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.

2025 Employees Celebrating 5 Years of Service

(Celebrating milestone between June 2024 - May 2025)

Maxima Aelwyn
Rudy Alamillo
Maren Anderson
LaQuae Aughtman
Brooke Bain-White
Breanne Bannister
Kathleen Bastow
Akanksha Bedi
S Bernardo-Hinesley
Paul Bernhardt
Jennifer Bettis
Dharitri Bhattacharjee
Rebecca Borowski
Geordon Brewer
Dan Bye
Christopher Carabini
Anna Carlson
Ruby Casiano
Kristen Chmielewski
Katie Clark
Lynnette Clark
Beth Clothier
Terrence Cunningham
Jennifer Dalton
Sindy De La Garza
Kat DeNicola
Tim DePoppe
Javier Duarte Govea
Richard Dunn
Josh Farmer
Kate Farmer
Diana Feinson
Hillary Fix Edwards
Lindsay Foreman-Murray
Alison Frank
Carrie Frost
Melissa Gaines
Bridget Galati
Faye Gallant
Casey Garboden
Catherine Gard
Dylan Gibson
Stephanie Gomez
Heather Greenlaw
Michelle Griggs
Renata Gutierrez
Jennifer Hahn
Kris Hamrick

Caroline Hardin
Brandon Harrington
Jared Havens
Andrea Heimer
Holly Hill
Mary Hunt
Rebecca Hutchins
Sarah Hutchinson
Julia Ide
Tarek Idriss
Meilan Jin
Emily Johnson
Ben Joyce
Angie Kasper
Hee Jung Kim
Mikayla King
Vipul Kumar
Tasha Laman
Sislena Ledbetter
Jean Lee
Jennifer Leita
Justin Lewis
Brad Lockhart
Bruce Mansfield
Tori Martin
Victoria Martinsen
Jennifer McCabe
Jay McCarty
Jennifer McFall
Zach McGrew
Tesla Monson
Heather Moore
Jared Moore
Allijah Motika
Sarah Neyman
Lauren Nicandri
Charlene Nolan
Mitch O'Halloran
Dustin O'Hara
Deborah Oksenberg
Melissa Osborne
Daisy Padilla Torres
Hye In Park
Sasha Petrenko
Kristina Podesva
Heather Poellot
Amy Raduege

Heather Ray
James Ray
Kie Relyea
Asche Rider
Karissa Ringel
Margarita Ruiz Guerrero
Gretchen Rumsey-Richardson
Steve Ruthford
Liliana Salazar de Deck
Hannah Saleeb
Mai Sas
Maggie Savage
Jon Schemstad
Elizabeth Serrano
Alex Shineflew
Froylán Sifuentes
Thomas Silberberger
Lindsey Smith
Kathryn Sobocinski
Shelli Soto
Robert Squires
Linda Sterling
Kimberlie Struiksma
Liz Stuart
Jon Stubblefield
Cynthia Swanlund
Jessie Tanksley
Sarah Theodoroff
Nicole Torres
Michele Tulk
Delicia Van Harmelen
Adrian Villicana
Lucas Walker
Daman Wandke
Allison Ward
Dorothy Watson
Andrew Weitz
Melissa Welch
Jonah White
Cameron Whitley
Melanie Whitley
George Wilkinson
Greg Williamson
Donna Wilson
Cathy Wineinger
Hayden Winn
Felicia Youngblood

2025 Employees Celebrating 10 Years of Service

(Celebrating milestone between June 2024 - May 2025)

Tim Alfonso
Kerry Allen
Sura Alqudah
Charles Anderson
Michele Anderson
Dale Arps
Jesse Atkins
Bonnie Backstrom
Katherine Baker
Charles Barnhart
Jenise Bauman
Andrew Berget
Jimena Berzal de Dios
Lisa Brisbois
Tim Bruce
Sean Bruna
Meagan Bryson
Gustavo Camacho
Laura Camacho
Amy Cantlon
Josh Cerretti
Xiaofeng Chen
Maureen Christman
Anna Ciao
Catherine Clark
Elizabeth Colen
Jenn Cook
Kevin Covey
Dave Creel
Amy Cully
Carmen Davis
Sherri Daymon
Keith Doran
Barbara Emel
David Evans
Kelli Evans

