2025 Retirement and Recognition Ceremony
Length of service awards acknowledge full time service to the University of Illinois Springfield beginning at five years of service, in five year increments. UIS hosts a program each spring to honor retirees and to recognize faculty and staff with service awards. Employees with ten years of service and up are presented with pins and gifts at the event.
Current Awards
August 2025-August 2026 Honorees
Congratulations on 5 Years of Service in 2026!
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- Aaron Beck
- Hypatia Bolivar
- Tim Boll
- Salem Boumediene
- Charles Burroughs
- Amy Dunning
- Mickey Edwards
- Sahar Farshadkhah
- Matthew Geras
- Tom Grosenheider
- Timothy Hakenewerth
- Jeremy Hall
- Debbie Harder
- Katy Hardy
- Xiang Huang
- Rebecca Johnson
- Serkan Karadas
- Adam Larison
- Ardis Livingston
- Patty Meyer
- Scott Moomaw
- Alison Mormino Maley
- Courtney Pritchard
- Angie Tippey
Congratulations on 10 Years of Service in 2026!
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- Patrick Anderson
- Chengchia Chen
- Jantzen Eddington
- Yanhul Guo
- AJ Hamm
- Stephanie Hedge
- Devin Hunter
- Sally LaJoie
- Badria Luteify
- Jason Noyes
- Pattie Piotrowski
- Hillary Rikli
- Thomas Rothfus
- Jay Schied
- Sudeep Sharma
- Erin Sotelo
- Aaron Stewart
- Michael Taylor
- Cortney Trencevski
- Magic Wade
Congratulations on 15 Years of Service in 2026!
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- Kristi Barnwell
- Lisa Bowen
- Bruce Sommer
- Junfeng Wang
- Thomas Gebhardt
- MarieJoy Roberts
- Thomas Loehr
- Patricia Young
- Cody Pope
- Douglas Brackney
Congratulations on 20 Years of Service in 2026!
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- Emily Boles
- Leigh Brannan
- Donna Bussell
- Kimberly Craig
- Michele Gribbins
- Eric Hadley-Ives
- Tena Helton
- Ranjan Karri
- Lenore Killam
- Laurie Koehne
- Jennifer Manthei
- Kathy Novak
- Jason Pierceson
- Sheryl Reminger
- Peter Shapinsky
- Roxanne Smith
- Holly Thompson
- Lori Waggoner
- Te-Wei Wang
- Yifend Zhang
Congratulations on 25 Years of Service in 2026!
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- Hei-Chi Chan
- Lynn Fisher
- Xiaoqing Li
- Rosina Neginsky
- Kimberly Rutherford
- Lisa Whelpley
Congratulations on 30 Years of Service in 2026!
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- Jackie Gillock
Past Awards
2025 Honorees
Congratulations on 5 Years of Service in 2025!
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- Sarah Adams
- Miranda Andrews
- Alexander Barnes
- Jessica Baumberger
- Michael Chuang
- Mathew Dahlkamp
- Dealjinate Daniels
- Maria de Arteaga
- Robin Eddington
- Scott Fenton
- Roghieh Gholami
- Andrew Graf
- Brenda Hunsley
- Mary Jones
- Stephanie Kamel
- Benjamin Kappelmann
- Robert Kerr
- Moly Lamb
- Yifei Li
- Christina Magoulias
- Erika McCready
- Katherine McKenzie
- Miche le McLaughlin
- Karen Meidel
- Anne Moseley
- Elizabeth O’Brien
- Sevilay Onal
- Yokasty Owens
- Graham Peck
- David Penning
Congratulations on 10 Years of Service in 2025!
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- Nancy Barrett
- Richard Funderburg
- Ann Gemberling
- Ping Guo
- Nicole Hager
- Jae Sik Ha
- Anne-Marie Hanson
- Michael S. Krcil
- Carol Marshall
- Erich O’Connor
- Tondalaya Reece
- Charles Schrage
- William Seidel
- Randy Southard
- Jamie Weber
Congratulations on 15 Years of Service in 2025!
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- Michael Burlingame
- Joseph Jachino
- Kristin Kruger
- Michael Murphy
- Sarah Sagmoen
- Jorge Villegas
- Randall Williams
- Blake Wood
Congratulations on 20 Years of Service in 2025!
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- Chad Athey
- Karen Barker
- Scott Fay
- Jason Johnson
- Carrie Levin
- Carol Saltsgaver
- Ronald Turner
Congratulations on 25 Years of Service in 2025!
