ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA – During Winthrop University’s April 29 Faculty, Staff, Retirees Awards Ceremony, the university honored retirees and those with milestone years of service and for outstanding service.
The retirees are:
Phyllis Brevard, financial aid
Suzanne Carter, facilities management
Matthew Fike, English
Debbie Garrick, university advancement
Jay Hanna, chemistry, physics, geology and the environment
Zan Jones, human resources
Wanda Koszewski, human nutrition
Lars Larsen, Instructional Technology Center
Carol Morgan, student financial services
Mark Nortz, mass communication
Hemant Patwardhan, marketing
Ben Paxton, athletics
Arthur Pinckney, Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement
Frank Pullano, mathematics
Kwabena Sankofa-Amammere, counseling services
Craig Sauvigne, computing and information technology
Jane Starnes, university advancement
Catherine Stringfellow, facilities management
Steve Workman, facilities management
Winthrop officials also recognized employees who reached their 10-, 20- and 30-year state service milestones. Those employees are:
10 Years
Emilia Alvarez De Florez, facilities management
Fatima Amir, physics
Bettie Parsons Barger, Richard W. Riley College of Education, Sport, and Human Sciences
Candace Bass, University College
Gregory Bell, history
Ronda Collins, Richard W. Riley College of Education, Sport, and Human Sciences
Jennifer Everhart, University College
Walter Frye, business intelligence and data management
Philip Gibson, finance
Crystal Glover, curriculum and pedagogy
Phyllis Hall, facilities management
Jessica Hamm, mathematics
Dustin Hoffman, English
Nancy Johnson, College of Business and Technology
Kathryn Kohl, biology
Kelly Ozust, theatre and dance
Chuck Rey, athletics
Caroline Rust Ward, College of Visual and Performing Arts
David Schary, exercise science
Kim Sipes, human resources
Stefan Wunderlich, biology
20 Years
Cassie Bell, biology
Warren Byrd, computing and information technology
Steve Dannelly, computing and information sciences
Arlisa Duncan, facilities management
Christian Grattan, chemistry
James Grigg, facilities management
Aaron Hartel, chemistry
Julia Hinton, facilities management
Lisa Johnson, Richard W. Riley College of Education, Sport, and Human Sciences
Willis Lewis, accounting, finance and economics
Mike McGuire, athletics
Mark Nortz, mass communication
Martha Ocampo Chaguendo, facilities management
Hemant Patwardhan, management and marketing
Cara Peters, management and marketing
Merry Sleigh-Ritzer, psychology
Karen Stock, fine arts
Bonnye Stuart, mass communication
Takita Sumter, College of Arts and Sciences
30 Years
Lydia Johnson, human resources
Jo Koster, English
Eddie Lee, history
Other Awards:
Matthew Fike, professor of English, was honored as the Distinguished Professor, Winthrop’s highest award for faculty members.
Jessie Hoffman, an assistant professor of human nutrition, is the Outstanding Junior Professor recipient.
Sherry Hoyle, an associate professor of educational leadership, is the Jane LaRoche Graduate Faculty Award recipient.
Cody Walters, research and user services head, Dacus Library, received the Faculty Student Life Award for his broad and deep interactions with student life efforts, and for his contributions to various initiatives that have had a positive impact on students' lives.
Staff Member of the Year was awarded to Ryan Morrison, director of WinthropLIFE. Nominees came out of the pool of employees who won Staff Member of the Month awarded by Staff Assembly. The award recognizes an employee who exemplifies Winthrop’s core values, goes above and beyond to do great work, and sets an example for other staff members to follow.
Erica Panton, director of pre-college programs, was the recipient of the Mary Spann Richardson Award which was created by siblings Rowland P. Alston Jr., William E. Lenoir, Jr. and Victoria Lenoir Saunders ’79 in memory of their mother. The award honors a faculty or staff member for exceptional service, professional excellence and the ability to provide Winthrop with positive visibility throughout the region.
Ryan Morrison, director of WinthropLIFE, also received the Award of Excellence. The Winthrop Award of Excellence, awarded by the president, is a prestigious honor created to recognize individuals who have excelled in implementing significant Winthrop institutional goals. These individuals have demonstrated extra effort and made remarkable progress in transforming the university’s shared strategic vision into reality.
The Flight Ready Impact Award, a recognition spotlighting the outstanding contributions of a staff and a faculty member to the Flight Ready Quality Enhancement Plan, was presented to Michelle Wolf, TRiO academic counselor, and Heather Listhartke, assistant professor of English.
For more information, contact Monica Bennett, director of communications, at 803/323-2236 or e-mail bennettm@winthrop.edu.
