Melva Brooke, Valparaiso campus network technician in the Computer Operations department was selected as the outstanding support staffperson. Elden LaHayne, owner of LaHayne Funeral Home in Hammond, was selected as outstanding adjunct faculty in the Mortuary Science program located at the East Chicago campus. The following employees were also recognized for collectively donating over $33,000 to the foundation last year from July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005.

Roger Adams, Jonetta C. Anthony, Joseph A. Arredondo, Mary A. Banks, Cindy Barber, Holly Blaszkiewicz, Bruce M. Brackney, Janet Breen, Julie Louann Brinson, Melva J. Brooke*, Paul R. Bruce, Michelle M. Cannon, Marvin D. Carpenter, Kimberly A. Cloud, Brenda A. Cole, Norman D. Comer*, Susan Davies, Patricia D. DeNeal, Geraldine Dix, Hilda Dominguez, Dale C. Downs, Donna J. Excell-Steffel, Alfred E. Fabian, Jeffrey W. Foerg, Robert Forster, Chandra Gary, David A. Gidcumb, R. Luis Gonzalez, Laura Grady, Juan P. Guadiana, Charlene C. Gyurko, Dee Haklin*, James Haklin*, Deborah A. Halik*, Cindy Hall*, Mable M. Hampton, Danita Harris, Genetha Hollingsworth, Brian Horn*, Saundra J. Horne, Jerry L. Huddleston*, Michelle Isbell, Danny Jeftich, Barbara Jerzyk, Parnell Jordan, Toni Joseski, Chris Kanolis*, Diane P. Kathcart, Raymond Klein, Jeri Lamkin*, Susan Layhew, Twilla L. Lewis, Mark Malone*, Denise A. Mann*, John McLellan, David A. Merrill, Mary C. Miller, Harry B. Miller, Kathlene Millington, Sandra S. Moore, Ethel Morikis, Carole K. Morris, Marcellita O. Murphy, Jimmie L. Murrell, John M. Niemann*, Richard Panton, Melanie Patton, Tina Porter, Natalie N. Pugh, Rosa Rodriguez, Kenneth S. Rosenblum*, Laura Rosillo, Gina M. Rue*, Tamara J. Runyan, Eugenia Sacopulos, Gregory Saklaczynski, John H. Schoenfelder*, Janet L. Schwartz, Sharon T. Scott, John Siewert, Aco Sikoski, Joseph Simatovich, Gail Smith-Estes, Richard Soria, Liljana B. Stalevska*, John R. Steele, Beverly A. Stowers, Forrest Thon, Vesna Todorovic, Nellie M. Toney, J. Guadalupe Valtierra*, Nicholas P. Vasil, Pauline J. Virden, Viktoria D. Voller, Sheila G. Walter-Johnson, Barbara K. Weaver, Bobbie J. Webber, Keisha L. Wesley, Gomer W. Williams, Karen L. Williams*, and Michael L. Worosz*. *Signifies membership in the 1% Employee Giving Club – those who contributed 1% of their gross pay to the Ivy Tech Foundation.

Persons receiving the employee service awards for their tenure at Ivy Tech Northwest include: