November 5, 2026
Human Resources and Special Events and Scheduling invite all employees to attend the annual USI Employee Luncheon December 8 to recognize and celebrate milestone anniversaries and recent retirees! To reduce food waste and ensure an accurate headcount, Human Resources is requesting that all employees planning to attend the luncheon register to attend by November 30. RSVPs can be submitted now online.
Luncheon Details
First Shift
10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December 8
Josephine K. Carter Hall, University Center West
Second Shift
8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Tuesday, December 8
The Loft Dining Hall, University Center West
Third Shift
2 a.m. to 3 a.m.
Wednesday, December 9
The Loft Dining Hall, University Center West
This year's luncheon will honor 106 employees for their combined 1,498 years of dedicated service to the University of Southern Indiana. A total of 23 retirees, who collectively have an impressive 567 years of service to USI, will also be recognized.
Those being recognized are:
Five Years
Mark Abell
Jonathan Aldridge
Eresha Amarasekara
Gregory Blair
Stephen Campbell
Jamie Curry
Prasenjit Ghosh
Chelsea Givens
Terah Hoskins
Nicolas Jankuhn
Jacob Jenkins
Cameron Kainer
Zachary Kuhs
Jiaying Liu
Trista Lutgring
Noah Lutz
Dennis Martin
Taylor Petty
Mary Phillips
Nicholas Rhew
Jenna Thacker
Meg Wagner
Elizabeth Wilkins
Brandon Witten
Caitlin Woolsey
Jean Zelenko
10 Years
Cesar Berrios Chavarria
Stephanie Brown
Mark Creager
Gary Crews
Srikanth Dandotkar
Andrea Daub
Urska Dobersek
Brenna Dorsam
Christina Gilstrap
Curt Gilstrap
Taylor Gogel
Rebecca Groves
Lara Head
Francis Luecke
Cacee Mabis
Misty Ostergaard
Will Pool
Ryan Ross
Kimberly Ruffin
Chase Smith
Joseph Smith
Rashad Smith
Srishti Srivastava
Dawn Stoneking
Adam Tennant
Alyssa Weatherholt
Phoneshia Wells
Uditha Wijesuriya
Crystal Willoughby
15 Years
Denise Allison
Lisa Bartley
Demetria Cabell
Scott Crane
Jody Delp
Jay Dickerson
Olga Donnelly
Sukanya Gupta
Mikel Hand
Laura Heline
Kimberly Hille
Alisa Holen
Thomas McDonald
Koryn Parsons
Darla Perigo
Janet Ruddell
Brad Will
Sarah Will
Kirsten Williams
Lisa Wulff
20 Years
Cindi Clayton
Charles Conaway
Julie D’Mellow
Khaled Elkhal
Emily Holt
Jason Lynn
Mark McKnight
Tamara Moll
Bryan Morrison
Mary Reese
Yalcin Sarol
Gina Schaar
Rex Strange
Michael Strezewski
Kenneth Walsh
Richard Wolf
Carrie Wright
25 Years
Sandra Davis
Randa Gatling
Jason Guerin
Shannon Hildenbrand
Suzanne Kunkle
Carmen Stoen
Kevin Valadares
Julie Weinzapfel
30 Years
Rebecca Deeg
Paul Kuban
Elizabeth Randolph
David Ritterskamp
35 Years
Sandy Frank
Jim Stanley
Retirement
Thomas Bordelon
Rita Brunner
Charles Conaway
Daniel Craig
Scott Crane
Ethel Elkins
Joseph Gratz
George Ann Griffin
Michelle Herrmann
Pam Hopson
Gigie Hyneman
Tina McCalment
Jean Moore
Kathy Oeth
Marilyn Ostendorf
James Powers
Mark Razor
Kent Scheller
Raymond Simmons
Pamela Thomas
Mary Tucker
Jim Wolfe
Lisa Wulff