Spirit Magazine September 2023

Reyes a Clear Definition of Loyalty and Service

Few could speak with Raymond Reyes for more than a few minutes without being drawn into his wit, wisdom, wonder for the world and his passion to make it better.

He’s a visionary, a healer, an extraordinarily bright and well-read luminary, highly sought speaker and capable administrator . . . but what he likes best is teaching because “when I’m in front of a class or in a circle of students, I’m learning.”

Beginning his 36th year at Gonzaga, he came as a lecturer, and has taught for most of his 35 years. In partnership with Robert “Bob” Bartlett and others, he collaboratively contributed to establishing the Unity Multicultural Education Center and also was a founding member of the Gonzaga Center for the Study of Hate (GCSH), initiated the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, co-chaired the Council on Campus Climate, served on the Spokane Task Force on Race Relations and was appointed Gonzaga’s first chief diversity officer/associate vice president in 1998, among many other roles.

“My work at Gonzaga is trying to understand how culture is a way of life that allows one to walk the spiritual path with practical feet,” he often says.

He has taught hundreds of training and technical assistance seminars, from Kenya and Colombia to Canada and Zimbabwe, and a half dozen other countries in between, on an array of subjects from spiritual significance of human difference to optimizing organizational performance through intercultural competence

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and multicultural literacy. He is one of the nation’s experts in teaching Native American culture and intercultural dynamics.

From 1994 to 1998, he delivered classes to Olympic athletes at the U.S. Training Center in Colorado Springs on sports psychology and optimal performance for Native American elite runners.

But all his trails lead back to Gonzaga, what he calls his “Happy Place; a place of love, where I belong. It’s home, it’s fertile ground, a source of nurturing and nourishment. A place where I’ve grown up. A place where I am always working to move us toward a better common good,” he says.

On July 13, Reyes received the Harry H. Sladich Loyalty & Service Award from Gonzaga’s Board of Trustees, the 16th person to be so honored since its inception in 2009.

In presenting the award, President Thayne McCulloh thanked Reyes “for blessing Gonzaga University with your guidance, leadership and the vision for what could be, and what should be. You are a leader who embodies the values of our mission and exemplifies them for the good of all.”

He’s had a remarkable career, but in hindsight, he could just as easily followed another path.

“I’ve always been interested in God. If I knew as a young man what I know now, I would have become a Jesuit priest,” he says. “The Jesuit founder St. Ignatius of Loyola has captured my

“I think I’ve had 14 or 15 different offices during my time here. One day my mom visited and saw that the University had moved my office to the second floor and was happy to see it landed between two priests,” Reyes says with delight.

imagination, and his Spiritual Exercises have helped form the person I am today.”

Reyes has been a lot of things to a lot of people, as a friend, colleague, confidant and confessor in his many roles served.

He fondly equates his work at Gonzaga to group therapy. “Through relationships here I learned who I am,” he says. “In relationships, everything is an abundance of potential waiting to be activated, it’s God’s presence in my heart and a willingness to express love in relationship to others.”

He learned to explore his restless curiosity from GU’s students. “I have always been curious about the ‘what ifs,’” he says. He is a practical visionary, whose idealism draws inspiration, but whose feet are on the ground, getting things done. He is always experimenting with ideas for his presentations or teaching. A mad scientist of sorts, always asking “what if.”

Serving Gonzaga for 35 years in many capacities, Raymond Reyes now serves as associate vice president for cultural affairs in the president’s office.

Faculty Honored for Outstanding Year in Teaching, Scholarship

The following faculty members were recognized at the annual Academic Convocation honoring their academic excellence in 2022-23.

SuSan Poindexter , Special Education

Community Engaged Learning Faculty of the Year

K ay Slater , Nursing

Collaborative Work & Innovation

SuSan edwardS, Nursing

Teaching Excellence (Non-Tenure Track)

Jamie rocK , Nursing

Collaborative Work & Innovation

nancy Staub, Biology

Diversity Leadership

Gary chanG, Biology

Teaching Excellence (Tenured)

meironG “mary” ZhanG, Engineering

Professional Contributions

Juliane mora , Communications Studies

Collaborative Work & Innovation AND Compass Award

Jamella Gow, Sociology & Criminology

Teaching Excellence (Tenure-Track)

leSlie StamooliS, Theatre/Dance Compass Award

Longstanding Contributions

Seven longtime Gonzaga faculty members with distinguished careers were honored with the title Emeritus (first year at GU in parenthesis). Professors Emeritus are Akbar Ansari (1986), Mechanical Engineering;

todd FinKle, Business Administration

Professional Contributions

monica bartlett, Psychology

Academic Citizenship

l aurie arnold, History

Open (Tenured)

Merit Faculty Emeritus Status

and Dan Mahoney (1992), Educational Leadership and Administration. Associate Professors Emeritus are Henry Batterman (1984), Modern Languages and Literature; Susan English (2002), Integrated Media; Jerri

Shephard (1990), Educational Leadership and Administration; Diane Tunnell (1987), Kinesiology and Sport Management; and Mary Jeannot (1992), Teacher Education.

