KUDOS

Kudos to Steve Shirey for excellent leadership and mentorship. After giving feedback on a situation he reached out to me and made me feel heard which had a tremendous impact on my mental health

Kudos to Jim Lee for his project management, feedback, and listening skills. His meeting philosophy has had a positive impact on the projects he is leading. His communication style makes every member feel included and valued in his projects.

Kudos to adjunct faculty Doug Durin and Megan Staub for assuming a Criminal Justice course mid semester and ensuring our students receive a valuable classroom experience.  

Kudos to Rob Hagstrom for the enhancement of the data tools and visualizations developed from the graduate outcomes report. 

Kudos to Angela Campbell and Hannah Brooker in their leadership of the Registration Rally planning committee and efforts to boost priority and early registration habits of continuing HACC students. 

Kudos to Madeline Mangel for her empathy in support of a family who arrived at the Lancaster Welcome Center after the loss of their loved one, a nearly graduating HACC student. Her initial efforts ultimately led to the award of an honorary degree. Thank you for caring by doing what is right. 

Kudos to Chris Merrit and Aziza Kasmi for taking on Commencement related tasks which allowed colleagues to focus on other urgent projects. Teamwork makes the dream work! 

Kudos to Roberto Marti and the Career Development & Transfer Services Team, for hosting career and transfer partner events on every HACC campus! 

Kudos to Morgan Muth and Steve Morris for running the bookstore table at the Giant Center for both the spring 23 nursing pinning ceremony and commencement.   

Kudos to Seth Chevalier and Larry Franklin for quickly resolving the Papercut, Footprints, Web Directory, and IResearch database issues.

Kudos to Roger Garber for his leadership with the Microsoft collegewide software license agreement renewal.

Kudos to Lorrie Sonnen, Kathleen Carusone and Annmarie Driscoll of Career Services partnered with Liberal Arts faculty Jonathan Gainor and Robert Malick to conduct a Liberal Arts career fair. 

Kudos to Evelin Schwartz for her leadership of the enterprise services department, your weekly communications are outstanding.

Kudos to Josy Hess for her collaboration, team leadership and overall guidance on the TeamDynamix project. 

Kudos to Jim Lee who presented his project management strategies this week at Knowledge World 2022 in Washington DC last winter.

Kudos to Seth Chevalier for his work to quickly identify and fix an issue with timesheet approvals within an hour of notification of the issue on the first day after implementation of Self Service Banner 9. 

Kudos to Nadia Ivanova for the outstanding presentation on SSB9 Preferred Name / Non-legal name she presented at the Ellucian Live Conference in March and for her continued mentoring and expertise sharing among the Enterprise Services team and functional areas.

Kudos to Untrese Wesley for her unwavering willingness to step into any need to support our HACC Community.

Kudos to John Brindle, who was awarded the Pennsylvania State ALS practitioner of the year award.

Kudos to Chef Tom Long and Chef Steve Gump for providing salads, sandwiches, and other edibles to all the bookstores so students and staff could have fresh food options on campus throughout the spring semester.

Kudos to GED Program Coordinator, Jennifer Millard and GED instructor, Ric Trevino for delivering a highly attended presentation, “Addressing Adults Motivation to Learn” at the PA Association for Adult and Continuing Education annual conference in Lancaster. 

Kudos to ESL Instructor, Lynnelle Brown, Ph.D for being selected to present her linguistics research at the Teachers of English to Speakers of other Languages (TESOL) International Association annual conference in Portland, Oregon.  

Kudos to Elisa Cohen for her commitment to inclusive student service and leadership; Student Access Services is grateful to have you as a colleague and a friend.

Kudos to Gail Crum and Chhatra Subedi, for their support of students and proctors in ensuring students have a positive testing experience.

Kudos to Teresa Graham for demonstrating daily what it means to create a belonging experience for students and colleagues.

Kudos to Sandra Pornovets for her infinite patience, tutelage and kindness! SAS could not ‘finance’ without her.

Kudos and congratulations to Cheryl Wilson, professor of communication, and Laura Davis, associate professor of communication, on their presentation titled "Understanding the Needs of the 21st Century Student in the Introductory Communication Course: Matching Employer Expectations with Learning Outcomes in Introductory Communication Courses" at the Eastern Communication Association Conference.

Kudos to Chef Tom and Kyle DiBrito for their partnership in combating campus hunger. The CARE Center is grateful for colleagues like you!

Kudos to James Walter for his speedy installation of webcams and headphones in test rooms. They were well used during Finals Week!

