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Retirees Association at Sacramento State

Spring Dinner w/ Faculty Grant Recipients, May 9, 2025

We welcomed 71 guests to the Spring Dinner on May 9 and enjoyed lively conversation, dinner and door prizes. We also honored three Faculty Development Grant awardees:

Dr. Shuying Li, School of Music, College of Arts & Letters
Dr. Emily Oertling, Family & Consumer Sciences, College of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Studies
Dr. Alexander Pettitt, Physics & Astronomy, College of Natural Science & Mathematics

For more information on all the recipients, please see the Retirees Association Faculty Grants page.

A big thanks to Shari Bedker, Event Coordinator, for her work on this event, and to all the individuals and businesses that donated door prizes.

Mark your calendars for the Fall Brunch on November 2, 2025. More information will be provided in future newsletters.

Welcome and Socializing

Virginia Johnson, Evelyn Bradley-Owens welcome guests

Ken Barnett, Janice Hayden, Bill Macriss

Kem and Eric Gravenberg

Event Coordinator Sheri Bedker and Rebekah Rebiroff — Event Coordinator Sheri Bedker and Rebekah Rabiroff

Nancy Fox, Janice Hayden

Martha Reyes, Kathy & Larry Glasmire, Camilla Sahm

Chris Wagner, Debbi Burnett

Lynn Koropp, Thomas Whitcher, Milica Markovic

Emily Oertling, Lynn Hanna

Christine Miller, Tom Krabacher

Marc Fox, Bena Arao

Janice Hayden, Patricia Robson, Madonna Barlow

Alexander Pettitt

Judy Montgomery, Jennifer Sonne

Tess Dyer, Debbi Burnett, Lora Hollingsworth

Dining and Visiting...

Lovely table settings

Guests at the buffet line for dinner

Kim Nadler, Amy Kautzman, Deborah Seiler

Lora Hollingsworth, Tess Dyer, Rebekah Rabiroff, Emily Oertling, Lynn Hanna, Owen Hanna, Alexander Pettitt, Sue Holl

Eric & Kem Gravenberg, Ken Barnett, Bill Macriss, Janice Hayden, Ron & Nancy Fox, Jean Torcom, Kristen Anderegg

Larry & Kathy Glasmire, Nancy Griffith, Edward & Harriette Gibson, Lillie & Paul Noble, Tom Griffith

Tom Matthews, Thomas Whitcher, Estelle Eke, Lynne Koropp, Cui Zhang, Carmelinda Moy

Milica Markovic, Cindy Colinge, Marc Fox, Ken & Judy Montgomery, Jennifer Sonne

David & Chris Wagner, Debbi Burnett, Linda Goff, Hellen Lee, Chris Bellon

Bena Arao, Madonna Barlow, Patricia Robson, Shari Bedker, Maggie Beddow, Virginia Dixon, Evelyn Bradley-Owens

Tom Krabacher, Chris Miller, Ruth Krabacher, Camellia Sahm, Martha Reyes

Ted Lascher, Liz Posner, Cheryl Osborne, Robyn Nelson, Larry Osborne, Mike Bossert, Bob Metcalf

Sylvia Navari, Juanita Barrena, Sarah Allison, Lynn Sanborn, Stefan Sanborn

Honoring Faculty Grant recipients

Recipient Alexander Pettitt receiving his award from RA President Sue Holl

Recipient Emily Oertling receiving her award from RA President Sue Holl

Door prizes and drawing

The door prize table

The door prize table

One of the gift baskets

Shari Bedker, Evelyn Bradley-Owens and Larry Glasmire handing out prizes

Deborah Seiler with her prize

Madonna Barlow with her gift "bucket"!

Ted Lascher with his prize

Shari Bedker with her prize

Milica Markovic with her prize