UC Merced held its inaugural Celebrating Service awards, an event to honor staff members for their benchmark years of service to the campus and/or the University of California.
Staff members who’ve achieved five, 10, 15 or 20-plus years with the UC or the Merced campus were honored at a breakfast held Nov. 18 in the California Room. Each honoree received a pin for his or her service to the UC and/or a crystal award inscribed with his or her name and the UC Merced seal. The awards were presented to recipients by senior leaders from their divisions or departments.
Service awards were previously part of the annual Staff Appreciation Picnic, but last year, campus leadership and Staff Assembly decided to make that part of the program its own event. The following staff members were honored for their years of service:
- Jorge Aguilar
- Tim Allis
- Lacrecia Marie Anderson
- Armando Angel
- Cristyn Aquino
- Fernando Arias
- Christina Ballesteros Perez
- James Batchelor
- Donna Birch Trahan
- Karen Bonilla
- Belinda Braunstein
- Kathy Briggs
- Uvaldo Calderon
- Vanity Campbell
- Lolo Cardenas
- Susan Carter
- Carol Castillo
- Michael Chow
- Fuji Collins
- Michelle Comer
- Danielle Dai'Re
- Ramona Dai'Re
- Elaine Darrah
- Danielle Davini
- Cindi Deegan
- Adrian Deltoro
- David Dunham
- Mike Dunlap
- Fabiola Elizalde
- Eileen Elrod
- Amy Fenstermaker
- Jaynee Galloway
- Crystal Galvan
- Annette Garcia
- Donald Gilis
- Veronica Gonzales
- Nathan Graves
- Kim Groesbeck
- Rachel Hadley
- Travis Hansen
- Craig Harmelin
- James Hatten
- Jennifer Heinrich
- Laurie Herbrand
- Tiffany Heyer
- Kristin Hlubik
- Roy Hoglund
- Maggie Hollinger
- Robin Howard
- Diana Howerton
- Lisa Hua
- John Jackson
- Sonia Johnston
- Ellie Jorritsma
- Brian Koehmstedt
- Dean Lawson
- Steven Lerer
- Virginia Lerer
- Norma Lizarde-Rios
- Cindy Love
- Jason Martin
- Esmeralda Martinez
- Yvonne Martinez
- Agnew Mathis
- Melissa Mayorga
- Jan Mendenhall
- Sandra Mora
- Karole Morgan
- Heather Nardello
- Suki Nawaz
- David Nobel
- Mariette Petrossian Araya
- Sergio Pineda Vargas
- Amy Purcell
- Armando Quintero
- Steve Rabedeaux
- Diana Ralls
- Martin Reed
- Irma Reyes
- Cindy Roberts
- Paul Roberts
- Jorge Rodriguez
- Rosemary Salazar
- Javier Sanchez
- Raul Sanchez
- Eric Scott
- Ed Silva
- Lisa Silveira
- Georgie Smith
- Stefanie Stepp
- Rebecca Sweeley
- Corinne Townsend
- Rodney Trevathan
- Christopher Volkerts
- Danielle Waite
- Aaron Winek
- Janice Zarate
