Feb. 15, 2006 

NYIT Honors Faculty and Staff with Employee Recognition Awards

Old Westbury, N.Y., Feb. 15, 2006: One hundred and nine members of the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) faculty and staff have been honored with Employee Recognition Awards for their years of dedicated service to the college. During the ceremony, NYIT President Edward Guiliano, Ph.D., thanked all recipients for their commitment to higher education and said, “In this, our 50th anniversary year, it is a pleasure to celebrate your individual accomplishments as we honor the school’s overall success. Thanks to you, thousands of students have gone on to great careers, and thousands more will enjoy the added value that comes from earning an NYIT education.”

Honored for years of service

35 years: Dr. Heskia Heskiaoff, engineering and technology; Dr. Eugene Mitacek, life sciences; Dr. Edward Nelson, telecommunications and electrical engineering; Dr. Rajendra Tibrewala, management; and Theodore Urban, print shop.

30 years: Dr. Barbu Kestenband, mathematics; Dr. Adrienne O’Brien, communication arts; Dr. Joan Penrose, instructional technology; Dr. David Segal, mathematics; and Thomas Twors, maintenance.

25 years: Maria Baca, de Seversky Center; Dr. Richard Dibble, human resources and labor relations; Dr. Brian Hallas, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine; Nancy Matthews, admissions; Donald Merkel, facilities; Gary Mintz, life sciences; James O’Rourke, facilities; Dr. Abram Poczter, management; and Dr. Leslie Schuster, social sciences.

20 years: Grady Carney, life sciences; Julius Chini, mathematics; John Cook, facilities; Alan Fairbairn, hospitality management; George Giosi, facilities; Laurie Lundberg, financial aid; Gerald McCann, facilities; Wilfredo Mesa, electrical and computer engineering; Stanley Silverman, Technology Based Learning Systems; James Turley, hospitality management; Chris Wernicki, electrical and computer engineering; and Jack Sheau Wu, computer science.

15 years: Diamando Afxentiou, management; Claudia Bianchinotti, Wisser Library; Geraldine Brown, social sciences; Steven Brozyna, facilities; Julian Cheung, electrical and computer engineering; Diane Farrell, Horizon; Gerri Flanzraich, Wisser Library; Andrew Hall, facilities; John Hanc, communication arts; Alice Heron-Burke, student development and counseling; Ana Inniss, physics; Carol Jockle, Vocational Independence Program; Steven Lu, mechanical engineering; Joan Marg-LaGrassa, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine; Christopher Moylan, English; and Nikos Solounias, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine.

10 years: Marie-Paul Belizaire-Chery, management; Louise Bianculli, publications and advertising; Spiros Dandouras, admissions; Patricia Duran, bursar and collections; Gwendolyn Hargett, student development and counseling; Susan Hendee, culinary arts; Joy-Ann Hopkins, financial aid; Paul Hornik, culinary arts; Carol Kallman, admissions; Robert Koenig, hospitality management; Rosalie Pollina, registrar; Scott Rose, counseling and wellness center; and Mary Winters, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine.

5 years: Josephine Bacchi, financial aid; Ariana Burgos, Higher Education Opportunity Program; Suzanne Caltagirone, bursar and collections; Laura Capaldo, registrar; Desi Colon, culinary arts; Linda Comac, English Language Institute; Carol Dahir, elementary education; Auguste Danetra, facilities; Vincent Ditingo, communications arts; Daniel Durning, fine arts; Joseph Esposito, facilities; Carla Freeman, Higher Education Opportunity Program; George Griffin, communications arts; Jose Infante, EduPlus; Lori Jirousek, English; Stacey Johnson, accounting; Gurumurthy Kalyanaram, management; Jannette Knowles, School of Global and Extended Education; Maya Kroumova, human relations and labor relations; Karen Mack, Technology Based Learning Systems; Sebastien Marion, Wisser Library; James Massari, athletics; Lavisha McCarden, financial aid; Daniel McGovern, financial affairs; Peter Messina, Higher Education Opportunity Program; Kellyanne Moseley, bursar and collections; Toni Nagin, bursar and collections; Lyubov Nakonechna, communication arts; Rosalind Ogulnick, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine; Robin O’Keefe, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine; Alexander Ott, admissions; Patricia Pasquariello, registrar; Nicole Pogue, Wisser Library; Deborah Rhodes, de Seversky Center; Candi Rosen, education; Emanuel Saladino, fine arts; James Schempp, admissions; Stacy Spilkevitz, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine; Margueritta Steele, information technology and infrastructure; Brian Taylor, architecture; Dawn Tennenbaum, budget and planning; Zinnur Ulgen, payroll; Michael Uttendorfer, instructional technology; Francisco Vasquez, facilities; Ramon Villongco, admissions; and Irene Zeldovich.

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