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Congratulations to FSCJ's 2024 Faculty and Staff Award Winners

Apr 26, 2024, 09:34 AM
Congratulations to the recipients of this year’s Distinguished Faculty Awards, Distinguished Adjunct Faculty Award, Administrative and Professional Collaborative Exceptional Service and Initiative Award, Career Employees’ Council Recognition of Excellence Award and the new iRISE Awards, which are given to FSCJ teammates who represent our Core Values.

They were celebrated during the Employee Awards Luncheon on April 25. Faculty winners were also recognized during Faculty Focus Day on April 12.

Below is the list of all award recipients:

Distinguished Faculty Award for Liberal Arts & Sciences, Adult Education, and ESOL Dr. Shep Shepard, Professor of English (Not pictured)Dr. Scott Matthews, Professor of History

Distinguished Faculty Award for Bachelors, Career & Technical Education 

Susan Amburgey, Professor of Logistics

Distinguished Adjunct Faculty Award 

Galya Taborn, Adjunct Professor of Human Services

Administrative and Professional Collaborative Exceptional Service and Initiative Award
Dr. Marc Boese, Executive Director of Organizational Development

Career Employees’ Council Recognition of Excellence Award
Ashlie Empleo, Program Coordinator - H.O.P.E. Food Pantry 

iRISE (Core Values) Awards
Integrity Award
Darci Lanaghan, Director of Benefits and Human Resources Information Systems

Respect for All Served by FSCJ Award 
Dr. Kathleen Ciez-Volz, Associate Provost for Curriculum and Instruction

Innovation Award
Lance Culver, Laboratory Manager in the Urban Agriculture Initiative at Downtown Campus

Student-Centered Award
Terence Wright, Director of Campus Enrollment & Student Services

Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Service Award
Fulton Burns, Director and Professor of Theatre

You can click here to learn more about each award recipient. 

View more photos from the awards luncheon here.