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Eastfield College among top honorees for service, student dedication
By Zach Markovic, zmarkovic@starlocalnews.com
Faculty, administrators and professional support staff who work for the Dallas County Community College District strive to make service to students their top priority. From the DCCCD Board of Trustees to each college and location in the system, working with students becomes a career, not a job.
In celebration of this goal, a select group of DCCCD employees were honored recently for their dedication and service during a celebration titled "Sweet Success." The event was hosted by Richland College at the Four Seasons Resort and Club in Las Colinas.
During the ceremony, these employees' creativity, innovation and devotion were acknowledged as college and location award recipients were recognized with districtwide awards for their work.
The top faculty honor, the Minnie Stevens Piper Excellence in Teaching Award, was given to Dan Rogers, who teaches speech and drama at Cedar Valley College. Rogers earned his bachelor's degree in speech/theater arts from the University of Central Arkansas and his master's degree from the University of North Texas. He began his career with DCCCD at Richland College in 1997 as a speech instructor and then joined the faculty at Cedar Valley College in 2001 as a speech and drama instructor.
Rogers received the Jean Sharon Griffith Student Development Leadership Award in 2006 when he created "Theater Helping Education Move," and he was recognized as the district's Innovator of the Year in 2007. He is the author of five murder-mystery dinner theater scripts. Rogers is also Cedar Valley's representative to the first Cisco College Core Curriculum Conference; a founding member of the Student Ambassadors Organization at CVC; and co-founder of the college's Toastmasters Club.
Other districtwide honors and their recipients were: Minnie Stevens Piper Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award: Dr. Tammy Oliver, biology, Eastfield College; Adjunct Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award: Barbara Carr, biology, Eastfield College; Jean Sharon Griffith Student Development Leadership Award: Dora Pacheco, administrative and enrollment services representative, Eastfield College-Pleasant Grove; Administrator of the Year: Rachel Barber Wolf, executive dean of arts, language and literature, Eastfield College; Innovation of the Year: Eastfield College - Journey to Success Training Modules (Vivian Davis); Full-time Professional Support Staff Employee of the Year: Lori Dann, student publications manager, Eastfield College; and Part-time Professional Support Staff Employee of the Year: Beth Howard, facilities clerk, Eastfield College.
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