KUDOS

Kudos to Vicki Van Hise for doing an exceptional job in her new position as Director of the Student Access Services (SAS) Department. Her leadership, ideas, determination, and willingness to listen have already advanced SAS and improved services to our students.

Kudos to Wendy Brubaker, Monica Dixon Howard, Jennifer Jackson and Cindy Strawbridge for the creation of the first ever Virtual Student Involvement Fair. Thanks also to campus colleagues collegewide for submitting videos and information to assist students!

Kudos to all Student Affairs and Enrollment Management staff who “jumped in” and collaborated with colleagues outside their “normal” jobs when we faced a steep enrollment challenge leading up to the fall 2020 term.

Kudos to Andy Marah, Linda Diaz, Ebony Ratleff, Sara Maines, and Matt Braswell for their work and leadership in the “No Pay” drop process. Additional thanks are extended to Debbie Beck and her cashiering team and the welcome center staff for their support as well.

Kudos to a stellar list of HACC faculty members who have gone above and beyond to assist Student Access Services students since HACC went remote:

• • Ricki Alexander, Professor, Mathematics

  • Matt Binder, Adjunct Faculty, Science

  • Jennifer Britten, Assoc. Professor, Human Services

  • Marva Brown, Adjunct Faculty, Human Services

  • Abigail Brumback, Adjunct Faculty, English

  • Reid Meredith, Assoc. Professor, Reading

  • Christine Nowik, Dept. Chair, English

  • Carolyn Thayer, Assoc. Professor, Reading

  • Kristy Werkheiser, Program Director, Cardio Technology

  • Gina Xenos, Adjunct Faculty, Biology

  • Stephany Yoder, Asst. Professor, Cardio Technology

Kudos to Ron Worby, Lancaster Campus specialist-general maintenance for battling the spotted lantern flies (SLF) on the campus. He developed and installed several traps on the trees to help capture and contain the nymph stage of the SLF life cycle.

Kudos to Carlos Rodriquez, Elsa Regis, Kamden Brandt, Larry Harsh, Lornita Poysher, Sanh Nguyen, Wilma Montalvo and Ashley Hardy, Lancaster and Lebanon custodial staff for the great job they are doing deep cleaning and sanitizing the campuses to ensure that students, faculty and staff stay healthy.

Kudos to Carol Davis, technician facilities management and Kamden Brandt, custodian for the excellent job and the time spent learning how to properly operate the Victory electrostatic sprayers. In addition, they trained the Lancaster facilities staff on the use. These systems augment the manual disinfecting wipes and spraying of disinfectant, but are not used around books, papers or electronic equipment.

Kudos to Connie Weber Ogle for being recognized as a Faculty of Distinction by the American Association of Community Colleges.

Kudos to the Harrisburg custodial staff that work in every building, every day. They are not simply the ones emptying trash and mopping floors, they are frontline workers tasked to maintain a healthy environment for all students, staff and faculty.

Kudos to Rodney Bates, director construction and real estate for his leadership in the Guaranteed Energy Savings Act (GESA) facilities committee as the College works toward future building system sustainability efforts.

Kudos to the York and Gettysburg custodial and facilities teams for working together to ensure the campuses are safe, buildings are clean, landscaping is maintained and PPE and cleaning supplies are provided to students and staff.

Kudos to Jim Koons and his team members, Matt Davis and Tom Scramm, who continue to maintain mail operations since the onset of the College’s shift to a remote environment. Their dedication and timely mailing of priority, time-sensitive items is commendable.

Kudos to Roger Garber and Jim Walker in the Office of Information Technology and Learning Experience, for their commitment to assisting employees with IT issues (even at the most inconvenient of times)!

Kudos to HACC’s Public Safety & Security officers – they are second to none! They keep us safe, are uber responsive to inquiries, and are committed to the college, our students, faculty and staff. (And they are extremely nice people, too!)

Kudos to Kellyann Zettlemoyer who works tirelessly to keep the Workforce Development and Continuing Education Division compliant with the required curriculum-related documentation!

Kudos to Danielle Adams, Megan Hoose and Kelly Swanson for presenting the 2019-20 marketing results to the HACC Foundation Board! Well done, ladies!

Kudos to Amanda Clemm and Beth McLucas for leading the student newsletter project!

Kudos to Shannon Snyder and Mike Wagner for processing a record number of emergency assistance funds applications!

Kudos to Farrah Trimble and Mike Wagner for enhancing the HACC Foundation scholarship program!

Kudos to Desovia Musson for enhancing and leading the tuition giveaway process!

Kudos to Christina Kelley for developing grant proposals and securing contributions!

Kudos to Theresa Richwine and Khoa Pham for updating and analyzing the biggest window to the HACC world – our website.

Kudos to Melanie Wagner for creating videos that make us smile, laugh and cry!

