🌟 Employee Spotlight: Laurie Ryan 🌟 📍 Position: Professor 📅 Time with the Company: 41 years 🏢 Department: Business & STEM 🗣 About : Laurie has been a valued part of our faculty team for 41 years, bringing passion, dedication, and excellence to her role. As a professor of marketing at SUNY Niagara, she consistently goes above and beyond to inspire students, develop engaging course content, and foster a learning environment that connects classroom concepts to real-world applications. Whether it’s mentoring students, contributing to curriculum development, or supporting departmental initiatives, Laurie makes a lasting difference through her commitment and expertise. 💡 What They Love About Their Job: I love the challenge of every day and that every day is different. I believe SUNY Niagara is a beautiful community - through good and bad times, we support each other, believe in our mission and ultimately challenge our students to learn and grow. I’m honored to have spent my career in our corner of Sanborn. 🎉 Fun Facts About Laurie: ✨ Favorite Hobby: antiquing, sewing, gardening 🎶 Favorite Music/Book/Show: Doobie Brothers, Boz Scaggs and Steely Dan 🌍 Dream Travel Destination: Switzerland and Italy (fb)

🌟 Employee Spotlight: Katie Class 🌟 📍 Position: Personnel Records Clerk 📅 Time with the Company: 10 years, 8 months 🏢 Department: Human Resources 🗣 About Katie: Katie has been a valued part of our team for over 10 years, bringing passion, dedication, and excellence to their role. Katie serves as the Personnel Records Clerk in the Human Resources Office and was recognized as the 2023 Chancellor’s Award recipient for Excellence in Classified Service—a well-deserved recognition of her dedication, professionalism, and exceptional contributions to the SUNY Niagara. In her role, Katie manages sensitive employee records with the utmost care and accuracy, ensuring compliance, confidentiality, and efficiency in all aspects of her work. She is an essential part of our HR team, always willing to step up and support new initiatives, assist colleagues, and improve internal processes. Her reliability, positive attitude, and commitment to excellence make her an outstanding employee of our campus community. 💡 What They Love About Their Job: "I love assisting all of our employees with their HR needs and I enjoy working with a wonderful group of people." 🎉 Fun Facts About Katie: ✨ Favorite Hobby: Spending time with my new grandson and family. 🎶 Favorite Music/Book/Show: I love almost all music but one of my favorites is Bruce Springsteen. 🌍 Dream Travel Destination: I would love to go to Ireland someday and see more of our national parks out west. (fb)