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Faculty and staff who have reached certain milestone years of service to the state of Kansas and WSU are being recognized this month in various ceremonies.

Those with 10, 15, 20 and 25 years of service to the state were recognized in a ceremony Wednesday, Sept. 7.

Those who have 25 years of service solely to WSU will be honored in a Benders of Twigs ceremony at 3 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, in the Rhatigan Student ballroom. The term Bender of Twigs refers to the similarity between the way a young sapling bends toward the light as it grows and how faculty and staff contribute to that learning.

Retirees and individuals with 30, 35 and 40 years of service will be honored during an invitation-only dinner Sept. 9.

Those reaching five years of service will receive a certificate of appreciation from their division's vice president.

The anniversary and retirement dates for this year's honorees were from July 1, 2004 until Sept. 1, 2005.

5 years of service 

Photo by David Dinell Magna Hoetmer has been secretary to Rhatigan Student Center director Bill Smith. During her time here, she's been involved with the Council of University Women.

Kevin Alliston
Jennifer Anderson
Shukura Bakari-Cozart
Michelle Barger
Mehmet Barut
John Beehler
Pamela Beehler
Therese Blyn
Brien Bolin
Kevin Bomhoff
Shannon Bowman-Roberts
Thomas Boyle
Gail Burkett
Elizabeth Clarkson
R. Darnell Clayton
Joshua Cooper
Timothy Craft
Rachel Crane
Paul Crumpton
Calvin Cupp
Dominik D'Angelo
Darcee Datteri
Jerris Dennis
Stephen Dickerson
M. Diane Dickerson
Constance Doyle
Frank Dudgeon
Karen Duncan
Ruth Eckert
Steven Farmer
Travis Feeney
Gail Fenno
Jennifer Fincham
Lisa Fitzsimmons
Melissa Fleeker
Randall Fooshee
Brendon Fox
Scott Goldy
James Goode
Nancy Halcomb
Aaron Hamilton
Johnny Harris
Michele R. Harris
Paul Harrison
Karen Heaton
Carrie Henderson
Isabel Hendry
John Hetzendorf
Ba Hoang
Sherry Hoelker
Magdalena Hoetmer
Linda Ivy
Charles Koeber
Kevin Konda
Ronald Kopita
Brijesh Kumar
Nicolasa Kuster
Christopher Lamb
Shannon Lamb
Connie Landreth
Cary Lavender
Shannon Lawellin
Keith Lawing
Tammy Lefler
D. Kathleen Lewis
Marisa Lewis
Annette Lezotte
Chunsheng Ma
John Matrow
Sherilyn Maynard
Debbie McCann
Amy McClintock
Camille McElhinny
Janice Mead
Russell Means
Amy Mease
Dan Mehl
Bernard Mermis
William Miles
Sharon Miles
Mikel Miller
Elizabeth Mohler
David Muehl
Annette Murach
Dan Thi Ngo
Dang Ngoc Nguyen
Liem Nguyen
Minh Xuyen Thi Nguyen
Constance Noble
Kristen Oblinger
Jean Patterson
Jodi Pelkowski
Anh Minh Pham
Jay Price
Lonny Quattlebaum
G. Stephen Rainbolt
Brian Ray
Bradford Reissig
Karen Reynolds
Lisa Risinger
Christopher Rogers
Michael Rohn
Daniel Russell
Judith Saxton
Paul Scheuerman
Marguerite Schmidt
Mark Schneegurt
Lynn Schrepferman
Patsy Selby
Linda Sessions
Dennis Siginer
David Snook
Ray Swenson
James Switzer
Anne Tarver
Juanita Tate
Melanie Thompson
Mark Turgeon
Michael Van Stipdonk
Teresa Veazey
Cam Thi Vo
Hoa Vu
Thao Vu
Mary Walker
Marylyn Weber
Gamal Weheba
Connie Wells
Tonya Witherspoon
Brian Withrow
Carrie Wyatt
Victor Wynn
Wan Yang
Tammy Young

10 years of service

15 years of service

E. Rebecca Anderson
Joan Antes
Dale Barb
Billie Beer
Elizabeth Behrman
Linda Black
April Bohannan
Patricia Bunton
Dennis Burns
Don Burris
Eileen Calcote
Glenda Campbell
John Carter
Jodell Chaney
Jen-Chi Cheng
Dan Close
Sherry Compton
Catherine Consiglio
Janelle Darr
Rick DeMoss
Glen Fisher
Mark Foley
H. John Foster
Larry Franklin
Philip Gaunt
John Gist
Mark Glaser
Cheryl Goff
Renea Goforth
Charles Halcomb
Hussein Hamdeh
Jerry Harney
Dana Hess
Lop-Hing Ho
Klaus Hoffmann
Helen Hundley
Susan Huxman
P. Sharon Iorio
Phyllis Jacobs
Brenda Johnson
David Kidd
Susan LaForce
Hamid Lankarani
Wendell Leavitt
Richard LeCompte
Keli Lewis-Barron
Paul Lytle
Thomas Mansfield
Victor Markovich
Joseph Mitchell
Cathy Moore-Jansen
Peer Moore-Jansen
Larry Paarmann
Ravi Pendse
John Rankin
David Reagan
Martha Sanchez
Judith Sawyer
Eric Sexton
Mary Sherman
Virginia Small
Carol Smith
James Steck
Elaine Steinke
Ziqi Sun
Gary Toops
Craig Torbenson
Carol Widmer
Kandatege Wimalasena
Paul York