Staff Honored for Service to Mission, Innovation, Spirit

Six staff members were honored on May 31 for their exemplary service to Gonzaga and their peers.

2023 Faculty Award winners: Susan Poindexter, Kay Slater, Susan Edwards, Jamie Rock, Nancy Staub, Gary Chang, Mary Zhang, Juliane Mora, Jamella Gow. Not pictured: Leslie Stamoolis, Todd Finkle, Monica Bartlett and Laurie Arnold.

Akbar Ansari

Dan Mahoney Henry Batterman Susan English Jerri Shephard Diane Tunnell Mary Jeannot

Vipul Saxena, ITS, and Jennifer Gill, Graduate Student Services

Outstanding Service in Support of Mission Award

Holly Jones, University Advancement, Amy Barton, Arts & Sciences, and Pam Alvarado, Payne Leadership Development

Spark of Spirit Award

Joshua Somrah Housing & Residence Life

Innovation Award

GU TO CREATE INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATICS AND APPLIED TECHNOLOGY, LED BY $5 MILLION GIFT

By Dan Nailen

The Gonzaga Board of Trustees approved establishing the Institute for Informatics and Applied Technology at its July meeting. A $5 million lead gift to support the development of the new institute ensures that Gonzaga University will be a major part of technological advancement endeavors.

“Industries like aerospace manufacturing, health care and computer engineering are all central elements of the Inland Northwest economy, and the Institute for Informatics and Applied Technology will create new opportunities for our students to be leaders in high-tech industries for years to come,” said Gonzaga President Thayne McCulloh.

A generous contribution by the David and Cathleen Reisenauer family allows Gonzaga to immediately launch a search for an inaugural institute director. By augmenting current faculty with new hires and developing new undergraduate and graduate degree and certificate programs, the institute will serve as a major focal point for technology and information science at Gonzaga. Its collective expertise will offer a chance to partner with local industries, government agencies and health providers, while enhancing current relationships such as the University’s ongoing partnership with the University of Washington School of Medicine.

Gonzaga plans to launch programs that put students at the heart of harnessing – and protecting – “big data.” That includes potential degrees in data sciences, artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, bioinformatics, biomedical

engineering and software engineering. With considerable expertise already on campus in the College of Arts and Sciences and the schools of Engineering and Applied Science, Law and Business Administration, GU Provost Sacha Kopp believes Gonzaga is uniquely positioned to explore the needs and solutions of an increasingly data-driven world.

“We seek to understand how big data and artificial intelligence can extract powerful insights in technology development, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals and health care. And we seek to understand the threats

posed to national, individual and privatesector security due to information and resource theft or attacks in cyberspace,” Kopp said.

See full story here: https://www.gonzaga.edu/ news-events/stories/2023/4/27/instituteof-informatics-and-applied-technologyannouncement

Addressing Artificial Intelligence

In pondering the stunning growth of artificial intelligence tools at the beginning of the Center for Teaching and Advising’s “Enhancing our AI Literacy” retreat, some faculty members expressed excitement at incorporating the powerful tech tool into their classes. Others, though, like Associate Professor Karen Petruska (Communication Studies) went “straight to existential threat” when considering AI’s possible ramifications for teaching and learning.

It’s safe to say that when the couple dozen faculty members, administrators and staffers left the day-long discussion Aug. 15 – part of CTA’s Teaching and Learning Symposium 2023 – most attitudes landed somewhere between excitement and fear. But everyone walked away knowing that AI is here and it’s not going anywhere.

What happens next as the Gonzaga community adapts to this dynamic new tool is a story that will unfold differently in different areas of campus. The overall message for faculty at the symposium, though, was that there are incredible opportunities for teaching students to use AI that enhance students’ creativity and academic rigor. And the same goes for teachers.

“In teaching, there’s always another thing to learn about,” said CTA Director Nichole Barta (Kinesiology & Sport Management) in an opening session she co-hosted with Justin Marquis, Instructional Design and Delivery director, delving into AI as a new science of learning. “And the students show up to class every day thinking the same thing.”

Chase Bollig (English) is an early adapter and embracer of AI, and used it in a first-year

writing course last year, learning a lot about how students use AI now, and what the potential is for using ChatGPT or Google’s Bard AI tool as an automated researcher, assistant and writer. He led a session on “AI as Part of a Writing-Enriched Tool Kit” and noted that his students found it frustrating at times, and some had their own ethical questions about how much AI used in an assignment is too much.

Other sessions at the symposium included Marquis guiding faculty through how to design assignments that incorporate AI, and research librarians Anthony Tardiff and Candise Branum exploring “AI-Powered Research: Helpful or Hallucination?”

