Weekly feature #4
Back for its second year, the Employee Awards Celebration is a joint initiative between People Services and the President’s Office to recognize outstanding contributions of our colleagues. This year’s celebration will take place on October 30, 2025, honouring recipients of the Employee Excellence Awards and those reaching a Years of Service milestone in 2025.
The President’s Office is proud to spotlight service milestones more broadly. Each week leading up to October 30, OC This Week will highlight a few of these dedicated individuals. If you spot a featured colleague, be sure to congratulate them on their incredible achievement!
This week, the President’s Office thanks and congratulates the following individuals for their years of service milestone in 2025:
40 Years of Service
- BARRY MCGILLIVRAY School of Business
20 Years of Service
- DEBBIE FREEMAN Office of the Registrar
- CHRISTY GELZ Continuing Studies & Corporate Training
- FRANCES GREENSLADE Arts & Foundational 51Æ·²è
- JOE HOBART Science & Technology
- BRUCE HOWES Arts & Foundational 51Æ·²è
- JOHN KENNY Science & Technology
- YOURY KHMELEVSKY Science & Technology
- ALEX KORTZMAN Ancillary & Business Services
15 Years of Service
- DAVOR KACIC Trades & Apprenticeship
- ANDREW KLINGEL School of Business
- LAVONNE KOBER Arts & Foundational 51Æ·²è
- RAYMOND KOEPKE Trades & Apprenticeship
- JEREMY LANAWAY Arts & Foundational 51Æ·²è
- KATHARINE MCGOWAN Office of the Registrar
- AMY MODAHL Arts & Foundational 51Æ·²è
- YVONNE MORITZ Executive Office
- MELISSA MUNN Arts & Foundational 51Æ·²è
Please note this is not a comprehensive list of all employees reaching Years of Service milestones in 2025. More employees will be featured in the weeks leading up the Employee Awards Celebration event scheduled for Oct. 30.