Barb Jones, left, coordinator of Graduate Administrative Affairs, is greeted by Provost Ikram Khawaja during her retirement party in Coffelt Hall on Feb. 29. Looking on is Rebecca Wittenberger, a graduate assistant in the School of Graduate Studies and Research. Jones, with a YSU career spanning 36 years, is among the final employees to retire under the university’s Early Retirement Incentive Program. In all, 86 non-faculty employees have retired under the program since April 2011.
