Service Awards Program
The Service Award Program recognizes and rewards employees for their years of service at Sonoma State.
2008 Service Award Ceremony
The 18th Annual Service Award Luncheon was held on Tuesday, April 7th in the Niagara Room located in the Recreation Center, to honor the service milestones reached by 148 staff and faculty during the 2008 calendar year. The honorees include Dr. Victor Daniels who is the first individual to be recognized for 40 years of service and Dr. Jean Bee Chan and Dr. Kathy Charmaz who started at SSU 35 years ago. Recipients, joined by the President, Vice Presidents, and supervisors, took a walk down memory lane as they remembered what was going on in the world, nation, and at SSU when they started working at Sonoma State.
Each recipient was awarded a pin and gift for the year of recognition as listed below:
5 Years of Service - a 5 year pin and a pen held in a wooden box.
10 Years of Service - a 10 year pin and an engraved picture frame.
15 Years of Service - a 15 year pin and an engraved crystal box.
20 Years of Service - a 20 year pin and an engraved crystal pen holder.
25 Years of Service - a 25 year pin and an engraved clock.
30 Years of Service - a 30 year pin and watch.
35 Years of Service - a 35 year pin and an engraved rocking or standard chair.
40 Years of Service - a 40 year pin and an engraved tile to be placed on a bench which will be built in the courtyard near Schulz. In addition, the recipient is given an engraved and signed piece of art crafted by Susan Jacobs Lockhart, a distinguished product of the prestigious Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. This piece entitled “In The Spirit of Frank Lloyd Wright,” was commissioned by J. Charles Crystalworks.
2009 Service Award Recipients (pdf) is a listing of those honored at the ceremony.
For information about this program, contact Employee Services or call 707-664-2166.