Erik Favro
Brady Foreman
Kara Franklin
Sabrina Freeman
Laura Ghan
David Gill
Joe Gosen
Jennifer Griffith
Laurel Hammond
Jared Hardesty
Jackson Johnson
Nabil Kamel
Becca Kenna-Schenk
Andy Klein
Michael Kraft
Suzanne Lee
Lydia Love
Keith Lyon
Jill MacIntyre Witt
Emily Marrs
Aric Mayer
Rebecca McLean
Kyle Mikkelsen
Susan Murron
Ruth Musonda
Mark Neff
Anthony Nevarez
Kimihiro Noguchi
Lisa Ochs
Lisa Perry
Nicole Piscopo
Dan Pollard
Hunter Price
Rayne Rambo
Vianne Reay
Robert Recio

Melissa Rice
Kyle Ricks
Kevin Roxas
Rachel Sarkar
Cynthia Seims
CJ Seitz
Arthur Sherwood
Shalini Singh
Anca Sirbu
Jennifer Sloan
John Solberg
Tamara Spira
Michelle Stach
Nick Stanger
Erica Steele
Ben Stensland
Lesley Stephens
Russell Stetzer
Michelle Stranges
Becky Striggow
Megan Summers
Terence Symonds
Travis Tennessen
Lea TerBeek
Dennis Terrell
Neal Tognazzini
Laurie Trautman
Yuliya Tverdova
David Wade
Billy Walker
Theresa Warburton
Renee Wilgress
Julie Winter
Kevin Woods
Matthew Yoakum
Greg Youmans

2025 Employees Celebrating 15 Years of Service

(Celebrating milestone between June 2024 - May 2025)

Olga Alter
Charles Asher
Vanessa Blackburn
Andrew Blick
Greg Brisbon
Jennifer Crabtree
Kirsten Drickey
Paul Dunn
Sasha Garfield

Gabe Gossett
Aristos Hudson
McNeel Jantzen
Monique Kerman
Jennifer Long
James McCafferty
Amanda Murphy
Sarah Neugebauer

Jeffery Osthimer
BJ Perigo
Lindsay Poynter
Steven Sible
Rian Simplot
Wanna VanCuren
Cheryl Whiting
Sara Wilson

2025 Employees Celebrating 20 Years of Service

(Celebrating milestone between June 2024 - May 2025)

Leland Anderson
Elizabeth Boland
Emily Borda
Craig Dunn
John Feodorov
Kerri Fredrickson
David Hartenstine
Brian Hauge
Jennifer Hays
Sarah Hoag

Milica Jelaca Jovanovic
Laura Jensen
Elizabeth Joffrion
Anthea Jones
Balwinder Kaur
Ichi Kwon
Debbie LaFleur
Chuck Lambert
Greg McBride
Nancy McLaughlin

Jason Morris
Johann Neem
Jean Nissen
Stephanie Norsby
Seth Nuckolls
Kelley Peck
Fred Ramage
Patrick Roulet
Megan Spiegel
Kathryn Vulic

2025 Employees Celebrating 25 Years of Service

(Celebrating milestone between June 2024 - May 2025)

Deepinder Bajwa
David Crook 
Mick Cunningham
Jon Dillon
Pete Elich
John Farquhar
Allen Frost
Diane Fuller
Bruce Hamilton

Robert Hofstetter
Gretchen Kulpa
Pam Kuntz
Scott Linneman
David Ma
Erin Macri
Denise Mor
Jeff Purdue
Troy Ragsdale

Marsha Riddle Buly
Tom Roehl
David Ruble
John Rybczyk
Chris Stark
Ruth Steele
Lori Torres
Jill Whitman

2025 Employees Celebrating 30 Years of Service

(Celebrating milestone between June 2024 - May 2025)

Warren Aller
Leo Bodensteiner
Deborah Frost
Charles George
Joan Hoffman
Bridget Kelley

George Liu
Dennis Matthews
Gene Myers
Debora Short
Midori Takagi
Anne Yake

2025 Employees Celebrating 35 Years of Service

(Celebrating milestone between June 2024 - May 2025)

Kevin Conforti
Jenny Hebert
Lori Larkin
Nicholas Margaritis
Virginia Misanes
Richard Neyer
Debra Salazar
Michael Ulrich
Jianglong Wang

2025 Employees Celebrating 45 Years of Service

(Celebrating milestone between June 2024 - May 2025)

Earl Benson
Lorraine Kasprisin

2025 Employees Celebrating 55 Years of Service

Marian Ritter
Farrokh Safavi