UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY
2023 long-service employees celebrated

By Anne Russell

Employees who have been around for a decade or more including Cameron Roy, who hit the 35-year mark were celebrated in person on May 11 at a dinner event at the Clarion Inn. For the first time, sessional instructors were included in the celebration. More than 50 sessional instructors who have taught at UFV for 10 years or more were recognized at the dinner, including agriculture instructor Jennifer Ryan, who has taught part time for UFV for 28 years.

Congratulations to the following long-service employees:

35 years

• Cameron Roy

30 years

• Aileen Ablog
• Heidi Cain
• Zoe Dennison
• Martha Dow
• Shawna Dyck
• Wendy Gracey
• Regina Yorga
• Joseph Yu

25 years

• Glen Baier
• Jill Bain
• Sheila Bowerman
• Kathryn Garcia
• Robert Harding
• Caroline Lai
• George Melzer
• Amy Nijjar
• Kathy Peet
• Shane Schlosser
• Marie Tary
• Leanne Tielmann

20 years

• Najmi Alibhai
• Irwin Cohen
• Cindy DeVauld
• Ali Reza Fotouhi
• Bobby Jaswal
• Christine Jones
• Emilio Landolfi
• Barbara Messamore
• Sue Smith
• Shellie Steidle
• Stephen Thomas
• Hilary Turner
• Debbie Wheeler

15 years

• Beverly Arcand
• Renette Aubin Boisclair
• Melissa Bukta
• Jeff Chizma
• Suki Grewal
• Samantha Hampton
• Helene Littmann
• Amanda McCormick
• Lisa Morry
• Joanne Nelmes
• John Pitcher
• Robin Pittman
• Melissa Powell
• David Shaylor
• Jo Sheppard
• Melissa Walter
• Ted Zak

10 years

• Sidrah Ahmad
• Lorna Andrews
• Janelle Baerg
• Kyle Baillie
• Peter Bifano
• Geoffrey Carr
• Lauren Couture
• Darrell Fox
• Susan Gibbs
• Ceilidh Hart
• Nipuni Jayetileke
• Michael Levesque
• Darren McDonald
• David McGuire
• Sarah McLean
• Marlie Murphy
• Caitlin Pascuzzo
• Shannon Preist
• Rahul Rajeev
• Kirsten Robertson
• Fabiola Rojas
• Tatiana Voiniciuc

Sessionals with 10 or more years of service

• Jennifer Armstrong
• Jennifer Barrett
• Jennifer Hetherington
• Linda Howell
• Ken Li
• Jasdev Makkar
• Lara Petrie
• Kevin Renso
• Linda Swanepoel
• Jeffrey Wood
• Brian Foote
• Raegan Heidt
• Elizabeth McWilliams-Hewitt
• Michael Novakowski
• Marie Newell
• Bassam Nyaeme
• Michael Solyom
• Alicia Spidel
• Chuck Charles
• RussellFurse
• Dieter Geesing
• Anand Kishore
• Glen Read
• Evgueni Yablonski
• Louise Broadly
• John Buker
• Vinay Choytun
• Ethan Davis
• Janit Doyle
• Leslie Horita
• Janice Johnson
• Tariq Nuruddin
• Ron Sweeney
• Angela Wilkinson
• Jacky Bolding
• Renee Hamilton Clark
• Richard Le Grand
• Sheryl Stephenson
• Peter Clayton
• Karin De Beer
• Sanja Garic-Komnenic
• Charnpal Kingra
• Annette Moore
• Carl Peters
• Michael Trump
• Sarah Xiyan Hou
• Karen Selesky
• Jacqueline Taylor
• Simon Thomson
• Bryan Nadeau
• Alard Majek
• Suzan Beattie
• Richard Simon
• Trish Blondin
• Lorette Clement-Smith
• Jennifer Ryan

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