GU WELCOMES TWO NEW DEANS

Gonzaga welcomes two new deans to its administrative staff this fall: Jeff Borden, School of Leadership Studies, and Julie Wolter, School of Nursing and Human Physiology, transitioning to its new name, School of Health Sciences.

Borden most recently served as vice provost of learning experience at southern Californiabased National University supporting deans and faculty in program development, instructional design, market analysis and pedagogy in online programs.

Wolter served at University of Montana as associate vice provost for innovation and online learning after serving five years as chair and professor in school speech, language, hearing and occupational sciences.

Spirit asked GU’s new deans a little about themselves to better acquaint you with them.

JEFF BORDEN

Q: Where did you grow up?

A: I was born in Dallas. My dad was going to Dallas Seminary at the time, and Roger Staubach, the Cowboys’ legendary quarterback, was on the school’s board. I’m told the first visitor to my mom’s room was Roger Dodger with an autographed picture for me, which now hangs in my office. While I’ve spent time in Texas, Florida, California and now Washington, I’ve spent most of my life in Denver. Part of why I’m drawn to Spokane is that it feels like a smaller version of Denver (but without the traffic!).

Q: What do you like to do for fun?

A: I’m an avid disc golfer. In fact, I’m nationally ranked. In 2006, I took 18th at the World’s competition. It’s fun to have started playing a sport long before its status as the fastest-growing sport in the world over the past decade. (http://pdga.com)

Q: If you could meet anyone for the first time, who would it be?

A: I’m reminded of the old punchline – “I think I’m supposed to say Jesus, but I’m going to go with Jon Stewart…” I partially paid my way through my M.A. in Communication as a stand-up comedian. I absolutely love standup and improv, and I go to shows as often as I can. I love how Stewart straddled the line of comedian with thought leader and how his no-holds-barred, equal-opportunity-offender persona has held some national leaders accountable over time.

Q: What do you like to read?

A: My non-fiction reading has largely involved learning, innovation, systems thinking, leadership and strategies for vision/mission

for the past decade. But I also typically have a fiction book on Audible, too; I’m a fan of thrillers and suspense novels.

Q: What’s your favorite thing about the greater Spokane area so far?

A: I first started learning about Spokane when visiting my sister who graduated from Whitworth 20 years ago. I have always liked the similarities between here and where I grew up. The mountains are super close, the summer mornings and evenings are cool enough for walks, there are both new and old neighborhoods for whatever your preference, and you can enjoy just about any outdoor hobby you’d like!

Q: Would you like to share anything about your family?

A: My wife and daughter mean the world to me. My wife has taught me more about life than any human I’ve ever known and I’m grateful for her patience and support over 20 years. Our daughter was truly a miracle baby – happy to share that story if anyone is

interested – and she is growing into a young woman with a really funny personality, a care for others, and spunk like I wish I’d had at her age. She found Gonzaga’s website for nursing about 18 months BEFORE this job was even posted. GU has been Addie’s #1 choice for two years. So, guess who my biggest supporter was during the interview process?

Q: What is your biggest professional hope or goal for this coming year?

A: This year, I am working to ‘sit in the tensions’ with others. In many crossinstitutional conversations, I am listening to Gonzaga people express thoughts, point to values, or explain actions taken at GU. Sometimes those thoughts, values or actions conflict with others at the institution. I first want to try and get those stakeholders together and find out why there are discrepancies or incongruencies. Then, my past experiences suggest some of those discussions will provide fertile ground for opportunity to grow and transform.

Dean Borden will look for differences that will provide opportunities to grow and transform.

. . . A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK

JULIE WOLTER

Q: What are your early impressions of the area?

A: The Gonzaga and Spokane communities are integrally related, and it is immediately evident that people in the community – those who are and are not affiliated with Gonzaga – are deeply connected to and proud of this University.

Q: What do you like to do for fun?

A: I am a bit of an art deco and craftsmanera house nut and like to take walks in neighborhoods like Spokane’s South Hill to appreciate the early 1900s architecture and the beautiful tree-lined streets.

Q: If you had a week to go anywhere on an expense-paid trip, where would you go?

A: I would love to visit Vienna, Austria, to visit family and explore the culture, music and mountains.

Q: If you could meet anyone for the first time, who would it be?

A: Carol Greider paved her own success as an individual with dyslexia. She and her health science colleagues, including research mentor Elizabeth Blackburn, won a Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 2009 for the discovery of an enzyme that has real potential to fight cancer and age-related disease. Dr. Greider had significant struggles with reading and spelling that impacted her full school career – including multiple graduate school rejections due to low standardized test scores. In addition to having a professor like Dr. Blackburn who considered her abilities as a whole person that extended beyond her literacy abilities, Dr. Greider credits dyslexia and how she had to find innovative ways to problem-solve to achieve academic success as the core of her skills as a scientist. She also is an advocate for women leaders in science and academia and has promoted ways to better support her peers. As a long-time researcher in the area of dyslexia, I would love to hear her perspective about how we can best support our students with a wide range of abilities.

