At the event, University of Missouri President Mun Choi and Provost Latha Ramchand read off names of several faculty celebrating milestone years of service.
Aug. 30, 2022
The University of Missouri recently held a reception to welcome back faculty and kick off the fall semester. Part of this event included recognizing faculty celebrating milestone years of service at MU. Below are this year’s honorees:
10 years | College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
- Jared Decker, Animal Science
- Christine Elsik, Animal Science
- Jeong-Kyu Koo, Agriculture Biochemistry
- David Mendoza-Cozatl, Plant Sciences
- Trista Safranski, Animal Science
- Andrew Scaboo, Plant Sciences
10 years | College of Arts and Science
- Colleen Colaner, Communication
- Alice Dade, School of Music
- Julie Elman, Women’s and Gender Studies
- Heather Hennkens, Chemistry
- Nathan Hofer, Classics Archaeology and Religion
- Timothy Howe, School of Music
- Stephen Karian, English
- Joseph Pintz, School of Visual Studies
- Leah Rosenberg, Classics Archaeology and Religion
- Robert Russel, Truman School of Government and Public Affairs
- Victoria Shaffer, Psychological Sciences
- Astrid Villamil Monroy, Communication
- Benjamin Warner, Communication
- Laron Williams, Truman School of Government and Public Affairs
- Haojing Yan, Physics
10 years | College of Education and Human Development
- Nikki Ashcraft, Learning, Teaching and Curriculum
10 years | College of Engineering
- Chung-Lung Chen, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Joontaek Park, Biomedical, Biological and Chemical Engineering
10 years | College of Veterinary Medicine
- Kevin Cummings, Biomedical Sciences
10 years | Missouri School of Journalism
- Jamie Flink, Journalism
- Susan Renoe, Journalism
10 years | MU Extension
- Andrew McCorkill, West Central Region
- Amy Patillo, Southwest Region
- Stephanie Schindler, Southeast Region
10 years | School of Health Professions
- Botswana Blackburn, Health Sciences
- Kristin Flynn Peters, Health Sciences
10 years | School of Medicine
- Kevin Clary, Medicine Hospitalist
- Margaret Day, Family and Community Medicine
- Rasha El Kady, Psychiatry
- Kyle Fiala, Orthopaedic Surgery
- Christopher Foote, Medical Pharmacology and Physiology
- Brandi French, Neurology
- Aaron Gray, Orthopaedic Surgery
- Eric Johannesen, Pathology and Anatomical Science - Anatomic Path
- Sharad Khare, Medicine - Gastroenterology
- Natalie Long, Family and Community Medicine
- Kari Martin, Dermatology
- Hіlton Ngo, Child Health - Neonatology
- Frederick O’Donnell, Anesthesiology
- Jamie Ogden, Family and Community Medicine
- Naveen Pokala, Surgery - Urology
- Matthew Robinson, Emergency Medicine
- Lindsey Schrimpf, Psychiatry
- Joel Shenker, Neurology
- Eduardo Simoes, Health Management and Informatics
- Todd Vogel, Surgery – Vascular
10 years | Sinclair School of Nursing
- Kari Lane, School of Nursing
10 years | Trulaske College of Business
- Michael O’Doherty, Finance
20 years | College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
- Neil Fox, School of Natural Resources
- Harvey James, Applied Social Sciences
- Laura McCann, Applied Social Sciences
- John Morgan School of Natural Resources
- Henry Nguyen, Plant Sciences
- Thomas Reilly, Agriculture Biochemistry
- Gary Stacey, Plant Sciences
- Henry Stelzer, School of Natural Resources
- Jay Thelen, Agriculture Biochemistry
20 years | College of Arts and Science
- Signe Cohen, Classics Archaeology and Religion
- John Evelev, English
- John Frymire, History
- Michael Goldschmidt, Architectural Studies
- Laura King, Psychological Sciences
- Dorina Kosztin, Physics
- Ioan Kosztin, Physics
- Judith Mabary, School of Music
- Angelo Manzo, School of Music
- Athanasios Micheas, Statistics
- Eric Sandvol, Geological Sciences
- Kristin Schwain, School of Visual Studies
- Carsten Ullrich, Physics
20 years | College of Education and Human Development
- Denice Adkins, Information Science and Learning Technology
- David Bergin, Educational, School and Counseling Psychology
- Duane Rudy, Human Development and Family Science
20 years | College of Engineering
- Baolin Deng, Civil/Environmental Engineering
- Carlos Sun, Civil/Environmental Engineering
- Bin Wu, Industrial/Manufacturing Systems Engineering
- Yangchuan Xing, Biomedical, Biological and Chemical Engineering
