UConn strives to recognize employees throughout the year and their careers. Each fall, Human Resources invites employees to Employee Appreciate Week, and in the spring, the University celebrates several employees through the UConn Spirit Awards. Each year, HR coordinates the recognition of employees who have reached a milestone in service to UConn or the State of Connecticut.
Faculty and Staff Appreciation Week 2024
We are pleased to announce this year’s dates and theme for Employee Appreciation Week. Mark your calendars for the week of September 18 for employee appreciation focusing on “Well-Being and Well Connected Across UConn.” Several events and activities - from in-person to virtual - will provide a space to appreciate employees and encourage appreciation for one another. We invite you to join one or many of the events and/or activities planned to "celebrate you!"
UConn Spirit Awards

- Build community within the University and University departments;
- Provide an opportunity for employees to be recognized for their contributions to the University, which are not specifically academic but related to teamwork and civility; and
- Create an event that acknowledges the efforts of all employees, especially staff members.

For questions, please contact worklife@uconn.edu.
5 Years
Sarah Aggarwala
Hind Ahmed Zaki
Rogelio Almanza
David Anastasio
Guadalupe Arroyo
Christina Badini
Kacey Baer
Miao Bai
Heidi Bailey
Erin Ballou
Isaac Barber
Charles Baywood
Jazmin Bello
Rigoberto Benitez
Osama Bilal
Kristin Bissell
Frank Bitetto
Loneke Blackman Carr
Miriam Blake
Stoyan Bliznakov
Edward Boice
Polina Boily
Eric Boisvert
Jessica Brandt
James Brennan
Kathleen Brunault
Matthew Burdick
Stephen Camilli
Francesco Carbone
Katy Cardinal
Carlos Cardonha
Diego Cerrai
Courtney Chandler
Indrajeet Chaubey
Cynthia Chavez
Yiping Chen
Xiang Chen
Benjamin Chilson-Parks
Tianhong Chu
Jennifer Clark
Ariana Codr
Matthew Cohen
Ana Colon-Wallace
Gabrielle Comella
Kristen Cooksey
Sarah Croucher
Kimberly Curry
David D'Alessandro
Lauren Dalton
William Davenport
Noelle Davis
Douglas Degges
Domenic DeLuca
Rebecca Desroches
Justin Dinsmore
Matthew Donofrio
Merly Downey
James Doyle
Lena Dwelley
Courtney Dy
Daniele Fabris
Bryan Feener
Madison Ferraro
Konstantinos Filippakos
Krysta Fitzgerald
Renee Fournier
Alexandra Fragola
Mariana Fragomeni
Barbara Frandeen
Angela Frati
Nicole Freidenfelds
Oscar Garcia
Hannah Gebhard
Niraj Ghimire
Joan Gigstad
Valerie Gilleran
William Glass
Dominic Godi
Brian Goepfrich
Jamie Gooch
Jason Gorack
Lisa Gorman
Frank Griggs
Oscar Guerra
Tara Guilleaume
Alexandra Hain
Scott Haney
William Harris
Gregg Harrison
Kathryn Hassler
Suining He
Jonathan Heinlein
Marlon Henry
Diane Herlihy