Kudos to Jenn Boyd, Christina Kelley and Azia Young for representing the OCA team on the COVID-19 Task Force!

Kudos to Sherrie Whisler for identifying effective and economical ways to solve long-term problems!

Kudos to Hannah, Khoa and Rachel for the significant professional contributions they make to the College and HACC Foundation! While they work “part-time” hours, their work has “full-time” impact on our students!

Kudos to Pam Saylor for managing many media inquiries and exemplifying our core values while doing so!

Kudos to Amanda Wilkins for the key role she is playing in the collegewide journey to be more inclusive and diverse!

Kudos to Jenn Boyd and Kelly Swanson for leading the communications plan to announce HACC’s plan for the spring 2021 semester!

Kudos to Anfernee Archie, casual, technical services; Jennie Baar, dean, school of business, technology and industry; Kegan Brauning, technician, user support; Kathleen Frederick, specialist, library; Chad Inners, technician, user support; Zack Laurence, specialist, library; Kevin Nutt, data security administrator; Neftali Perez, client services administrator; Jim Walker, interim director, client services and Greg Woods, adjunct professor, manufacturing and technology training for working tirelessly and flexibly to ensure that students taking ENGR-208 (Microcontrollers and PLCs) had access to the hardware and software required to move this course primarily to remote instruction.

Kudos to the Center for Design and Instruction (CDI) team: Jordan Barrie, Joshua Eckenrode, Scott Harvey, Darrell Lagace, instructional designers, Joe Mendrzycki, assistant director, CDI, and Qiquan Wang, coordinator, mobile learning/instruction center, for creating the Center for Design and Instruction resources site and offering a variety of sessions supporting faculty with remote instruction technology and design during the Fall 2020 Week 0.

Kudos to Elisa Cohen, assistant director, testing; Roger Garber, assistant director, systems administration; and Eric Camarillo, director, learning commons for navigating our Examity upgrade, which allows students using Chromebooks to complete assigned proctored exams on their own devices.

Kudos to Heather Gutschmidt, lead business analyst and Nadia Ivanova, business analyst, for their work to support the business analysis activities for Banner and our systems. During a very busy period with several projects, both Heather and Nadia have done an exceptional job in supporting the One College Banner project, Banner quarterly upgrades, and day-to-day Banner questions and issues.

Kudos to Meredith Jenkins, assistant director enterprise analysis, for her leadership and attention to detail with the One College Banner project.

Kudos to members of the Institutional Reporting and Enterprise Analysis teams successfully completed a project to rewrite and streamline the annual Perkins reporting process to the Pennsylvania Department of Education. HACC receives over $1 million annually in Perkins grant funding, so it is imperative that the data be submitted accurately and on-time. The result was an unqualified success, with the data being submitted 10 days before the deadline!

Kudos to the Perkins project team Amanda Kerstetter, data analyst, Nadia Ivanova, business analyst and Ray Rickell, systems analyst for their hard work and attention to detail.

Kudos to Seth Chevalier, database administration manager; Stephen Barry, database developer and Larry Franklin, SQL database administrator for moving the needle on the SQL Server migration project. It is exciting to see this initiative come to life!

Kudos to Matt Gordon, devops administrator, for his dedication to HACC and his never ending supply of knowledge.

Kudos to Seth Chevalier, database administration manager; Greg Daub, lead systems analyst; Matt Gordon, devops administrator and Meredith Jenkins, assistant director enterprise analysis, for their dedication and quick action to research and resolve after-hours issues.

Kudos to Kevin Nutt, data security administrator, for continually monitoring our systems and responding to and eliminating hundreds of threats targeted to HACC on a regular basis. Kevin constantly investigates all messages through suspicious@hacc.edu and he checks his system and cell phone for alerts, logs, and unfamiliar messages each day. He does an outstanding job of protecting the integrity of our work environment both internally and externally.

Kudos to the Client Services Team for completing the windows system upgrades for Midtown One, Midtown Two, and the entire Harrisburg campus in a little under a month’s time. They are doing an outstanding job!

Kudos to JuliaGrace J. Jester, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology (Virtual Campus). She recently had a book chapter entitled "Using Big Problems to Explore Diversity and Global Issues Online" published in the Society for the Teaching of Psychology's ebook "High Impact Educational Practices: A Review of Best Practices with Illustrative Examples." High Impact Practices (HIPs) consist of 11 specific categories of teaching practices that research has shown increase retention rates and student engagement. Though the book utilizes examples from psychology courses, the ideas can be a valuable for professors across the curriculum. Her chapter applies the HIP of "Diversity and Global Education" specifically within an online course (most of the book is specific to face-to-face examples). Her chapter explores "ways to inject diversity into instructor created lessons, the selection of external resources including videos and simulations, and student assignments." The book is free to access and download and the link is: http://teachpsych.org/ebooks/highimpacted