VSU Honors Employees for Years of Service

VALDOSTA — Valdosta State University recently recognized 152 faculty and staff members for their continued loyalty to Blazer Nation. Employees with five, 10, 15, and 20 years of service were presented a certificate and pin. Those with 25 or more years of service were presented a silver plate embossed with the university logo.

35 Years

Academic Affairs: Judy Bailey

30 Years

Finance and Administration: Todd Howard

25 Years

Academic Affairs: Lee Allen, Charles Backes, Lora Backes, Napoleon Bamfo, Alan Bernstein, Melanie Byrd, Deborah Davis, Michael Eaves, Lyle Indergaard, Andrew Otapski, Rudy Prine, Mark Smith

Finance and Administration: Shana Yorkey

Student Success: Jeff Grant, Sharon Mashburn

20 Years

Academic Affairs: Joe Brashier, William Buchanan, Guy Frost, Wilson Huang, Jack Lockhart, Mike Savoie, Mark Whatley

Finance and Administration: Carlos Davis, Ted Davis, Criag Williams, Christina Yates

15 Years

Academic Affairs: Terrie Adrian, Lorraine Clevenger-Schmertzing, John Dunn, Raymond Elson, Mark Groszos, Barrie Hojjatie, Leslie Jones, Fred Knowles, Irina McClellan, Helen Wishart, Yakov Woldman

Athletics: Jared Purvis

Finance and Administration: Shanika Hezekiah, Nicolas Parks

Student Affairs: Darli Devane, Shawn Phippen

University Advancement: Hilary Gibbs

10 Years

Academic Affairs: Jason Allard, Carlotta Braswell, Laura Carter, Sudip Chakraborty, Aubrey Fowler, Ted Geltner, Joel Harper, Maren Hyer, Linda Jurczak, Jonghoon Kang, David Kuhlmeier, Tod Leavitt, Lavonna Lovern, Alicja Rieger, Nancy Sartin, Karen Sodowsky, Laura Wright

Finance and Administration: Tobias Barrett, Olivia Blakely, Benjamin Graham, Steven Haineault Jr., Donna Knight, Rosetta Stewart, Diana Studstill, Leslie Williams

Information Technology: Gwendolyn Kyles, Keisha Roberts

Office of the President: John Crawford, Holly Lawrence

Student Success: Drew Burgering, Gwen Manning, Nancee Storey

Five Years

Academic Affairs: Eugene Asola, Christiann Bacud, Neena Banerjee, Jeremy Bauer, Jennifer Beal, Lois Bellflowers, Susan Blankenship, Michael Bochenko, Edris Leticia Brannen, Karen Acosta Caballero, Mariya Chakir, Han Chen, Donna Corbitt, Nicole Cox, Kyle Culpepper, Kelly Davidson, Phillip Dybicz, Jie Fowler, Lee Grimes, Gary Hackbarth, Tonya Hernandez, Abigail Heuss, Theodore Johnson, Ubaraj Katawal, Daesang Kim, Jonathan Krispin, Natalie Kuhlmann, Katherine Lamb, Jessica Lee, Ernestine McCall, Sarah-Jane McNalley, Jarrod Murray, Dee Ott, Deborah Paine, Jessica Pippin, Anne Price, Lori Rastegar, Regina Suriel, Dallas Suttles, Glenda Swan, Jessica Kimsey Taylor, Greg Rabidoux, Crystal Randolph, Xiaoai Ren, Benjamin Wescoatt

Athletics: Vaconna Hardin

Finance and Administration: Jesus Arreola, Carolyn Berrian, Rebecca Broom, James Foster, Monica Haynes, Kenneth McMillan, Sophia Parks, Alan Sanderson, Christopher Smith, Ashley Spells, Mark Williams

Information Technology: Sarah Bring, Rocky Rothwell Jr., Dustin Watson

Student Affairs: Katrina Crumpton, Howard Edmondson, Mark McNalley, Donna Phillips, Emily Seckinger, Mack Simpson Jr., Nicole Turley, Gerald Williams Jr.

Student Success: Mary Beth Bennett, Laura Byers, Tanya Fontaine, Michelle Lewis, Sandra Di Pietro, Ashli Titus

University Advancement: Matthew Malone