- Gang Yao, Biomedical, Biological and Chemical Engineering
20 years | College of Veterinary Medicine
- Fred Williams, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
20 years | Missouri School of Journalism
- Margaret Duffy, Journalism
- David Herzog, Journalism
- Martha Steffens, Journalism
20 years | MU Extension
- Donna Aufdenberg, Southeast Region
- Debra Davis, Northwest Region
- Karisha Devlin, Northeast Region
- Kim Hall, West Central Region
- David Burton, Southwest Region
20 years | School of Health Professions
- Stephen Ball, Physical Therapy
- Kimberly Keller, Health Sciences
- Evan Prost, Physical Therapy
20 years | School of Law
- Royce Barondes, Law
20 years | School of Medicine
- Mirna Becevic, Dermatology
- Brian Biggers, Surgery - General
- Dongsheng Duan, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
- Naresh Khatri, Health Management and Informatics
- Shamita Misra, Family and Community Medicine
- Lenard Politte, Medicine - Cardiology
- Anuradha Rajagopalan, Child Health
- Venkataraman Ramachandran, Surgery - Pediatric
- Erin Tuller, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health
- Casey Williams, Family and Community Medicine
- Habib Zaghouani, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology
20 years | Trulaske College of Business
- Kenneth Shaw, Accountancy
25 years | College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
- Patrick Guinan, School of Natural Resources
- Reid Smeda, Plant Sciences
- John Tanner, Agriculture Biochemistry
- Patrick Westhoff, Applied Social Sciences
25 years | College of Arts and Science
- Jean Brueggenjohann, School of Visual Studies
- Sarah Bush, Biological Sciences
- Julia Gaines, School of Music
- Lael Keiser, Truman School of Government and Public Affairs
- Karen Piper, English
- Linda Reeder, Women’s and Gender Studies
- Bethany Stone, Biological Sciences
- John Wigger, History
25 years | College of Education and Human Development
- Elizabeth Baker, Learning, Teaching and Curriculum
- Timothy Lewis, Special Education
- Melissa Stormont, Special Education
25 years | College of Engineering
- Kevin Gillis, Biomedical, Biological and Chemical Engineering
- Kannappan Palaniappan, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
- Hani Salim, Civil/Environmental Engineering
- Robert Tzou, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
25 years | College of Veterinary Medicine
- William Mitchell, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
- Kyle Gibson, Physical Therapy
25 years | School of Medicine
- Reza Farid, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Benjamin Francisco, Child Health - Pulmonary
- James Koller, Medicine-General Internal
- Erik Lindbloom, Family and Community Medicine
- Madhukar Misra, Medicine - Nephrology
- Tracy Stroud, Development/Behavioral
25 years | Sinclair School of Nursing
- Tammy Rood, School of Nursing
30 years | College of Arts and Science
- James Birchler, Biological Sciences
- James Endersby, Truman School of Government and Public Affairs
- Andrew Melnyk, Philosophy
- David Schenker, Classics Archaeology and Religion
- Qi Zhang, Mathematics
30 years | College of Engineering
- Robert Winholtz, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
30 years | College of Veterinary Medicine
- Douglas Bowles, Biomedical Sciences
- Philip Johnson, Veterinary Medicine and Surgery
30 years | MU Extension
- Matthew Herring, East Central Region
- Todd Lorenz, West Central Region
- Rhonda Shafer, East Central Region
30 years | School of Law
- Robert Freyermuth, Law
- Cynthia Shearrer, Law Library
30 years | School of Medicine
- Randie Little, Pathology and Anatomical Sciences-Anatomic Pathology
- Thomas Quinn, Biochemistry
- James Stevermer, Family and Community Medicine
30 years | Trulaske College of Business
- Vairam Arunachalam, Accountancy
35 years | College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
- Scott Brown, Applied Social Sciences
- Corinne Valdivia, Applied Social Sciences
35 years | College of Arts and Science
- Michael Harmata, Chemistry
- Dana Weston, Mathematics
35 years | School of Medicine
- Pradeep Sahota, Neurology
45 years | College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
- Thomas Mawhinney, Agriculture Biochemistry
50+ years | MU Extension
- Mary Dothage, HES Nutrition and Health
