Nov 22
Apr 04, 2018
NEW – Gallery of the evening’s festivities!
SERVE THEM ALL MY DAYS – Lake Superior State University President Peter Mitchell poses with retiring faculty and staff during the university’s annual retirement and service awards banquet April 3 in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. From left are outgoing employees Sandra Hope (left, leaving the Academic Success Center) and Assistant Director of Financial Aid Jackie Kellerman. Joining them is Biology Professor Emeritus Nancy Kirkpatrick, who retired in 2017. Not pictured are professors Richard Crandall (social sciences), Collette Coullard (mathematics), Lorraine Gregory (mathematics), and David McDonald (engineering); and staffers Victoria Fox (student services), Connie Keiper (Health Care center), Colleen Kinghorn (food services), and Arlene MacPherson (human resources). (LSSU/John Shibley)
TOP LSSU EMPLOYEES I – Lake Superior State University President Peter Mitchell congratulates Ron Thoerner (left) after his recognition as LSSU’s Educational Support Personnel employee of the year. The citation was presented during the university’s annual Retirement and Service Awards banquet on April 3 in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Since 1990, LSSU employees and students have nominated their colleagues for the Employee of the Year Award, which is presented annually to one member of the educational support staff and one member of the administrative/professional staff. A committee of past recipients considers the nominations and chooses the finalists. The award is the equivalent to LSSU’s Distinguished Teaching Award, which is presented annually during LSSU graduation ceremonies. Other nominees were, from left, Ryan Stephens (Norris building attendant), Brenda Cooper (academic assistant, education), Brady Kirkpatrick (cook, food services) and Rich Bumstead (facilities sport utility attendant). Thoerner is head mechanic in LSSU’s physical plant. (LSSU/John Shibley)
TOP LSSU EMPLOYEES II – Lake Superior State University President Peter Mitchell poses with Carol Schmitigal (center, right) after her recognition as LSSU’s Administrative/Professional employee of the year. The citation was presented during the university’s annual Retirement and Service Awards banquet on April 3 in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Since 1990, LSSU employees and students have nominated their colleagues for the Employee of the Year Award, which is presented annually to one member of the educational support staff and one member of the administrative/professional staff. A committee of past recipients considers the nominations and chooses the finalists. The award is the equivalent to LSSU’s Distinguished Teaching Award, which is presented annually during LSSU graduation ceremonies. Other AP nominees were, from left, Jesse Wesolek (biology lab technician), Ashley Bunker (registrar’s office), Olivia Cerre (senior admissions recruiter, transfer specialist), Mari Schupp (to the right of Schmitigal; academic coordinator), Katelynn Coon (financial aid officer), Scott Stevenson (food services), and Lauren Suppa (accounts payable). Schmitigal is office coordinator in Campus Life and Housing. Not pictured is Library Director Marc Boucher and Director of Facilities Steve Gregory (LSSU/John Shibley)
TOP-TEN LAKERS – Lake Superior State University President Peter Mitchell (center) stands with LSSU staffers honored for ten years of service during the university’s annual retirement and service awards banquet on April 3 in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. From left are Eric Becks (associate dean, School of Professional Studies and Outreach), Derek Wright (associate chemistry professor), Marcia Jenkins Ball (academic assistant, Provost’s office), Virginia Zinser (LSSU Foundation), Jody Schoop (administrative assistant, library), Lauren Suppa (accounts payable), Steve Hettinga (men’s basketball head coach), and David Leach (engineering instructor). (LSSU/John Shibley)
TOP-TWENTY LAKERS – Lake Superior State University President Peter Mitchell (center) stands with LSSU staffers Kathleen Spencer (analyst, information technology) and Jeffery King (laboratory engineer), both honored for 20 years of service during the university’s annual retirement and service awards banquet on April 3 in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Not pictured is building attendant Jeffery Friedt. (LSSU/John Shibley)
TOP-THIRTY LAKER – Lake Superior State University President Peter Mitchell stands with LSSU Cisler Center staffer Terri Peller, honored for 30 years of service during the university’s annual retirement and service awards banquet on April 3 in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. Not pictured are Richard Burtt, facilities sport utility attendant; Lee Freedman, clerk in the Kenneth J. Shouldice Library; and Arlene MacPherson, outgoing payroll coordinator in Human Resources. (LSSU/John Shibley)