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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

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