April 17, 2013

Employees honored at annual recognition luncheon

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NDSU employees were honored for years of service and excellence on the job during the 25th Annual Employee Recognition Luncheon on April 12.

A total of 270 employees with five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 years of service, along with 45 retirees, were recognized.

LaDonna DeGeldere, president of Staff Senate, presented recognition awards. Receiving Employee Recognition Awards in the professional band were Tanya Kramer, assistant director of study abroad; Aida Martinez-Freeman, assistant director of TRIO and project director for Student Support Services; and Anna Sheppard, project coordinator for the McNair Scholars Program. Carolee Kaylor, nutrition education assistant with the NDSU Extension Family Nutrition Program, and Jeri Vaudrin, project coordinator for Veterans Upward Bound, were honored in the technical and paraprofessional band. Judy Erikson, campus visit coordinator; Jean Hagen, NDSU aerospace studies; and Patty Hartsoch, administrative secretary in the physics department, were recognized from the office support band.

Debra Sorenson, Minard Hall Coffee Shop barista, and Rosella Wagner, PM retail supervisor in Dining Services, were recognized from the services band. The Team Award went to Kristy Shirley and Teryl Grosz of the Sponsored Programs Office.

President Dean L. Bresciani gave remarks and awards were presented by Provost J. Bruce Rafert; Ken Grafton, vice president of agricultural affairs, dean of the College of Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources and director of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station; Gene Taylor, director of athletics; Lisa Hauck, director of international programs; Colette Erickson, director of HR/Payroll; Marc Wallman, interim vice president for information technology/CIO; Phil Boudjouk, vice president for research, creative activities and technology transfer; Prakash Mathew, vice president for student affairs; and Laura McDaniel, assistant vice president of university relations. Christopher Potter, NDSU police officer, providing opening and closing comments.

NDSU is recognized as one of the nation's top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.

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