KUDOS

Kudos are submitted to the Office of the President, regularly. If you would like to recognize someone, or an entire team of colleagues, send the kudo to presidentski@hacc.edu

Kudos to officers Tom Long, Tim Hough and Kevin Crouse for volunteering to empty Gettysburg’s exterior book return box, including over the holiday weekend.
Kudos to the bookstore team for going above and beyond to assist students in returning their rented textbooks from the spring semester, as well as making sure the students receive their summer books and supplies.
Kudos to Alexis Baker, Kathy Brickner and the Facilities staff for a well-organized flower sale.
Kudos to Jeff Gerstein, and his colleagues in Student Development and Multicultural Programs, for developing a Student Celebration week for graduates! The week included games and contests with prizes, an online dance party, and a final celebration presentation. Students and colleagues alike reported that they really appreciated this new event.
Kudos to Lisa Cleveland and all the coaches for preparing an online student celebration for all of HACC’s student athletes.
Kudos to Dean Meyers and Allen Tishler for hosting the first ever MVAO student Zoom drop in. Students appreciated the opportunity to connect- stay tuned for more sessions in June and July!
Kudos for Rob Schanke, associate professor of Computer Information Systems for presented a webinar through Amazon Web Services on Labs in the Cloud: Tips on Moving Classroom Labs Online
Kudos to Jeff Gerstein and Chef Tom Long for creating and sponsoring Five Minute Meals. A program enjoyed by students, faculty staff and alumni.
Kudos to the Healthcare Education/WFD program coordinators and administrative staff for their tireless commitment to our students and clients throughout the challenges presented by COVID-19. #HACCHealthcareProud
Kudos to James Weber and Kimmin Kalyaniwala for facilitating zoom sessions to keep EMS students engaged and prepared for their resumption of in-person classes. In doing so, James and Kimmin were able to identify a new mechanism to deliver EMS certification courses in a hybrid format, which will further expand the reach of EMS programs.
Kudos to Perry Pierich for his work on developing online Fire Science courses.
Kudos to Melissa Etzweiler for her utilization of Zoom to keep the fire cadets and the first EMT apprenticeship engaged during the pandemic.
Kudos to Randall Campbell, Rod Bates, Jay Lohman, Kathy Brickner and the ENTIRE facilities and custodial staff for working so hard to facilitate the reopening of PSC.
Kudos to Beth Dombrowsky, Cindy Shirk and Bill Sindorf for their tireless efforts to ensure the return of the police academy was safe and successful.
Kudos to the facilities ground crews at all the campuses for their work on outdoor spring bed maintenance, flower plantings, mulching, weeding, and mowing.
Kudos to the facilities maintenance and custodial staff that continue to keep the campus buildings clean, safe and operationally sound.
Kudos to Virgil Gibson, professional tutor at Gettysburg for facilitating college-wide TEAS preparation study groups to help pre-nursing students prepare for their TEAS exams.
Kudos to Dr. Ashley Bear, associate professor nursing for stepping up during these unprecedented times by facilitating the Gettysburg Nursing Lab donation of PPE to Roxbury Treatment Center in Shippensburg.
Kudos to Susan Ray, director of the nursing lab for her support in mobilizing these much needed supplies to a facility that normally does not maintain large inventories of gowns, masks, gloves, and goggles.
Kudos to Kara Lindstrom, direct support nursing for participating and organizing a donation of both pediatric and adult masks to York WellSpan.. Lindstrom personally made 100 masks with the assistance from Wendy Kaehler, administrative office technician and organized nursing students to make the delivery.
Kudos to the HACC Gettysburg nurses, Arletta Molnar, UPMC Harrisburg Hospital, Conni Miller, WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital, Wendy Angell, Carroll Hospital (Carroll County, Maryland), David Huggins, Hanover Hospital, Kathryn McNew, WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital and Mark Zegowitz, UPMC Hanover Hospital working with COVID-19 patients in these locations.
Kudos to the York Security and Facilities teams for assisting the Bookstore with spring textbook rental returns, the assistance was very much appreciated.
Kudos to the Remote Teaching and Learning Training Team: Doreen Fisher-Bammer and Kathy Doherty who coordinated the effort. Josh Eckenrode and Jennifer Hummel who developed a new Remote teaching resources site as well as Emily Fox for her student success support. Training team members: David Bailey, Jordan Barrie, Jenn Billman, Krista Beljan, Elisa Cohen, Tamara Girardi, Valerie Gray, Carole Kerper, Joe Mendrezycki, Connie Ogle, Kathy Pasewark, Mary Richards, Lois Schaffer, Lori Shoemaker and Vicki Van Hise. For more information on the Remote Teaching and Learning Faculty Training Schedule, click here
Kudos to Tamara Girardi, Professor of English and Andrea Hartranft, Assistant Professor of Information Science, for their work on Open Educational Research (OER) at HACC as well as their recent article in Community College Daily at https://www.ccdaily.com/2020/06/when-it-comes-to-oer-dont-be-afraid-to-start-small/
Kudos to the Blended and Online Quality Assurance Committee for their work on ensuring quality! Rick Albright, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs; Megan Brightbill, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs; Kelley Engle, Department Chair of Engineering and Technology; Matthew Harris, Associate Professor of Humanities; Melany McNew, Adjunct of Computer Information Systems; Joe Mendrzycki, Assistant Director of CDI; Richard Moss, Associate Professor of History; Jason Nielsen, Department Chair of Business; Suzanne O’Hop, Professor of English; Sarahi Ramirez, Associate Professor of Biology; Jazmin Simpson, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs; and Karen Woodring, Professor of English.
