Employee Recognition is an annual spring celebration of the contributions of our employees. Each year we honor our retiring colleagues and recognize the Carleton College, Bon Appétit, and Barnes & Noble employees who have completed 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, and 50 years of service at Carleton College.
Employee Recognition took place on April 22, 2025. The program began at noon in Kracum Performance Hall and was followed by a lunch reception in the Weitz Center for Creativity, Class of 1980 Commons.
2025 Honorees
Congrats and thank you for your service to Carleton College!
5 Years
- Quinn Arnold, Assistant Director of the Grants Office
- John Berini, Postdoctoral Fellow in Ecology and Evolution
- Stephen Cade, Building Supervisor, Recreation Center
- Mike Carlsen, Dining Services Manager, Bon Appetit
- Ashley Carlson, Program Analyst in the Science Education Resource Center
- Tonja Clay, Administrative Assistant in Educational Studies; Administrative Assistant for Phi Beta Kappa; and Print and Mail Services Coordinator
- Ann Dayton, Development Officer
- Robyn Durand, Animal Colony Technician
- Chad Ellsworth, Associate Director of the Career Center
- Tristan English, Associate Director of the Alumni Annual Fund
- Anna Estes, Director of the Ecology and Anthropology in Tanzania Program and Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
- William Fennessey, Dining Services Staff, Bon Appetit
- Summer Forester, Assistant Professor of Political Science
- Tom Graupmann, Building Supervisor, Recreation Center
- Amanda Hansen, Gift Accounting Specialist
- Eric Hoopfer, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
- Christy Johnson, Security Officer
- Kiley Kost, Lecturer in German
- Wiebke Kuhn, Director of Academic Technology
- Sean Leahy, Reference and Instruction Librarian for Social Sciences and Data
- Christopher Leppink-Shands, Assistant Dean of Admissions, Alumni Admissions Representatives Program
- Kristin Lucas, Assistant to the President and Liaison to the Board of Trustees
- Nick Malecha, Maintenance Engineer
- Andres Martinez Ibanez, Dining Services Staff, Bon Appetit
- Meredith McCoy, Assistant Professor of American Studies and History
- Abigail Merritt, Library Conservator
- Kate Meyer, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
- Mahdi Mohamed, Web Developer
- Brian Mondschein, Assistant Coach, Men’s Cross Country and Track
- Sinda Nichols, Director of the Center for Community and Civic Engagement
- Tom Niemisto, Alumni Annual Fund Office Coordinator
- Brooke Okazaki, Assistant Professor of Music
- Clifford Persing, Dining Services Staff, Bon Appetit
- Amy Rachuba, Bridge Electronic Resources Librarian
- Jordan Rasmussen, Employment Coordinator
- Art Rodriguez, VP and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
- Kallie Rollenhagen, Director of Design and User Experience
- Eric Runestad, Vice President and Treasurer
- Jesse Schoen, Assistant Coed Track and Field Coach
- Charlie Schwandt, General Manager, Bon Appetit
- Sarah Scofield, Web Analytics and Training Strategist
- Dan Stephans, Director of Systems and Infrastructure
- Sam Thayer, Director, Office of Accessibility Resources
- Laurel Thompson, Associate Director of Planned Giving
- Nelly Vega, Dining Services Staff, Bon Appetit
- Kyle Veldhuizen, Web Application/DevOps Developer
- Michelle Weiss, Dining Services Staff, Bon Appetit
- Lin Winton, Director of the Quantitative Resource Center; Lecturer in Biology
10 Years
- Tom Bartsch, Collaborative Pianist – Vocal
- Fernando Contreras Flamand, Lecturer in Spanish
- Phyllis Dixon, Assistant to the Vice President and Dean of Admissions
- Aimee Fisher, Assistant Director of Development Research
- Shaohua Guo, Associate Professor of Chinese
- Nichole Haan, Project Manager/Analyst
- Zacc Harris, Lecturer in Jazz and Blues Guitar
- Josh Heiden, Assistant Tennis Coach
- Brenda Hellen, Interlibrary Loan and Reserves Specialist
- Rae Horton-Clements, Assistant Director of Residential Life
- Jessica Keating, Associate Professor of Art History
- Alex Knodell, Associate Professor of Classics; Director of Archaeology
- Terra Krebsbach, Assistant for Development and Alumni Relations
- Tina Kukowski, Associate Director of Student Financial Aid
- Claudia Lange, Lecturer in Spanish
- Carolyn Livingston, Vice President for Student Life and Dean of Students
- Austin Mason, Lecturer in History; Director of Digital Arts and Humanities
- Lisa Pillow, Collections Strategy and Development Librarian
- Dan Quinnell, Certified Grounds Maintenance Lead
- Anna Rafferty, Associate Professor of Computer Science
- Jane Rizzo, Director of Budgeting and Financial Analysis
- Marynel Ryan Van Zee, Director of Student Fellowships; Lecturer in History
- Gunnar Teigen, Assistant Swimming Coach
- Laura Theobald Benda, Associate Director of Stewardship and Development Writer
- Rick Thomez, Custodian
- Szu Wu, Collaborative Pianist (Instrumental)
15 Years