20 years of service

Photo by David Dinell Lori Godderz, who now works in career services, is being recognized for 20 years of service to the state of Kansas. She started her state employment at WSU's Center for Management Development, later went to the University of Kansas Medical School-Wichita, and then returned to WSU.

Brenda Achey
Linda Ambler
Judith Babnich
Linda Bakken
Wilson Baldridge
Deborah Baxter
William Bischoff
Deborah Buller
Doris Burgert
Willie Burton
Trudy Calloway
Frances Clark
Patricia Cox
Mark Edwards
Rochelle Flowers
Lori Godderz
Gary Goldsmith
William Hockanson
Walter Horn
Donna Hughes
Vera Ives
Donna Jestmore
Kirsten Johnson
Phillip Ladwig
Stuart Lasine
Beatrix Lawrence
Nancy Luttrell
Charles Martin
Denise Maseman
Nancy McKellar
Ann Merrett
Donna Miller
Deborah Mitchum
Katherine Murdock
M. Gawad Nagati
Toni Neff
Charles Newman
William Ozor
Bobby Parmely
Kenneth Pavlicek
Sabrina Perez Glatt
Ross Pierce
Catherine Ramirez
Larry Ramos
Clayton Robarchek
Charles Romig
Maria Russell
Iola Russell
Betty Sherwood
Barbara Smith
Jonelle Turner
Douglas Weber
Margene Webster
Robert Zettle

25 years of service

Jane Eshelman
Michael Nash

Benders of Twigs

Photo by David Dinell What started as a temporary job turned into a 25-year stint at WSU for Ellen Abbey. Now in charge of Printing and Central Services, Abbey has also worked in international programs, the controller's office, and the College of Fine arts.

Mary Ellen Abbey
Nancy Bereman
Arlen Boger
Troy Bookless
Carmen Bribiesca
Mary Conrad
Tonya Cruz
Deema deSilva
Kathy Downes
Daniel Drury
John Ellis
H. Edward Flentje
Tom Fowler
Sandra Goentzel
Esther Headley
Alan Highland
Ann Hunter
John Jacobs
Brent Kemnitz
Jean Lansing
Ernest Marks
Mary Peach
Randy Pulec
Joe Raleigh
M. Edwin Sawan
Gayla Shrank
Kathy Strattman
Kevin Straub
Linda Tedder
Steve Torres
Gayle Veltman
David Wasinger
Catherine Yeotis

30 years of service

Roland Banks
Elwin Barrett
Pedro Bravo-Elizondo
Gregory Buell
Ronald Christy
Dorothy Crum
Lloyd Harp
Jeanine Hathaway
W. Stephen Hathaway
Linda Hogan
Sharmon Holcomb
Kathy Jones
Julia Lee
Diane Quantic
Martha Shawver
Ram Singhal
Nicholas Smith
Jacqueline Snyder
David Soles
Kathy Wolff
William Woods

35 years of service

File photo by Inside WSU Distinguished history professor Craig Minor is being honored for 35 years of teaching at WSU; his association with the university is much longer, however, since he earned both bachelor's and master's degrees at WSU.

J.C. Combs
John Dreifort
Linda Farmer
Judith Fear
Melvin Kahn
Ronald Matson
Walter Mays
H. Craig Miner
Gary Ott
Erach Talaty

40 years of service

Joyce Cavarozzi
Buddy Johns
Dot McNicol
Martin Perline
Twyla Sherman
Phillip Thomas
G. Sue Werle
Arthur Youngman

Retirees

John Born
Carmen Bribiesca
Jharna Chaudhuri
John Davis
James Duram
Donald Foster
Stephen Gladhart
Margaret Haddock
M. Eileen Hawkins
William Hays
Bruce Johnson
Kathy Jones
Vernon Keel
Patrick Kehoe
Nancy Kraemer
Peter Martinez
Phillip May
L. Ann Moser
Darryl Neighbor
James Pernice
Richard Pratt
Donald Skokan
Elvera Skokan
Robert Town
Julian Triana
Rebecca Tucker
Judith Turner
Lyle Turner
Margaret Wood
William Wright

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