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- Robert Baker
- Brian Beckerman
- Tammy Craig
- Lindsey Feger
- Kathryn Kleeman
- Brian Kroenlein
- Terry Minder
- Joan Sestak
- Carrie Switzer
- Marcel Yoder
Congratulations on 30 Years of Service in 2025!
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- Cindy Law
- Carol Reese
- Linda Riebling
- Pamela Scott
2024 Honorees
Congratulations on 5 Years of Service in 2024!
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- John Abrell
- Daniel Aguilar
- Robert Alsbury
- Gary Anderson
- Sean Bailey
- Allan Bettis
- Somnath Bhattacharya
- Timothy Bill
- Bethany Bilyeu
- Beatrice Bonner
- Matthew Brock
- Andrew Brown
- Jessie Burrell
- Jennifer Cook
- Rudolph Deiss
- Christina DeWerff
- Scott Faingold
- Alan Freedman
- Margaritta Fultz
- Phillip Galloway
- Ya Gao
- Jill Hawkins
- Amanda Hughett
- Jason Keran
- Arwi Kriz
- Kenneth Kriz
- Eric Kuchar
- Jordan Lauer
- Joseph Lawson
- Sunshin Lee
- Phillip Markusson
- Jennifer Martin
- Taylor McCarthy
- Jeffrey Millsap
- Robin Mize
- William Newton
- Chelsea Peddycoart
- Paul Pinneo
- Jason Piscia
- Noah Reynolds
- Matthew Scrivano
- Cassandra Shimkus
- Junu Shrestha
- Alan Simmons
- Kerri Skrudland
- Lea Smith
- Madison Vangunten
- Nicholas Wagner
- Robert Weis
- Rexann Whorton
- Rebecca Wort
- Yun Zhao
Congratulations on 10 Years of Service in 2024!
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- Tamara Boeker
- Bethany Burbridge
- Elham Buxton
- Steve Dixon
- Erin Egolf
- Justin Emmons
- Shipra Gupta
- Shannon Guthrie
- Melisa Hatch
- Matthew Hunt
- James Koeppe
- Connie Komnick
- Liang Kong
- Lisa McGuire
- Rhyann Morris
- Jeffrey Richards
- Samantha Riss
- Brian-Thomas Rogers
- Michael Saltsgaver
- Destiny Skaggs
- Megan Styles
- Robin Vansacik
- Jeff Williams
- Jason Womack
Congratulations on 15 Years of Service in 2024!
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- Atul Agarwal
- Michael Burlingame
- Jeannine Davis
- Randy Eccles
- Angela Evans
- Shane Harris
- William Kline
- Elizabeth Kosmetatou
- Layne Morsch
- Carl Peterson
- Stephen Schnebly
- Teresa Seacrist
- Alice Seaton
- Frances Shen
- Jeffrey Sudduth
- Robert Taylor
- Elizabeth Thing
Congratulations on 20 Years of Service in 2024!
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- John Barker
- Jennifer Berry
- James Bonacum
- Sviatoslav Braynov
- Geoffrey Evans
- Yuichi Iwashita
- Kamau Kemayo
- Amy McEuen
- Frank Moscardelli
- Thomas Slate
- Tih-Fen Ting
- Roger West
Congratulations on 25 Years of Service in 2024!
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- Patricia Byrnes
- Sean Crawford
- Jonathan GoldbergBelle
- Debra Hartz
- Toni Langdon
- Martin Martsch
- Maureen McKinney
- Erica Michael
- Ross Owens
- Lisa Slater
Congratulations on 30 Years of Service in 2024!
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- Kathy DeBarr
- Robert Raleigh
2023 Honorees
Congratulations on 5 Years of Service in 2023!
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- Ann Comerford
- Amy Wheeler
- Kerry Cox
- Ahmad Jumah
- Kang Youngjin
- Kartal Hasan
- Mohammed Mohi Uddin
- Carlene Hindert
- Tavon Jarvis
- Melissa Williams
- Marie Watson
- Theresa Hempstead
- Jennifer Whalen
- Joseph Langiano
- Kaylee Hubbard
- David Hecht
- Rebekah Hecht
- Erin Hartnett
- Kyle Freligh
- Jerry Roberts
- Trisha Schlobohm
- Maricela Arce
- Adam Rade
- Jason Schroeder
- Courtney Reed
- Katie Williams
- Kelsea Gurski
- Laura Helton
- Sean McCandless
- Erin Appenzeller
- Marisha
- Aaron Barger
- Daniel Newton
- Ravneet Chhokar
- Christopher Camburn
- Joshua Lauer
- Susan Stege
- Audrey Bellot
- Ashley Hall
- Mary Gass
- Eileen Norris
Congratulations on 10 Years of Service in 2023!