Q: What do you like to read?

A: I am an avid reader and love good fiction. Right now I am reading The Outsiders with my 12-year-old son as part of his summer reading list.

Q: Have you found a favorite restaurant in Spokane?

A: I recently got to experience Jack and Dan’s and loved hearing about all the connections with the Gonzaga community.

Q: What’s your favorite thing about this greater Spokane area so far?

A: I have enjoyed exploring the city parks and walking my dog in Manito Park at the Japanese gardens.

Q: Would you like to share anything about your family?

A: My husband, David, is originally from Boise and we met at Carroll College in Helena, Montana. My 16-year-old, James, is starting his junior year at Gonzaga Prep and my 12-year-old Charlie is starting 7th grade at St. Aloysius.

Q: What is your biggest professional hope or goal for this coming year?

A: My overarching goal for our new School of Health Sciences is to be recognized for our academic excellence, whole-person formation,

and commitment to serving the vulnerable at a regional, national and global level. This includes a deep focus on interdisciplinary health and human service programming, both in-person and via distance, personified through experiential learning and service in health communities across the region. In the coming year I am focused on how we can work with our partners across Gonzaga, the UW School of Medicine, Spokane and the Inland Northwest to collaborate and serve our students and community in meaningful and impactful ways.

Q: Tell us something we don’t know about you?

A: My family and I took a beautiful trip to Italy last summer to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. My husband and I renewed our vows in the Vatican and I can still hear the powerful and moving sound of the vocalist singing Ave Maria just to us in St Peter’s Choir’s Chapel.

Dean Wolter will be looking to expand the School of Health Sciences into other areas of health care.

Fields of Dreams

For Jenn and husband Tim Klein , this project is their Field of Dreams.

Back in 2013, Tim Klein became head baseball coach at Lakeside High School in Nine Mile Falls. With the rising popularity of soccer in the U.S., baseball numbers have been steadily dwindling. By 2017, Coach Klein didn’t have enough players to fill rosters of both his varsity and junior varsity teams. He and Jenn talked, and they decided to chase their vision to make youth baseball in their small community “cool again.”

“That was our original motivation to create Lake Spokane Youth Sports, a volunteer organization to provide baseball and basketball leagues for kids pre-school to sixth grade from our area,” Jenn says. “Our hope was that by the time they get to high school they want to play baseball, softball, and of course, basketball.”

The Kleins inherited an established community basketball league that had 166 children the previous year. “We are techy people so we modernized the league by making a website and electronic registration.” Now that hoops league numbers 260 youngsters. They had 250 kids register to play baseball earlier this spring, the highest number so far.

Part of the concern was the travel distance from Nine Mile Falls to various sites in Spokane and the Spokane Valley, making travel time a big issue. Cost of playing in the

Spokane leagues was another drawback. So, in establishing Lake Spokane Youth Sports, the Klein’s took nothing in return. They work for free. And the toil is considerable.

Jenn organizes electronic registration, manages and updates the website, responds to “a million parent and coach emails with all kinds of questions,” recruits coaches, and makes balanced teams for the start of every season. Tim drags and lines all the fields and makes sure the gyms are picked up after every league day. A few friends of the Kleins – including the wives of Lakeside’s assistant baseball coach and head football coach –help tremendously by advertising on social media, bookkeeping, equipment organization,

and ordering uniforms in different colors for each team and in a variety of sizes to fit every youthful physique.

One parent solicits local businesses for donations, and there is an option on each registration form to donate more than the registration cost. Registration fees are a mere $40 for a youngster to play basketball, $60 for baseball (with a $5 discount for each additional sibling registering). This helps pay for uniforms for all teams in both sports, a basketball for every player in the winter league, and for each team in baseball a five-gallon bucket of baseballs, catcher’s gear, bats, six helmets, and a binder for every coach with player information and contact numbers. Scholarships are made available for any child whose parents cannot pay the registration fee, no questions asked.

The only personnel paid for their efforts are the high school students recruited from Lakeside to referee and umpire the games. Lakeside School District allows the two leagues to use school gyms and fields for games and practice.

What Jenn loves most is the collective feel she gets from one community coming together to make these opportunities available to their kids.

“When I see tons of cars, and all these people – parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles – walking to the fields and the gyms to see these kids play,” says Jenn, “it reminds me how special it has been to create something far bigger than ourselves for our small community.”

The Klein’s Fields (and Gyms) of Dreams.

baseball, without leaving Nine Mile Falls.

Jenn Klein, director of institutional assessment in the Provost’s office, with husband Tim, are tireless volunteers making dreams come true for kids.

Lake Spokane Youth Sports gives children pre-school through sixth grade a chance to learn and play

»» Business Professor Todd Finkle’s book, “Warren Buffett: Investor and Entrepreneur,” earned him a Bronze Medal from the Axiom Business Book Awards.

»» Mass of the Holy Spirit is Sept. 12, 10 a.m., St. Aloysius Church, with lunch to follow at Cataldo Hall Globe Room.

