Faculty and Staff Recognition
2024-25 Recognition Ceremony
Mario and Alma Pastega Awards
Jaime Marroquin
Associate Professor
Mario and Alma Pastega: Excellence in Scholarship and Creativity
Cara Groshong
Business Operations and Finance Manager of Advancement
Mario and Alma Pastega: Staff Excellence
Amy Dawson
NTT Assistant Professor of Biology
Mario and Alma Pastega: Excellence in Teaching Non Tenure Track
Mike LeMaster
Professor of Biology
Mario and Alma Pastega: Excellence in Teaching Tenure Track
Camila Gabaldon
Collection Development Librarian/Associate Professor
Mario & Alma Pastega: Excellence in Service
Leadership Awards
Brenda Rocio Martinez
ASWOU President
Dr. Stephen Scheck
Faculty Senate President
Alexis Morrison
Outgoing Staff Senate
Advisor Awards
Dr. Mandy Olsen
Faculty Advisor of the Year
Mika Hui
Staff Advisor of the Year
Faculty Promotions
Promotion to Associate Professor
Jessica Dougherty
Education and Leadership
Promoted to Associate Professor
Dan Dowhower
Health and Exercise Science
Promoted to Associate Professor
Kathy Espino Perez
Phycological Sciences
Promoted to Associate Professor
Pete Hoffecker Mejia
Art
Promoted to Associate Professor
Danielle Lane
Education and Leadership
Promoted to Associate Professor
Jay Schwartz
Psychological Sciences
Promoted to Associate Professor
David Szpakowski
Earth & Environmental Science
Promoted to Associate Professor
Lin Wu
Education & Leadership
Promoted to Associate Professor
Promotion to Full Professor
Melissa Cannon
Behavioral Sciences
Professor
Jaime Marroquin
Modern Languages
Professor
Sean Roush
Psychology
Professor
Jennifer Taylor-Winney
Health & Exercise Science
Professor
Emeritus Awardees
Marita Cardinal
Professor, Health and Exercise Science
Marjory Lange
Professor, Humanities
Sponsored Research Grants
Amendments that Increase funds for the ongoing project
Robyn Lopez Melton
The Research Institute
- Oregon Department of Early Learning and Care
- SPARK: $285,010.25
- Stipends and Reimbursements: $27,297.74
- Multnomah County
- PFA Substitute Project: $116,331
- PFA Assessment: $345,321
Mark Girod
College of Education
Tammy Gardner Child Development Center
Salem Keizer School District
Salem-Keizer School District Grow Your Own: $9,000
New Projects Awarded
Rob Winningham
Academic Affairs
Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC)
Future Ready Oregon: Bilingual Mental Health Scholars Program: $2,000,000
Megan McDermeit
The Research Institute
Oregon Department of Transportation
Graduated Driver License Implementation- Information & Education: $580,062
Michael Ellis
University Computing Solutions
Oregon Emergency Management
SLCGP Grant: $30,900
Brian Kauffman
Western Community Policing Institute
U.S. Department of Justice COPS Office
Developing the capacity of tribal law enforcement MMIP strategies and efforts: $200,000
David Szpakowski, Bryan Dutton and Steve Taylor
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
OSU/Institute for Water and Watersheds – USGS Subaward
Riparian Plant Distribution in the Luckiamute River Basin, Central Oregon Coast Range: Implications for Water Resource Management in the Mid-Willamette Valley: $17,521.86
Mark Girod
College of Education
Columbia Gorge Community College
Columbia Gorge CC Grow Your Own: $30,000.00
Mark Girod
College of Education
Salem Keizer School District
Salem Keizer School District Grow Your Own: $46,000.00
Marie LeJeune, Jessica Dougherty & Mandy Olsen
Education and Leadership, College of Education
Oregon Department of Education
Project Equidad – Latinx Student Success Act Grant: $666,684.07
Carlos Texidor Maldonado
Deaf Studies & Professional Studies
Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC)
HB 5204 Behavioral Health: $666,667.00
Patricia Flatt
Natural Sciences and Mathematics
University of Southern Mississippi, National Science Foundation
The PUI Nexus: Faculty, Staff and Administrators Raise Awareness, Assess Systemic Barriers, and Prepare to Act in Support the Research Enterprise: $5,884.00
Kristen Perry
Abby’s House Student Affairs
Spirit Mountain Community Fund
Abby’s House- A Communal Resource Hub for Low Income & DV/SA Survivors: $50,000.00
Tom Litterer
University Computing Solutions
Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC)
Banner Optimization: $2,117,050.00
Betsy Paniagua-Chavez
The Research Institute
Ford Family Foundation
FUND III: $275,000.00
Years of Service
5 Years of Service
- Evelin Cifuentes Guardado
- Claudia Costagliola
- Ruperto Devora-Tamayo
- Raymond Finnell
- Olivia Flores
- Christine Hawley
- Elayne Kuletz
- Shadron Lehman
- Megan McDermeit
- Samantha Morgan
- Trevor Podratz
- Jay Schwartz
10 Years of Service
- Rebecca Chiles
- Jaime Cloud
- Kolis Crier
- Sarah Crockett
- Rian Gayle
- Patricia Gimenez
- Kella Helyer
- Sandra Holland
- Beth Jones
- Benjamin Lipp
- Lauren Peterson
- Shandelle Plasker
- Veronica Rodriguez
- Elizabeth Scroggins
15 Years of Service
- Michael Barr
- Samantha Brubaker
- Amber Deets
- Maria Devora
- David Doellinger
- Patricia Flatt
- Nichole Garcia
- Terry Gingerich
- Ryan Hickerson
- Heather Holmes
- Chloe Hughes
- Isidore Lobnibe
- Alberto Lopez-Vazquez
- Janet Roberts
- Deborah Rezell
20 Years of Service
- Tiffany Smith
- Brian Binnell
- Jodie Garrison
- Sandra Hedgepeth
- Donald Kraus
- June McMillan
- Sharyne Ryals
- Katherine Schmidt
- Tamina Toray
- Jennifer Keen
25 Years of Service
- Debra Braun
- Bryan Dutton
- Jeffrey Templeton
- Denise Visuano
35 Years of Service
- Cheri Darby
Retirees
- Gary “ED” Garland
- Nancy Corder
- Sue Kunda
- Kevin Leard
- Kathy Cassity
- Brian Angland
- Debbie Braun
- Teresa Tolento
- Gay Timken
- Scott Grim
- Ray Finnell
- Dave Wolfe
- Mark Van Steeter
- Deborah Rezell
- James “Ike” Nail
- Schultz, Martin
- Michael Martin
- Lori Pagel
- Kathy Heide
Memoriam
- Ron Cooper, Facilities
- Peter Courtney, President’s Office
- J. Morris Johnson, Biology
- Ana Karaman, Finance & Administration
- Robert Rice, Psychology
- Ron Richards, Facilities
- Jami Strinz, Athletics
- Michael Ward, Mathematics
- Jake Whisenhunt, Facilities
- Margaret Manoogian – Professor, Behavioral Science
- James Barnard – Mathematics
