Long Service Recognition
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.