Assistant Director for Endowed Scholarships, Judy Boyd, retires after 27 years

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Judy Boyd said she will miss helping students alongside her caring coworkers.

Boyd, assistant director of Endowed Scholarships, retired this week after 27 years at Central Michigan University.

“I am very fortunate to have worked with a caring group of coworkers and secretaries as well as experienced such kindness from departments across campus,” Boyd said.

Boyd worked with students across campus, especially those who received Centralis scholarships and those in the honors program.

Twenty-four of her 27 years at CMU were spent in the same position.

“After 24 years in this position, it was time to go,” Boyd said.

Boyd was hired at CMU in 1984 as a secretary and was moved to her position in the scholarships office three years later.

Diane Fleming, associate director of client services for the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid, said Boyd was always very concerned that students were being helped properly.

“Judy was most widely thought of by students as a very compassionate financial aid counselor,” Fleming said.

Boyd looks forward to enjoying her retirement.

“I’ll come back and visit, maybe do some temp jobs here and there, but mostly I plan on traveling and visiting my children who all live in different states,” she said.

Rebekah Schaub has been hired to fill Boyd’s position.

Schaub worked in the financial aid offices at both Baker College and ITT Technical Institute for 11 years before obtaining her new position at CMU in April.

“I’ve been shadowing Judy for four months now,” Schaub said. “I think that the hardest part of filling her shoes will be building strong, working relationships with people in offices across campus.”

Schaub began her new position Thursday, and had appointments scheduled all day.

Boyd ended her CMU career on Wednesday with a low-key celebration luncheon in Warriner Hall.

“The part I’m going to miss most is working with the students, helping when they were desperate,” Boyd said.