Long Service Recognition

Long Service

Let's celebrate our 2022 Long Service Colleagues!

This year we recognize and thank 130 colleagues who have dedicated a cumulative of 3895 years of service to the university. Take a moment to see who is celebrating 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45

Reach out to colleagues to share well wishes and/or post a message for them on the Kudos Board.

Our Long Service Colleagues

Note: Faculty and staff who opted out on online and print recognition are not listed below.

25 Years of Service

  • Amy Verdun  - Political Science
  • Anita Bonkowski  - Music
  • Arif Babul  - Physics & Astronomy
  • Asit Mazumder  - Biology
  • Bradley Hetherington - Systems
  • Colleen Eccleston - Music
  • Dave Chiddle  - Facilities Management
  • David Robinson Rempel - Physics & Astronomy
  • David Scoones  - Economics
  • Eric Henderson  - English
  • Garry Sagert  - Systems
  • Gayle Ployer  - Social Work
  • Gerald Currie  - Systems
  • Gregory Beaulieu  - Biology
  • Gregory Churchill  - Alumni & Development
  • Helen Lansdowne   - Centre for Asia Pacific Initiatives
  • Ian Robertson  - Business
  • Ian Yates  - Facilities Management
  • Jason Corless  - Computer Science
  • Jing Huang  - Mathematics & Statistics
  • Karima Ramji - Co-operative Education
  • Krista Thompson  - Vikes Athletics & Recreational Services
  • Lara Wilson  - Archives
  • Laura Vizina  - Continuing Studies
  • Louise Peters  - Undergraduate Admissions
  • Lucinda Brown - Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies
  • Margaret-Anne Storey - Computer Science
  • Marisa Fairley - Residence Services
  • Matthew Pollard  - Germanic & Slavic Studies
  • Mehmoona Moosa-Mitha  - Social Work
  • Michael Puszka - Facilities Management
  • Mina Moufidi  - Facilities Management
  • Nilanjana Roy  - Economics
  • Robert Kowalewski  - Physics & Astronomy
  • Romy Weatherston  - Human Resources
  • Sonya Lommerse  - Food Services
  • Stephen Horak  - Biochemistry & Microbiology
  • Susan Corner  - Academic Advising Centre
  • Susan Dempsey  - Counselling Services
  • Theresa Bourque  - Financial Services
  • Thom Tran  - Facilities Management
  • Todd Milford  - Curriculum & Instruction
  • Wendy Taylor  - Office of the Registrar

30 Years of Service

  • A.R. Elangovan - International
  • Andrew Weaver - Earth & Ocean Sciences
  • Arthur Rowe - Music
  • Ben Koop - Biology
  • Birgit Geditz - Systems
  • Bruce Kapron - Computer Science
  • Cameron Culham  - Continuing Studies
  • Carol Unfreed - Libraries
  • Caroline Riedel - Legacy Art Galleries
  • Catherine Harding - Art History & Visual Studies
  • Christopher Butterfield - Music
  • Cornelia Bohne - Chemistry
  • Craig Payne - Facilities Management
  • David Hutchinson - Co-operative Education
  • David Pretty - Libraries
  • Deborah Almisurati - Libraries
  • Donald Mellings- Continuing Studies
  • Edward Godwin- Libraries
  • Elizabeth Wicks - Food Services
  • Ewa Czaykowska-Higgins  - Indigenous Education
  • Gary MacGillivray - Mathematics & Statistics
  • Heather Bouchard - Food Services
  • Heather Simms - Alumni & Development
  • Helen Raptis - Curriculum & Instruction
  • Iona Hubner - Art History & Visual Studies
  • Jacqueline Evans - Budget & Capital Planning
  • Jane van Sickle - Curriculum & Instruction
  • Jane Ye - Mathematics & Statistics
  • Laurel Bowman - Greek and Roman Studies
  • Laurene Shields - Nursing
  • Leona Locke - Undergraduate Admissions
  • Lisa Surridge - English
  • Lynne Marks - History
  • Mary Lesperance - Mathematics & Statistics
  • Peter Golz - Germanic & Slavic Studies
  • Raymond Kemp - Facilities Management
  • Rodney Katz- Mechanical Engineering
  • Sandra Gibbons - Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education
  • Sanghoon Nam - Business
  • Shannon Hayward - Systems
  • Shirley Omelchuk - Pensions
  • Stephen Tax - Business
  • Stewart Arniel- Humanities Computing & Media Centre
  • Timothy Smith - Systems
  • Tobi Carlson - Bookstore
  • Valerie King - Computer Science
  • Wanda Boyer- Educational Psychology & Leadership Studies
  • William Linwood - Music

