Celebrating Spartans: Honoring Faculty and Staff
Our new celebratory event, Celebrating Spartans: Honoring Faculty and Staff, will be held in-person on Thursday, March 28, and will honor our Faculty and Staff who reached milestone years of service in 2023, beginning at 10 years. This new event combines the previous Faculty Service Recognition & Awards Lunch and the Staff Service Celebration, bringing our campus community together to collectively celebrate these great achievements. In addition to recognizing service honorees, we will also present the Faculty and Staff awards.
The program will run from 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. with a reception immediately following. There is no cost to attend the event. The program will be held in the Student Union Ballroom, and the reception will be held across several of the meeting rooms on the second floor of the Student Union.
RSVP now to attend the event. Please note, the R.S.V.P. is to help us with our planning. You will not need to check in when you arrive.
Add this event to your calendar.
If you have any questions about the event, please email up-org-development@ngskmc-eis.net.
Meet the Honorees
- 10 years
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Please note, the 10-year milestone is being added for faculty for the first time this year. As such, we have included faculty with 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 years of service.
10 years:
- Ericka Adams - Justice Studies
- Laura Alexander - Student-Athlete Academic Services
- Usha Andra - Information Systems & Technology
- Owen Aurelio - Design
- Thomas Austin - Computer Science
- Christa Bailey - School of Information; University Library
- Dahveed Behroozi - School of Music
- Laurel Belk - Enrollment Management
- Sara Benson - Political Science
- Joy Bhattacharya - Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Benny Boveda - Marketing & Business Analytics
- Joel Busch - Accounting & Finance
- Jimmy Cardenas - HVAC Shop
- Gary Castro - Marketing & Business Analytics
- Manuel Chaidez - UPD Field Operations
- Eileen Chen - College of Engineering
- Joyce Chen - CPGE Digital & Data Services
- Hsuanwei Chen - School of Information
- Tina Cunningham - UPD Administrative Services
- Arnold Danzig - Educational Leadership
- Candace Degerli - Housing Business Services
- Benoit Delaveau - Environmental Studies
- Folarin Erogbogbo - Biomedical Engineering
- Yvonne Escalante - Art and Art History
- Teresa Estrabao - World Languages & Literatures
- Badari Eswar - Computer Engineering
- Juan Gamboa - Chicana and Chicano Studies
- Farzaneh Ghiasvand - Kinesiology
- Andrea Golloher - Special Education
- Timothy Gridley - Maintenance & Operations
- Sheila Gurtu - School of Information
- Victoria Harrison - History
- Oona Hatton - Communication Studies
- Lauren Hidalgo - Health Services
- Emi Ishida - Chemical & Materials Engineering
- Scott Jensen - Information Systems & Technology
- Hussameddine Kabbani - Mechanical Engineering
- Bassam Kassab - Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Leila Khatib - Biological Sciences
- Mitesh Kini - Enterprise Systems
- Robert Knight - Public Health & Recreation
- Diane Kovacs - School of Information
- Kelly Kruger - Counselor Education
- April Lee - College Support
- Rui Liu - Economics
- Allen Madanipour - CPGE Information Technology
- Santos Medina - Paint Shop
- Joel Miller - Psychology
- Sean Montgomery - Aerospace Engineering
- Nikos Mourtos - Aerospace Engineering
- Joshua Nelson - Design
- Keith Nowosielski - Computing Services
- Paula Oakes - Child & Adolescent Development; English
- Catalena Marie Oropeza - Child Develoment Center
- Isabelle Pafford - Art and Art History
- Tony Pan - Chemical & Materials Engineering
- Younghee Park - Computer Engineering
- Phaly Phon - Degree Audit
- Laura Plunkett - College of Humanities & Arts
- Aikaterini Potika - Computer Science
- Stephanie Preston - Counseling & Psychological Services
- Lydia Quiroz - Aerospace Studies
- Tiffany Rodriguez - Transportation Solutions
- Abigail Romero Ramirez - School of Music
- Daniel Rosenberg - Industrial & Systems Engineering
- Kevin Ross - College of Science
- Virginia San Frattelo - Design
- Tonia San Nicolas-Rocca - School of Information
- Carol Santos - Justice Studies
- Gregory Savage - Psychology
- David Schuster - Psychology
- Purvi Shah - Student Outreach & Recruitment
