{"id":42592,"date":"2016-12-12T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T21:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=42592"},"modified":"2016-12-12T17:34:39","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T21:34:39","slug":"decades-of-service-honoured-at-holiday-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2016\/12\/decades-of-service-honoured-at-holiday-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Decades of service honoured at Holiday Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"

In two and a half decades of working in Audio Visual Services at Brock University, Phil Nardangeli has become an expert at solving the mystery of what he calls OPP \u2013 other people\u2019s problems.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nardangeli was honoured along with 20 others for hitting the 25-year service mark at Brock during the President\u2019s Annual Holiday Celebration on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

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Phil Nardangeli, supervisor, Audio-Visual Services; receives a 25-year service award from Interim President Tom Traves.<\/p><\/div>\n

Judging by the loud cheers from the packed crowd at Pond Inlet when his name was called, Nardangeli\u2019s expertise hasn\u2019t gone unappreciated.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s always something going wrong here or there, but I enjoy working with the clients,\u201d said Nardangeli, who was hired to work in the mailroom but moved to AVS just over a year later.<\/p>\n

The Thorold native said technology has completely changed since he started.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re miles away from where we were,\u201d he said. \u201cThere weren\u2019t even computers around when I started.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my work, it\u2019s never the same two years in a row. If you don\u2019t like change, you wouldn\u2019t like my job, but I thrive in it. It keeps it interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also being recognized for hitting the 25-year mark were: professors David Butz, Maureen Connolly, June Corman, Carolyn Hafer, Mei Ling Huang, Raafat Roubi, Elizabeth Sauer, Ravindra Singh, Francine McCarthy and Vera Woloshyn; assistant professor Edward Sternin; Dan Katolinsky and Vera Terpak from Mail Services; Jeanette Davis from Brock International Services; Lee Ann Smith from Student Wellness and Accessibility Centre; Sergio Gigliotti and Laurie White from Custodial and Ground Services; Wanda Fast from Human Resources; Luaine Hathaway from Environmental Sustainability Research Centre; and Heather Nyland from Collections Services.<\/p>\n

There were also seven people honoured for completing 35 years of service at the University. They include: associate professors Wlodzimierz Wojcik and Juris Dreifelds; Shelley Martin from the Campus Store; Barbara Lemieux from Application Development; professors John Mitterer and Linda Rose-Krasnor; and Joe Kenny from Brock Sports.<\/p>\n

President\u2019s Distinguished Staff Service Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nominated by their peers, the Distinguish Service awards are handed annually to permanent staff who have provided outstanding contributions to the working environment at Brock.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s winners were:<\/p>\n