Today our campus held a picnic at the Potawatomi Zoo for our staff and honored those with milestone years of service. Pictured on the left is Brenda Beatty in line to get her lunch; then in middle she is next to Chancellor Elrod to receive her award for 15 years of service at IU South Bend. Beatty sets up and takes down equipment and solutions for our freshman chemistry and organic chemistry lab courses - and she also helps with chemical waste disposal from all of our classes. Pictured on the right is Jennie Downs who is secretary to both our department and the Department of Biological Sciences. For a short while she was also working with the Department of Computer Science and almost moved her office further upstairs in Northside Hall, but we are glad we once again must share her only with our biology buddies. Not pictured is Connie Fox who is our laboratory director with so many years of experience and good judgement that she is often the first person that past department chair Gretchen Anderson and current department chair Matt Marmorino seek for guidance. Thank you to all of our staff for their excellent work to keep our department running smoothly.