»» The Logan Block Party is Sept. 15, 4-7 p.m., at Mission Park.

»» History Professor Ray Rast accepted an invitation to serve on the Experts Advisory Committee for the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, with goals to assess how historic preservation policy intersects with things like the nation’s housing crisis, climate change and tribal relations.

»» Gonzaga initiated three new master’s programs: The Master of Science in Business Analytics (MSBA) and Online Master of Business Administration are housed in the School of Business Administration and will launch this fall while the third, an online Master of Education in Educational Leadership with Principal Certification, will start in spring 2024.

»» Money magazine’s latest Best Colleges

“Rankings and Recognition” rated Gonzaga among the best colleges in the West, noting 76% acceptance rate, $69,900 estimated full price, $38,100 estimated cost with grants, and an 84% grad rate. Rankings are based on quality, affordability and student outcomes.

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Around Campus

»» Gonzaga’s Center for Lifelong Learning is partnering with Green Flower, the industry leader in cannabis education, to offer a Certificate in Cannabis Health Care and Medicine and a Certificate in Cannabis Compliance & Risk Management. Learn more: https://bit.ly/46Uzs9Y

»» Ensuring campus security and safety, appropriate emergency response, effective support of environmental health and safety, and management of institutional risk, University leaders have consolidated those departments under Human Resources Vice President Ray Kliewer, President Thayne McCulloh announced this summer. “Given the thousands of people who ordinarily live on, work at, and visit our campus on a daily basis, the work of crime reduction and crisis management is perennial, requiring the constant attention of highly skilled professionals,” McCulloh said.

»» Gonzaga basketball Coach Mark Few was assistant coach for the USA National Team

this summer. Few was named to the coaching staff for the 2023 FIBA World Cup and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. He joins USA and Golden State Warriors Head Coach Steve Kerr

»» Thirty faculty and staff members competed for Gonzaga’s Corporate Cup team in Bloomsday 2023. Law’s Lisa Bradley scored the maximum points as an individual. Her Zippity Zags team including Arturo Garcia Osorio, Borre Ulrichsen, Jackie Van Allen and Bailley Wootton placed best ever for a GU team, 1st in their division and 2nd overall out of 208 teams. Garcia Osorio was GU’s fastest finisher at 52:25 over the 7.46-mile course.

»» Jud Regis Endowed Chair of Accounting Andrew Brajcich is newly elected president of the Washington Society of CPAs Board of Directors.

He sees Gonzaga as a place where he can bust the binary. “There is always either/ or, but I always try to figure ways to a third option or position, finding a common ground where we can experience uniformity without conformity,” he says. “We can have opposing views and critique each other, but still find solidarity.

“It is not important that I always be right. Righteousness can get in the way of collaboration, agape love, and representing the full ability of the human spirit to bring God’s presence here.

“Jesuit spirituality got me here. The spiritual life in this community kept me here,” Reyes proclaims.

He says the quality of faculty we have at Gonzaga right now is one of the University’s strongest assets. “We might disagree on a lot of things, but their creative genius and academic acumen is phenomenal. They walk

the talk. Faculty have always nourished my passion to be a lifelong learner.”

Reyes says he is planning to retire from full-time work at Gonzaga sometime this academic year. But he’d rather refer to it as “reinventing or recreating himself,” with no intention of slowing down much.

He wants to continue working with Jesuits in their global social apostolate around global Indigenous community-based education, write a few books from the stacks of materials he has written over the years, teach one class per semester (when the time is right), do some form of work with tribal colleges, play more music on a guitar begging for his attention, and hang out with his 91-year-old father and 5-year-old grandson.

As Reyes often quotes Maya Angelou, “Prepare yourself to be a rainbow in somebody’s cloud.” He is indeed that rainbow shining his colors on the lives of many others.

Gov. Jay Inslee on campus July 18 for the dedication of Spokane’s new all-electric City Line, with two stations on GU’s campus.

Reyes continues to be a highly sought and passionate public speaker.