Stefan Hock
James Hohman
Stephanie Huntington
Nolan Hurst
Daniel Jakubiak
Heon Jeon
Timothy Johnson
Jillian Johnston
Chris Jones
Tristan Jones
Shamona Kamm
Shea Kapinos
Thomas Katsouleas
Rhonda Kauffman
Geraldine Kennedy
Steven Kinsey
Roston Kirk
Gary Klett
Elizabeth Kline
Jonnelle Konow
Austin Kozicki
Jonathan Kuehn
Grace Kuell
Amit Kumar
Aimee Kurtzman
Amber LaFontaine
Emily Larned
Leslie Lawrence
Chelsea Lebron
Darin Leigh
Alison Lerman
Temitope Leshi
Regina Lester-Harriat
Na Li
Chen Liang
Xi Liu
Cassandra Long
Brent Lucia
Sergio Luzzatto
Stacy Maddern
Cluber Marin
Sean Martin
Elizabeth Mayerson
Karen McComb
Adam Mccready
Susan McMahon
Kimberly McMahon
Evan Mcmunn
Alexander Meade
Cory Merow
Colleen Millerick
Timothy Moore
Kathryn Moore
Jeanette Morales
Hannah Morrill
Mackenzie Murphy
Zachary Murtha
Aaron Nash
Sergio Nieto
Stefanie Nigro
Katie O'Keefe
David Orefice
Miguel Ortiz
Samuel Osuba
Alexander Ott
Thomas Outlow
Michelle Owens
George Palmer
Amy Peckham
Regina Pelrine
Jennifer Peshka
Jon Phillips
Oleksiy Poludnenko
Jacob Pongratz
Martina Powell
Kenneth Premo
Capri Price
Yiming Qian
Yilian Qin
Josue Quiles
Sowmya Ramesh
Mark Reeves
Tammo Reichgelt
Jonelle Reynolds
Catherine Rhodes
ELIZABETH RICE
Zachary Robert
Anna Roberts
Jetsenia Rodriguez
Jaime Rodriguez
Warner Rodriguez
Kimberly Rollins
Daniela Rosario
Danyelle Rossetti
Manish Roy
Michael Rozzi
Kimberley Sadowski
Tabetha Saffin
Sanjubala Sahoo
Christopher Sancomb
Nathan Sanders
Dawn Sarage
Sharat Sarsanwar
Jonathan Scannell
Kelly Ann Schneider
Marci Schneider
Ryan Schwallie
Jacob Scoggin
Christopher Scott
Ragini Sengupta
Bharani Shakamuri Rajendran
Randy Shannon
Michael Shelton
Natalie Shook
Ellen Silbermann
Kristopher Smith
Bryan Southworth
Jessica Spicer
Paula Steele
Adrian Stegovec
Judy Stewart
Carly Taylor
Donna-Marie Tennyson
Teresa Thomas
Matthew Thomas
Sarah Torcellini
Jose Torres
Christian Tryon
Natalka Tuczkewycz
Abhinav Upadhyay
Indu Upadhyaya
Tara Vakil
Laura Valentino
Alex Van De Minne
Kimberly Vasquez
Jennifer Walker
Kristin Waters
Kathy Wildman
Alicia Williams
John-Paul Williamson
Katherine Wilson
Nancy Wojnarowski
Torri Woodruff
Hongyi Xu
Nina Xu
Ran Xu
Shoko Yamamoto
Christine Yantz
Chelsea Zabel
Yao Zheng
Molly Zipkin
15 Years
Rae Alexander
William Baker Jr
Kenneth Barone
Tina Barry
John Bell
Sandra Bellini
Dawn Benjamin
Rushikumar Bhatt
Kathy Birnie
Edward Blair
Pamela Blume
Mark Bouthillier
Diane Briody
Bonnie Burr
Cathy Canfield
Concetta Chiappetta-Miller
Tyshara Coggins
Marie Coppola
Shane Crawford
Kathryn D'Antonio
Fiona DeMerell
Michael Demers
Lindsay DiStefano
Felix Estremera
Walter Foular
Till Frank
Ana Garcia
Peter Glaude
Jessica Goldstein
Matthew Grimm
Matthew Hadden
Ping Han
Matthew Holleran
