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Summer 2021 F&A Newsletter<\/h1>\n

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Accounting & Business Services Updates<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

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Michele Van Deusen’s Retirement<\/strong><\/h2>\n

By: Gabe Dougherty, Controller<\/p>\n

Michele Van Deusen announced her retirement from Western Oregon University, effective September 1, 2021.<\/p>\n

Public service is an equally rewarding and challenging endeavor. That is why, after twenty-seven years of faithful, loyal public service, Michele Van Deusen, the university\u2019s inaugural Director of Accounting, has finally lunged across the finish line she set out to reach decades ago. Michele\u2019s retirement, albeit bittersweet, will finally mark not only the termination of a long and gratifying career at Western Oregon University but a legacy that bears remarkable impact on the university\u2019s financial systems. Some of you may know Michele personally, others only professionally or by reputation. What I am sure we can all agree on is that her smile and gregarious demeanor touched so many lives on this campus. Michele will be dearly missed as she and her family embark on a new chapter in their lives.<\/p>\n

Michele left a permanent mark on the university early on in her career. She was instrumental in the implementation of the university\u2019s enterprise resource planning system (Banner), serving as the project director in the nineties (I was still in diapers). Then, in almost of a twinkling of an eye, Michele was thrust into a rapidly changing financial environment as the university separated from the State Board of Higher Education in 2015. I owe a deep debt of gratitude to Michele for her wisdom and leadership in that transition. Finally, Michele\u2019s greatest achievement is not merely a technical nor professional one. Her greatest achievement is bearing the mark of a talented, earnest civil servant, whom I admire for her patience and compassion for all of those who might have crossed paths with her in her humble career at this university.<\/p>\n

We have arranged a celebration of Michele\u2019s retirement on August 19, 2021. The celebration will be held in the lawn between Smith Hall and Lieuallen Administration.<\/p>\n

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Two New Staff Join Accounting & Business Services<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Shadron Lehman, Interim Director of Accounting<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Shadron\u00a0<\/span>Lehman, the university\u2019s Internal Auditor, will serve as the Interim Director of Accounting and will assume the Director of Accounting role when Michele retires.\u00a0Shadron<\/span>\u00a0is a former alumna of the university, graduating with a degree in business with a concentration in accounting.<\/p>\n

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Dennis Johnson, Accountant 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Dennis Johnson started working\u00a0as an Accountant 2 on June 23, 2021, from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, where he served as Treasurer. Dennis is also a veteran, serving in the United States Marine Corp. Dennis is the Accounts Receivable Accountant and reports to the Bursar.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Year-end & Annual Audit<\/strong><\/h2>\n