NJC honors two retirees

Two employees retired from Northeastern Junior College this year and have been recognized and honored for their years of service. Dan Cullip and Sue Van Pelt served a combined 29 years of service to the college.

Dan Cullip was originally hired as a utility worker in the physical plant in 1998. He was transferred to a custodial position later that year and had 13 years of continuous service when he retired in November 2011. Over the years he worked in a variety of buildings on campus, including Poole Residence Hall, Beede Hamil Hall and Walker Hall.

Sue Van Pelt was hired as a financial aid loan assistant in December of 1995. Her position was changed to be an entry level administrative assistant in July of 1997. She was promoted to an administrative assistant, level two, in 2000 and transferred from the financial aid office to the document and mail center on campus in 2009 where she worked until her retirement in March. Van Pelt was an active member of the Classified Staff employee group on campus, holding various offices and leading a number of fundraising efforts to fund the Classified Staff Scholarship program. She served on  the Classified Staff Scholarship Committee in choosing recipients for the scholarship. You often found Van Pelt helping on campus when needed for college clean-up and beautification days. She was on staff in 1997 when the student center was flooded and helped with the extensive efforts to dry and restore student records damaged during that storm. Van Pelt worked to make NJC a viable site for the College Goal’s Sunday program which is a day set aside each year for students and parents to be on campus to get help completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) financial aid form.

Van Pelt and her husband, Bill, have relocated to Fremont, Nebraska.