News Bureau

Susan Temmink Layton is the marketing assistant at the UI Press.

One of the most familiar faces to longtimers on campus may be that of Carlos Donaldson, mail supervisor II. For 38 years, Donaldson has been making sure that UI faculty and staff members and students get their campus mail.

Nathaniel Banks is the director of the African American Cultural Program. He has been involved with the program since its inception 30 years ago, first as a student playing in its band, as a graduate program assistant, as its assistant director and then as the director since 1997.

Gaylon Reeves has been the business manager of the department of nuclear, plasma and radiological engineering for two months. 

Rebecca McBride is associate director for marketing and patron services at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. 

Gregg Homerding is the library technical assistant at the UI's newspaper library.

Kirk Zymkie is a coin machine mechanic for campus housing for more than 23 years. He's the vending division's only full-time fix-it man.

Don Hardin is the UI women's volleyball coach.

David Thiel, program director for WILL-Channel 12, is frequently seen by the public during the campaign drives when he appears on camera to make pitches for public support. Behind-the-scenes he scans thousands of potential shows each year, and in his free time treats himself to science fiction movies and TV shows, such as "Star Trek" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

Betsy Kleiss originally intended to use her degree in physical education from Eastern Illinois University to teach P.E. But after graduating college and waiting for a teaching position to open, she took a job at the UI.

Since 1978, Margaret "Maggie" Agnew has been handing out towels in the locker room in the lower level of the Intramural Physical Education Building.

When visitors attend the Illinois State Fair Aug. 12 – 21 in Springfield, they'll likely see a booth for the College of Veterinary Medicine among the UI exhibits. One of the people who will have worked to create the booth is Beth Erwin, staff secretary for Vet Med's development office.

As staff secretary for the theater department, Cindy Hall says she does a little bit of everything, from making travel arrangements for staff members and guests to making sure that paychecks get delivered.

After working for 20 years at the UI, most of them in the Housing Division, electrician John DeHaven now specializes in setting up sound equipment for events around campus.

Faculty members and students who have had anything to do with UI correspondence courses probably know Susan Campanini, whose official title is that of coordinator of instructional development for the Guided Individual Study unit.

Husband and wife Joe and Phyllis Williams have been UI building service workers for 20 and 23 years, respectively.

Craig Cohen is producer and local host of National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" on WILL-AM (580).

Ken Beck is the staff musician for the UI's dance department.

Kathy Reiser is a field services coordinator with the UI Extension. From her office in Mumford Hall she keeps in touch with the academic professionals, staff members and volunteers who work in extension offices around the state.

As assistant director of food services at the Illini Union, Rollie Smith makes sure that hundreds of thousands of meals served on the UI campus throughout the year are the best they can be. He has been in food service for 35 years, and 10 of those have been with the university.

Lillian Morales earned a master's degree at the UI studying the work of Rembrandt, Monet and Jackson Pollock, but these days she earns a living by shooting photographs of (mostly) four-legged creatures at the UI veterinary clinics.

Jonathan Ying is an assistant dean in the Office of the Dean of Students.

Greg Peters is the assistant dining services director for housing, snack bars and vending operations.

Susan Kies Roth is assistant dean of educational affairs in the College of Medicine.

Charles Stites is a research animal scientist in the department of animal sciences. 

Brad Hedrick is interim director for the Division of Rehabilitation-Education Services and head coach of the men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams.