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Mansfield employees honored for service and dedication

MANSFIELD – The annual Mansfield University Service Recognition Celebration was held on April 7.

Employees who have served MU for 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35 years were honored. Faculty were recognized by academic year. Those who have retired or will be retiring through summer 2015 were also recognized.

The following individuals were honored:

Ten years: Dia Carleton, Tina Cassada, Scott DiMarco, Rebecca Dodson-Webster, Raymi Gausline, James Guignard, Michelle Novitske, Janice Purk, Dot Rakoski, Jill Scott, Andrea Swain, Karri Verno, Ryan Wood.

Fifteen years: Terrance Day, Kristen Decker, Theresa Doerksen, Christina Fry, Linda Iseri, Debra Kachel, Sheila Kasperek, Sheryl Koernig, Sean McCarthy, Dean Miller, Monique Oyallon, John Phillips, Martha Whitehouse.

Twenty years: Adam Brennan, Steven Hensley, Renee Potter, Edward Washington.

Twenty-five years: Peggy Dettwiler, Tammy Felondis, Bonnie Kutbay, Brian Loher, Beth McClure, Mani Ramasamy, Russell Wood.

Thirty years: Frances Garrison, Mary Beth Kollar.

Thirty-five years: Andrew Havalchak, Dennis Miller.

Employees who have retired or officially announced they will retire: Nancy Boston, Bruce Brown, Barbara Butcher, Allen Cole, Mary Jane Dugan, Wayne Evans, Carolynn Ives, Alan Johnson, Rick Lucero, Curtis Machmer, Michele Materese, Denny Murray, James Roupp, Janeen Sheehe, Ronald Strong, Matthew Syrett, Ralph Thomas, Marilyn Wiles, Leroy Wright.

Also at the recognition event, Cindy Kerr, institutional research, was named Employee of the Year.

The Employee Recognition Committee selected Kerr after a campus-wide nomination process.

Jannis Floyd, education and special education; Edith Gallagher, athletics; Janeen Sheehe, health sciences; and Russell Wood, facilities, also were finalists for the honor.

The Department of Psychology received the Spotlight Award, which is given annually to a department that exemplifies the four facets of the Mansfield Creed: Character, Scholarship, Culture and Service. The winner was decided after a campus-wide nomination process.

The Department faculty and staff consists of Brian Bridgeforth, Francis Craig, Wanda LaBar, Brian Loher, Nicolle Mayo, J. Dennis Murray, Gretchen Sechrist and Karri Verno.

MU Music students Jessica Hensen, Chloe Higgins, Tayana Woodton and Alyssa Wroblewski provided musical accompaniment during the luncheon. Bruce Vickery gave the welcome on behalf of the MU Council of Trustees.

In his closing remarks, MU President Fran Hendricks praised all those honored and thanked them for their service to Mansfield. “Go home and look in a mirror and you’ll see excellence staring back at you,” he said. “On behalf of all your colleagues and all the students whose lives you’ve touched, I say thank you.”

The Employee Service Recognition program was facilitated by the Human Resources Department.

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