Employee Recognition Celebration 2023

At UNC Asheville, we recognize that our employees are essential to our success and our ability to fulfill our mission of providing a transformative education. We are proud of the hard work and outstanding achievements of our faculty and staff, and we value their commitment to our core values of sustainability, innovation, and diversity and inclusion.

Through the ongoing commitments of our employees, UNC Asheville provides a top-notch liberal arts and sciences education preparing students for success in their future careers and as engaged members of their communities. We thank these recognized employees for their ongoing commitment.

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Faculty Reappointment

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Faculty Tenure

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Distinguished Service Awards

 

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Distinguished Scholarship & Creativity Awards

 

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Ruth and Leon Feldman Professorship Fund Prize

 

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Presentation of Staff Awards

Outstanding Campus Technical Support Employee

Bridgett Belanger – Business Services Coordinator ITS

Robert Forbes – Building Automation Systems Specialist Campus Operations – Maintenance

Kenny Michaud – Production & Lab Manager New Media/DRAM

Outstanding Campus Administrative Support Employee

Laura LaGrone – Administrative Assistant History/Philosophy/Drama

Rebecca Tomberlin – Administrative Assistant Mass Communication/Psychology

Wren Williams – Administrative Assistant English/Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Outstanding Campus Trades or Service Support Employee

Anthony Haney – Painter Campus Operations – Maintenance

Nicholas Harris – Vehicle Equipment Repair Technician Campus Operations – Maintenance

Taylor Presnell – Utility Worker Campus Operations – Other Facilities

Outstanding Supervisor or Managing Professional

Kari Myrtle-Posey – Associate Director of Admissions for Recruitment & Outreach Admissions Office

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Service Awards

5 Years in 2022

Leslie Rosenberg – STEAM Studio	Randy Williams – University Police	Tabby Price – Languages and Literatures	David Wake – Physics
Norma Leal – Campus Ops-Housekeeping	Kelly Biers – Languages and Literatures	Suzanne Dittenber – Art & Art History	Cate Marshall – Career Center
Casey Watkins – Drama	Michael Chandler – Campus Ops-Maintenance	Mary Pohl – Campus Ops-Administration	Megan Pugh – Dean of Students
Cole Woodcox – COPLAC	Robert Forbes – Campus Ops Maintenance	Jared LaFave – University Police

5 Years in 2021

Shawn Gray – Campus Ops-Maintenance	Alex Mitchell – NC Center for Health & Wellness	Kristy Trivette – Budget and Finance	Perry Bartsch – Campus Ops-Design & Construction
Candace Buck – Budget and Finance	Lewis Chandler – Campus Ops-Grounds	Adam Adkins – Information Technology Services	Emma Olson – NC Center for Health & Wellness
John Stevenson – Information Technology Services	Pat Berk – Transportation	Mark Hursty – New Media	Whitney Montgomery – University Police
Viktoriya Pavlyuk – Campus Ops-Housekeeping	David Raymer – Campus Ops-Maintenance	Julia Webster – Mathematics	Mildred Barya – English
Kenneth Bogert – Computer Science	Victoria Bradbury – New Media	Jonathan Brown – Economics	Roger Cash – English
Anna Meadows – Mass Communication	William Revere – English	Anne Marie Roberts – Academic Advising	Juan Sanchez Martinez – Languages and Literatures
Ryan Steed – Chemistry	Megan Underhill – Sociology & Anthropology	Trevor Goldsmith – Transportation	Susie Jameson – Academic Success Center
Darlene Whichard – Campus Ops-Housekeeping	Heather Williams – English	Melanie Heying – Chemistry	Kimberly van Noort – Office of the Chancellor
Lindsey Kuykendall – Institutional Research (IREP)	Aimee Ryan – University Police	Parker Beaman – Institutional Research (IREP)	David Earnhardt – Career Center
Peter Lewis – Institutional Research (IREP)	Kristin Shepard – English	Brenan Beresford – Writing Center and Learning Support	John Brock – Chemistry
Giovanni Figaro – Budget and Finance	Anthony Girelli – Information Technology Services	Ian Johnson – NEMAC	Graham Reynolds – Biology

10 Years in 2022

Eric Klein – Admissions Office	Jay Small – Campus Ops-Maintenance	John Liposchak – Budget and Finance	Bonnie Powell – Campus Ops-Housekeeping
Trey Adcock – Interdisciplinary Studies	Cale Burrell – Registrar’s Office	Jacob Butera – Ancient Mediterranean Studies	Oliver Gloag – Languages and Literatures
Brian Graves – English	Lyndi Hewitt – Sociology & Anthropology	Jackie Langille – Environmental Studies	Jessica Pisano – English
Honey Brown – Athletics	June Cross – Admissions Office	Brad Parker – Campus Ops-Housekeeping	Oleg Zhuravlev – Housing Operations
Harmon Turner – Athletics	Sophia Ungert – Community Engagement	Jennifer McGaha – Information Technology Services	Gok Cheng – Information Technology Services
Elizabeth Lykins – Athletics

