New hires, promotions and retirements from February 2026
Recognition
Shout-outs – March 11, 2026
See shout-outs for Physical Plant Steamfitters, Lexie Baslington, Michael Sailing
Shine a light on FP&M employees and partners by March 13
Are there team members who made great efforts beyond their job description? Share how they’ve made a difference in the past year
Shout-outs – February 25, 2026
See shout-outs for Heather Wipperfurth and Mark Schreier; Nick Gullick
New hires, promotions and retirements
New hires, promotions and retirements from January 2026
8 tips for making your award nomination count in 2026
Thinking about nominating a coworker for an FP&M Recognition Award? Not sure where to start? Here are 8 tips: 1. Jot down ahead. 2. Use the buddy system. 3. Twice as nice. 4. Be proactive. 5. Represent. 6. Authenticity over perfection. 7….
Shout-outs – February 11, 2026
See shout-outs for Heating and Cooling Plant Operations; Mike Clough and Eric Walker; Chad Allen and Zach Agard; Andy Behrend; Birge Cage Washer Delivery Team; Robert Scott, Craig Berry and Ben Wagner; Customer Service and Steamfitters; Project Delivery and Remodeling Teams; Russ Evans, Top Tantivivat, Jeff Watson and PPCS Team; Casey Sullivan; and Scott Henderson.
Shout-outs – January 28, 2026
See shout-outs for Mohammed El Hallaoui, David Skuban, Mohamed Outayeb, Tim McNeill, Steve Walls, Mikhail Saranov and supervisor Scott Henderson; Paint Shop; Joe Shropshire; Shannon O’Connell; and Henry
Shout-outs – January 14, 2025
See shout-outs for the Occupational Medicine Team; Matt Selchow; Karma Bhutia; Steve Heitz; Winter Commencement helpers; Custodial staff at Sterling; Ben Rissman; Michael Parrish and Myles Strandberg
New hires, promotions and retirements
New hires, promotions and retirements from November and December 2025 include Kristine Pettis, Daniel Carlson, Paul Kristapovich, Kenneth Dvorak and Edward J. Jackson.
All Staff Meetings follow-up
Thank you to the FP&M employees who were able to make it to last week’s FP&M All Staff Daytime and Late Night Meetings. Read a follow-up and take the survey.
Shout-outs – December 17, 2025
See shout-outs for Custodial staff at Lowell Hall; Kurt Bielman, Sadie Derouin, Todd Duwe, Mike Hanson, Gabe Mendez, Karen Mittlestadt, Ben Nerad, Missy Nergard, Tonia Pittman, Kim Rantanen-Day, Ginny Routhe, Peter Schlecht, Abraham Schrump, Scott Utter, and Dan Volk; all FP&M Employees, Pat Fargen, and FP&M Custodial
Shout-outs – December 3, 2025
See shout-outs for Carrie Ensrud, Tony McGrath and Pat Fargen
Shout-outs – November 19, 2025
See shout-outs for Campus Services; Kevin and Dave; Brent and Mark; Electric Shop; Erik Finkelson and Jeromy Shipper; and Patrick Scott.
Shout-outs – November 5, 2025
See shout-outs for Toys for Tots Committee; Bucky Clock Repair Crew; FP&M Procurement; and Second and Third Shift Custodial staff members
New hires, promotions and retirements
New hires, promotions and retirements from October 2025 include Emily Andre, Sabrina Kowal, Som Shahi, Kevin Tickner, Ethan Carlson, Russel Fried, Dan Stanford, Malio Thor and Alicia Meyer.
Shout-outs – October 22, 2025
See shout-outs for Stephanie Kutz; Brad Herrick, Bryn Scriver, Adam Gundlach; and Grounds Crew
Watch FP&M Employee Recognition Award videos with captions in multiple languages (2025)
Watch the videos honoring this year’s award recipients, available in 中文 / Chinese, English, Español / Spanish, Hmoob / Hmong, नेपाली / Nepali, and བོད་སྐད / Tibetan captions
2025 Employee Recognition Award selfies
FP&M celebrated our amazing employees at the Employee Recognition Awards on Sept. 10 at the Gordon Dining and Event Center! Guests had a blast capturing memories at the selfie station, and the photos submitted are …
New hires, promotions and retirements
New hires, promotions and retirements from September 2025 include Rayajah Bailey, Christopher Castle, Rocco Ruscetti, Joshua Lang, Aaron Abraha, Monte Chapman, Brian Diestler, and David Marty.