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Staff senate posed outside Dazbog on Auraria campus.
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Arrivals and Departures: December 2024

Help welcome new colleagues and bid farewell to those moving on to new opportunities.

Staff senate posed outside Dazbog on Auraria campus.

Arrivals: 

  • Taylor Costello, ACCESS, senior specialist, accessibility coordinator 
  • Karen Auge Garvey, University Communications and Marketing, senior writer/content manager 
  • Valeria Quiroz, University Communications and Marketing, media relations specialist/writer 
  • Meg Bellamy, Health Institute, behavioral health career navigator 
  • Secily Abay, Registrar’s Office, international-student advisor/compliance specialist 
  • Payton Gentry, Criminal Justice & Criminology, budget and data coordinator 
  • Emma Forrest, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, grants management specialist 
  • Isaac Banks, Aviation and Aerospace Science, affiliate faculty 
  • Sarah Bailey, Chemistry, affiliate faculty 
  • Joseph Tafoya, Communication Design, affiliate faculty 
  • Chris La Rosa, Chemistry, affiliate faculty 
  • Amanda Edwards, Theatre, affiliate faculty 
  • Chadwick Bowman, Marketing, affiliate faculty 
  • Leila Armstrong, Art, affiliate faculty 
  • Kelsey Pinckney, Social Work, affiliate faculty 
  • April Morris, Art, affiliate faculty 
  • Katie Donohue, Social Work, affiliate faculty 
  • Erica Quintana-Garcia, Social Work, affiliate faculty 

Departures: 

  • Darius Jack, Information Technology Services, director of networking and infrastructure 
  • Denise Daphne, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, academic advisor II 
  • Ellen Boswell, Institutional Research, institutional research analyst 
  • John Kietzmann, Athletics, associate athletic director, marketing and employee relations 
  • Jose M. Lopez, Aviation and Aerospace Science, senior lecturer  
  • Julie L. Eber, Elementary Education, lecturer  
  • Shawn Tebben, Accounting, affiliate faculty 
  • Caroline Poulos, Engineering Technology, program manager 
  • Gabriel Bita, Music, affiliate faculty 
  • Kelly King, Human Services and Counseling, assistant professor