Keele celebrates long service members of staff
The Vice Chancellor Trevor McMillan and the executive team held a lunchtime reception last week to celebrate with twenty members of staff who have worked at Keele for twenty-five years or more.
Enjoying the wonderful scenery of the Clockhouse garden basked in glorious sunshine, colleagues chatted and reminisced about their time at Keele. Professor Stephen Cropper a Professor of Management in the School of Social Science and Public Policy said: “The garden, the presence of quite a number of the University's Executive team, and the fact I was still meeting people for the first time. These were all unexpected but, on reflection, actually part of the 'unbottleable Keele way.”
Hitomi Tobe a Teaching Fellow in Japanese said: “I love the fact that Keele has become greener what with Chancellor Jonathan Porritt, Sustainability Hub, Smart Energy Network. It’s also more pink thanks to the cherry collection. I feel closer to Japan than I did 26 years ago.”
In attendance, colleagues David Cooper, Theresa Roberts, Janette Coomer and Jonathan Bancroft from the Directorate of Estates and Development.
Professor Michael Vaughan, Martina Wallner, Professor Brian Doherty, Tracey Lea, Professor Alison Brammer, Hitomi Tobe and Professor Stephen Cropper from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Dr Jonathan Knight, Dr John White and Tracy Marson from the Directorate of Finance and Information Technology along with Ann Billington and Sandra Lockey from the Faculty of Natural Sciences.
Judith Stevens from the Library, Lynn Knight from the Directorate of Planning and Academic Administration and Deborah Paddison from the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
And finally, Professor Sue Read, Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery who has reached forty years service.
Phil Butters, Director of Estates and Development said: "I was honoured to represent the Directorate of Estates and Development and celebrate the long service of colleagues, not only from my own directorate but those from across the University. I thoroughly enjoyed hearing colleagues reminisce about their time here at Keele and the enthusiasm for which they continue to display."