Summer tuition assistance granted to 81 staff

The tuition assistance program has granted 81 awards to KU staff members this summer. The program is available to university support staff and unclassified staff with six months of full- or part-time employment by the time the classes begin. The program normally provides tuition for one class and can cover up to a five-hour course.

Information about the tuition assistance program, as well as the required application form, can be found online. Deadline for fall 2009 applications is July 6. For more information, contact Mary Karten at 864-7346 or mkarten@ku.edu.

Summer tuition recipients and their departments are listed below:

Usibaka "Gbaike" Ajayi, adviser, education administration; Patrice Anderson, administrative associate sr., Facilities Operations; Deanne Arensberg, administrative associate, Student Health Services;

Melanie Bacon, project coordinator, Center for Research on Learning; Bruce Bertsch, systems specialist, Applied English Center; Mara Bertsch, administrative associate, Student Health Services; Emmanuel A. Birdling, program assistant, African and African-American studies; Amy Borton, administrative associate, aerospace engineering; Marisa Bregman, program assistant, Lied Center; Keith Bryant, maintenance/service worker-custodial, Facilities Operations;

Allison Carfagna-Bonga, administrative associate sr., electrical engineering and computer science; Matthew Cook, technology support tech, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Karen S. Cook, program assistant, social welfare; Jacqueline M. Counts, associate director, education administration; Rachel Crist, program assistant, Applied English Center; Laura Cruz, research aide, Bureau of Child Research; Joseph Custer, associate librarian;

Bailey DeReus, adviser, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Donna Devine, project manager, social welfare; Martha Elford, project coordinator, Center for Research on Learning; Mallory Engler, coordinator, engineering administration; Stephanie Fogo, medical staff professional, Student Health Services; Ed Foley, coordinator, Edwards Campus; Allison Gile, interpreter, Academic Achievement and Access Center-Disability Resources;

Rebecca Gillam, project coordinator, education administration; Howard Graham, coordinator, athletics; Ariel Heckler, administrative assistant, Transportation Research Institute; Heidi Hulse, adviser, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Maud Humphrey, administrative associate sr., history of art; Lucas Jacobsen, administrative associate sr., mechanical engineering; Tobin Jennings, program assistant, Center for Research on Learning; Jessica Lea Johnson, project coordinator, Spencer Museum of Art; Anne Madden Johnson, information systems supervisor, business administration;

Jesse Kaufman, technical support tech, KU Libraries; Kevin Kenn, accountant, comptroller's office; Elisa Krapcha, program assistant, admissions and scholarships; Alice Ming-Hsiang Kuo, program assistant, Transportation Research Institute; Crystal Leal, administrative associate, electrical engineering and computer science; Amy Leyerzapf, assistant director, athletics; Ashley Lonnberg, administrative associate sr., engineering administration; Feloniz Lovato-Winston, administrative associate, business administration; Teresa MacDonald, project director, Natural History Museum; Margaret Mahoney, administrative associate sr., Dole Institute of Politics; Diana Marrs, education support technologist, Edwards Campus; Lucy McGilley, director program coordination, engineering administration; David McKinney, program assistant, University Relations; Elizabeth Mole, maintenance/service worker-custodial, Facilities Operations; Parveen Mozaffar, program assistant, engineering management;

Nathan Oborny, systems software analyst, chemical and petroleum engineering; Moira Ozias, assistant director, KU Writing Center; Anna Paradis, administrative associate sr., engineering administration; William Parrott IV, information specialist I, Student Success; Margaret Perkins-McGuinness, development director, Spencer Museum of Art; Voneita Peterson, administrative associate sr., business administration; Adam Pousson, information specialist I, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Amy Price, administrative associate sr., graduate studies; Sara Quick, administrative associate, Student Health Services;

Tamara Radohl Sigley, program assistant, social welfare; Angela Rathmel, library assistant, KU Libraries; Adam Reilly, library assistant, KU Libraries; Phoebe Rinkel, technical assistance officer, Bureau of Child Research; Drew Rosdahl, Information Specialist I, Bureau of Child Research; Kathy Rose-Mockry, program director, Emily Taylor Women’s Resource Center; Carol Rudolph, administrative associate sr., University Registrar; Barbara Russell, administrative assistant, Office of Institutional Research and Planning; Alicia Sanchez, research aide, Bureau of Child Research; Jennifer Schmitendorf, administrative associate sr., Continuing Education; Sarah Scholle , administrative associate sr., admissions and scholarships; Brent Schultz, administrative associate, applied behavioral science; Alvin Sowers Jr., extension course instructor, Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center; Dan Spurgin, programmer II, Center for Research on Learning;

Tegan Thornberry, program assistant, athletics; Paul Trana, program associate, education administration; Savanna Trent, administrative associate, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; M. Altaf Uddin, systems specialist, law administration; Lynn Villafuerte, program coordinator, Higuchi Biosciences Center; Michael "Shawn" Wade, library assistant, KU Libraries; Dara Wampler, administrative professional, admissions and scholarships; Linda J.B. Wiley, administrative associate, molecular biosciences; Celeste Morgan Yaluk, administrative associate sr., International Programs; Kristin Zachrel, library assistant, KU Libraries.