Founders Day 2024
The PNW community gathered March 1, 2024 to celebrate our 8th annual Founders Day! Congratulations to all the award recipients, and thank you to PNW faculty and staff for their dedicated years of service.
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Congratulations to Our Award Winners!
Outstanding Academic Administrative Leadership Award (Tenured/Tenure Track)
Shuhui (Grace) Yang
Professor of Computer Science
Outstanding Administrative Leadership Award (Staff)
Karen Sullivan
Director, Building Services
Outstanding Clerical and Service Staff Award
Mary Rose Sicinski
Graduate Program Coordinator, College of Technology
Joan Buss
Administrative Assistant, Construction Science and Organizational Leadership
Dianna Vaughn
Print and Mail Services Coordinator
Outstanding Management and Administrative Professional
Salvador (Sal) Cordova
Assistant Director for Programming and Administration
Noemi Elizalde
Graduation and Records Manager
Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award
Julia Rogers
Assistant Professor, College of Nursing
Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award
Hubert Izienicki
Associate Professor of Sociology
Outstanding Faculty Engagement Award
Jodi Allen
Assistant Professor of Nursing
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Service Award
Dikshant Sharma
Outstanding Graduate Student Service Award
McKenzie Dinga
Martin Luther King Jr. Dreamer Award
Purdue for Life Foundation’s Special Boilermaker Award
Shontrai Irving
Clinical Associate Professor of Business Law
Purdue University Focus Award
Kwangsoo Park
Associate Dean and Director of the White Lodging School of Hospitality and Tourism Management
2024 PNW Founders Day “Years of Service” Honorees
| Full Name | Years of Service |
|---|---|
| Tomas Sanchez | 40 |
| David Detmer | 35 |
| Robert Hoffmann | 35 |
| Nasser Houshangi | 35 |
| Mark Mabrito | 35 |
| Pat Obi | 35 |
| Arthur Stueber | 35 |
| Randall Thomas | 35 |
| Mohammad Zahraee | 35 |
| Roger Kraft | 30 |
| Barbara Mania-Farnell | 30 |
| Colette Morrow | 30 |
| Cynthia Perez | 30 |
| Barbara Phillips | 30 |
| Colleen Robison | 30 |
| Chenn Zhou | 30 |
| Raida Abuizam | 25 |
| Joy Colwell | 25 |
| Naomi Gomez | 25 |
| Margaret Greer | 25 |
| Niaz Latif | 25 |
| Gillian Leonard | 25 |
| Will Lewis | 25 |
| Jasmine Marquez | 25 |
| Mary Martinez | 25 |
| Kimberly Mortimer | 25 |
| Janice Novosel | 25 |
| Sandra Steele | 25 |
| Donna Whitten | 25 |
| William Baginski | 20 |
| Diane Brown | 20 |
| Annette Coates | 20 |
| Greg Collins | 20 |
| Michael Connolly | 20 |
| Jessica Dean | 20 |
| Joan Dorman | 20 |
| Eloise Gonzalez | 20 |
| Maja Marjanovic | 20 |
| William Miller | 20 |
| Christina Nevill | 20 |
| Scott Parsons | 20 |
| Rick Rickerson | 20 |
| Nicolae Tarfulea | 20 |
| Glynn Bricker | 15 |
| Laurie Brookhart | 15 |
| Natalie Connors | 15 |
| James Hysell | 15 |
| Michael Lynn | 15 |
| Rachel Meyers | 15 |
| Claudia Mich | 15 |
| Kristin Potthoff | 15 |
| Marla Funk | 15 |
| Amber Schuler | 15 |
| Rachel Smith | 15 |
| Beth Vottero | 15 |
| Maria Watson | 15 |
| Shuhui Yang | 15 |
| Sue Bremer | 10 |
| Erica Burnett-Montgomery | 10 |
| Cindy Christ | 10 |
| Joseph Coates | 10 |
| Tiffany Collins | 10 |
| Corinne Djuric | 10 |
| David Ellis | 10 |
| Martha Espitia-Ruiz | 10 |
| Kris Falzone | 10 |
| Lindsay Gielda | 10 |
| Kelsey Giesler | 10 |
| Amy Hackstedt | 10 |
| Todd Hill | 10 |
| Samantha Horn | 10 |
| Shontrai Irving | 10 |
| Bir Kafle | 10 |
| Hansung Kim | 10 |
| Cheryl Lutgen | 10 |
| Alan Mccafferty | 10 |
| James Nagy | 10 |
| John Nava | 10 |
| Protsman Okamoto | 10 |
| Jessica Orr | 10 |
| Sharon Smith | 10 |
| Trisha Smith | 10 |
| Michelle Spaulding | 10 |
| George Stefanek | 10 |
| Vance Thompson | 10 |
| Cindy Torres | 10 |
| Ceren Turedi | 10 |
| Kelly Vaughan | 10 |
| Julie Wiejak | 10 |
| Seyedsoroosh Azizi | 5 |
| Rose Benoit | 5 |
| Heather Benson | 5 |
| Ronit Bhardwaj | 5 |
| Eric Bovard | 5 |
| Iona Brinson | 5 |
| Daniel Bruhn | 5 |
| Elizabeth Bunton | 5 |
| Katelyn Caragher | 5 |
| Janel Cornejo | 5 |
| Willie Donald | 5 |
| Farai Gombedza | 5 |
| Lawrence Hamer | 5 |
| Brittany Hudson | 5 |
| Lee Johnson | 5 |
| Patrick Keegan | 5 |
| Rachel Krcmarich | 5 |
| Lisa Lankow | 5 |
| Hoon Lee | 5 |
| Courtney Locke | 5 |
| Jorge Lopez | 5 |
| Subbarao Majety | 5 |
| James Mandeville | 5 |
| Shawn Marks | 5 |
| Mark Montella | 5 |
| Rex Mudge | 5 |
| Trevor Nagy | 5 |
| Candice Nicksic | 5 |
| Catharine Olsen | 5 |
| Matthew Praxmarer | 5 |
| Maria Rios | 5 |
| Brooke Rogan | 5 |
| James Seidler | 5 |
| Deanne Shimala | 5 |
| Danielle Starks | 5 |
| Ericka Taylor-Joseph | 5 |
| Nicholas Walla | 5 |
| Christian Westring | 5 |
| Susan Zajakowski | 5 |