray Edward Houseman, Broadcasting Service. 

Crainville

15 years: Thomas W. Harbert, College of Science. 

Creal Springs

15 years: Neil Francis Saffelder, Physical Plant Service. 

De Soto

10 years: Miles E. Betts, University Housing; Deborah Ann Whitbeck, Rainbow’s End. 

15 years: Gary W. Stearns, Physical Plant Service. 

40 years: David A. NewMyer, ASA Off-Campus Academic Programs. 

Du Quoin

10 years: Richard C. McKinnies, ASA School of Allied Health; Samantha Ann Schmidgall, Financial Aid Office; Michael Gene Smith, Jr., Student Health Services. 

15 years: Cara Marie Alongi, Bursar; Jody Lynn Fred, Undergraduate Admissions; Kymberlee Jill Mills, Library Affairs; Marsha Dawn Morgenstern, ASA Aviation Management and Flight; Stephen Wayne Moss, Information Technology; Robert Kent Phipps, Center for International Education; James Randy Shivley, Physical Plant Service; Joseph Kent Wolfe, Physical Plant Service. 

20 years: Kim Carter, ASA Aviation Management and Flight; Dennis Wayne Hamburger, Physical Plant Service. 

25 years: Kathy L. Krisfaluzy, Financial Aid Office. 

Elkville

10 years: Jeffrey Allen Holmes, Chemistry and Biochemistry; Rhonda Dean Radford, Family and Community Medicine/Carbondale-School of Medicine, Springfield. 

25 years: Cheryl Lynn Russell, Health Education and Recreation. 

Energy

15 years: Brenda Charlene Walker, Student Center. 

Glen Carbon

20 years: Cheryle L. Tucker, University College. 

Goreville

15 years: Phillip W. Greer, School of Journalism. 

20 years: Karen C. Glidewell, University Risk Management-SIU University-wide services; Jeff A. Goelz, Recreational Sports and Services. 

25 years: Christopher Scott Miller, Department of Public Safety. 

Herrin

10 years: Grace Ellen Ritter, College of Liberal Arts; Andrew Ryan Walker, Institutional Research and Studies. 

15 years: Sandra K. Brown, Exploratory Student Advisement; Yavonne R. Field-Bagwell, Internal Auditor-SIU University-wide services; Jen-Kan Kent Hsiao, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Norma J. Mitchell, Office of Sponsored Projects Administration; Joe Barney Restivo, Physical Plant Service; Rae Lee Wolaver, Account Services. 

20 years: Wanda Fay Bush, University Housing; Billie Jo Donas, College of Science; Janna M. Gharbawi, Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs; Sheila Scillufo, Zoology. 

25 years: Jennie M. Absher, Geography and Environmental Resources; Jean Rendleman Miner, Radio, Television, and Digital Media. 

40 years: Diane R. Meierkort, Curriculum and Instruction. 

Jacob

25 years: Diane B. Korando, Linguistics. 

Johnston City

10 years: Nancy Lea Martin, ASA School of Information Systems and Applied Technologies; Kerry Eugene Wall, University Housing. 

15 years: Darin Todd Barham, Workforce Education and Development; Karen Rose Sweiger-Veil, Languages, Cultures, and International Trade. 

20 years: Lisa Marie Lindhorst, College of Engineering. 

Jonesboro

10 years: Sara Susanne Nimmo, Student Health Services. 

Makanda

10 years: Katy Barnett Green, SIU Foundation Carbondale; Elvira A. Muckelroy, SIU Foundation Carbondale; Dashun Xu, Mathematics. 

15 years: Dunren Che, Computer Science; Robin Rheunell Vaughn, Student Health Services; Rebecca A. Yancey, Plant Biology; Taeho Yoh, Kinesiology. 

20 years: J. P. Dunn, Center for Teaching Excellence; Martin A. Hebel, ASA School of Information Systems and Applied Technologies; Susan J. Moberly, Information Technology; Karen Renzaglia, Plant Biology; Jie Zhang Tyrrell, Registrar’s Office. 

30 years: Kathy S. Doan, Center for Rural Health-School of Medicine, Carbondale. 

Marion

10 years: Lorie Lynn Elsasser, University Housing; Rodney S. Emery, SIU Foundation Carbondale; Laura T. Gimmy, Disability Support Services; Mary J. Stark, Department of Public Safety; Lorianne Stettler, Vice Chancellor Student Affairs; Nadine Micheline Wojnarowski, ASA School of Architecture. 

15 years: Beverly Kay Baker, University Housing; Aimee Lynn Dasher, Undergraduate Admissions; Vicky Lynn Dasher, Education and Curriculum-School of Medicine, Carbondale; Geoffrey William Geittmann, Department of Public Safety; Delores June Kerstein, Broadcasting Service; Kim S. Kipping, Workforce Education and Development; Renee Kirschbaum, Curriculum and Instruction; Rachel Diane Richey, College of Business; Ronda L. Williams, Physical Plant Service. 