NEW HIRES

Brian Seguin, head public service librarian, law; Catherine Niblock , program asst III, Engineering; Colleen Hagan, executive asst & office manager, President; Eric Davis, custodian, Plant; Erin de Silva , social media specialist, Marketing & Communications; Ethan Lewan , application specialist, Grad Enrollment Management; Francisca Lara , specialist academic budget & personnel, Provost; Hannah Matchell, student affairs program coordinator, Law; Katie Green, mail services clerk, Auxiliary Enterprises; Meghan Ridgely, manager dean’s suite & faculty support, Law; Michele Maxwell, asst volleyball coach, Athletics; Pearlrae Thomas, custodian, Plant; Roy Barsh , asst men’s basketball coach, Athletics; Stephen Cummins, director, Woldson Performing Arts Center; Tiffany Sarratt , custodian, Plant; Andrea Lofgren, assessment and accreditation officer, Education; Jamie Jamison Tancrell, asst vice president, HR; Jerad Serdar, custodian, Plant; Lauren Sfeir, web & marketing specialist, Education; Ryan Chun , admission specialist, Grad Enrollment Management; Sue Edwards, groundskeeper, Plant; Tennille Brown, senior director, Grad Enrollment Management; Jeff Borden, dean, Leadership Studies; Julie Wolter, dean, Nursing; Michael Heupel, custodian, Plant; Mishayla Blair, registrar operations specialist II, Institutional Research & Registrar; Peter Chastain, groundskeeper, Plant; Sydney Rains, program coordinator, Student Affairs; Addie Kemp, residence director, Housing & Residence Life; Andrea LaPlant , relations director, HR; Aneshia Jerralds, asst dean for residential experience, Housing & Residence Life; Brenna Anderson , academics coordinator, Athletics; Bryce Gill, residence director, Housing & Residence Life; Chris McGaughey, men’s soccer asst coach, Athletics; Christopher Stiles, senior director of gift planning, Development; Daniele Bean , asst women’s basketball coach, Athletics; Dante Jester, program coordinator, Institute for Research & Interdisciplinary Initiatives; Elizabeth Larson , compensation manager, HR; Ethan Smith , custodian, Plant; Grace McElligott , social media specialist, Marketing & Communications; Jacquelyn Orchard , advancement communications specialist, Alumni Relations; Jennifer Fountain, dean of Student Wellbeing; Jessica Ocampo, program asst, New Students Programs; Jesus Cardenas, youth program manager for elementary programs, Community Engagement; Josephine Orlando, residence director, Housing & Residence Life; Kristin Finch, assoc chief diversity officer, Inclusive Excellence; Madison Omdal, asst athletic trainer, Athletics; Madison Cooley, asst women’s soccer coach, Athletics; Noah Matthews, asst athletic trainer, Athletics; Robin Petersen Lewis, community engaged

NOTEWORTHY

learning coordinator, Community Engagement; Sara Whelchel, admission counselor, Admission; Sophie Cieslicki, residence director, Housing & Residence Life; Whitney Pitalo, asst coach women’s soccer, Athletics; William Shoup, admission counselor, Admission

POSITION CHANGES/ PROMOTIONS

Kim Brus, assoc director, Donor Relations; Marit Jacobs, director of development, University Advancement; Morgan Anderson , academic curriculum specialist, Institutional Research & Registrar; Sarah Marr, asst director communityengaged learning, CCE; Anthony Brown, director of risk & emergency management, Risk Management; Danielle Teague, assoc director of student experience, Research & Assessment, Provost; Grace Davis Nicholson, manager external relations & special events, Law; Natalie Chapin , groundskeeper, Plant; Sarah Guzman , executive director, Law; Todd Mosebar, asst. budget & personnel officer, Arts; Catherine Santangelo, assignments coordinator, Housing & Residence Life; Rachel Porter, custodian lead, Plant; Stashia Kaiel, asst director, Global Engagement; Alexandra Giffin, academic advisor, Nursing; Alysha Terrell, administrative asst & office manager, HR; Carol Osenga , program specialist, Development, Debra Fischetti, budget specialist, University Advancement; Kayla Lantgios, benefits manager, HR; Marcy Candland, asst director youth programs, CCE; Natalie Borek , sr curriculum specialist, Institutional Research & Registrar; Todd Coleman, lead groundskeeper, Plant; Maria Viveros, asst athletic trainer, Athletics

GOODBYES

Amanda Hardt , social media specialist, Marketing & Communications; Maureen McGuire, general counsel; Roger Powell Jr, asst men’s basketball coach, Athletics; Alexander Bies, asst professor psychology, Arts; Alexandria Young , director women’s basketball operations, Athletics; Andrei Kochegarov, Arts; Aubree Argyle, lecturer, Nursing; Bonni Dichone, assoc professor, Arts; Brian Best , facility manager, Bozarth; Brianna Brinkman, asst professor, Engineering; Carol Smith, paralegal/admin asst, Law; Catherine Follette, program coordinator, Business; Dan Mai, specialist, Mission & Ministry; Daniel Mahoney, professor, Education; David Gracon , asst professor, Integrated Media; Debbie Lindgren , lecturer, Education; Deborah Smith , lecturer, Nursing; Dennis Conners, assoc professor, Leadership; Dennis Colestock , sr director, Housing & Residence Life; Diana Justice, program asst II, University Advancement; Diane Tunnell, assoc professor, Education; Elena Shaw, student services onboarding specialist; Grad Enrollment Management; Eric Davis, custodian, Plant; Esther Matthews, asst