10 Years in 2021

Tim Burns – Information Technology Services	Claudia Harrelson – University Advancement	Brady Gottman – Campus Ops-Grounds	Caroline Dougherty – Communication & Marketing
Wendy Mullis – Library	Barbara Pickens – Campus Ops-Housekeeping	William Bares – Music	Ameena Batada – Health and Wellness
Kirk Boyle – English	Marietta Cameron – Office of the Deans	Brian Felix – Music	Eva Hericks-Bares – Art & Art History
Jinhua Li – International Studies	Lisa Mann – Career Center	James Perkins – Physics & Astronomy	Scott Walker – Campus Ops-Design & Construction
Adam Whitley – Computer Science	Amanda Wray – Interdisciplinary Studies	John-Paul Kimbrough – Ahletics	Jenny Ung Urroz – Campus Ops-Administration

15 Years in 2022

Tara Hopkins – Housing Operations	Cynthia Webb – Campus Ops-Housekeeping	Joel Williams – Athletics	Karen Braswell – Engineering
Alicia Henry – Office of the Deans	Erik Oian – University Police	Charlotte Smith – Office of the Provost	Megan Wolfe – Art & Art History
Evelyn Chiang – Psychology	Jessica Cooper – Sociology & Anthropology	Melodie Galloway – Music	Christopher Godfrey – Atmospheric Sciences
Lise Gregory – Athletics	Caroline Kennedy – Biology	Dennis Lundblad – Humanities	Rodger Payne – Religious Studies
Leisa Rundquist – Art & Art History	Brent Skidmore – Art & Art History	Jennifer Ward – Biology	Jude Weinberg – Music
Denise Weston – Campus Ops-Housekeeping	Jeff Wilcox – Environmental Studies	Amy Strickland – Office of the Chancellor	Rebecca Bodenheimer – Education
Jamie Patterson – Library	Nikolay Mudrik – Campus Ops-Housekeeping	Jay Cutspec – Student Health and Counseling

15 Years in 2021

Karin Rogers – NEMAC	Greg Dobson – NEMAC	Daran Dodd – University Police	Alexis Levenson – Budget and Finance
Alla Mikhalchuk – Campus Ops-Housekeeping	Elena Adell – Languages and Literatures	Cynthia Canejo – Art & Art History	Michael Neelon – Psychology
Tony Delaurentis – Campus Ops-Maintenance	Ann Anders – Budget and Finance	Sheila Banks – Campus Ops-Housekeeping	David Jandrew – Althetics
Mitizy Drane – University Advancement

20 Years in 2022

Curt Cloninger – New Media	Lora Holland Goldthwaite – Ancient Mediterranean Studies	Keya Maitra – Philosophy	Nancy Ruppert – Education
David Todd – Campus Ops-Administration

20 Years in 2021

Janet Cone – Athletics	Greg Boudreaux – Mathematics	Brian Hook – Ancient Mediterranean Studies	Christopher Nicolay – Biology
Surain Subramaniam – International Studies	Lynnette Scott – Campus Ops-Housekeeping	Noland Wiggins – Information Technology Services	Carolyn Hughes – Management & Accountancy
C.J. Sumner – Campus Ops-Other Facilities	Michael Gouge – Mass Communication	Joy Gevedon – Human Resources

25 Years in 2022

Andrea Jackson – Budget and Finance	Melissa Burchard – Philosophy	Leah Mathews – Economics	Mark McClure – Mathematics
Katha Tasios – Budget and Finance	Stephen Parker – Campus Ops-Grounds	Louis Toms – Office Research/Sponsored Programs

25 Years in 2021

Tammy Justice – Campus Ops-Housekeeping	Robert Littrell – Housing Operations	Volker Frank – Sociology & Anthropology	Mark Harvey – Psychology
Jeff Konz – Institutional Research (IREP)

30 Years in 2022

Melissa Himelein – Psychology

Keith Krumpe – Budget and Finance

Melanie Fox – Student Affairs

Annis Lytle – Center for Teaching Learning/QEP

30 Years in 2021

Barbara Svenson – Library

Greg Dillingham – Information Technology Services

Adrienne Oliver – Information Technology Services

35 Years in 2022

Susie Wright – Environmental Studies	Kent Thompson – Library	David Reynolds – Information Technology Services	Nancy Hayes – Library
Nancy Williams – Asheville Graduate Center	Randy Booker – Physics & Astronomy