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Arrivals and Departures: January 2025

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

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Arrivals: 

  • Jennifer Sun, Office of the Controller, contracts manager 
  • Cody Mejia, Nutrition, academic support specialist 
  • Yazmin Castillo Gonzalez, University Advancement, assistant director 
  • Alex Ertel, Registrar’s Office, records specialist 
  • Carina Kinsley, Human Resources, senior specialist, Learning and Development 
  • Arturo Perez Garcia, Veteran Military Affairs, student success specialist 
  • Gianni Tanza, Financial Aid Scholarships, counseling specialist 
  • Sabryna Liddle, Health Professions, affiliate faculty 
  • Shawn Tebben, Accounting, affiliate faculty 
  • Pamela Bentley, TRIO Programs, director of TRIO High School Upward Bound 
  • Joy Xiaodan, Music, Music Building manager and assistant coordinator 
  • Alice West-Goers, Social Work, affiliate faculty 
  • Austin Moore, Intercollegiate Athletics, assistant athletic trainer 
  • Sollita Lucero, Social Work, affiliate instructor 
  • Laszlo Christian, Criminal Justice and Criminology, lecturer of Criminal Justice and Criminology 
  • Patrick Van Kirk, Industrial Design, affiliate instructor 
  • Dewayne Bettag, Psychology, affiliate faculty 
  • Ally Azar, Industrial Design, affiliate faculty 
  • Natalie Prager, Industrial Design, affiliate instructor 
  • Kali Paguirigan, Music, affiliate faculty 
  • Audra Desch, Human Services Profession, affiliate faculty 
  • Lissa Cullen, School of Education, affiliate faculty 
  • Ian Umstead, Department of Engineering Technology, affiliate faculty 
  • Kim Rasmussen, Human Services Profession, affiliate faculty 
  • Kara Napolitano, Health Professions, affiliate faculty 
  • Ellen Mahoney, Journalism and Media Production, affiliate faculty 
  • Carol Kloeckner, Alternative Licensure Program, affiliate faculty 

Departures: 

  • Holly Mitchell, School of Education – Master’s Program, affiliate faculty 
  • Jisele S Mitchell, School of Education, affiliate faculty 
  • Leila Armstrong, Art, affiliate faculty 
  • Annie Butler, Human Services Profession, professor of Human Services and Counseling 
  • Rebecca Rathburn, Student Life, Basic Needs coordinator/case manager 
  • Vel Arellano, Student Success Program, coordinator of Scholarships and Summer Bridge Programming 
  • Daisy Beatriz Tello Leon, Family Literacy Program, affiliate faculty 
  • Genia Ermasova, College of Business, experiential-learning specialist 
  • JaeEun Joo, Online Program, executive director of Online Learning 
  • David E Stevens III, Family Literacy Program, affiliate faculty 
  • Chris Garcia, Center for Equity and Student Achievement, associate director of First Generation Initiatives Program 
  • Kathleen McInerney, Political Sciences, affiliate faculty 
  • Brittany Jenkins, School of Education, affiliate faculty