- Alissa Shaw - Public Health & Recreation
- Kate Shcherbakova - College of Professional & Global Education
- Chad Skorupka - Women's Tennis
- Kimberly Ta - Office of the Registrar
- Teri Tanner - Office of the Vice President Student Affairs
- Alex Tejeda - Economics
- Megan Thiele - Strong Sociology & Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
- Mark Thompson - English
- Yao Tian - Accounting & Finance
- Simon Tobin - Men's Soccer
- Eric Tolle - Graduate Admissions & Program Evaluation
- Susan Trimingham - Art and Art History
- Linda Tsai - Health Services
- Alev Tug - Kinesiology
- Pricilla Vazquez - UPD Administrative Services
- Chandrasekar Vuppalapati - Computer Engineering
- Kathy Werking - Communication Studies
- Michael Williams - Accounting & Finance
- April Wood - Nursing
- Kyle Yrigoyen - Philosophy
- Lin Zou - Interdisciplinary Engineering; Technology
11 years:
- Monica Allen - Public Health & Recreation
- Alison Armstrong - Design
- Tom Austin - Design
- Henry Bartholomew - Meteorology and Climate Science
- Capri Burrows - Film and Theatre
- Mark Butcher - Women's Swimming
- Raymand Buyco - History
- Elizabeth Carroll - Art and Art History
- Megan Chang - Occupational Therapy
- Yueh Chou - School of Music
- Mary Currin-Percival - Political Science
- Mary Dawson - Biological Sciences
- Soma de Bourbon - Sociology & Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
- Jason DeHaan - Sociology & Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
- John Delacruz - Journalism & Mass Communication
- Danijela Dudley - Political Science
- Maria Fusaro - Child & Adolescent Development
- Carrie Gardner - School of Information
- Luis Gomez - Communication Studies
- Andrea Gottlieb - Mathematics
- Tabitha Hart - Communication Studies
- Karen Harvey - Nutrition, Food Science & Packaging
- Ranko Heindl - Physics & Astronomy
- Gary Hobbs - Art and Art History
- Yinghua Huang - Hospitality, Tourism & Event Management
- Colleen Johnson - Counseling & Psychological Services
- Michael Jordan - Philosophy
- Lara Kassab - Teacher Education
- Kristine Kirkendall - Kinesiology
- Tanvi Kothari - Global Innovation & Leadership
- Linda Landau - English
- Gretchen Lester - School of Management
- Khaled Mabrouk - Industrial & Systems Engineering
- Harold Mathias - Film and Theatre
- Sarah McGaffey - Communication Studies
- Cassandra Paul - Physics & Astronomy
- Chunhui Peng - World Languages & Literatures
- Garrick Percival - Political Science
- David Pitton - Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Aaron Romanowsky - Physics & Astronomy
- Wendy Rouse - History
- Cindy Runnels - School of Information
- Viviana Sanchez-Chopitea - Anthropology
- Leilani Shields - Counseling & Psychological Services
- Xhavin Sinha - Chemical & Materials Engineering
- Elizabeth Skovran - Biological Sciences
- Emily Slusser - Child & Adolescent Development
- Shaonan Tian - Marketing & Business Analytics
- Walter Van Hooff - Global Innovation & Leadership
- Elizabeth Walsh - Meteorology and Climate Science
- Jack Warecki - Interdisciplinary Engineering
- Katherine Wilkinson - Biological Sciences
- Erin Woodhead - Psychology
- Miranda Worthen - Public Health & Recreation
12 years:
- Shama Ball - Linguistics & Language Development
- Jeffrey Benson - School of Music
- Deborah Bolding - Occupational Therapy
- Michael Brito - Journalism & Mass Communication
- Michele Burns - Counselor Education
- Amy Caffrey - Psychology
- Clare Cordero - Interdisciplinary Engineering
- Don Crooks - Economics
- Kara Davis - Film and Theatre
- Cheryl Dee - School of Information
- Tracy DeHaan - Sociology & Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
- Smita Duorah - Biomedical Engineering; Engineering Student Success Center; Interdisciplinary Engineering
- Laurel Eby - University Library
- Craig England - Chemical & Materials Engineering
- Joy Foster - Child & Adolescent Development
- Lee Gilmore - Humanities
- Allison Gregory - English
- Loubna Hafid - World Languages & Literatures
- Timothy Harris - School of Music
- Silke Higgins - University Library
- Carrie Holmberg - Teacher Education
- Minna Holopainen - Accounting & Finance; Communication Studies
- Anya Iyengar - Communication Studies
- Brian Jeung - Design
- Reiko Kataoka - Linguistics & Language Development
- Mehrdad Khosravi - Interdisciplinary Engineering
- Janet Kitajima - Child & Adolescent Development; Linguistics & Language Development