professor, Sociology & Criminology; Faye Phillips, lecturer, Nursing; Fazlija Muftic , custodian, Plant; Forest Rodgers, assoc professor, Sociology & Criminology; Gary Thorne, asst professor, Psychology; Giselle Cunanan , lecturer, Critical Race & Ethnic Studies; Heidi Doolittle, lecturer, Modern Languages & Literature; Henry Batterman , assoc professor, Florence; Hussein El Ebiary, lecturer, Biology; Jacqueline Van Allen , grant & contract officer III, Sponsored Research; James Williamson, men’s soccer asst coach, Athletics; Jennifer Akins, lecturer, Modern Languages & Literature; Jennifer Sevedge, lecturer, Modern Languages & Literature; Jerri Shepard, assoc professor, Education; Jessica Halliday, lecturer, English; Jill Culley, academic adviser, Nursing; Joshua Anthony, lecturer, English; Kathleen Leamy, asst professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry; Kelsey Solberg , director professional and community engagement, Leadership; Kevin Shelley, assoc professor, Law; Akbar Ansari, professor, Engineering; Kirk Reinkens, freshman engineering course coordinator, Engineering; Lenora Lopez Schindler, lecturer, Art; Mary Jeannot , assoc professor, Education; Mary Lyle, lecturer, Nursing; Melina Palomba , program asst III, Leadership; Michael Connolly, assoc professor, Political Science; Molly Martin , asst debate coach; Ryan McCulloch, assoc professor, Human Physiology; Samantha Galluzzo, admission counselor, Admission; Samuel Matthews, asst professor, Business, Sean Devine, lecturer, Chemistry & Biochemistry; Susan English, assoc professor, Integrated Media; Tao Zhang , lecturer, Communication Studies; Theresa Giordanellia , program asst III, Arts & Sciences; Ulil Amri, lecturer, Environmental Studies; Vincent Alfonso, professor, Education; Wayne Unger, visiting asst professor, Law; Weili Yuan, lecturer, Education; Zaida Rivera , staff attorney, Law; Alexis Brown, assoc head coach, Women’s Soccer; Alfonso Amanecer, program manager, UMEC, Anna Belov, data & system coordinator, HR; Barbara Boyer, professor, Arts & Sciences; Catherine Dieter, director field experience, Education; Ciarra McCormick , case manager, Center for Cura Personalis; Erica Ramos-Thompson , case manager, Center for Cura Personalis; Jacqueline Heeman , asst trainer, Athletics; Kaitlan Ducken, program coordinator, Research & Interdis; Kayla Johnson , program asst III & budget asst, President; Kelly Needs, asst athletic trainer, Athletics; Kylee Gehring , asst athletic trainer, Athletics; Makenzie Moody, residence director, Housing & Residence Life; Megan Hewins, assoc project manager, ITS; Megan Self, purchasing manager, Controller’s Office; Nicholas Crane, custodian, Plant; Rachel Beal, program asst II, Leadership Studies; Russell Huffman , lecturer, Nursing; Shirley Watson, program

coordinator, Nursing; Tyler VonDracek , asst director operations, Rudolf Fitness Center; Veronica Puente Arroyo, asst director youth programs, CCE; Wade Sase, infrastructure administrator II-windows, ITS; Carol Huston, grad program specialist, Institutional Research & Registrar, Chad Little, case manager, Center for Cura Personalis; Clay Ridgley, electrician, Plant; DaShane Fugate, program coordinator, leadership development; Deborah Stevenson , director, Center for Student Academic Success; Jared Payton, asst director, Housing & Residence Life; Jonathon Arnott , custodian, Plant; Madeline Gotta , asst women’s soccer coach, Athletics; Mario Puccinelli, budget & personnel officer, Engineering; Michael McPhee, program coordinator, Students Affairs; Nancy Moss, faculty assistant, Law; Ryan Culver, security officer, Campus Public Safety & Security; Sophia Alvord, program asst III, Disability Access; Teresa Atkins, budget & personnel officer, Leadership Studies

ANNIVERSARIES

Bud Barnes , professor, Economics

Chuck Murphy, chief strategy officer, President

Jane Hession, academic adviser/ assessment evaluator, Business

Randy Bennett , professor, Economics; Dean Larson , asst professor, Math; Angela Ruff, project & event manager, Provost

Julie McCulloh , vice provost for enrollment management, Provost; David Cleary, professor, Chemistry; Carolyn Hood, library tech III, Law; Paul Nowak , professor, Civil Engineering; Mia Bertagnolli, vice provost for faculty affairs, Provost

Jeff Amann , working maintenance supervisor, Plant; Shannon Zaranski, budget & personnel officer, Nursing; Dori Sonntag , assoc VP, University Advancement; Rick Rasmussen, TES assoc director, ITS; Kimberly Weber, professor, Special Education; Elisabeth Bennett , professor, Counselor Education; Ben Semple, professor, Modern Languages; David Boose, professor, Biology; Glen Frappier, sr lecturer/ debate coach, Communications Studies; Jennifer Shepherd, professor, Chemistry

Senad Avdic , equipment repair technician, Plant; Mike Rorholm, business manager, Jesuit Community; Molly Pepper, professor, Management; Kirk Besmer, professor, Philosophy;