Kudos to the Gettysburg Campus Student Programming Board as they continue to offer engaging programming sponsoring and filling all spots for the Virtual Caricature Artist and the Paint-by-Number Kits events. The Virtual Caricature Artist received rave reviews, and will be highlighted again. They also hosted their first virtual magic show featuring Ran’D Shine for all HACC families.
Kudos to the Orientation Leaders/Mentors who supported fellow students during the open scholarship portal by offering a how-to and essay writing session. They also continued to collaborate with Advising to offer virtual/remote support at the Registration Café on April 1-2 during our building closures.
Kudos to Juanita Mort, executive assistant, vice president IT/CIO for bringing organization to the multitude of Office of Information Technology and Learner Experience (ITLE) projects and initiatives in support of Cognito forms, deployments, and purchasing for COVID-19 planning.
Kudos to Cindy Gavazzi, director, enterprise applications, for serving as defacto project manager for ITLE COVID-19 efforts.
Kudos to Beth Evitts, executive director, library, for her support, flexibility and dedication to ensuring the seamless transition of Library Technical Services to the Enterprise Services department and for her continued leadership during the transition to the One College structure.
Kudos to the Network and Infrastructure team for continuing to work hard at keeping HACC connected and for quickly addressing faculty and staff technical challenges on the fly. You guys rock!!
Kudos to the Tutoring team for their tremendous efforts with Zoom based tutoring and for hold various tutoring hours on Saturday and Sunday leading into finals week.
Kudos to the Testing team for the work on remote testing.
Kudos to the User Support team for coming on campus to ready and deploy technology.
Kudos to the Enterprise Services team for all the wonderful work they are doing to ready the Banner system for the One College project.
Kudos to Matt Gordon, systems administrator, Ray Rickell, systems analyst and Heather Gutschmidt, business analysts.
Kudos to Josy Hess, on her new role as assistant director, User Support.
Kudos to Scott Decker, assistant director learning technology, Edyta Lonon, specialist, library and Joel Petit, technician, user support for moving extremely quickly in getting a student in urgent need of a loaned device during finals week set up with a device to meet their needs.
Kudos to the Library team for creating useful walkthrough documents that assisted students and faculty with navigating error messages during the EZProxy certificate expiration window.
Kudos to Beth Evitts,executive director, library, Louise Hyder-Darlington, assistant director, library services, Zack Laurence, specialist, library, Scott Decker, assistant director, learning technology, Josy Hess, assistant director, user support, Meriah Swope, administrative office specialist, Gloria Shutter, assistant director, library technical services, Bernadette Lynch, specialist, library and others for continuing to revise and support the Emergency Internet Access and Technology Loan program as we transition into Summer and look toward Fall.
Kudos to Dan Houlouse, interim director, library, testing and tutoring, Kathy Pasewark, specialist, academic support and Virgil Gibson, english adjunct, for setting up TEAS test preparation workshops.
Kudos to Matt Gibson, systems administrator, for his ongoing support and troubleshooting for VDI for COMM241, including extending access to allow students to complete work.
Kudos to Greg Daub, lead systems analyst, and Nadia Ivanova, business analyst, for providing technical and BA support to the One College Ellucian AR engagements. Nadia has studiously kept great notes to help the Finance team keep focus and Greg has provided much needed, on the spot, technical help that has helped the project continue to move forward.
Kudos to Naeem Yazdani, assistant director, client services, for maintaining a strong sense of customer service and support for HACC employees by going above and beyond the call of duty...even on his days off.
Kudos to Dr. Ski For consistently being presidential during a time in this country that requires great leadership, empathy, and compassion for human beings and for informatively guiding the college through the Covid-19 national pandemic.
Kudos to Mary Beth Yandrasitz, system administrator, for giving 41 years of dedicated service to HACC, 39 years as a full-time employee and 2 years as a student worker. Mary Beth will be retiring on June 30th and deserves a round of applause for her commitment, stick to it ness, overtime, support, and love for HACC. We will definitely miss her presence.
As there has been at every campus, small teams of individuals have been working at HACC’s Lancaster Campus to provide essential services to the college and its students. Thank you to the following staff members who have supported on-campus operations during this pandemic. Office of Public Safety and Security: Bryan Brady, Randy Megginson, Will Rivera, Jonathan Schlotzhauer; Office of Information Services and Technology: Joel Petit, Chris Partridge; College Bookstore: Jim Groff, Theresa Henry, Steve Sagar; Office of Facilities Management: Ron Benkendorf, Kamden Brandt, Dave Edwards, Larry Harsh, Erlinda Regis, Carlos Rodriquez, Ron Worby

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