- Jean-Pierre Lacrampe - Communication Studies
- Debra Law - Nursing
- Rachel Lazzeri-Aerts - Environmental Studies
- John Marlovits - Anthropology
- Kasuen Mauldin - Nutrition, Food Science & Packaging
- Marcella McCollum - Communicative Disorders & Sciences
- John McDaniel - Biological Sciences
- Morana Medved - Design
- Dustin Mulvaney - Environmental Studies
- Nico Peck - Communication Studies
- Adriana Poo - University Library
- Inga Poslitur - Design
- Nicky Ramos-Beban - Teacher Education
- Steven Sepka - Interdisciplinary Engineering
- Amita Shah - Child & Adolescent Development
- Azadeh Shahid-Faylienejad - Physics & Astronomy
- Josine Smits - Art and Art History
- Michael Stephens - School of Information
- Charlotte Sunseri - Anthropology
- Mary Sunseri - Communication Studies
- Chao-Li Tarng - Computer Engineering; Computer Science; Electrical Engineering
- Steven Tash - School of Information
- Terry Thompson - Hospitality, Tourism & Event Management; School of Management
- Pei-Tzu Tsai - Communicative Disorders & Sciences
- Logan Walker - Film and Theatre
- Lesley Wiley - Nutrition, Food Science & Packaging
- Linda Wilkin - Kinesiology
13 years:
- Bettina Brockmann - Communication Studies
- Rebeca Burciaga - Educational Leadership
- Kathleen Castillo - Communicative Disorders & Sciences
- San-hui Chuang - World Languages & Literatures
- Melody Esfandiari - Chemistry
- Rachael French - Biological Sciences
- Juan Gomez - Computer Engineering
- Laura Guardino - History
- Scott Hamilton - Moss Landing Marine Lab
- Gregory Hanle - Economics
- Zaki Hasan - Communication Studies; Film and Theatre
- Phillip Hawkins - Biological Sciences
- Jeffrey Jackson - Design
- Amna Jaffer - Counselor Education
- Preetpal Kang - Computer Engineering
- Jeong Kim - Design
- Sudha Krishnan - Special Education
- Jason Laker - Counselor Education
- Julio Martinez - Design
- Gonzalo Mendoza - Aerospace Engineering
- Miwa Merz - Marketing & Business Analytics
- Rajaee Mukhar - Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Douglas Muntz - Technology
- Felicia Noonis - Public Health & Recreation
- Peter O'Sullivan - English
- Soledad Paterson - Public Health & Recreation
- Vickey Perkins - Special Education
- Harold Peterson - Justice Studies
- Karisman Roberts-Douglass - Counseling & Psychological Services
- Kevin Roe - Public Health & Recreation
- Joseph Seumalo - Football
- Thomas Shirley - Global Innovation & Leadership; Psychology; School of Management
- Elaheh Sigari - Physics & Astronomy
- Stephanie Spencer - Nutrition, Food Science & Packaging
- Virginia Tucker - School of Information
- Carol Zepecki - Communicative Disorders & Sciences
- Jing Zhang - Marketing & Business Analytics
14 years:
- Fern Alberts - Philosophy
- Bernd Becker - School of Information; University Library
- Effie Chiu - Linguistics & Language Development
- Francisco De La Calle - World Languages & Literatures
- Sean Gaffney - School of Information
- Mojgan Haririfar - Nursing
- Gregory Hom - Design
- Stoyu Ivanov - Accounting & Finance
- Jamie Kubota - Nutrition, Food Science & Packaging
- Jean-Benoit Levy - Design
- Jason Lewis - School of Music
- Steven Lin - School of Music
- Ronald Mak - Applied Data Science; Computer Science
- Kathleen McConnell - Communication Studies
- Mahsa Modirzadeh - Linguistics & Language Development
- Barbara Murphy-Wesley - Interdisciplinary Engineering
- Alvin Musgrave - Global Innovation & Leadership
- Kathrine Richardson - Urban & Regional Planning
- Karthika Sasikumar - Political Science
- Scott Shaffer - Biological Sciences
- Edmund Tang - Nutrition, Food Science & Packaging
- Annalise Van Wyngarden - Chemistry
- Claudio Vera Sanchez - Justice Studies
- John Wilhelmsson - Philosophy
- Angela Wu - Design
- Yasue Yanai - World Languages & Literatures
- Kenneth Youngman - Biological Sciences
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- 15 years
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- Napoleon Abdon - Physical Planning
- Nikole Abrego - College of Humanities & Arts
- Stefanie Aichele-Chang - Teacher Education
- Anna Ang - Wellness & Health Promotion
- Tanya Bakhru - Sociology & Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
- Magdalena Barrera - Faculty Success
- Leslie Battersby - Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Jennifer Bechkoff - Marketing & Business Analytics
