October’s Career Employees' Council (CEC) Spotlight illuminates Academic Department Coordinator Dr. Cynthia Motzny, who began working at FSCJ in June 2019 and supervises the Natural Sciences labs.

Each campus and center has biological and physical science labs for biology, microbiology, anatomy and physiology, chemistry, physics and environmental and earth space science courses, and it is her job to collaborate with lab managers, faculty and administration to ensure the labs run smoothly and safely. Dr. Motzny said, "Our lab manager team rocks! I enjoy the collaborative environment the team creates."

Dr. Motzny excels in aiding in the objectives of the CEC, serving as secretary for the CEC board. In this role, she monitors the CEC email, sends out meeting invites for the monthly meetings, takes minutes and helps other board members as needed. She also serves on committees and teams to represent career employees in College policies and decisions. She serves as a member of Employee Benefit Advising Committee, which discusses benefits such as health insurance, the APC/CEC team member enhancement committee which discusses issues concerning career employees with APC representatives, and the Interest-Based Problem-Solving CARE committee which drafted a proposal about salary, classification, titles and career pathways to present to the executive leadership team. In addition to her other duties, she is also an alternate for the APM committee. She sat on the Guided Pathway Pillar 1 Team and the Visionary Impact Plan (VIP) 2.0 and Service Team 2.3 as well.

She says, “It is important to have career team members input into decisions that shape the future of the College."