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Patricia King, office manager in Research and Innovation Initiatives in the Office of Research, Innovation, and Economic Impact (ORIEI), is the May Employee of the Month.

Congratulations to the ������ faculty and staff retirees from October 2024 to April 2025. The list below includes retirees, the department from which they retired, and years of service.

������’s Outstanding Achievement Awards celebrate the hard work and accomplishments of faculty and staff in support of the university's values and mission. Awards are sponsored by Human Resources and other university departments. A ceremony honoring this year’s awardees was hosted on the Fairfax Campus on Tuesday, April 15.

Science and Technology Campus machine shop manager Johnnie Hall embodies ������ value “students come first.”

Bonnie Madden, a two-time ������ alum, joined the Biology Department as the microbial and phage lab manager almost a decade ago while working on her bachelor's degree in biology.

Kenneth (Kenny) Darby, senior events manager at Mason Square, is February Employee of the Month.

������ has selected Christopher M. Ackerman Sr. as its new vice president of human resources and chief human resource officer. He begins his new role Feb. 24.

Maria Wilkins, coordinator of Health Professions Advising in the Office of Undergraduate Education, is January Employee of the Month.

Hillary Hamm, fiscal and HR technician in the Department of Computational and Data Sciences in the College of Science, is December Employee of the Month.

Katie Richards, the senior graduate program coordinator in George Mason’s Higher Education Program (HEP), is the November Employee of the Month.