Stanley Huzarewicz
Dianna Hyland
Heidi Jones
Amjad Khan
Susan LaMorte
Alyse Lofman-Kwapien
Althea Lozefski
Seth Maloney
Karen McDermott
Alena Meacham
Lisa Mieszkowicz
Deborah Muro
Emily Myers
Anthony Noel
Theresa Palacios-Baughman
David Paquette
Sung Yeul Park
Stephanie Parker
Megan Pichette
Meagan Ridder
Joanna Rivera Davis
John Roccapriore
Beth Russell
Rosario Schillinger
Tara Schlagenhauf
William Sciturro
Victor Serdyukov
Ann Marie Shanahan
Leslie Shor
Jeannie Slayton
Amy Smith
Chih-Jen Sung
Jennifer Tibbetts
Craig Tobias
Dianisi Torres
Peter Tribuzio
Kelly Tyler
Timothy Vadas
Donna Vail
Emiliano Valdez
Christopher Vials
Judith Vigneau
Michael Williams
Kristin Wold
25 Years
Laura Albrecht
Andrei Alexandrescu
Emmanouil Anagnostou
Joshua Boggis
Valerie Brangan
Christian Brueckner
Pamela Cartledge
Douglas Casa
Wilson Chiu
James Chrobak
Andrew Clark
Anne D'Alleva
Michael Deotte
Douglas Erickson
Neal Eskin
Alice Fairfield
Todd Fake
Wayne Farrell
Sean Flynn
John Frain
Julienne Francisco
Jeffrey Godfrey
Bernard Goffinet
Bernard Grela
Jayson Hodge
Bridget Holohan
Michael Iacampo
Elizabeth Jockusch
Blair Johnson
Clifford Jones
Patricia Jurovaty
Douglas Kaufman
Glenn Keegan
Stephanie Kexel
Ana Legrand
Senjie Lin
Hsiu-Ju Lin
Ellen Lowe
Sherri Manis
John Mathieu
Naomi McKenna
Nakeia Moore
Corina Morris
Richard Mrozinski
Rebecca Myshrall
Joseph Natale
Joleen Nevers
Rachel O'Neill
Michael O'Neill
Tanya Osuba
Richard O'Toole
Crystal Park
Christine Perkins
David Perry
Armand Pomerleau
Diane Quinn
Frederick Roden
Jessica Rubin
Alexander Russell
Melanie Savino
Kimberly Shirshac
Dennis Sienna
Annelie Skoog
Laura Smith
Gregory Sotzing
Summer Spaderna
Jacquline Thompson
Amy Tse
Nancy Urcinas
Paul West
Steven Wilf
Douglas Willour
Kristin Wirtanen
Reka Wrynn
35 Years
Robin Bogner
John Bouchard
Paul Chill
Metin Cosgel
Toni Ellis
Lynn Garvais
Johann Gogarten
Robert Hasenfratz
Nina Heller
Timothy Hemingway
Joe Hollister
Robert Howard
Cristiano Husu
Eileen Kapinos
Mazhar Khan
Gary Krewson
Lorri Lafontaine
Roger Lalumiere
Joann Leach
Susan Locke
Michael Lynes
Maribel Ortiz
Michael Orwicz
Juan Ramos
Nalini Ravishanker
Rodney Rock
Sharyn Rusch
Kurt Schwenk
William Shea
Robert Waters
45 Years
Thomas Morawetz
James Rusling
Zoraida Velazquez
10 Years
Jasvinder Akberzai
James Albuquerque
Gerald Altmann
Megan Ambrose
Tatiana Andreyeva
Matthew Badger
Robert Bagchi
Dorit Bar-On
Julie Bartucca
Dominique Battle-Lawson
Hannes Baumann
Ali Bazzi
Kimberly Benoit
David Bergman
Cara Bernard
Joyanne Billion
Baillie Boggs
Mark Bond
Mary Boston
Eric Bouchard
Lisa Boush
Luz Burgos Lopez
Jeffrey Burke
Kelly Burke
Danielle Canfield
Jason Card
Yesenia Carrero
Andrea Celli
Christopher Cerrigione
Keerthi Chamala
