USF Recognizes Employees for Milestone Anniversaries

The University of St. Francis recently honored employees who reached employment milestones this academic year.

Employed 30 years: Frank Pascoe (Joliet), Provost.  

Employed 25 years: Michael Decman (Joliet), Director of Operations & Maintenance; John Gray (Joliet), Custodian; Janine Hicks (Joliet), Director of Institutional Effectiveness; Victoria Lewis (Orland Park), Assistant Professor of Mathematics; Marilyn Vollmer (Joliet), Security Desk Supervisor and Frank Wyrostek (Homer Glen), Professor in the College of Business & Health Administration.   

Employed 20 years: Patrick Brannon (Chicago), Professor of Music; William Bromer (Joliet), Professor of Natural Sciences; Alan Christensen (Naperville), Director of Enrollment Information Systems; John Gambro (Yorkville), Dean of the College of Education; Molly Knapczyk (Plainfield), Compensation & Benefits Specialist; Sara Leone (Plainfield), Assistant Professor in the College of Business & Health Administration; Mark Snodgrass (Joliet), Director of Network Support Services; Billie Terrell (Shorewood), Professor of Social Work and R. Joy Thompson (New Lenox), Associate Professor in the College of Business & Health Administration.  

Employed 15 years: Peggy Barrows (Joliet), Student Affairs & Health Services Secretary; Betsy Dvorak (Lockport), Database & Gift Processing Specialist; Joan Ferguson (Channahon), Education Certification Coordinator; Virginia Gale (Joliet), Librarian; Gail Gawlik (Joliet), Head of Library Technical Services; Scott Marshall (Joliet), Professor of Mass Communications; Leopoldo Ramirez (Joliet), Custodian and Stephanie Vermillion (Joliet), Maintenance Secretary.  

Employed 10 years: Maria Bibian Ortiz (Joliet), Custodian; John Blatti, Jr. (Joliet), Security Officer; Regina Block (Joliet), Chief Advancement Officer; Terrance Cottrell (Joliet), Director of Library Services; Rebecca Garland (Channahon), Assistant Director of Institiutional Research; Dorothy Gnutek (Joliet), Security Officer; Jodie Goebel (Joliet), Bookkeeper; Tracy Jones (Crest Hill), Academic Advisor in Graduate and Degree Completion Admissions; Edward Meegan (Joliet), Maintenance Worker; Russell Penny (Joliet), Security Officer; Vivian Quinerly (Joliet), Telecommunications Coordinator; Pauline Schumacher (Channahon), Financial Aid Services Secretary; Sandra Sloka (Tinley Park), Director of Graduate & Degree Completion Admissions, Michael Vinciguerra (Joliet), USF President and Catherine Wehrle (Minooka), Academic & Information Support Services Secretary. 

Employed five years: Robert Barwa (Crest Hill), Assistant Professor in the College of Education; Ann Bell (Plainfield), Office Coordinator for the Regional Education Academy for Leadership; Marie Bensulock (Albuquerque, NM), Assistant Professor in the Physician Assistant Program; Kathleen Bond (Plainfield), Secretary to the Dean of the College of Business & Health Administration; Christine Call (Oswego), Assistant Professor of Social Work; Srimani Chakravarti (Naperville), Assistant Professor in the College of Education; Classandra Green (Joliet), Institutional Effectiveness Research Assistant; Benjamin Gunnink (Plainfield), Applications Programmer; Colleen Hansen (Wilmington), Admissions Counselor in Graduate & Degree Completion Admissions; Margaret Honiotes (Joliet), Field Experience Office Coordinator in the College of Education; Lauren Holland (Channahon), Assistant Professor in the College of Education; Marie Lindsey (New Lenox), Associate Professor in the John & Cecily Leach College of Nursing; Victoria Lohmiller (Morris), Call Center Telecounselor; Kristin Nimmo (Wheaton), Librarian; Susan Parker (Joliet), Grant Researcher & Writer in University Advancement; Vicki Rooney (Plainfield), University Relations Office Coordinator; Barbara Scott (Shorewood), Instructor in the College of Nursing; Michael Stowe (Plainfield), Associate Professor in the College of Business & Health Administration; Richard Tyler (Joliet), Maintenance Worker; Doris Van Byssum (Glen Ellyn), Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing; David Veenstra (Tinley Park) Assistant Professor of History and Debra Workman (Joliet), Assistant Professor of History.

The University of St. Francis in Joliet serves 3,400 students nationwide, offering 48 undergraduate programs, four degree-completion programs and 15 graduate programs, including two doctoral programs. Programs are offered in arts and science, business, education, nursing and health care and social work. For information, call (800) 735-7500 or visit www.stfrancis.edu.