Staff Appreciation Day
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Announcing the Photo Contest Winners!
Thank you to everyone who entered photos and/or voted in the Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Photo Contest!! Winners will receive a $10 Wolfbucks Card! All photos will be on display in the Employee Services/CMS department located on the second floor of Salazar Hall through the month of July. The winners are as follows by category:
Animal
Best - Becky Olsen, Financial Services, "Tree Swallow Feeding Fledging"
Funniest - Brittany Mullery, School of Business and Economics, "Nikki at the Beach"
Most Creative - Jan Reddick, Student Health Center, "Orangino!"
Vegetable
Best - Tracy Goodman, Customer Services, "Luther Burbank Gardens"
Funniest - Donna Arnold, Office of the Provost, "Fruit and Vegetable Carvings"
Most Creative - Sandy Piantanida, English Department, "Volcano Mudbath in Columbia"
Mineral
Best - Boutsaba Janetvilay, University Library, Getty Reflection
Funniest - Patty Atkinson, Student Health Center, "Springtime Dreams"
Most Creative - Roger Mamer, Computer Science, "Looking through a Screen"
Book, CDs, DVDs, and VHS Swap
Thank you to everyone that contributed to our swap table. All items that reamined at the end of the day have been donated to the YWCA Women’s Shelter.
Raffle
A huge thank you for the entertainment during the raffle provided by Erik Dickson, Executive Director of the Associated Students Inc. and Ryan Ernst, Director of Marketing and General Services. If you received a prize but were unable to be present, we will deliver your gift this week.
Our Presenters
Thank you to all of our presenters. Without your interest, willingness, and time, we would not be able to offer breakout sessions!
- Adrian Praetzellis and the Anthropological Studies Center Staff
- Alisandra Brewer, Information Technology
- Becky Olsen, Financial Services
- Cecilia O'Brien, Conference and Event Services
- Dan Parker, Operations and Engineering
- Dennis Goss, Academic Affairs
- Eric Malvestiti and Talmadge Savage, University Dining Services
- Flori Nowelsky, Financial Services & Elenita Strobel, American Multicultural Studies
- Floyd Ross, Center for Performing Arts
- Heather French, Residential Life
- Jeff Falconer, Operations and Engineering
- John Connole, Theo Bridant, and Russell Wigglesworth, Center for Performing Arts
- John-Scott Forester, Art Department
- Karyn Wilson, Payroll and Benefits
- Kevin Martin, Facilities Management
- Lakin Khan, Biology Department
- Lane Olson, School of Education
- Laurel Holmstrom, Office of the Provost, Academic Senate
- Lou Zweier, Center for Distributed Learning
- Merith Weisman, Center for Community Engagement, Academic Affairs
- Pam Su, Recreation Center, and Xiaodong Zhu, Employee Relations and Compliance
- Payroll and Benefits in support of the Retirement Planning Session
- Rick and Janet Pearsall, Operations and Engineering
- Ryan Hammes, Recreation Center
- Sarah Anderson, Joe Shankles, and Tracy Ramsdell, University Dining Services
- Shawn Potts and Davide Furtado, Operations and Engineering
Our Wonderful Supporters
Thank you to our on-campus supporters and local off-campus businesses for their generous contributions to the raffle at this year’s Staff Appreciation Day. Special Thanks to Terrie DeLorm and Meryl Montalto for visiting our local business owners to encourage support for this event! Below is a list of our supporters that donated:
On-Campus
- Athletics
- Barnes & Nobel Bookstore
- Center for Performing Arts
- Karyn Wilson, Payroll and Benefits
- Sonoma State Enterprises
- University Dining Services
Off-Campus
- Adler Fels Winery
- The Apple Crate (Cotati)
- Bears, Buddies and Toys (on Commerce)
- Beauty Secrets (Mountain Shadows Plaza)
- Big Daddy's Diner (Mountain Shadows Plaza)
- Cafe Salsa (Cotati)
- Confucius Restaurant (Raley's Towne Center)
- Cotati Coffee (Cotati)
- Cotati Corner - Fine Wine and Gifts
- El Rancho Taqueria (Cotati)
- Endless Summer Salon (Wolf Den Plaza)
- Evolution Massage Studio (Mountain Shadows Plaza)
- Friar Tucks Pub & Spirits (Cotati)
- Haircuts Plus (Mountain Shadows Plaza)
- Hana Japanese Restaurant (Double Tree Shopping Center)
- Honey Cuisine (Korean BBQ) (Wolf Den Plaza)
- il barista Cafe (Raley's Town Center)
- Las Guitarras (on Commerce)
- Latitude Island Grill (Double Tree Shipping Center)
- The Melting Pot (Larkspur)
- Mi Pueblito (on Commerce)
- Moutain Mike's Pizza (University Square)
- North Light Books & Cafe (near Oliver's)
- Oliver's Market
- Pacific Market (Mountain Shadows Plaza)
- ProNail (Mountain Shadows Plaza)
- Rohnert Park Salon (Raley's Town Center)
- Safeway (on Commerce)
- Sahara Middle Easter Cuisine (Wolf Den Plaza)
- Shangri-La (Wolf Den Plaza)
- Starbucks (Oliver's Center)
- Thai Kitchen (Oliver's Center)
- Tonayan Mexican Restaurant (Raley's Town Center)
- Verizon Wireless
Grand Prizes
- DoubleTree Hotel and Bacchus Restaurant in Rohnert Park
- Raider's Tickets donated by Talmadge Savage
- Schug Carneros Estate
Staff Appreciation Day Volunteers
- Anastacio Diaz, Operations and Engineering
- Cecilia O'Brien, Conference and Event Services
- Debbie Harrington, Employee Services
- Emily Bawanan, Employee Services
- Evan Ferguson, Common Management Systems
- Jenifer Crist, Common Management Systems
- Jerry Uhlig and the Sound Crew, Student Union
- Kamen Nikolov, Ives 119 Support
- Kyle Riego de Dios, Employee Services
- Mike Ogg, Budget
- Peter Flores, Common Management Systems
- Ryan Ernst, General Services
- Ryan Fitzpatrick, Recreation Center and the inMotion Program
- Sally Sacchetto, Faculty Affairs
- Set-Up Crew from Facilities
- Talmadge Savage, Eric Malvestiti, Patti Sinclair, and the University Dining Services staff
The Excellence Awards Advisory Committee Members
- Jeff Falconer
- John-Scott Forester
- Marybeth Hull
- Elizabeth O'Brien
- Sara Young