Kim Brus, assoc director, Donor Relations; Linda Tredennick , professor, English; Eric Cunningham , professor, History; Erik Schmidt , professor, Philosophy; Anna Marie Medina , professor, Psychology; Kevin McCruden, professor, Religious Studies; Sheri Allenwykes, staff accountant, Athletics, Kirk Anders, professor, Biology

Sarah Everitt , assoc dean & director, Financial Aid; Pat Tyson, director cross country & track, Athletics; Drew Rieder, senior director regional chapters & affinity communities, Alumni; Christopher Johnson, sr. assoc athletic director, Athletics; Teresa Beratto, asst director, Student Accounts; Stephanie Rockwell, AVP operations & fundraising strategy, Organization Effectiveness; Bryce Thomas, assoc director, Learning Strategy; Jennifer Gill, student services specialist, Recruitment & Retention – GEM; Mark Voorhees, assoc head coach, Men’s Rowing; Erica Johnson , professor, Economics; Jessica Maucione, professor, English; Mark Young , assoc professor, Counselor Education; Matt Cremeens, professor, chemistry; John Eliason, professor, English; Ann Ciasullo, professor, English; Vesta Coufal, professor, Math; Brian Henning , professor, Philosophy/ Environmental Studies; Dan Bradley, professor, Philosophy; Mike Nelson, assoc professor, Psychology; Matt Rindge, professor, Religious Studies; Chris Stevens, assoc professor, Entrepreneurship; Terry Randles, office coordinator, Mission & Ministry; Marianne Poxleitner, professor, Biology; Melinda Howard, lecturer, Biology

David Peck , lecturer, Nursing; Lindsay Bailey, sr. LMS admin & data analyst, Instructional Design & Delivery; Paul Manoguerra , curator, Jundt Museum; Christopher Johnson , officer, Security; Jeffery Gilbert , technician, Electrical Engineering; Rebecca Chesterman , IT technician, Support Center; Rachelle Strawther, director, Center for Lifelong Learning; Justin Marquis, director, Instructional Design & Delivery; Lyle Spencer, data architect, ITS; Rachelle Hose, Slate system administrator operations, Admission Operations; Colleen McLean, program asst III, Arts & Sciences Dean’s Office; Justin Morscheck , assoc professor, Finance; Jennifer Garrity, lecturer, Nursing; James McKenzie, sr lecturer, Human Physiology; Charlie Lassiter, assoc professor, Philosophy; Laurie Arnold, professor, Native American Studies; Dan St. George, endpoint engineer, ITS; Chandra Reiber, Saturday Literature Program co-coordinator,

Education; Addy Wissel, assoc professor, Counselor Education; Matt Porter, custodial lead, Plant

Jenna Larson , admission specialist II international/military, Grad Enrollment Management; Jacob Rooksby, dean, Law; Dana McCullough , treasury manager, Chief Financial Officer; Kristi Duenas, enterprise content management developer, ITS; Jim Fawcett , asst director for marketing & education, Parent Program; Byron Futrell, custodian, Plant; Caleb Strine, operations manager, GUEST; Michaela Johnson, program coordinator, Student Involvement & Leadership; Stephanie Morgan , medical asst, Health & Counseling Services; Emily Banick , Campus Kitchen program manager, CCE; Amie Le, marketing & events coordinator, Nursing; Abe Ritter, assoc director, Law Career Services; Cesar Vargas Rodriguez, asst coach, Men’s Tennis; Jacob Stewart , head coach, Men’s Cross Country; Carmen Dela Cruz, academic program coordinator, Leadership Studies; William Tuinenga , infrastructure admin II SCCM, ITS; Meredith McKay, coordinator II, Mission & Ministry; Monica Banyi, asst professor, Accounting; Yelin Zhang , asst professor, Finance; Boe Burrus, assoc professor, Kinesiology/ Sport Mgt; Catherine Zeisner, asst professor, Educational Leadership & Administration; Robert McKinney, assoc professor, Counselor Education; Henry Ortega , sr graphic designer, Marketing & Communications; Kristine Miller, director, Annual Giving; Shannen Khare, asst professor, Chemistry; Yasaman Naraghi, lecturer, English; Julie Weiskopf, assoc professor, History; Caoimhin De Barra; assoc professor, History; Joseph Stover, assoc professor, Math; Eric Hogle, assoc professor, Math; Alejandro Arango Vargas, lecturer, Philosophy; Chris Fink , assoc professor, Physics; Richard Callahan , assoc professor, Religious Studies; Harman Khare, asst professor, Mech Engineering; Dale McDonald, lecturer, Mech Engineering; Joe Engler, assoc dean, Education; Matt McCormick , assoc professor, Integrated Media & Art; Jared Wiltshire, desktop & instructional support specialist; Business; Jiana Stover, Science in Action coordinator; Jaishikha Nautiyal, lecturer, Communication Studies

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