20 years: Jason Adam Bruce, University Communications and Marketing; Elizabeth Grace Grounds, Curriculum and Instruction; William A. Henson, Physical Plant Service; Marilyn Jane Miller, School of Law Library; Patricia Norris, Africana Studies. 

30 years: Jerry D. Smith, University Risk Management- SIU University-wide services. 

Metropolis

10 years: Sherell Marie Sparks, Rehabilitation Institute. 

Mount Vernon

15 years: Patrick William Dilley, Educational Administration and Higher Education. 

Mulkeytown

10 years: Charles Ray Hanner, University Housing. 

15 years: Kimberly Ann Earl, Curriculum and Instruction. 

Murphysboro

10 years: Kimberly Elisabeth Berger, Disability Support Services; John Lewis Hochheimer, Radio, Television, and Digital Media; Patricia Ann Martens, School of Social Work; John William Miller, University Farms; Laura Morthland, ASA School of Architecture; Laura Ann Rowald, Student Health Services. 

15 years: Darrin Earl Baskin, Student Center; Staci Ann Batteau, Library Affairs; Scott Wayne Brandon, Physical Plant Service; Cindy Galway Buys, School of Law; David D. Craig, Physical Plant Service; Amy L. Eaton, Information Technology; James R. Guetersloh, Physical Plant Service; Michael D. McCall, Physical Plant Service; William T. Pierson, Family and Community Medicine/Physician Assistant Program-School of Medicine, Carbondale; Tina M. Price, Advanced Coal and Energy Research Center; Joyce Marie Schemonia, English; Luke Schumacher Schemonia, Plant and Service Operations; Sedonia Darlene Sipes, Plant Biology; Anthony Travelstead, Campus Mail Service; Erin Noelle Troue, Office of the President-SIU President’s Office; Lichang Wang, Chemistry and Biochemistry. 

20 years: Misty K. Butler, Traffic and Parking; David Joseph Degenhardt, Physical Plant Service; Paula D. McNeill, Education and Curriculum-School of Medicine, Carbondale; Keith Allen Rendleman, Physical Plant Service; Glenda D. Sullivan, MEDPREP/Medical Education Preparatory-School of Medicine, Carbondale; Michele Lynn Tourville, University Housing.

25 years: David Michael Ardrey, College of Education and Human Services; Michele Anne Baird, Curriculum and Instruction; Kerri C. Blaylock, Intercollegiate Athletics; Scott E. Bridges, Information Technology; Eva Pregowski, Rehabilitation Institute; Michael W. Rothe, Intercollegiate Athletics. 

30 years: Kevin D. Bame, Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance; Rodney B. Collard, ASA Automotive Technology; Melinda Ann Purcell, College of Mass Communication and Media Arts; Cheryl Ann Reinhardt, Office of the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs; Jennifer L. Watson, Human Resources. 

35 years: Carla S. Quigley, Physical Plant Service. 

40 years: Kay M. Zivkovich, School of Art and Design. 

New Berlin

10 years: Brenda S. Witt, General Counsel and Legal Affairs-SIU University-wide services. 

Pinckneyville

10 years: Melissa A. Houghland, Vice Chancellor for Research. 

15 years: Elizabeth Jean Cheek, Physical Plant Service. 

Pittsburg

10 years: Gina Renee Dudley, Head Start Agency. 

20 years: Pamela Jean McGuire, University Housing. 

Springfield

10 years: Robert M. Patino, Office of Technology Transfer-SIU University-wide services. 

25 years: Linda F. Dorsey, Information Technology. 

Tamms

15 years: Christopher M. Vick, Plant, Soils and Agricultural Systems. 

Vergennes

15 years: Sherida Jean Evans, School of Journalism. 

Vienna

15 years: Rebecca Michelle Winterrowd, School of Law Library. 

West Frankfort

15 years: Vicky Lynn McLaskey, Human Resources. 

25 years: Dawn A. Carroll, Curriculum and Instruction. 

Whittington

10 years: Vanessa Ann Sneed, Office of the Chancellor. 

CALIFORNIA

San Bernardino

15 years: Stacia Robertson, Rehabilitation Institute. 

CONNECTICUT

Griswold

15 years: Mary E. Hagerman, Workforce Education and Development. 

OHIO

Beavercreek

10 years: Irene Ann Miller, ASA Off-Campus Academic Programs. 

NEW JERSEY

Browns Mills

15 years: Cheryl R. Butters, Workforce Education and Development. 

MISSOURI

Kirkwood

10 years: William H. Freivogel, School of Journalism. 

St. Louis

20 years: Stephen Craig Shulman, Political Science.