2014-15 Edward Phelps Lyman Professorship Award Winner: Media Communication Program Director Dr. Nancy Kerr
The Edward Phelps Lyman Professorship is awarded to a senior faculty member who has shown dedication to students and Champlain College through a record of service and excellence in teaching and advising and through work on faculty and College committees.
Nancy has demonstrated a commitment to the College to educate people for careers in business and community service through work with students in academics and activities and she is an active citizen of the community at large.
Nancy's deep engagement in both the Champlain College community and in her professional field and has earned her the respect of her colleagues. She is devoted to her students and her relationships with them extends far beyond graduation. As the internship coordinator for various programs, Nancy's work has resulted in roughly 80 internship placements each year. Congratulations, Nancy, on this well - deserved honor!
2014 -15 Francine Page Excellence in Teaching Award Winner: Margo Bartsch
The Francine Page Excellence in Teaching Award bears the name of an adjunct faculty member of the College community who has shown dedication to students and to the mission of Champlain College through a demonstration of excellence in teaching. Further, it is given to a person who has demonstrated a commitment to striving for excellence both in content expertise and pedagogically sound teaching and learning practices
In each of Margo's evolving courses, students participate in semester-long group projects that involve topics spanning from global current events to helping local small businesses brand themselves.
For years, students have shared their admiration for this instructor for their hands-on learning style. Relevant case-studies, trade articles, and other media are shared and discussed in every class, and the chapter decks this instructor spends a great deal of time making each week help students grasp the most important parts of marketing and advertising.
Her passion and commitment this year to the Sarah Ramsey '12 Strong Fund has been inspiring and has truly demonstrated the personal relationships she has made with her students, past and present.
2014-15 Elizabeth A. Durick Staff Service Award Winner: Associate Director of Campus Public Safety, Carl Riden
The Elizabeth A. Durick Staff Service Award was established in 1996 and is intended to recognize a member of the staff who has had a positive impact on the College community. This annual award is named in honor of the late Elizabeth Durick, who was an exemplary staff member and who also served on the College's Board of Trustees.
This prestigious honor, offers the opportunity to recognize some of Champlain's "unsung heroes." This year's recipient is someone who displays an unwavering commitment to the College community. Carl Riden is described as quiet and behind the scenes, even somewhat mysterious to the entire Champlain community, but always responsive and helpful on the other end of an email or phone call. Carl's responses are immediate, helpful, and he seems to never run out of patience with us all.
Carl's campus-wide emails have built a fan-base and a real active audience. They always include jokes and photos and have the uncanny ability to make stressed out students, staff and faculty, alike laugh. He makes Champlain College a better place to work and is truly an unsung hero.
Tasked with the thankless job of enforcing new parking restrictions and rules, tasked with reminding us every semester when we can buy our parking passes and then dealing with us when we forget, and then responding to every complaint (which seem to be endless) about parking on campus, he is there.
Due to the nature of Carl's work, he has been placed in the Champlain Relocation Program and is unable to be photographed at this time.
Carl sent this photo along to let us know how he keeps busy in the off season of ticketing!
You have to love that sense of humor.
Congratulations to all the recipients.
