Founders Day 2023
Thanks to all who joined us March 24, 2023 at the 7th annual Founders Day celebration! We were excited to honor award recipients and congratulate PNW faculty and staff for their dedicated years of service.
Congratulations to Our Winners!
Faculty Award Winners
Outstanding Faculty Engagement Award
Kim Scipes
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
David Feikes
Professor of Mathematics
Outstanding Faculty Teacher Award
Afshin Zahraee
Assistant Professor of Construction Engineering & Management Technology
Outstanding Faculty Scholarship Award
John Durocher
Nils K. Nelson Associate Professor of Integrative Human Health
Staff Award Winners
Outstanding Academic Administrative Leadership Award
Joy Colwell
Director of Graduate Studies
Outstanding Administrative Leadership Award
Matthew Wells
Associate Vice Chancellor for External Engagement and Development
Julie Wiejak
Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions
Outstanding Management & Administrative Professional Award
Matt Dudzik
Assistant Athletic Director for Facilities and Recreational Sports
Steven Taylor
Grounds and Landscape Manager
Outstanding Clerical Award
Susan Delatorre
Administrative Assistant, Department of Chemistry and Physics
JoEllen Sanders
Administrative Assistant, Department of Psychology
Outstanding Service Award
Eric Popa
Lead Groundskeeper
Jeffery Williams
Service Worker
Outstanding Student Award – Graduate
Kayla Vasilko
Master’s of Communication Candidate
Outstanding Student Award – Undergraduate
Lizzy Campuzano
Fourth-year Psychology Major
Founders Day 2023 Gallery
2023 PNW Founders Day “Years of Service” Honorees
| Full Name | Years of Service |
|---|---|
| CATHERINE MURPHY | 55 |
| GEOFFREY BARROW | 40 |
| RALPH OCON | 40 |
| JOHN BACHMANN | 35 |
| GERALYN FARLEY | 35 |
| EILEEN HANSEN | 35 |
| JAMES HIGLEY | 35 |
| REBECCA JARVIS | 35 |
| DAVID KOZEL | 35 |
| CORI WARNOCK | 35 |
| LISA GOODNIGHT | 30 |
| PATRICIA BECERRA | 25 |
| JOSE CASTRO-URIOSTE | 25 |
| MARY HAYNIE | 25 |
| LISA HOLLINGSWORTH | 25 |
| JOANN INFANTE | 25 |
| SUE MILLER | 25 |
| GILBERTO NARANJO | 25 |
| JOHN PIZANO | 25 |
| ERIC POPA | 25 |
| RICHARD RUPP | 25 |
| JEFFREY SCHIEB | 25 |
| TABITHA STILLS | 25 |
| STEPHEN TURNER | 25 |
| FENGSONG WANG | 25 |
| SAMUEL ZINAICH | 25 |
| DEBORAH BACHMANN | 20 |
| FRANK COLUCCI | 20 |
| ELIZABETH DEPEW | 20 |
| JEFF GREGG | 20 |
| JANET NAVARRO | 20 |
| JOSE PENA | 20 |
| DEBRA PRATT | 20 |
| ALAIN TOGBE | 20 |
| HEATHER ZAMOJSKI | 20 |
| KARA BOHLINGER | 15 |
| CHANDRAMOULI CHANDRAMOULI | 15 |
| STEVEN DAPKUS | 15 |
| JUSTIN DWYER | 15 |
| NOEMI ELIZALDE | 15 |
| JAN GONZALEZ | 15 |
| JONATHAN HORN | 15 |
| TANIKA HOUSE | 15 |
| JENNIFER HUPKE | 15 |
| GE JIN | 15 |
| WILLIE KNOX | 15 |
| SONGTAO MO | 15 |
| KIMBERLY NIKOLOVSKI | 15 |
| ADAM POLOMCHAK | 15 |
| MARGARET RINCKER | 15 |
| ANTHONY SINDONE | 15 |
| AMY SNYDER | 15 |
| KATHRYN SWEENEY | 15 |
| LI-ZHE TAN | 15 |
| CAREN THOMAS | 15 |
| PATRICK TRACY | 15 |
| SARAH WHITE | 15 |
| DIANA WILLIAMS | 15 |
| MICHAEL ZIMMER | 15 |
| SANDRA BEHRENS | 10 |
| NATHANIEL ELIZALDE | 10 |
| MARIE FOSTER | 10 |
| CHRISTOPHER GEORGEFF | 10 |
| DAVID GRIFFIN | 10 |
| RHONDA LANFEAR | 10 |
| DEBRA LENZO | 10 |
| BRIDGET MARCZEWSKI | 10 |
| ANTHONY MARSZALEK | 10 |
| MAUREEN MASCHA | 10 |
| ADELE MINIX | 10 |
| BRET PLEMONS | 10 |
| JOHN REED | 10 |
| CATALINA RODRIGUEZ | 10 |
| LISA SMITH | 10 |
| SARAH WALKER | 10 |
| FREDA WHISENTON-COMER | 10 |
| GREGORY WIREMAN | 10 |
| CHARRIN ALLEN | 5 |
| MICHELLE ARCHIE | 5 |
| CHRISTINA ARREDONDO | 5 |
| PAMELA AYALA | 5 |
| MANISA BAKER | 5 |
| KIMBERLY BAUM | 5 |
| CHRISTOPHER BELOUS | 5 |
| BRIAN BENJAMIN | 5 |
| STEPHANIE BLACKSTOCK | 5 |
| MAYA BLACKWELL | 5 |
| ANTHONY CAMPOS | 5 |
| JANET CHANEY | 5 |
| JESUS DE LA CRUZ | 5 |
| LISA-MARIE DEGNEGAARD | 5 |
| CARI FURST | 5 |
| JAKE GILES | 5 |
| JOSEPH HELMINSKI | 5 |
| LASHAUNDA HILL | 5 |
| PATTI LUDWIG-BEYMER | 5 |
| DUNCAN MARRIOTT | 5 |
| SHEILA MATIAS | 5 |
| MEGHAN MCGONIGAL-KENNEY | 5 |
| KRISTEN MILLER | 5 |
| TYAMO OKOSUN | 5 |
| RYAN OLSON | 5 |
| KHALIA PHILLIPS | 5 |
| ANTHONY PILOTA | 5 |
| MACEO RAINEY | 5 |
| MELISSA RAMOS | 5 |
| BARBARA RASCHKE | 5 |
| SARAH REED | 5 |
| PAULETTE RENFUS | 5 |
| JORGE RIVERA | 5 |
| ROSITA RIVERA | 5 |
| BRIAN ROBERTS | 5 |
| ARIC RODRIGUEZ | 5 |
| JULIA ROGERS | 5 |
| CHICHA SANDERS | 5 |
| MARIANNE SCHALLMO | 5 |
| DAVID SIMKOWSKI | 5 |
| CHARLES STEELE | 5 |
| RHON TERUELLE | 5 |
| JOSIAH TIPTON | 5 |
| PRISCILLA TONEY | 5 |
| ALLISON VICKERS | 5 |
| DAWN WASEK | 5 |
| JEFFERY WHITE | 5 |
| LARA WOLTERS | 5 |
To request a disability-related accommodation for this event, please contact the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at timothyg@pnw.edu or (219) 989-2163 five days prior to the event.