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- Brytton Bjorngaard
- Mark Buxton
- Sarah Collins
- Sadie Furman
- Ann Graffagna
- Laura Hecht
- Vernon Huber
- Lauren Kaeseberg
- Jeff Lorber
- Meagan Wright
- Hanfu Mi
- Michele Miller
- Kenneth Owen
- Ricardo Perez
- Dathan Powell
- Timothy Ryan
- Yona Stamatis
- Erika Suzuki
- Jen Tibbs-Berle
- Michelle Vinson
Congratulations on 15 Years of Service in 2023!
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- Keith Bailey
- David Bertaina
- Michael "Lou" Bobb
- Eric Chrans
- Renee Clausner
- Jay Gilliam
- Amie Kincaid
- James Klein
- Monica Kroft
- Karl McDermott
- Pamela McGowan
- Brian Moore
- Steven Moore
- Linda Nixon
- Ali Nizamuddin
- David Racine
- Elizabeth Ribarsky
- Haley Self
- Tarah Sweeting
- John Transue
- Candy Tucker
- Kelly Walraven
- Cathy Wilkerson
- Kevin Zepp
Congratulations on 20 Years of Service in 2023!
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- Stacey Gilmore
- Ryan K. Williams
Congratulations on 25 Years of Service in 2023!
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- Peter Boltuc
- Kevin Hughes
Congratulations 2023 Retirees!
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- Renee Clausner
- Julie Close
- Laura Dorman
- Chris Hagie
- Terri Hempstead
- Bob Jones
- Daniel Leonard
- Pam McGowan
- Frank Nation
- Marsha Neposchlan
- William Phillips
- Debra Ply
- Linda Schneider
- Rosemary Shanle
- Teresa Szabo
- Natalie Taylor
2022 Honorees
Congratulations on 5 Years of Service in 2022!
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- Ashlyn Beasley
- Matthew Brown
- Roy Brown
- Jennifer Cifaldi
- Brandon Derman
- Angela Doehring
- Sherrie Elzinga
- Donna Greer
- Myra Kaufman
- Verleaner R. Lane
- John Leefers
- Nathan Leinberger
- Samantha Lounsberry
- Nathan Mason
- Rachael Matingi
- James McCann
- Jennifer McDowell
- Craig McFarland
- Thomas Morey
- Melissa Mlynski
- Andrew Nicol
- Dennis Papini
- Tyler Pence
- Jacob Phillips
- Patrick Porter
- Bryan Rives
Congratulations on 10 Years of Service in 2022!
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- Jo Barnard
- Loretta Benedict
- Travis Bland
- Robert Blankenberger
- Meagan Cass
- Charles Coderko
- Mark Dochterman
- Betsy Goulet
- Jennifer Grebner
- Johnell Greer
- Christopher Hilscher
- Ella Lawrence
- Stephen Johnson
- Holly Kent
- Zachariah Logsdon
- Gregory Long
- Ann McCaughan
- Kay McChesney
- Howard McMinn
- Dale Mercurio
Congratulations on 15 Years of Service in 2022!
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- Deborah Anthony
- Jillian Briggs
- Hua Chen
- Gwen Cribbett
- Adriana Crocker
- Lan Dong
- Vincent Flammini
- Richard Gilman-Opalsky
- Cory Hewitt
- Marc Klingshirn
- Tamara Larcher-Keppler
- Chung-Wei Lee
- John Martin
- Kara McElwrath
- Nicole Meismer
- Steven Moore
- Tung Nguyen
- Nicole Rakes
- Tracy Rakes
- Robert E. Smith
- Shannon Smith
- Evan Stanley
- John Stanulis
- Nathan Steele
- Milissa Thibodeaux-Thompson
- Mark Wathern
Congratulations on 20 Years of Service in 2022!
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- Heather Bailey
- Harshavardhan Bapat
- Leanne Brecklin
- Beverly Bunch
- Brian Catherwood
- Kamyar Dezhgosha
- Jill Menezes
- Mike Miller
- Mae Noll
- Jonathan Perkins
- Michele Sapp
- Natalie Taylor
- Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson
- Carlyn Shank
- Posthumously: Feng-Shun “Leo” Bin
Congratulations on 25 Years of Service in 2022!
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- Mark Owens
- Denise Rothenbach
UIS Employee of the Month/ Employee of the Year
The Employee of the Month/Employee of the Year (EOM/EOY) Program recognizes employees who have served UIS in an exceptional manner. Read about the most recent Employee of the Month or make a nomination.