Comings and Goings
John Desmond joined the university last week as a custodian in Plant Services. In the last five years he worked as a custodian for the Oregon State Police Portland crime lab in Clackamas, Ore. (2009) and as a night custodian at Fort Vannoy Elementary School in Grants Pass, Ore. (2005-09). Prior to that, he owned and operated his own landscape spraying service for eight years. He has more than 30 years in groundskeeping and general landscape design and installation. He earned a bachelor’s degree in ornamental horticulture from California Polytechnic State University in 1983. He lives in McMinnville with wife Amy and three teenage boys: Jim (17), Matt (15) and Greg (13). The family attends St. James Catholic Church in McMinnville.
Melissa Thomas, formerly associate registrar, has been promoted to registrar, replacing Reid Kisling. She had served in the associate role for the last five and a half years. A search has begun to fill the associate position.