Faculty Recognition Awards
- Award Descriptors
Note: ‘Faculty member’ refers to contract, associate, and allied faculty
Champion of Inclusivity
Award to be given to the faculty member (s) who demonstrates a high level of instructional, allied, or student services effectiveness with the inclusion of curriculum and/or services and instructional techniques that respect all people regardless of gender, age, race/ethnicity, color, religion, creed, nationality, and mental or physical condition.
Curriculum Development
Award to be given to the faculty member(s) who has developed outstanding programs, curriculum, and/or teaching materials/instructional techniques that have made a positive impact on the campus community.
Innovative Use of Technology in Education
Award to be given to the faculty member(s) who has embraced the creative use of technology and demonstrated a measurable increase in student learning/success/program completion, particularly through the pandemic.
Outstanding Contributions by Associate Faculty Member
Award to be given to the faculty member(s) who has contributed to their department, students, and/or college-wide community by creating an exceptional educational atmosphere that enhances the classroom, department, and/or campus environment.
Professional Achievement
Award to be given to the faculty member(s) who has participated in professional development, community service activities, and/or other professional activities that support the college’s mission, benefit students, and/or positively impact the campus-wide community.
Staff Development
Award to be given to the faculty member(s) who has served as a role model/mentor for other faculty members by the creation and implementation of team development and/or leadership efforts across campus. Someone who has taken exceptional efforts to support the college community by providing training, workshops, and/or other activities that enhance the professional development of others.
Unsung Hero
Award to be given to the faculty member(s) whose commitment and passion has made a profoundly positive contribution to students, their department, and/or the college community at large, with no expectation of praise or recognition.
Excellence in Teaching Award (formerly NISOD)
Award to be given to one faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in teaching and sensitivity to student needs by the use of instructional pedagogy that is receptive and embraces students’ ideas and unique viewpoints and promotes an all-inclusive learning environment that helps students make discriminating, yet open minded judgments and points of view. Note: This award comes with a $2000 professional development stipend.
Previous Years' Awards
- 2024
AWARD Name Unsung Hero/Heroine Roberto Alvarado - Counseling
Amy Merkel - Counseling
Staff Development Sabbatical Project Katy Jamshidi - Biological Sciences
President's Award Monica Ohkubo - KAD
Professional Achievement Mark Anderman - Music
Curriculum
Development
Gordon Terrell & Chris Lomanto - Public Safety Training Center
Outstanding Contribution by Associate Faculty Gustavo Sanchez Sanchez - Adult Education
Innovative Use of Technology in Education Alumni & Friends Outstanding Faculty Award Excellence in Teaching Award (formerly NISOD) Roy Gattinella - Business
Champion of Inclusivity CiCi Focha - Public Safety Training Center
Tauzer Award for Teaching Excellence (TATE) No award given - 2023
AWARD Name Unsung Hero/Heroine Staff Development Sabbatical Project Ying Lin President's Award John Stover
Jessica Bush
Professional Achievement Curriculum
Development
Outstanding Contribution by Associate Faculty Dr. Aylin Atilgan Relyea
Jake Stillman
Stephanie Hutchins
Laurie Bacci
Innovative Use of Technology in Education Andrea Alvarado Alumni & Friends Outstanding Faculty Award No award given Excellence in Teaching Award (formerly NISOD) Champion of Inclusivity Tauzer Award for Teaching Excellence (TATE) - 2021
Unsung Heroine or Hero
- K. Frindell-Teuscher
- Lucinda (Cindy) Fleckner
Outstanding Contributions by an Adjunct Faculty Member
- Jessica Paisley
Staff Development
- John Stover
Professional Achievement
- Mark Nelson
- Hal Sanford
Curriculum Development
- Jesse Kosten
Innovative Use of Technology in Education
- Amy Rosciele Flores
Academic Senate President’s Award
- Dr. Brenda Flyswithhawks
Sabbatical Project
- Nikki Slovak
Excellence in Teaching (formerly the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development [NISOD] Award)
- Lauren Servais
2021 Faculty Fund for Advanced Study Grant Recipients
About Faculty Fund for Advanced Studies
| Name | Dept. | Grant |
| *Roam Romagnoli | English | Bringing Restorative Practices to SRJC |
| Donald Laird | Computer Studies | Pix4d Training and Certification |
| Arthur Hsieh | Public Safety; Emergency Medical Care | End of Life Doula Training to Enrich Paramedic Education |
| Ann Foster | English | Complete Online Teaching Learning 603 (OTL 603) - Technology Tools for Online Instruction |
| Mackenzie Galindo | Counseling | Myers-Briggs Certification Program |
| Diane Donnelly | Health Sciences; Associate Degree Nursing | Infusion Nurses Society - Resetting the Standards: Examining the 2021 Changes Virtual Conference |
| Catherine Williams | Psychology | Psychology of Wellness |
| Leslie McCauley | Theatre Arts | Sabbatical Project: Theatrical directing and design trends in contemporary interpretations of Shakespeare’s plays and new theatrical works in the United Kingdom and Ireland |
| Jessica Russell | English | Spanish Immersion Program |
| Sandra Hollimon | Anthropology | Participation in the annual meetings of the Society for American Archaeology |
- Past Recipients
- Tenure Recipients, Effective Fall 2021
Congratulations to the following faculty members. Tenure recommendations were approved by the Board of Trustees on March 9, 2021, and become effective on the first day of the Fall 2021 semester.
- Marc Bojanowski, English
- Jennifer Castello, Health Sciences
- Felicia Darling, College Skills
- Vera Erickson Rhode, College Skills
- Lucinda Fleckner, Health Sciences
- Leonardo Hsu, Chemistry & Physics
- Daniela Kingwill, English as a Second Language
- Sarah Lesson, Philosophy, Humanities, & Religious Studies
- Matthew Martin, English
- William McCracken, Industrial Trade & Technology
- Debbie Morikawa, Health Sciences
- Purnur Ozbirinci, English
- Lillian Rankins, Health Sciences
- John Stover, Behavioral Sciences
- Hannah Winkler, Mathematics