Sarah Chipman
Ki Chon
Kyle Ciccaglione
Chelsea Cichocki
Jeffrey Cohen
Leighton Core
Michelle Cote
Irvin Cruz
Kelly Cunningham
Rachel D'Antonio
Miranda Davis
Sarah DeCapua
Nicholas Delaney
Mary Katherine Della Camera
Christopher DelMastro
Raelene DeRobertis
Julie DeSalvo
Jared Dewey
Christine DiLeone
Lisa Donegan
Dana Drake
Melissa Durstin
Kristina Edwards
Andrew Faust
Carrie Fernandes
Nathan Fiala
Laurie Field
Kathleen Foley
Kevin Freeman
Guojun Gan
Kim Gans-DeLuca
Nicholas Gelbar
Michael Glasgow
Kristin Glinzak
Holly Graham
Kara Green
Kay Gruder
Jennifer Grunwald
Santino Guachione
Amber Guillemette
Lee Hameroff
Joshua Hardin
Marcus Hatfield
Mia Hawlk
Kaitlin Heenehan
Lynne Hendrickson
Sandra Hill
Jacob Horn
David Houseman
Solomiya Ivakhiv
Jeanette Jamieson
Maree Jaramillo
Andrew Jaramillo
Bethany Javidi
Barbara Kamm
Ellen Kimball
Christopher Kogut
Todd Kravet
Kimberly Krieger
George Kronen
Kenneth Lachlan
Stacey Lackman
Edward Large
Tricia Leahey
Jeanne Leblanc
Jeanne Leblanc
Briana Lechkun
Seok Woo Lee
Terri Lessard
Michelle Lewis
Zhongyang Li
Jennifer Longa
Whitney Losapio
Yangchao Luo
Kendra Maas
Jose Martinez
Ashley Mattingly
Katherine McCarthy
Lisa McGuire
Amy McKeon
Ryan McMenemy
Patricia Meagher
Braden Mellin
Nelson Merchan
Seth Michalek
Patrick Mickens
Katie Milardo
Kimberly Miller
Anita Morzillo
Elizabeth Moussette
Christin Munsch
Margaret Myers
Rod Nelman
Julian Norato Escobar
John O'Donnell
Stephen O'Donovan
Michael Ose
Miguel Pacheco Defigueiredo
Joseph Pajak
Nathaniel Patrylak
Evgueni Pinkhassik
Rebecca Puhl
Liping Qiu
Rosa Raudales
Tessa Revoir
Rafael Rivera-Vazquez
Moira Rosek
Patricia Rossi
Sabato Santaniello
Jennifer Scapetis-Tycer
Marlene Schwartz
Julie Serkosky
Charlotte Sernoffsky
Tia Shackett
Keith Simmons
Stephen Smith
James Smith
Aaron Stachowiak
Timothy Stubbs
Kathleen Susca
Ngozi Taffe
Michael Toomey
Charles Towe
Nu-Anh Tran
Kelli Twyman
Lesme Valentin
Daniel Volovski
Vincent Walker
Lawrence Walsh
Daniel Warren
CarolAnn Wetmore
James Wheeler
Howard Winston
Dimitris Xygalatas
Eiling Yee
Yuping Zhang
Xinyu Zhao
Ying Zhou
Christopher Zissis
Stephen Zito
20 Years
Kerrie Alberts
Velda Alfred-Abney
Dawn Aro
David Bailey
Kathleen Bailey
Douglas Baker
Evelyn Barbeau
Lenora Barnes
Mary Bercaw Edwards
Jennifer Brodie
Rhonda Brownbill
Rachel Budd
Mary Burke
Paul Burton
Laura Burton
Maureen Butler
Daniel Buttrey
Scott Campbell
Katharine Capshaw
Brian Cardinal
Jenny Cassells
Rachel Chasse-Terebo
Janice Christopher
Joseph Conetta
Pamela Costa
Tracy Cree
Jose Cruz
Brian Daley
Michael Dalfonso
Robert Day
Carl Dean
William DelGrego
David Dickson
Heidi Dierssen
Anna Mae Duane
Kimberly Duby
Jeffrey Dudas
Cheryl Dudley
Steven Dunn
Nikki Eberly
Inge-Marie Eigsti
