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US Bank Honors Excellence at ±¬ÁÏÍø
Story by Mark Evertz
For the ninth year in a row, US Bank has supported the efforts of ±¬ÁÏÍø faculty and staff with the PCC-US Bank Faculty and Staff Excellence Award program. "These individuals are nominated by their peers and represent the ±¬ÁÏÍøfocus on excellence in teaching and dedication and service to students," said ±¬ÁÏÍøPresident Dan Moriarty.
John Eskildsen, president of US Bank, and ±¬ÁÏÍøFoundation Board chair Jill Eiland presented cash awards to the winners at a special reception and ceremony on March 19 at the Cascade Campus. Full-time staff received a check for $1,000; part-time employees earned a $500 award.
The 1996-97 PCC-US Bank Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards were given to Amanda Ellertson, student leadership coordinator at the Rock Creek Campus and a resident of North Portland; Ginny Finders, a GED adjunct instructor at the Cascade Campus who lives in Northeast Portland; Kathleen Harriman, administrative support in the Engineering, Math and Technology division at Sylvania Campus and a resident of Lake Oswego; Clark Hochstetler, faculty member for the Office for Students with Disabilities at Sylvania Campus and a resident of West Linn; Reuel Kurzet, faculty member in the ESL program at Sylvania Campus who lives in Southwest Portland; Gary Lesniak, a psychology instructor at Sylvania Campus and a resident of Southwest Portland; Randy Murphy, an English composition adjunct instructor at the Rock Creek Campus who lives in Southeast Portland.
Also honored were Loraine Schmitt, a coordinator in the Distance Learning department at the Sylvania Campus and a resident of Aloha; Gwenn Schultze, a speech instructor at the Rock Creek Campus who lives on Sauvie Island; and Pat Semura, an English as a non-native language and speech instructor at the Cascade Campus, a resident of Beaverton.
The awards committee this year consisted of ±¬ÁÏÍø Foundation board members Sam Brooks, Jim Ellison, Kerry Gillespie and ±¬ÁÏÍøPresident Dan Moriarty.