Classified Employee Recognition Awards
updated: 4/25/02 at 3:01 pm

1. College Excellence Award - Margarita Padilla, Paula Riggs, and Jerry Huang
Criteria: Demonstrates a high quality in all aspects of the job, and exhibits a high level of performance and professionalism,

2. Outstanding Service Award - Eva Berend, Faith McLaughlin, and Sharon Simpson
Criteria: Consistently promotes a friendly, helpful, cooperative attitude in serving internal and external customers. Demonstrates the "buck-stops-here" attitude in solving the customer's problem. Maintains a thorough understanding of services, policies, and procedures in order to communicate effectively with customers. Treats customers with dignity and respect.

3. Outstanding Achievement Award - Joyce Holloway , Rosalie Torres, Bill Ruiz
Criteria: Demonstrates exceptional accomplishments, achievements, or contributions and excellence in overall work performance. Has built a record of consistent achievement over time hat has significantly improved the efficiency and effectiveness of operations. Individual consistently demonstrates a positive attitude, dedication, good work habits, initiative, flexibility, teamwork, and/or problem solving ability. For example, the employee may have demonstrated personal achievement and is frequently called upon for advice because of his or her expertise.

4. Citizenship Award - Linda Carruthers, Debra Manning, and Eric Wilhite
Criteria: Initiates and enthusiastically supports community-building projects and events which may extend beyond the realm of assigned job duties. Models collegiality and respectful interpersonal relationships. Serves as a cheerleader/ambassador for promoting a positive image of the college to the public. Demonstrates exceptional institutional loyalty and commitment.

5. Award for Creativity/Innovation - Pong Nimnual , Jesse Sanchez, and Maricela Quevedo
Criteria: Exhibits initiative and creativity resulting in improved operations. Produces results such as increased productivity, efficiencies, and/or employee morale- boosting measures through innovation and bright ideas that are implemented and evaluated positively within the department and/or the college.

6. Best Attitude Award: Julius Walker, Vee Jackson, and Alice Yee
Criteria: Friendly, "can do" attitude, helpful, supportive and flexible.

7. Campus Improvement and Environment Award - Victor Renolds, and Bill Roane
Criteria: Improves the workplace environment, and responds to the immediate needs of the college, students, faculty, staff and administration.

8. College Leadership Award - Georgia Estrada, and Charles Perkins
Criteria: Displays leadership by bringing out the best in others, maintains a professional demeanour during difficult or stressful daily work situations, and motivates others to do the same.

9. Rookie of the Year Award - Janette Hughes
Criteria: The best newcomer classified staff member who exemplifies the spirit and dedication to "work ethic" of Mission College Classifed Staff.

10. College Appreciation Award - Shirley Hollingsworth, Dee Dee Steiner
Criteria: Demonstrates continued loyalty in service to faculty, staff, administration, and students for 10 years or more.

11. College Departmental Appreciation Award - the Admissions Department
Criteria: The College Department which, throughout the entire year, in its entirety distinguished itself, by working, above and beyond the "call of duty", and whose team spirit, collaboration, and "can do" attitude best exemplifies the Mission College mission and goal "Our Mission is your success".