35 Years of Service

  • Belle Young - Public Administration
  • Blair McKinnon - Food Services
  • Catherine Gaul - Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education
  • Christopher Smith - Libraries
  • Colin Bradley - Mechanical Engineering
  • David Harrington - Chemistry
  • Dennine Dudley - Art History & Visual Studies
  • Douglas McKenzie- Physics & Astronomy
  • Gerry Luton - Continuing Studies
  • Hua Lin - Linguistics
  • Kin Li - Electrical Engineering
  • Lynne Beecroft - Vikes Athletics & Recreational Services
  • Lynneth Stuart-Hill - Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education
  • Malcolm Kerr - Food Services
  • Marcia Hills - Nursing
  • Mark Gillen - Law
  • Michael Prince- Human & Social Development
  • Nancy Duncan - Vikes Athletics & Recreational Services
  • Patrick Chang - Mechanical Engineering
  • Rhordon Wikkramatileke - Continuing Studies
  • Robert Newell - Systems
  • Rosa Castro - Facilities Management
  • Rosa Stewart - Hispanic & Italian Studies
  • Rosmarie Marykuca - Food Services
  • Susan Fiddler - Co-operative Education
  • Tricia Beckensell - Libraries
  • Tricia Charlton - Graduate Admissions & Records
  • Veronica Staub - Food Services
  • Wu-Sheng Lu - Electrical Engineering

40 + 45 Years of Service

40 Years of Service

  • Brian Gauthier - Facilities Management
  • Monica Reimer - Chemistry
  • Shari Winter - President's Office

45 Years

  • David Berry - Chemistry
  • Elaine Cumming - Mathematics & Statistics

Leave a message on the kudos board

 

A look back

25 years ago in 1997

  • UVic has just over 13700 FTE students.
  • UVic women’s field hockey team wins their 8th national title.
  • Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone is published.
  • Princess Diana is killed in a car crash on August 31.
  • Titanic premieres and is the largest grossing film worldwide at $1,843,478,449. The quote of the year: “I’m on top of the world.

30 years ago in 1992

  • Whitney Houston sets a then-record with "I Will Always Love You" staying at no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks.
  • Big movies of the year include: Aladdin, A Few Good Men, A League of Their Own and Wayne’s World. 
  • The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Canadian team to win the World Series.
  • Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman in space.
  • President George H. W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin jointly announce that the Cold War had ended.

35 years ago in 1987

  • UVic's women's field hockey, basketball and cross country teams all win national banners.
  • The stock market crashes.
  • The first “The Simpsons” cartoon short is airs on The Tracey Ullman Show.
  • Notable movies include: Three Men and a Baby, Dirty Dancing, Moonstruck, and The Princess Bride.
  • Acid wash jeans and headbands are all the rage.

40 years ago in 1982

  • UVic officially opens the new Phoenix Theatre.
  • High inflation, combatted with high interest rates leads to a huge drop in home prices.
  • Notable movies include: ET, An Officer and a Gentleman, On Golden Pond, and Tootsie.
  • CD players, Diet Coke and the Commodore 64 hit the market.
  • Cats, the musical, debuts on Broadway.

45 years ago in 1977

  • UVic officially forms the new Faculty of Human and Social Development by bringing together the Schools of Nursing, Social Work and Child Care.
  • Notable movies include: Smokey and the Bandit, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Rocky, King Kong, and Saturday Night Fever.
  • Elvis Presley dies at the age of 42.
  • Pop music is all gold with songs: Hotel California, We are the Champions, Rumors, Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Stay, The Stranger, Saturday Night Fever.
  • 1 and 2 bedroom apartments in a brand new building with ocean and city views rent for under $195 and $260/month.