Faculty Recognition Awards 

Faculty Recognition 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
AWARDName
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

No award given

Alumni & Friends Outstanding Faculty Award

No award given

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
AWARDName
Unsung Hero/Heroine

Kelly Mayes

Lizbeth Giron-Brosnan

Dr. Pam Wittenberg

Rocio Nanez Barrios

Staff Development

Jody Benecke

Sabbatical ProjectYing Lin
President's Award

John Stover

Jessica Bush

Professional Achievement

Cortney Schultz

Curriculum

Development

Jennifer Latourette

Outstanding Contribution by Associate Faculty

Dr. Aylin Atilgan Relyea

Jake Stillman

Stephanie Hutchins

Laurie Bacci

Innovative Use of Technology in EducationAndrea Alvarado
Alumni & Friends Outstanding Faculty AwardNo award given
Excellence in Teaching Award (formerly NISOD)

Leon Hsu

Champion of Inclusivity

Arthur Hsieh

Emily Schmidt

Tauzer Award for Teaching Excellence (TATE)

Dr. Araceli Osorio

 


2021 Faculty Recognition Awards


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