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Twenty UGA employees retired April 1, 2025

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Twenty UGA employees retired April 1. Retirees, their job classification, department and years of service are:

  • Jay Bauer, creative design specialist, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Office of Marketing and Communications, 25 years;
  • Deborah A. Blakey, laboratory manager II, College of Veterinary Medicine, Tifton Diagnostic Laboratory, 34 years, 8 months;
  • Angie Pam Bond, borrowing specialist I, University Libraries, interlibrary loan, 18 years, 8 months;
  • Darrin G. Cook, skilled trades worker, Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration, Facilities Management Division, grounds department, Sign Shop, 30 years;
  • Henry K. Dooley, scientific computing specialist, Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, 28 years;
  • David Dowless, systems administrator specialist, Office of the Vice President for Research, Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases, 23 years, 8 months;
  • Mark C. Ellenberg, IT director, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, 25 years, 2 months;
  • Wanda Fain, business manager II, Office of the Vice President for Information Technology, Enterprise Information Technology Services, finance and business services, 17 years, 7 months;
  • Diane Griffith, building services worker II, Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration, Facilities Management Division, building services, 10 years;
  • Tonya Harris, assistant to the department head, College of Family and Consumer Sciences, nutritional sciences department, 30 years, 7 months;
  • Theresa (Teri) Hughes, administrative specialist I, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tifton Campus, 26 years;
  • Pamela Kirby, research technician III, Office of the Vice President for Research, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, 29 years, 7 months;
  • John Paulk, precision agriculture shop manager, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Tifton Campus, 26 years, 1 month;
  • Chris T. Peters, principal IT professional, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, information technology, 38 years, 7 months;
  • Shirley Reyes, program operations coordinator, Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach, J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development, 30 years, 5 months;
  • Vance Silcott, associate director, insurance and claims, Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration, Emergency Preparedness, 11 years, 4 months;
  • Jeffrey K. Springston, professor and director of Master of Fine Arts programs, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, 26 years, 7 months;
  • Curtis Neal Strickland, mechanical technician II, Office of the Vice President for Research, Instrument Shop, 16 years, 7 months;
  • Michele G. Svoboda, Georgia 4-H fiscal affairs manager, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, 30 years, 4 months; and
  • Sinnie R. Wilbon, administrative associate, Office of the Vice President for Finance and Administration, Facilities Management Division, grounds department, 30 years.
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