ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA – During Winthrop University’s April 28 Faculty, Staff, Retirees Awards Ceremony, the university honored retirees and those with milestone years of service and for outstanding service.
The retirees are:
Willie Aiken
Emilia Alvarez De Florez
Chris Childers
Lisa Cowart
Brenda Gilmore
Phyllis Hall
Joan Hetherington
Chris Holloman
Richard Ilson
Nancy Johnson
Gina Jones
Jo Koster
Jamie Larsen
Cora Lumpkin
Ben Roach
Cindy Reynolds
Jeff Sinn
Cheryl Taylor
Linda Thomason
Victoria Mansueti Uricoechea
Mary Wilmore
Winthrop officials also recognized employees who reached their 10-, 20-, 30- and 40-year state service milestones. Those employees are:
10 Years
Kori Bloomquist
Jason Chung
Margaret Gillikin
Edward Greenwood
Pat Guilbaud
Erin Hamel
Arran Hamm
Shardae Nelson-Johnson
Tammie Phillips
Katie Price
Mark Prosser
Anna Romanova
Linda Thomason
Lori Tuttle
Michael Whitney
20 Years
Lisa Benjamin
Kim Brazzell
Thadd Bridges
Shira Culbreath
Terri Guidry
Andrew Johnston
Kristin Kiblinger
Will Kiblinger
Michael Matthews
David Rollings
Kevin Sheppard
Julia Taggart
Brad Tripp
30 Years
Thea Barnes
Cliff Calloway
Chad Dresbach
Gina Jones
Nancy White
40 Years
Ponn Maheswaranathan
Gina White
Other Awards:
Andrew Besmer, associate professor of computer science, was honored as the Distinguished Professor, Winthrop’s highest award for faculty members.
Amy Clausen, an assistant professor of special education, is the Outstanding Junior Professor recipient.
Charles Randle, an associate professor of accounting, is the Jane LaRoche Graduate Faculty Award recipient.
Katarina Moyon, who works with the Office of Student Success, received the Faculty Student Life Award for her role in helping create internship opportunities for students.
Staff Member of the Year was awarded to Katrina Cassier, the student success coordinator for dual enrollment. 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.
Lauren Kohut, an assistant professor of environmental studies, 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.
Shardae Nelson-Jackson, director of the Office of Accessibility, 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.
For more information, contact Monica Bennett, director of communications, at 803/323-2236 or e-mail bennettm@winthrop.edu.