Kudos to Michelle Seener and Desovia Musson for coordinating two donor events the week of May 1, 2023! They care about our donors!

Kudos to Desovia Musson for offering a solution for a challenging grant! Her recommendations were accepted by the donor, and we are well on our way to success with the grant. Desovia cares about our investors!

Kudos to Office of College Advancement colleagues and Office of Academic Affairs colleagues for working together to secure a six-figure grant! We care about our students and donors!

Kudos to colleagues for planning a beautiful spring 2023 Commencement ceremony! A special shout-out goes to Office of College Advancement colleagues for working their magic behind the scenes! We care about our graduating students and their families! 

Kudos to Rasa Drane for planning and implementing new and effective admissions strategies! She is on fire, and I love it! She definitely cares about her team and our future students!

Kudos to Angela Campbell and Rob Hagstrom for presenting to the HACC Foundation Board on May 9, 2023! The Board members were totally engaged from beginning to end!

Kudos to the Office of College Advancement team for creating a safe environment for each other and our students. I (Linnie Carter) cannot begin to tell you how much I admire, appreciate and respect you. Thank you!

Kudos to Dr. Ski for empowering us to lead empathetically, passionately, unapologetically and untraditionally! 

Kudos to Tamara Girardi, associate professor and author of the YA Novel, Gridiron Girl for receiving the Distinguished Favorites Independent Press Award 2023. 

Kudos and many thanks to the committee coordinating this year’s Wildwood Writers Festival: Kim Allen Gleed, Julie Shepard, Rick Kearns, Dr. Christine Nowik, Dr. Rick Albright, Mary Lee Lefever, and Pete Miller! Over 100 attendees sat in on in-person and remote readings from published authors and our own HACC graduates and students. 

Kudos to Kourtney Stone, assistant professor of art, on her co-curated show, Current Forms, at the Miami University Art Museum in Ohio. The show is a survey of contemporary artists who have ties to the state of Ohio and work with the figure in clay. 

Kudos to Ron Worby on his new position as Maintenance Manager for the Lancaster/Lebanon Facilities team.

Kudos to Carol Davis and Dale Hardy on their promotion to Specialist General Maintenance for the Lancaster/Lebanon Facilities team.

Kudos to the Lancaster/Lebanon Custodial team on the fantastic work they do every day, while facing some recent challenges.

Kudos to the Harrisburg Maintenance team lead by Jay Lohman for the efficient and effective delivery, set up and tear down for Commencement.

Kudos to Melissa Flood – she does a phenomenal job getting events planned and organized, from large to small, and working to establish a Collegewide system for planning events. She has been a pleasure to work with and a tremendous asset to the College in both “selling” our spaces to prospective groups, and generating a revenue for the College.

Kudos to the York and Harrisburg maintenance teams for all of the hard work completed to prepare, deliver, stage and load the equipment for the successful bidders during the HACC PCI Auction.

Kudos to Ray Wiersma for growing and planting the beautiful HACC flowers and the Grounds teams at all campuses and for planting many flowers to beautify all campuses.

Kudos to mathematics adjunct faculty member Christa Togans who recently finished her doctorate degree in STEM Education. 

Kudos to Patti Fernsler and Dale Elkiss, both adjunct faculty in mathematics, for being awarded the Adjunct Excellence Award. 

Kudos to Matt Gordon and Elias Proctor for creating a web tool the User Support team can use to search and view college owned technology equipment information. You have helped us streamline so many process. Thank you!

Kudos to Kathleen Conley and Allyson Valentine for volunteering to assist with planning the national LOEX 2023 (Library and Information Literacy Instruction) recently held in Harrisburg, PA. Thank you to Organization Development for allowing seven part-time faculty to attend this renowned conference. 

Kudos to Corrine Syster on being awarded an Adjunct Excellence in Teaching award. Corrine has taught using technology and progressive teaching ideas while always promoting student success. 

Kudos to Don Stull, John Todd and Erin Statler for their work on the re-accreditation of HACC’s automotive programs! The programs have been recognized as continuing to meet the requirements for Master Automobile Service Technology Accreditation – the highest level of program accreditation recognized by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE).

Congratulations to the Business, Technology and Industry adjunct faculty excellence award recipients, Andi Leinbach (CIS), Randal Rhoades (music business), Carlton Randolph (electrical technology), and Wyatt McMartin (CAD). 

Kudos to associate dean Jazmin Simpson for her efforts supporting the enrollment of students in the HACC and MidPenn Bank collaboration.