Wartburg College faculty and staff will be honored for their contributions to the college during the annual Recognition Convocation Friday, May 25.

Faculty will be cited for tenure and promotion, while others will be recognized for years of service, including retirement, at the 11 a.m. ceremony in McCaskey Lyceum.

Those being honored include:

Tenure and Promotion       

• Professor Cliff Brockman, tenure and promotion to associate professor of communication arts
• Dr. Erika Lindgren, tenure and promotion to associate professor of history
• Professor Pamela Ohrt, tenure and promotion to associate professor of communication arts
• Dr. Brian Pfaltzgraff, tenure and promotion to associate professor of music
• Professor Barbara Fedeler, promotion to full professor of art
• Dr. Craig Hancock, promotion to full professor of music
• Dr. Brian Jones, promotion to full professor of religion
• Dr. Judith Jones, promotion to full professor of religion
• Dr. Penni Pier, promotion to full professor of communication arts

Retirements

• Carol Bahr, Class of 1962, assistant Bookstore manager (1962-2012)
• Tom Hubbard ’68, admissions counselor, transfer articulation counselor, student employee coordinator, dining services (1968-71, 1976-82, 1985-2012)
• Professor Paul Magnall, associate professor of business administration/accounting (1983-2012)
• Susan Ohrt, acquisitions supervisor, library and office coordinator, humanities (1990-2011)
• Arlene Schwarzenbach, Bookstore manager (1985-2012)
• Mary Stafford, student accounts coordinator (2000-2012)

Years of service

• 50 — Bahr
• 40 — Pat Melver, admissions assistant for prospect management, Admissions Office
• 35 — Dr. Fred Ribich, interim vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty and director, institutional research; Dr. Dani Thomas, professor of political science
• 30 — Dennis Delp, electrician, maintenance
• 25 — Floyd Junker, maintenance; Jean Schloemer, Perkins Loan coordinator, Business Office; Tod Schulz, systems architect and database administrator, Information Technology Services; Monica Severson, associate director of athletics, senior woman administrator and head women’s golf coach; Dr. Susan Vallem ’66, professor of social work
• 20 — Mary Dorman ’92, technical assistant, Information Technology Services; Dr. Denis Drolet, associate professor of chemistry; Jane Lindner, office coordinator, Alumni/Parent Relations and Annual Giving; Professor Lynn Peters, associate professor of social work and chair, social work department; Dr. Peggy Pruisner, professor of education
• 15 — Dr. Mariah Birgen, professor of mathematics; Mary Goetzinger, checker, dining services; Linda Hennings, circulation and reserves supervisor, Vogel Library; Joel Holthaus ’97, records coordinator, Registrar’s Office; Terri Meier, administrative assistant, Administration and Human Resources; John Myers, director of Campus Security and Safety; Dick Peth, head men’s basketball coach and instructor of physical education; Jennifer Sassman, director of financial aid; Richard Seggerman, chief business officer and treasurer; Ken Sommerfeldt, maintenance; Kathy Traetow, office coordinator, Global and Multicultural Studies; Rick Willis, director of athletics
• 10 — Sheree Covert ’80, registrar; Simon Estes, distinguished professor and artist-in-residence, music department; Danise Flood, information clerk, Institutional Advancement; Stephanie Huff, office coordinator, Registrar’s Office; Dalissa Larson, office coordinator, communication arts, and office assistant, Dean of Faculty Office; Sherri Mennenga, cashier, Business Office; Scott Sharar, assistant director of physical plant; Karen Snyder, assistant director of financial aid; Derek Solheim’93, associate director of Pathways Center for Career Services