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Annual Employee Appreciation Honors Milestones

Faculty and staff years of service honored April 21 at annual reception at Virginia Wesleyan

Employee AppreciationFeatured News | April 24, 2017

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Gratitude was on the agenda April 21 as Virginia Wesleyan College held its annual Employee Appreciation Reception in the Pearce Hospitality Suite inside the Jane P. Batten Student Center. After a welcome and thank you from VWC President Scott D. Miller, service awards were presented to employees who have reached noteworthy career milestones.

Director of Human Resources Karla Rasmussen assisted President Miller in presenting the employee service awards to attendees at the event.

“We come from a variety of backgrounds and experiences,” said Rasmussen. “We have different gifts and strengths, different positions and responsibilities…yet we function within VWC as one community committed to a mission of education and service.”

Congratulations to the following employees for reaching noteworthy career milestones:

2017 VWC Employee Honorees

10 Years of Service

Christine Creameans

Administrative Assistant to the Registrar

Brandon Elliott

Head Women’s Softball Coach

Lori Harris

Executive Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations

Stephen Hock

Associate Professor of English

Jerry Mance

Director of Campus Security

Eric Mazur

Gloria and David Furman Professor of Judaic Studies and Center for the Study of Religious Freedom Fellow

Chris Mills

Head Men’s Soccer Coach

Timothy O’Rourke

Provost and Vice President

Josh Weinstein

Associate Professor of English and Chair of the Environmental Studies Program

20 Years of Service

John Aird

Senior Technologist/IT Project Manager

J. Chris Haley

Kenneth R. Perry Dean of the Joan P. Brock School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences/Professor of Earth Science

Donald Stauffer

Senior Researcher and Policy Analyst

Marcia Williams

Network Administrator/Business Analyst Lead

25 Years of Service

Karen Devereaux

Library Circulation Supervisor

Clayton Drees

Professor of History

Steven Emmanuel

Professor Philosophy

Teresa Rhyne

Director of Financial Aid

30 Years of Service

Linda Ferguson

Professor of Management, Business and Economics

William Gibson

Professor of Political Science

Vivian Teter

Professor of English

Mavel Velasco

Professor of Spanish

Denise Wilkinson

Professor of Mathematics/Associate Dean for Innovative Teaching and Engaged Learning/Director of First Year Experience