Mary Fischer
Steven Fletcher
Adam Fry
Maryann Fusco-Rollins
Anibal Galarza
Alisa Geller
Jennifer Griffin
Colleen Hajdasz
Jason Hamley
Theodore Harakaly
Scott Harding
Peter Harris
Shareen Hertel
Michelle Hicks
Alicia Huckle
Bryan Huey
Horea Ilies
Derek Johnson
Lori Kalinowski
Mary Kegler
Amanda Kimball
Alexander Kovner
Claudia Kraemer
Kyle Kravchuk
Kelley Lafleur
Charles Lansing
Kathryn Libal
Carolyn Lin
Catherine Little
Kane Lynch
Gary Mackiewicz
James Magnuson
Richard Mancini
Milagros Marrero-Johnson
Rafael Martinez
John McLaurin
Stephanie Milan
Christine Mosman
Craig Nelson
Corey O'Brien
Neal Olderman
Mark Overmyer-Velazquez
Jessica Panella
Lynn Papacostas-Ginolfi
Melina Pappademos
Elba Perez
Angela Piela
Kimberly Price-Glynn
Kimberly Proulx
Hanna Prytko
John Pudelkiewicz
Nella Quasnitschka
Graciela Quinones-Rodriguez
Cheryl Radzvilowicz
Guillermo Risatti
Victoria Robinson
Brian Rockwood
Fatma Selampinar
John Settlage
Ramesh Shankar
Zhijie Shi
Ashley Slater
Daniel Stolzenberg
Youfen Sun
Rebecca Thomas
Ann Traynor
Jennifer Tufts
Eduardo Urios-Aparisi
Olga Vinogradova
Epapante Vlahos
Jason Vokoun
Manuela Wagner
Noreen Wall
Lei Wang
Lisa Werkmeister Rozas
Nicole Williams
Jeffrey Winston
Robert Wylie
Xudong Yao
Yi Zhang
Lichun Zhang
Scott Zinke
Terra Zuidema
30 Years
Richard Bleiler
Zeljko Boskovic
Gail Bysiewicz
Eleni Coundouriotis
Sarah Darras
Julie Decandia
Moustapha Diaby
Dana Dunnack
Richard Dziekan
Alain Frogley
Moshe Gai
Haleh Ghaemolsabahi
Kimberley Giard
Sharon Gray
Donald Grous
Kathleen Holgerson
Amy Howell
Dawn Kemp
Leslie Levin
Joseph Loturco
Charles Mahoney
Rosemary Marcellino
Etan Markus
Renea Martinez
Carleen Morneau
Kyle Muncy
Lisa Pane
Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos
Christopher Perkins
Laurie Pudlo
Melanie Raczkowski
Stephen Ross
Susan Schadt
Thomas Seery
Lorraine St. Clair
Jennifer Sterling-Folker
Carolyn Teschke
Thomas Tourigny
Elisabeth Umpleby
Pieter Visscher
Patrick Walsh
Lillie Wright
40 Years
Michael Garcia
Oskar Harmon
Kazem Kazerounian
Dana Masse
Linda Mellen
Kathryn Myers
Julia Posa
Robert Thorson
50 Years
Robert Birmingham
How are years of service calculated?
Eligibility for Employee Recognition Service Awards is determined by total state service. Milestones reached are awarded each year by who has achieved the years of service milestone by February 1st. Awards are selected in the Spring/Summer and distributed in the Fall.
Military Service is not included in total State service.
I think my Years of Service are incorrect; who can I contact about this?
Please email worklife@uconn.edu for initial contact. If we are unable to answer your question, we will notify you of your need to contact the Length of Service Specialist.