Years of Service Awards

The university honors staff and faculty for their years of service to the university. Employees are recognized for every five years of employment, for employment milestones at 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40(+) years. Milestone employees (from June of the prior year through May of the current year) are recognized at the annual Celebration of Excellence Awards Ceremony, and milestones of 10+ years receive a gift certificate to the AS Bookstore on their milestone year ($1 per year served).

The following employees are eligible to receive a service year award:

  • Permanent classified employees
  • Permanent professional staff
  • Executive Officers
  • Permanent tenure-track and tenured faculty
  • Non-tenure track faculty with an active job during the current academic year (not including rehired retirees)

Length of service consists of employment since the first day worked. Should you have questions regarding your years of service, please contact HR@wwu.edu.

2026 Employees Celebrating 5 Years of Service

(Celebrating milestone between June 2025 - May 2026)

Samir Abdelrhman
Syeda Akter
Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi
Mary Baker
Max Barahona
Dan Beam
Marjie Bell
Kristina Boyko
Chung Hwa Brewer
Ryan Castle
Katie Cook
Jim Cooper
Virginia Dawson
Lan Duong
Yasmine Elglaly
Tulea Enochs
Svenja Fleischer
Jennifer Forsythe
Shawna Gilleland

Debb Glosser
Laura Gold Rasmussen
Kameron Harris
Ernest Hartwell
Debbie Hecht-Reier
Ashley Hollenbeck
Emma Hreljanovic
Maggie Huang
Thomas Hummel
Amy Kavanagh
Junaid Khan
Shearyna Labasan
Kristiana Lapo
Cheryl Larsen
Shrirang Mare
Jaci McIntosh
James Miller
Dylan Palmer
Nicole Patel

Lucia Pearson
Daniel Picus
Samuel Rickenbacker
Ellis Roe
Emily Roland
Rachel Roulet
Casey Saenger
Christa Schulz
Eric Scott
Elizabeth Scriven
Allison Spikes
Norda Stephenson
See-Mong Tan
Maria Vega de Govea
Travis Wagar
Kristina Walowski
AJ Weis
Bryan Willis
Zhengyu Zhang

2026 Employees Celebrating 10 Years of Service

(Celebrating milestone between June 2025 - May 2026)

Reza Afshari
Shameem Ahmed
Kristin Alten
Jessyca Arthur-Cameselle
Vale Bates
Brian J Bowe
Kathleen Brian
Angela Brown
Megan Brown
Ryan Bungard
Rachel Bunke
Heather Burke
Christopher Califf
Pedro Cameselle
Nikki Cassidy
Hanmei Chen
Kate Darby
Melissa D'Eloia
Kate Destler
Reid Dorsey-Palmateer
Heather Dudenbostel
Eduardo Engelsing
Mary Erickson
Christine Espina
Jeff Evans

Pat Gillham
Dipu Gupta
Diane Hack
Richard Henderson
Filip Jagodzinski
Greg Janson
Peter Johnson
Katherine Johnson-Lee
Oskar Kollen
Miller Krause
Tammi Laninga
Daryl Larkin
Amy Lazzell
Hue Le
Christian Lee
Zander Liu
Jim Long
A Longoria
Ceci Lopez
Tom Marley
Lori Martindale
Darren McCroom
G McGrew
Elaine Mehary
Dennis Miller

John Misasi
Mark Miyake
Evan Mueller
Sean Mulcahy
Nigel Packer
Curt Pavia
Aaron Perzigian
Katrina Poppe
Kylie Riemann
Steven Roessel
Iiro Salminen
Margaret Scheuermann
Beth Schivitz
Susanna Schronen
Matthew Seifert
Moushumi Sharmin
Dane Siegfried
Richard Simon
Joe Somera
Cara Story
Toby Ten Eyck
Lisa Turner
Mark Wickman
Cameron Wuhr

2026 Employees Celebrating 15 Years of Service

(Celebrating milestone between June 2025 - May 2026)

Tonya Alexander
Amy Appleton
Mauricio Araniva
Elizabeth Binney
Gary Bocek
Wendy Borton
Rebecca Bunn
Kamarie Chapman
Jessica Cohen
Sean Dwyer
Britta Eschete

Juliet Evans
Jamie Granger
Lisa Harmon
Kirsten Jensen
David Johnson
Brett Kuwada
Katy Lenning
Ying Lin
Yudong Liu
Christopher Markworth
Maria McLeod

Thao Nguyen
Scot Nichols
Andrea Osborn
Brandon Peden
David Rider
Brian Rose
Daphne Scott
Kelly Smith
Andrea Swanson
Kay Zavislak

2026 Employees Celebrating 20 Years of Service

(Celebrating milestone between June 2025 - May 2026)

Angela Andreassen
Kim Ayre
Michael Bajuk
Chris Baker
Juliet Barnes
Michael Bell
Arpad Benyi
Kate Blizzard
Diane Brearley
Jackie Caplan-Auerbach
Robert Clark
Rafael Cruz
Aumony Dahl
Eric DeChaine
Kristy Edwards
Erin Emry

Seth Feinberg
Tilmann Glimm
Andrew Good
Chris Hadley
Susan Haines
Daniel Hanley
James Helfield
Greg Hough
Becky Kellow
Jabez Kizer
Shawn Knabb
Tony Kurtz
Donald Larsen
Barbara Lehman
Nicole McDevitt Larson
Lara Merriam-Smith

Matthew Miller
Benjamin Miner
Todd Osborn
Jeff Packer
Jessie Phillips
Andreas Riemann
David Rossiter
Katie Rothenberg
Cynthia Sandstrom
Mary Sass
Sheri Thompson-Alvarez
Curtis Thomsen
Peter Thut
Ryan Wasserman
Peggy Watt
Trina Wolf

2026 Employees Celebrating 25 Years of Service

(Celebrating milestone between June 2025 - May 2026)

Chad Albans
Garth Amundson
Rachel Anderson
Carrie Annett
Justina Brown
Robert Bussard
Gennaro Carbone
Holly Childs
John Clark
Kasoma Duplantis
Yvonne Durham
Diane Flick-Williams

Ron Helms
Jamie Hoover
Dan Howard-Snyder
Timothy Kraft
Kristi Lemm
Jen Lois
Doug MacLean
Christie McLean
Cristina Nelson
Niall O Murchu
Kathryn Patrick
Ken Pearce

Tara Perry
David Sattler
Nate Schwarck
Michael Sledge
Karen Stout
Larry Symons
Paul Thomas
Carrie Thurman
Steve Treloar
Kami Westhoff
George Zhang

2026 Employees Celebrating 30 Years of Service

(Celebrating milestone between June 2025 - May 2026)

Andy Bach
Gigi Berardi
Grant Donnellan
Petra Fiero
Kris Lewis
William Lyne
Gary Malick

Carolyn Mulder
Joseph Myers
Nancy Pagh
Lee Posthumus
Steven VanderStaay
Donald White

2026 Employees Celebrating 35 Years of Service

(Celebrating milestone between June 2025 - May 2026)

Mark Bussell
Pamela LaBorde
Alethea Macomber
Anne Melo
Kathryn Trueblood

2026 Employees Celebrating 40 Years of Service

(Celebrating milestone between June 2025 - May 2026)

Hoa Pham

2026 Employees Celebrating 50 Years of Service

Ron Singleton