KCTCS honors exemplary faculty and staff

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 15, 2003) - The Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) is honoring some of its top faculty and staff for performing exemplary work on college campuses across the Commonwealth.

At its New Horizons statewide conference on May 18-19, KCTCS will recognize 16 outstanding faculty members and 16 outstanding staff members from the System’s districts and colleges, which selected the honorees.

While names of all honorees are being released now, systemwide winners (one faculty and one staff) will be announced at a banquet on May 18. Each will receive a $1,000 prize from the KCTCS Foundation for outstanding contributions to the colleges and System.

The New Horizons conference and initiative focus on continuous quality improvement among KCTCS faculty and staff.

“Our people are our greatest resource,” said KCTCS President Michael B. McCall. “We are committed to providing opportunities for their personal and professional development, and we are committed to recognizing excellence through such processes as the New Horizons employee awards.”

Here are winners of the New Horizons Excellence Awards:

College or district                                                                                Faculty honoree                                                    Staff honoree

Ashland Community and Technical College                                           Doug Vanover                                                         Carolyn Gross

Big Sandy CTC District                                                                         Forrest Joseph Stewardson                                    Margarita Borders-Hampton 

Central Kentucky Technical College                                                      Connie Yeager                                                         Kathy Perkins        

Elizabethtown CTC District                                                                  Lisa Cantrell                                                            Judy Wieman

Gateway Community and Technical College                                         Tom Collins                                                            Angie Taylor

Hazard Community College                                                                   Venita Caldwell                                                       Evelyn Wood         

Henderson Community College                                                              DeLisa Rogers Jackson                                           Gay D. Midgett

Hopkinsville Community College                                                          David Carter                                                           Yvonne Glasman    

Jefferson CTC District                                                                           Candice Crawford                                                   Donna Miracle

Jefferson CTC District                                                                           Martha Swain                                                         Carolyn Claxton

Madisonville Community College                                                          Lawrence “Jude” Roy Jr.                                        David Schuermer    

Maysville Community College                                                               Stanley Click                                                           Penny Hickman

Owensboro Community and Technical College                                     Dean Autry                                                             Linda Taylor

Somerset Community College                                                                Bruce Gover                                            Betty Nelson

Southeast Community College                                                               Madeline Gibson                                                    Roland Cornett

West Kentucky Community and Technical College                               John Vos                                                                 Janett Blythe

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The community and technical colleges of KCTCS change lives by providing accessible and affordable education and training through academic and technical associate degrees; diploma and certificate programs in occupational fields; pre-baccalaureate education; adult, continuing and developmental education; customized training for business and industry; and distance learning. For more information, visit www.kctcs.edu <http://www.kctcs.edu>.