- Jay Beck, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies
- Faress Bhuiyan, Associate Professor of Economics
- Kristin Bloomer, Associate Professor of Religion
- Mihaela Czobor-Lupp, Associate Professor of Political Science
- Bryce Detlie, Painter Lead
- Corinne Duncan, Dining Services Staff, Bon Appetit
- Lisa Gergen, Special Custodian
- Laura Jimenez, Dining Services Staff, Bon Appetit
- Tom Lamb, College Archivist and Head of Special Collections and Archives
- John Mathews, Capital Project Manager
- Beatriz Pariente-Beltrán, Senior Lecturer in Spanish
- Steven Poskanzer, Professor of Political Science; President Emeritus
- Vale Riggs, Dining Services Manager, Bon Appetit
- Benjamin Rodriguez, Dining Services Staff, Bon Appetit
- Matt Whited, Professor of Chemistry
- Thabiti Willis, Associate Professor of History
- Fred Wroblewski, Dining Services Staff
20 Years
- R Kevin Chapman, Technology Support Specialist
- Melissa Eblen-Zayas, Professor of Physics
- Eric Egge, Associate Provost; Professor of Mathematics
- Christian Hakala, Senior Director of Planned Giving and Development Initiatives
- Iris Jastram, Business Analyst/Developer
- David Liben-Nowell, Associate Provost; Professor of Computer Science
- Hsianghui Liu-Spencer, Cataloging and Digital Services Librarian
- Matthew McCright, Senior Lecturer in Piano
- Brooke Plotz, Associate Head Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Coach; Swim Instructor and Aquatic Supervisor
- Meera Sehgal, Associate Professor of Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies and Sociology
- Christina Sinkler-Miller, Head of Resource Acquisition and Discovery Services
- Christopher Tassava, Director of the Grants Office
- Linda Thornton, Comptroller
- Neal Weeg, Applications Support Programmer
25 Years
- Carrie Akemann, Dining Services Staff, Bon Appetit
- Michael Allen, Building Supervisor, Recreation Center
- Tammy Anderson, Senior Assistant to the VP/Dean of Students
- Jim Bushey, Security Officer
- Joe Giefer, Dining Services Staff, Bon Appetit
- Denise Gillen, Facilities Accountant and Business Process Analyst
- John Gray, Building Supervisor, Recreation Center
- Ben Hollinger, Dining Services Staff, Bon Appetit
- Helena Kaufman, Director of Off-Campus Studies; Lecturer in Latin American Studies
- Mary Kelling, Costume Designer and Shop Supervisor; Senior Lecturer in Theater
- Deborah Ludwig, Custodial Administrative Assistant
- Marit Lysne, Director of Student Health and Counseling
- David Musicant, Professor of Computer Science
- Annette Nierobisz, Ada M. Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of the Social Sciences; Professor of Sociology
- Thomas Rosenberg, Senior Lecturer in Cello
- Liz Rowley, Student Work Coordinator
- Leslie Will, Terra Dotta Systems Manager and Data Coordinator
- Constancia Woida, Project and Relief Custodian
- Serena Zabin, Stephen R. Lewis Jr. Professor of History and the Liberal Arts
30 Years
- Brian Boudreau, Master Electrician
- Nancy Cho, Class of 1941 Professor of English and the Liberal Arts
- Fred Ellison, Custodian
- Sean Fox, Technical Director in the Science Education Resource Center
- Matt Rand, Professor of Biology
- Debby Walser-Kuntz, Herman and Gertrude Mosier Stark Professor of Biology and the Natural Sciences
35 Years
- Scott Carpenter, Professor of French
- Anna Dotlibova, Senior Lecturer in Russian
- Trish Ferrett, Professor of Chemistry
- Clara Hardy, Professor of Classics
- Eric Hillemann, Senior Associate in Archives and Librarian
- Kofi Owusu, Marjorie Crabb Garbisch Professor of the Liberal Arts; Professor of English
- Barb Tousignant, Project Management Assistant
- Lawrence Wichlinski, Professor of Psychology
40 Years
- Mark Kanazawa, Wadsworth A. Williams Professor of Economics
- Chérif Keïta, William H. Laird Professor of French and the Liberal Arts
- Lynn Valek, Custodian
45 Years
- Debra Swenson, Dining Services Staff, Bon Appetit
50 Years
- Marcia Widman, Senior Lecturer in Piano
- Russell Petricka, Tutor, Math Skills Center
Retirement
- Gayle Bauer, Assistant to the Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations
- Scott Carpenter, Professor of French (35 Years)
- Bruce Duffy, Technical Assistant in Physics and Astronomy
- Trish Ferrett, Professor of Chemistry (35 Years)
- Doug Foxgrover, Academic Technologist for Presentation and Visual Design; Curator of the Carleton Weather Database
- David Hougen-Eitzman, Senior Lecturer in Biology
- Susan Jaret McKinstry, Helen F. Lewis Professor of English
- Randie Johnson, Purchasing and Risk Manager
- Deborah Ludwig, Custodial Administrative Assistant (25 Years)
- Ann May, Registrar Associate for Curriculum Compliance and Reporting
- Linda Mueller, Assistant to the Vice President and Dean of Admissions
- Elizabeth Rowley, Student Work Coordinator (25 Years)
- Debra Swenson, Dining Services Staff, Bon Appetit (45 Years)
- Mary Tatge, Administrative Assistant in German, Russian, French, and Spanish
