{"id":99237,"date":"2024-12-09T16:18:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T16:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=99237"},"modified":"2024-12-09T16:39:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T16:39:03","slug":"uri-inducts-11-retired-faculty-staff-members-into-lifetime-service-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/uri-inducts-11-retired-faculty-staff-members-into-lifetime-service-society\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 inducts 11 retired faculty, staff members into Lifetime Service Society"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Dec. 9, 2024 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站 inducted 11 retired faculty and staff members into the Lifetime Service Society honoring them for 40 years or more of service to the University. The annual induction and brick dedication ceremony was held Dec. 6 in the Higgins Welcome Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s inductees are: Richard E. Anderson (45 years), William Euler (41), Heather Faubert (42), Paul Florin (42), Arthur J. Gold (40), Joanne Lawrence (42), Craig Louzon (40), Jane S. Miner (47), David R. Nelson (42), Peter Nightingale (40), and Stuart Westin (40). The group joins more than 150 employees who have been inducted since the award was started in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday, we honor the many hands and minds that have shaped our campuses \u2013 faculty in chemistry, psychology, environment and life sciences, molecular biology, physics, and business, and leaders in facilities, landscape and groundskeeping, and the Narragansett Bay Campus,\u201d said President Marc Parlange. \u201cYou have educated, inspired, and kept our university running. We thank you for the tremendous impact you have made on 溏心vlog免费B站, and we honor your legacy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The president also took a moment to remember Maureen McDermott, director of the Memorial Union and Student Involvement, who passed away Nov. 15 following a vehicle-pedestrian accident. She served the University community for 43 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaureen was a shining example of what it means to serve, and to do so with grace, joy, and a passion for helping others succeed,\u201d Parlange said.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The 2024 Lifetime Service Society inductees, from left: David Nelson, Craig Louzon, Joanne Lawrence, Jane Miner, Heather Faubert, Peter Nightingale, and Arthur Gold were honored on Dec. 6. Inductees Richard Anderson, William Euler, Paul Florin, and Stuart Westin were unable to attend the ceremony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Friday\u2019s recipients, who retired between January 2023 and July 2024, received certificates of appreciation from the University, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner, and Gov. Dan McKee. A commemorative brick engraved with each inductee\u2019s name and years of service will be placed in the patio in front of the entrance to the Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI look upon all of you with us today \u2013 and remember with fondness those who could not be with us \u2013 and I wonder how the decades could have passed so quickly,\u201d said Barbara Wolfe, provost and executive vice president of academic affairs. \u201cThe University has changed and advanced in significant ways due to your efforts, passion, and dedication to both students and colleagues, and it is a better place because you chose to make your life\u2019s work here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the ceremony, each honoree was introduced and honored by a colleague.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heather Faubert,<\/strong> of Kingston, a research assistant in the Department of Plant Sciences and Entomology, was introduced by Lisa Tewksbury, a research associate in the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tewksbury remembered meeting Faubert her first year working with 溏心vlog免费B站 entomologist Dick Casagrande. Faubert started a pest management program that helped local potato growers and expanded to include fruit tree growers, nurseries, greenhouses, vineyards \u2013 and pretty much all growers who needed assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are all happy for Heather in her retirement but the growers I meet now are also feeling a bit at a loss. They say: \u2018She was so knowledgeable,\u2019 \u2018I miss seeing her appear at the farm \u2013 she always brightened my day,\u2019 \u2018She was a constant,\u2019\u201d said Tewksbury. \u201cIt\u2019s clear to me and I am sure it was clear to Rhode Island farmers over the years that Heather Faubert excelled at her job and sincerely enjoyed it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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溏心vlog免费B站 President Marc Parlange congratulates Arthur Gold.