Spotlight Staff
The contributions of Northern Lakes College professionals were honoured during an awards dinner and reception Nov. 10.
Celebrating a combined 500 years, long service awards were presented to 38 staff members for five, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, and even 40 years of dedicated service.
The dinner also recognized staff members who have recently retired from the college.
All award recipients celebrating 20 or more years of service were acknowledged with speech tributes.
Supervisors shared anecdotes and accolades regarding their employee’s commitment, skill, and the valuable ways in which they personally influenced and promoted NLC’s positive work culture and student educational accessibility.
Honouring her 40 years of outstanding service, board chair Daniel Vandermeulen said of Shirley Anderson, “Shirley loves what she does and thoroughly enjoys working with our students.”
NLC president Ann Everatt added her thoughts.
“This event provides us with the opportunity to celebrate our employees’ commitment. The success of an organization is dependent upon staff who provide outstanding service. We succeed because of our staff. I extend a heartfelt thank you to all our employees celebrating long service who are passionate about their profession and dedicated to providing quality service to our students.”
Following are this year’s recipients:
5 Years
Alyre Arseneau
Trudy Beach
Paulette Campiou
Douglas Chappell
Terry Cunningham
Cherie Friesen
Karen Lauridsen
Cyndy Lorincz
Eva-Jane Lundgard
Matthew Murphy
Lorilee Oldford
Viola Osadchuk
Darlene Richards
Mary Schroder-Prince
Sherri-May Timms
10 Years
Lea Dashkewytch
Kurtis Drefs
Richard Farrelly
Cecilia Jamieson
James Martens
Joyce Spence
Judith Swift
Kenneth Waye
15 Years
Reiner Haack
Taralynn Lyons
Donna Shumaker
20 Years
Carol Baker
Nancy Giese
Dennis Halcrow
25 Years
Becky Cloutier
Patricia Reid
30 Years
James Meldrum
Brian Panasiuk
40 Years
Shirley Anderson
Retirees
Karen Bradbury
Hilma Supernault
Shelley Wilkinson