Staff Distinguished Performance Awards to be Presented May 5
JONESBORO – The 22nd annual Distinguished Performance Awards and Service Recognition ceremony for non-faculty employees at Arkansas State University will be Tuesday, May 5, at 1:30 p.m. in Auditorium of the Carl R. Reng Student Union. A dessert reception will immediately follow.
Angela Daniels, Staff Senate president, will serve as host for the program. Chancellor Tim Hudson will present service certificates to staff members who have completed 10, 20, and 30 years of service at Arkansas State and those who have recently retired.
The Distinguished Performance Awards will be presented by vice chancellors. The presentation of the Distinguished Performance Awards was initiated in 1994 to recognize outstanding job performance and long-time service by the university’s non-faculty employees, both classified and non-classified.
The Distinguished Performance Award recipients for 2014-15 are:
- Rookie of the Year – Terry Kelly, Information & Technology Services
- Team Player – Rebecca Spicer, Procurement & Travel Services
- Unsung Hero – Billy Hogue, Accounts Payable & Disbursing
- Team Achievement (Departmental Award) – ITS Hardware Services
- Enhancing the Student Experience – Sherry Hufstedler, Honors College
- Outstanding Part-Time – Morgan Castelli, Procurement & Travel Services
- STAR (Service, Teamwork, Attitude, Reliability) Award – Christine Perry, Accounting Department
Award winners (from left) Morgan Castelli, Rebecca Spicer, Billy Hogue, Christine Perry,
Sherry Hufstedler and Terry Kelly.
Retirees to be Recognized
There are 18 individuals retiring from the university and ASU System Office during this academic year. Those to be recognized, their area of employment, and number of years of service are:
- Deanna Lee Beasley – Information & Technology Services (22 years)
- Clayton Browning – Student Union (26 years)
- Kevin Chambers – Health, Physical Education, & Sports Sciences (26 years)
- Robert Evans – System Office (16 years)
- Barbara Coker – System Office (15 years)
- D.A. Davis – Employment Services (21 years)
- Robyn Doyle – Childhood Services (22 years)
- Robin Hamilton – System Office (7 years)
- Dean Lee – Student Affairs (12 years)
- Dwain Lutrell – Facilities Management (38 years)
- Lucinda Smith McDaniel – System Office (7 years)
- Steve Owens – System Office (15 years)
- Ed Rayburn – Career Services (26 years)
- Billy Reid – Facilities Management (10 years)
- Evone Roberts – Criminology, Sociology, & Geography (25 years)
- Carol Smith – Student Account Services (36 years)
- Jeanette Tennant – Economics & Finance (35 years)
- Brian Tibbs – Facilities Management (25 years)
Service Awards for 30, 20 and 10 Years
Thirty-eight individuals who have achieved employment milestones of 30, 20 and 10 years of service will be recognized. They are:
30 years of service:
- Philip Jackson – Advancement Services
- Tom Moore – University Communications
- Jan Woodruff – Payroll Services
20 years of service:
- Brian Boyer – Women’s Basketball
- Linda Despain – Arkansas Biosciences Institute
- Tammy Fowler – Office Of Recruitment
- Anthony Passalaqua – Grounds & Landscaping
- Elaine Poynter – Alumni Relations
- Brian Richardson – Information & Technology Services
- Randy West – Facilities Management
10 years of service:
- Robin Blake – Childhood Services
- Sonja Davison Bottorff – Childhood Services
- Jon Carvell – Safety & Emergency Management
- Jocelynne Coleman – Advancement Services
- Paul Cox – Planning-Design & Construction
- Rhonda Curbo – Advising Services
- Brian Davidson – Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships
- Angela Franks – Childhood Services
- Chris Groves – Arkansas Biosciences Institute
- David Harmon – Facilities Management
- Cindy Hinson – Professional Education Programs
- Christine Isabell – Childhood Services
- Harvey Lee – Information & Technology Services
- Kathleen Lorance – Medical Imaging-Radiation Sciences
- Erin Lynn – Advising Services
- Renett McCraw – Childhood Services
- Pam Mangrum – Teacher Education & Leadership
- Sara Moser – Information & Technology Services
- Mark Osborn – Facilities Management
- Kim Parker – Student Account Services
- Sarah Ponder – Student Union
- Michael Privett – Information & Technology Services
- Shirley Smith – Information & Technology Services
- Al Stoverink – Facilities Management
- Michelle Summers – Human Resources
- Marsha Trusty – Chemistry & Physics
- Catherine Watson – Childhood Services
- Gary Williams – Information & Technology Services
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