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Arthur Gold,<\/strong> of North Kingstown, professor emeritus in the Department of Natural Resources Science, was introduced by Peter Paton, a professor in the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gold, a past chair of the department, accomplished so much in this career at 溏心vlog免费B站, said Paton. A watershed hydrologist, Gold investigated the effects of land use and natural features on water quality and river flow regimes. His work was supported by over $30 million in national grants, along with earning the 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation and Alumni Engagement Scholarly Excellence Award, the University\u2019s highest award for research. Gold, who was a major professor and advisor for more than 100 graduate students, also served a five-year appointment as a senior advisor on watershed research to the United Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joanne Lawrence, <\/strong>of Exeter, who worked in the College of Arts and Sciences dean\u2019s office, the Office of Enrollment Services and with the Faculty Senate in her 42 years at 溏心vlog免费B站, was introduced by Michael Rice, professor of fisheries and aquaculture and former Faculty Senate president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawrence, who was awarded the 溏心vlog免费B站 Foundation University Staff Excellence Award in 2004, was adroit at diplomatically handling problems when they arose \u2013 from students worried about graduation requirements to busy deans requiring quick institutional information, Rice said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJoanne\u2019s knowledge of the nuances of curricular requirements is legendary,\u201d he said. \u201c[Her] excellence in service and spirit of bonhomie carried on during her entire time in the Faculty Senate Office.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Karen Sechio, associate director of University Events, and Jeffrey Ulricksen, a member of the Lifetime Service Society committee, uncover the engraved bricks awarded to each inductee.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Craig Louzon, <\/strong>of Charlestown, a grounds superintendent, was honored by Mike McDonald, landscape maintenance technician of the landscape and grounds department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Louzon, one of the first grounds workers to take courses on campus, served as a role model and was known for his calm leadership, McDonald said. For four decades, Louzon, a Boy Scout leader and Chariho School Committee member, was part of the team that prepared the campus for commencement and kept the campus open during severe weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn his 40 years of service, [Louzon] left an indelible mark with his co-workers and the University community,\u201d said McDonald of his long-time supervisor. \u201cIn addition to being a supervisor for the back end of my career, Craig served as a mentor and friend to many who had the opportunity to work with him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jane Miner,<\/strong> of Jamestown, business manager for the Narragansett Bay Campus and the Graduate School of Oceanography, was introduced by David Smith, professor of oceanography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miner, who grew up in Jamestown, never strayed far from her beloved island but she made a world of difference at 溏心vlog免费B站 as part of the GSO for nearly its entire history, said Smith. After graduating from Clark University with a degree in environmental science, she started working at the newly established Coastal Resources Center at the GSO in 1977.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEventually, Jane came to sit at the center of all things financial at GSO,\u201d said Smith. \u201cThe answer to most questions regarding money was \u2018go see Jane,\u2019 as she has a truly complete and nuanced knowledge of every separate unit at GSO. \u2026 [H]er efforts at GSO were essential in supporting research around the globe by dozens of faculty and hundreds of graduate students. We are all grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Nelson,<\/strong> of Wakefield, professor of molecular biology and biochemistry, was honored by Jay Sperry, professor emeritus of cell and molecular biology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDave was a hard-working individual as a teacher and a researcher,\u201d said Sperry, who was chairman of their department. \u201cHe was passionate about his research and highly effective at securing funding for it. He was always ready and eager to help his graduate students, any undergraduate or graduate student, as well as fellow professors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Nightingale, <\/strong>of Kingston, professor of physics, was honored by Leonard Kahn, professor and chair of physics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kahn recognized Nightingale\u2019s many contributions to the growth of the physics department, especially in increasing the graduate program, in which Nightingale has taught every class. Nightingale was named a fellow of the American Physical Society, an honor bestowed on fewer than 1% of its members, and he was co-author of a publication cited by the Nobel Prize committee in awarding the Nobel for physics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs much as I admire his contribution to the department and to the general physics community, I am in awe of his work for peace and justice through activism,\u201d said Kahn. \u201cWhile it is easy and comfortable to sit back and complain about the current state of affairs, it takes a special drive to act on those principles and push for change. Peter has that drive, and he has never shrunk from taking a stand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anderson of Charlestown, maintenance superintendent in Facilities Services; Euler of Bradenton, Florida, professor of chemistry; Florin of Providence, professor of psychology; and Westin, of Center Ossipee, New Hampshire, professor of business instruction, were unable to attend the Dec. 6 ceremony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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