{"id":5028,"date":"2013-04-19T12:14:57","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T16:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=5028"},"modified":"2013-04-26T09:24:08","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T13:24:08","slug":"dozens-honored-at-annual-retirement-and-recognition-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nmc.edu\/?p=5028","title":{"rendered":"Many honored at annual retirement and recognition program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent retirees, employees celebrating milestone service anniversaries and a newly joined department were honored, Wednesday, April 17 at Northwestern Michigan College&#8217;s annual retirement and recognition event.<\/p>\n<p>The staff of Student Financial Services were this year&#8217;s Foundation Excellence Award winners.<\/p>\n<p>Student Financial Services was created by combining the former Financial Aid office with the Cashier\u2019s office. Their first task was to research how to transition the two departments to work as one in the eyes of students while remaining compliant with federal regulations. The outcome was a new service model \u2014Student Financial Services\u2014that utilized the strengths of each department to benefit the students.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the improvements they made in their first year include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They offered financial aid awards three months earlier than ever before, enabling students to make better informed decisions to attend NMC.<\/li>\n<li>They reduced financial aid processing time from three months to approximately four weeks (during peak time) thanks to \u00a0new automation procedures<\/li>\n<li>They refocused the financial aid web pages to focus on the scholarship search engine. Applications are now available online for students and scholarship awards are activated and deactivated as necessary and based on requests from the academic areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nominated by their director, Pam Palmero, the honorees were:\u00a0Linda Berlin, Kelly Carlton, Georgenia Hromada, Judy Arnold, Julie McAllister, Jessica Johnson, Kim Gourlay, Kristi Hallet, Nancy Bruns, Cheryl Sullivan, Cindy Deemer, Fatoumata Hanne, Vicki Cook, Chris Weber and Amy Klei.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eight recent (or upcoming) retirees were honored:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bob Chauvin, Technology Coordinator, Educational Media Technologies<br \/>\nBill Donberg, Aviation Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nMartha Griggs, Secretary, Public Relations and Marketing<br \/>\nBill Hardy, Custodian<br \/>\nSuzanne Hutchcraft, Bookkeeper, Payroll Services<br \/>\nKathy Sedlacek, Administrative Assistant, Records\/Registration\/Testing<br \/>\nNancy Summers, Bookkeeper, Accounts Payable<br \/>\nSteve Westphal, Purchasing Manager<\/p>\n<p><strong>Employees celebrating milestone employment anniversaries were:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>40 Years<br \/>\n<\/b>Frank Snyder, Social Sciences Instructor<\/p>\n<p><strong>35 Years<br \/>\n<\/strong>Rita Kucera, Student Services Specialist<br \/>\nSheila Stafford, Humanities Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nSteve Westphal, Purchasing Manager<\/p>\n<p><strong>25 Years<br \/>\n<\/strong>Mike Cochran, Social Sciences Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nDori Creighton, Assistant, Accounting<br \/>\nSue DeCamillis, Director of Business Academic Area and NMC Academic Affairs<br \/>\nDoug Domine, Humanities Instructor<br \/>\nKeith Kelly, Business Instructor<br \/>\nSusan Odgers, Social Sciences Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nJohn Pflughoeft, Science\/Math Instructor<br \/>\nDeb Pharo, Science\/Math Instructor<br \/>\nJan Root, Office Manager &#8211; Communications Academic Area<\/p>\n<p><strong>20 Years<br \/>\n<\/strong>Marjory Smith, Communications Instructor<br \/>\nMark Smith, Communications Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nPhilip Tarczon, Humanities Adjunct Instructor<\/p>\n<p><strong>15 Years<br \/>\n<\/strong>Anna Bachman, Senior Programmer\/Analyst<br \/>\nJenny Barnes, Curriculum and Scheduling Coordinator<br \/>\nTeri Brady, Health Occupations Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nCindy Duby, Office Manager &#8211; Social Sciences Academic Area<br \/>\nMargaret Fox, Office Manager &#8211; Health Occupations Academic Area<br \/>\nBob Keller, Science\/Math Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nDee Morrison, Health Occupations Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nJan Neumann, Office Manager &#8211; Resource Development<br \/>\nPatty Olson, Social Sciences Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nKeith Tampa, Physical Education Adjunct Instructor<\/p>\n<p><strong>10 Years<br \/>\n<\/strong>Mary Beeker, Librarian<br \/>\nFred Cook, Custodian<br \/>\nPatty Cron-Huhta, Front of the House Coordinator &#8211; NMC Great Lakes Culinary Institute<br \/>\nSandy Harrand, Custodian<br \/>\nLori Hodek, Talent Management Coordinator<br \/>\nGary Howe, Social Sciences Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nGeorgenia Hromada, Financial Aid Specialist<br \/>\nRebecca Jones, Health Occupations Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nAmy Klei, Programmer\/Analyst<br \/>\nMark Lyon, Social Sciences Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nBrian McCall, Humanities Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nJoan Richmond, Humanities Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nJulie Sheerin, Science\/Math Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nFrank Simkins, Business Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nEthel Vandenberg, Health Occupations Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nRob Weiler, Social Sciences Adjunct Instructor<\/p>\n<p><strong>5 Years<br \/>\n<\/strong>Kim Anderson, Health Occupations Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nJoan Buchanan, Health Occupations Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nTodd Casperson, Construction Technology Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nKathy Connor, Health Occupations Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nMike Davis, Humanities Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nMary Lou Deutsch, Business Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nJane Ditri, Health Occupations Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nLisa Dohm, Communications Instructor<br \/>\nTim Dunn, Maritime Academy Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nTom Dunn, Aviation Maintenance Technician<br \/>\nLee Elston, Health Occupations Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nRobin Fisher, Physical Education Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nRobin Fitzgerald, Desktop Computer Support Specialist<br \/>\nRobert George, Culinary Arts Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nRobert Hall, Social Sciences Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nBill Hardy, Custodian<br \/>\nConstanza Hazelwood, Water Studies Institute Education and Outreach Coordinator<br \/>\nConrad Heins, Construction Technology Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nJo Hendrix, Health Occupations Instructor<br \/>\nRichard Hoadley, Health Occupations Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nDavid Hosler, Business Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nAnita Hunt, Communications Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nJill Markoski, Social Sciences Adjunct Instructor<br \/>\nSharon Mayer, Social 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