On April 1, twenty employees of UGA retired. The retirees, along with their job titles, departments, and years of service, are as follows:
- Jay Bauer, creative design expert, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Office of Marketing and Communications, 25 years;
- Deborah A. Blakey, laboratory supervisor II, College of Veterinary Medicine, Tifton Diagnostic Laboratory, 34 years, 8 months;
- Angie Pam Bond, lending specialist I, University Libraries, interlibrary loan, 18 years, 8 months;
- Darrin G. Cook, skilled trades employee, Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration, Facilities Management Division, grounds department, Sign Shop, 30 years;
- Henry K. Dooley, scientific computing expert, Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, 28 years;
- David Dowless, systems administrator expert, Office of the Vice President for Research, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, 23 years, 8 months;
- Mark C. Ellenberg, IT manager, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, 25 years, 2 months;
- Wanda Fain, business supervisor II, Office of the Vice President for Information Technology, Enterprise Information Technology Services, finance and business services, 17 years, 7 months;
- Diane Griffith, building services employee II, Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration, Facilities Management Division, building services, 10 years;
- Tonya Harris, assistant to the department chair, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, nutritional sciences department, 30 years, 7 months;
- Theresa (Teri) Hughes, administrative expert I, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tifton Campus, 26 years;
- Pamela Kirby, research technician III, Office of the Vice President for Research, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, 29 years, 7 months;
- John Paulk, precision agriculture shop supervisor, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tifton Campus, 26 years, 1 month;
- Chris T. Peters, lead IT professional, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, information technology, 38 years, 7 months;
- Shirley Reyes, program operations manager, Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development, 30 years, 5 months;
- Vance Silcott, associate director, insurance and claims, Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration, Emergency Preparedness, 11 years, 4 months;
- Jeffrey K. Springston, professor and director of Master of Fine Arts programs, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, 26 years, 7 months;
- Curtis Neal Strickland, mechanical technician II, Office of the Vice President for Research, Instrument Shop, 16 years, 7 months;
- Michele G. Svoboda, fiscal affairs manager for Georgia 4-H, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, 30 years, 4 months; and
- Sinnie R. Wilbon, administrative associate, Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration, Facilities Management Division, grounds department, 30 years.
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