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Employees appreciated at special picnic; Chant Challenge champs crowned

Perfect weather and the scent of a summer cookout complemented the annual Coastal Carolina University Faculty/Staff Appreciation Day, held Tuesday, May 14, in James Blanton Park.

The event featured the culmination of the 2013 Spring Chant Challenge, which involved 173 employees on 14 teams from various departments and services competing in nine challenges, including: knockout basketball, badminton, ladder golf, tennis pong, team trivia, picture this, disc golf, ping pong and corn hole.

Winners were also announced for the Chant Challenge. The team Athletics won first place; second place went to Housing Side Hustle; in third were the Groundhogs; and in fourth place the Masterminds.

Also recognized were the team winners of the CCU staff bowling leagues. The fall champions were the Bowling Thunder: Karen Williams, Chris Williams, Greg Long and Tonya Long. The two duos also won the spring championship as the Turkey Hunters.

After the short awards ceremony, CCU employees dug into hundreds of burgers and hot dogs, along with piles of watermelon and teal and bronze-frosted cupcakes.

“Today is a great day to be a Chanticleer,” says Lamonica Yates, director of CCU’s Office of Employee Services, organizers of the appreciation day festivities.

Employees were also honored, in three categories, with awards being presented to them by their supervisors.

Administrative Services Network Awards

* Holley Aufdemorte
* Jan Barringer
* Angelia Barwick
* Judy Cannon
* Patty Carter
* Kathryn Caulfield
* Marge DeWolfe
* Judith Dow
* Theresa Greene
* Abby Grizzle
* Kimberly Harper
* Donna Haug
* Nyoka Hucks
* Deborah Kephart
* Michelle Marken
* Abigail Marrero
* Melanie McKitrick
* Rita Miller
* Joanna Myers
* Sandee Oliver
* Kathy Watts
* Carol Walters
* Patricia West
* Karen Williams

“I Spy” Nominees and Features
* Tammy Blouse
* Derrick Bratcher
* John Brong
* John Burroughs
* Amy Clum
* Whitney Comer
* Shauntilha Crawford
* William Goff
* Michael Hall
* Stephen Harrison
* Dawn Hitchcock
* Carolyn Hickman-Williams
* Nyoka Hucks
* Daniel Lawless
* Kerry Lord
* Tonya McKenzie
* Scott Nelson
* Brian Noce
* Robert Reed
* David Spain
* Brooke Towner
* Wendy Watts

State Service Awards
10 years

* Ronnie Alston
* John Brong
* Whitney Comer
* Gibson Darden
* David DeCenzo
* Dennis Edwards
* Jean French
* Debra Hamm
* Lachina Hemingway
* Roland Howard
* John Hutchens
* Andrew Incognito
* Glenda Kelley
* Hong Li
* Gary Loftus
* Marcus McIntyre
* Sheila Mitchell
* John Mortimer
* Bonnie Neal
* Carol Osborne
* Jorge Perez
* Patricia Piver
* Nancy Ratcliff
* Sherer Royce
* Suzanne Senchak
* Brett Simpson
* Renee Smith
* David Spain
* Charles Thrash
* Philip Whalen

20 Years

* Fadi Baroody
* Kathryn Caulfield
* Mirinda Chestnut
* Geoffrey Cockrell
* Jody Davis
* William King
* John Marcis
* Sandra Nelson
* Linda Palm
* Robert Young

30 Years

* Gayle Britt
* Joan Piroch
* Susan Soucy
* Thomas Woodle

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