- Frank Belcastro - UPD Operations Bureau Commander
- Steven Bennet - Global Innovation & Leadership
- Renae Bhader - School of Social Work
- Mildred Blandino - School of Social Work
- Jared Blanton - Financial Aid & Scholarships
- Leslie Blum - Geology
- Ronald Boeder - Design
- Anji Buckner-Capone - Public Health & Recreation
- Suzanne Caughlan - Kinesiology
- Juanita Ceniza - Accounting Services
- Daniel Chafey - Chemical & Materials Engineering
- Yun Chan - Moss Landing Marine Lab
- Eduardo Chan - Applied Data Science; Mechanical Engineering
- Jessica Chin - Kinesiology
- Jang Hyung Cho - Accounting & Finance
- Roxanne Cnudde - Communication Studies
- Raquel Coelho - Design
- Edward Cohen - School of Social Work
- David Czerwinski - College of Business
- Aurelio Dias Ferreira - World Languages & Literatures
- Mark Dowdy - English
- Brent Duckor - Teacher Education
- Cary Feria - Psychology
- Teri Graziani - Center for Faculty Development
- April Sjoboen Guimaraes - Moss Landing Marine Lab
- Lavette Hay - Public Health & Recreation
- Patricia Hernandez - Economics
- Matthew Holian - Economics
- Paul Houck - Physics & Astronomy
- Jennifer Hubbs - School of Social Work
- Jeanine Hunter - Aerospace Engineering
- Connie Hwang - Design
- Kevin Locca - Desktop Support
- Abera Jiru - Mathematics
- Plamen Koev - Mathematics
- Hahn Koo - Linguistics & Language Development
- Shawn Lahr - Business Operations
- Ghislaine Lang - Economics
- John Loomis - Design
- Bobbi Makani - Career Center
- Nelia Medeiros - College of Science
- Ishbal Mehmi - Parking Services
- Scott Mendez - Accessible Education Center
- Michael Merz - Marketing & Business Analytics
- Leah Olaivar - Nutrition, Food Science & Packaging
- Michael Oye - Chemical & Materials Engineering; CommUniverCity
- Eileen Pena - Urban & Regional Planning
- Jose Perez - Lock Shop
- Daisy Phan - Accounting Services
- Scott Phillabaum - Linguistics & Language Development
- Dana Pozzi - Communication Studies
- Sarah Prasad - English
- Priya Raman - Communication Studies
- Alaka Rao - School of Management
- Anthony Raynsford - Art and Art History
- Shannon Rose Riley - Humanities
- Robert Rinck - Public Health & Recreation
- Todd Robinson - Accounting & Finance
- Avantika Rohatgi - English
- Dennis Romano - Aviation
- Robert Rose - Art and Art History
- Arlene Ruiz - Health Services
- Namrata Shukla - Academic Innovation & Institutional Effectiveness
- Valerie Smith - School of Social Work
- Brenden Sparks - Web & Campus Applications
- Bonnie Sugiyama - PRIDE and Gender Equity Center
- Laura Sullivan-Green - Civil & Environmental Engineering
- John Tang - Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Graham Teaford - Occupational Therapy
- Henry Tooryani - Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Yvette Trejo - Information Systems & Technology
- Miri VanHoven - College of Science
- Chunlei Wang - School of Management
- Sharlene Washington - Biological Sciences
- David Yee - Design
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- 20 years
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- Ivano Aiello - Moss Landing Marine Lab
- Claudia Alvarez - MLK Library Facility
- Sulekha Anand - Biological Sciences
- Susan Arias - Science
- Anuradha Basu - Global Innovation & Leadership
- Sue Ellen Nicdao Bautista - Bursar's Office
- Joni Bodart - School of Information
- Fain Butt - Computer Engineering; Computer Science
- Lei Cai - Kinesiology
- Steve Chang - Network Services
- Kim Clark - Film and Theatre
- Jimma Cortes-Smith - Accessible Education Center; Counselor Education
- Katherine Cushing - Environmental Studies
- Julie Dang - Office of the Registrar
- David DeLorenzo - School of Information
- Charlie Endris - Moss Landing Marine Lab
- Monica Escoto Reyes - Housing Building Maintenance
- Roopa Gadham - Electrical Engineering
- Roberto Gonzalez - HVAC Shop
- Jennifer Granda - Moss Landing Marine Lab
- Timothy Hendrick - Journalism & Mass Communication
- Diana Hollinger - School of Music
- Christine Holmes - University Library
- Gloria Jimenez - Athletic Director's Office
- Ann Kalinowski - Marketing & Business Analytics
- Therese Louie - Marketing & Business Analytics
- Muhieddine Maaz - Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Gwendolyn Mok - School of Music
- Seham Monsur - Office of the Provost/SVP Academic Affairs
- Lissette Moore-Guerra - School of Social Work
- Vannu Nguyen - Biological Sciences
- Theresa O’Donnell-Johnson - Child & Adolescent Development
- Todd Perreira - Humanities
- Hung Pham - Enterprise Systems
- Cuong Pham - Nursing
- Ninh Pham-Hi - Administration & Finance
- Lisa Rauch - Nursing
- Eliza Rentschler - School of Music
- Fernando Rivera - UPD Field Operations
- Lai Saechao - Custodial Services
- Amor Santiago - Public Health & Recreation
- Melody Sek - MLK Library Facility
- Phal Sek - MLK Library Facility
- Lucila Serrato-Lager - Financial Aid & Scholarships
- Christina Smith - Advancement & Campaign Operations
- Diana Steller - Moss Landing Marine Lab
- Patricia Thompson - Advancement & Campaign Operations
- Ashwini Wagle - Nutrition, Food Science & Packaging
- Wenbin Wei - Aviation
- Shu-Chieh Wu - Psychology
- Julie Yang - College of Professional & Global Education
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- 25 years
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- Jose Bautista - Sociology & Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
- Marion Beach - Counselor Education
- Angela Brada - English
- Emily Bruce - School of Social Work
- Carl Bugarin - Mathematics
- Amy Byington - Moss Landing Marine Lab
- Kathleen Cahill - Nutrition, Food Science & Packaging
- Glenn Callaghan - Psychology
- Michelle Chen - CPGE Financial Operations
- Elaine Collins - College of Science
- Travis Duval - Auto Shop
- Regino Garcia - Energy & Utilities
- Claudia Gasca - Academic Business & Strategic Operations
- Hector Gonzalez - Ground Services
- James Gorvad - Carpentry Shop
- Rona Halualani - Communication Studies
- Wesley Heim - Moss Landing Marine Lab
- Timothy Hill - Information Systems & Technology
- Jeffrey Honda - College of Graduate Studies
- Megumi Hosoda - Psychology
- Morris Jones - Electrical Engineering; Interdisciplinary Engineering
- Michael Kaufman - College of Science
- Abigail Laufer - School of Information
- Richard Low - Mathematics
- Kristina Luna - School of Information
- Eileen MacKusick - Nutrition, Food Science & Packaging
- Carrie Medders - University Personnel
- Jonathan Miller - Geology
- Linda Mitchell - English
- Rachel O'Malley - Environmental Studies
- Paul Olivo - School of Music
- Angela Ortega - College of Business
- Periklis Papadopoulos - Aerospace Engineering
- Scott Pham - College of Engineering
- Maria Ramirez - Advancement & Campaign Operations
- Cheryl Roddick - Mathematics
- Mitra Rokni - Sociology & Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
- Maria Roldan - Information Systems & Technology
- Michael Santos - UPD Administrative Services
- Babak Sarrafan - Film and Theatre
- Richard Sinn - Computer Engineering
- Geri Soto - Financial Aid & Scholarships
- Roger Terrill - Chemistry
- Sheri Tomisaka - Academic Scheduling & Space Management
- Hsiao-Shen Tsao - Industrial & Systems Engineering
- Monica Van Den Dool - Art and Art History
- Joan Walton - Film and Theatre
- Andrew Wood - Communication Studies
- Jianquing (Sandy) Xiao - Research Foundation/SA System & Student Success Programming
- John York - Film and Theatre
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- 30 years
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- Anthony Andre - Industrial & Systems Engineering; Psychology
- Soo Choi - Sociology & Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
- Joseph Dworak - Hospitality, Tourism & Event Management; School of Management
- Anh-Dao Nguyen-Church - Softball
- Maxine Shao - Physics & Astronomy
- Steven Vukazich - Civil & Environmental Engineering
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- 35 years
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- Maria Alaniz - Sociology & Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
- Maria Cayco-Gajic - Mathematics
- Caroline Haas - Nutrition, Food Science & Packaging
- Patrick Ho - Desktop Support
- Robin Love - Child & Adolescent Development
- Coleetta McElroy - Financial Aid & Scholarships
- Joseph Miller - Design
- Eric Narveson - History
- Taeho Park - Global Innovation & Leadership
- Karen Singmaster - Chemistry
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- 40 years
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- Jeffrey Fadiman - Marketing & Business Analytics
- Thomas Leddy - Philosophy
- Marco Scardina - Information Security
- Diana Stover - Journalism & Mass Communication
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