Congratulations to the recipients of the 2023 Employee Recognition Awards and our Years of Service Honorees who are celebrating service milestones. The faculty and staff make IU Northwest great for our students, for each other, and for our Northwest Indiana communities.
Thank you for all that you do.
Ken Iwama Chancellor
This award recognizes outstanding staff who exemplify exceptional customer service including greeting people in a cordial and welcoming manner, making them feel important and appreciated, and ensuring all are treated fairly with courtesy and respect.
Candy Bushnell, Office of the Chancellor
This award recognizes outstanding staff who create or foster a more productive workplace, promote the image of IU Northwest, work hard, usually behind-the-scenes, do the job well, are knowledgeable about all aspects of their position, and interact positively with campus constituents.
Rob Seals, UITS
(two recipients awarded annually)
This award recognizes outstanding staff who demonstrate dedication in achieving the mission of the University and their operating department, perform assigned tasks in an exemplary fashion, inspire other employees to improve, and demonstrate leadership and the ability to guide others.
Natalie Vega-Finn, Academic Support
Aaron Pigors, Marketing and Communications
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
This award recognizes distinguished service by IU Northwest faculty and is designed to recognize substantive, significant, and sustained service activities across the academic career.
Micah Pollak
DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH / CREATIVE ACTIVITY AWARD
This award recognizes distinguished research by IU Northwest faculty and is designed to recognize substantive, significant, and sustained scholarship/creative activity across the academic career.
Monica Solinas-Saunders
This award acknowledges excellence in teaching. Awards for excellence in teaching are given both on a university-wide and campus-by-campus basis.
FOUNDER'S DAY FULL-TIME TEACHING AWARD
Monica Solinas-Saunders, SPEA, College of Health and Human Services
FOUNDER'S DAY PART-TIME TEACHING AWARD
Jervai Dumas, Social Work, College of Health and Human Services
New Advisor Award recognizes advisors who have demonstrated outstanding performance in advising undergraduate and/or graduate students.
Bridgette Alexander
The award committee is responsible for designating up to 10 campus awardees. All full-time faculty members are eligible for this award, which is self-nominating.
Chae Young Chang, Assistant Professor, SPEA
Marshelia D. Harris, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work
Erin Schaefer, Assistant Professor of English
David A. Parnell, Associate Professor of History
Patrick M. Johnson, Assistant Professor of Communications
Brian O'Camb, Associate Professor of English
Tin-Chun Lin, Professor of Economics
Dorinda M. Sattler, Clinical Assistant Professor, Health Information Technology
Please join me in recognizing the following Years of Service honorees:
Jacqueline Cheairs
Mark Hoyert
Helen Marie Harmon
Mary Lee
Tome Trajkovski
Eva Mendieta
Candy Bushnell
Felecia Edwards
Susan Zinner
Lawrence Adair
William Allegrezza
Karl Besel
Hollis Donald
Marie Eisenstein
Lisa Fields
Sharon Gardner
Teddy Hall
Kevin Kennedy
Zoran Kilibarda
Mary Malyj
Anja Matwijkiw
Ethel Merrell
Scooter Pegram
Surekha Rao
Clyde Robinson
Lynne Wiley
Olatunde Abiona
Vesna Balac
Darlene Lynch
Timothy O'Donnell
Jennifer Potter
William Radell
Hannah Lee
Dorinda Sattler
Nancy Smith-Dyke
Tia Walker
Eric Bottger
Juan Casas
Krista Grant
Antoine Hawkins
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford
Amanda Lopez
Raymond Love
Chidiebele Obichi
Gina Pirtle
Margaret Pollak
Tyra Robinson-Walker
Elizabeth Ryan
Devona Salazar
Datianna Tillman
James Wheeler
James Wright
Alison Zovko
