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2023 Employee Excellence Award recipients announced

By College Relations | October 16, 2023

The wait is officially over, and the judging is complete! The recipients of the 2023 Employee Excellence Awards are:

College Engagement Award	Rosalind Warner
Community Mentorship Award	Laura Hetherington
Courage to Be Creative Award	Wanda Radies Markus Heinrichs
Instructional Excellence Award	Fawn Turner Melissa Munn
Leadership Award	Gill Henderson Darold Sturgeon
Service Excellence Award	Kristine Ritchie Tanya Tarlit
Service Excellence (Team) Award	IT Services Department (in alphabetical order) Alex Affeld, Marcel Beerkens, Dean Bell, Parminder Bhinder, David Birch, Jake Block, Natasha Boll, Trevor Buysse, Chris Chasmar, Rachel Cunningham, Sean Douglas, Andrew Duffy, Ryan Ebner, Chai Ellis, Tom Esson, Cory Galloway, Dawn Govan, Sean Goyette, Marcelo Guimaraes Junior, Thomas Hardie, Ali Hatami, Natalie Hordichuk, Ben Kendel, Mike Kline, Dan Larsen, Melissa Larsen, Kurtis Lawson, Chiun-Shen Liao, Heidi Mann, Tuscan McFarlen, Christopher (C.J.) Mitchell, Nelson Murray, Kim Nowak, Dave Pelz, Ben Pena, Jordan Perrey, Ian Pleasants, Mark Rees, Kevin Weeks, Rick Whibley, Tyler Young Financial Services Department (in alphabetical order) Katelyn Campbell, Emma Dalsvaag, Shelley Dos Santos, Jackie Dueck, Stephanie Galay, Anne Herzog, Jennifer Kistner, Bonnie MacKinnon, Nancy Milton, Edmund Molina, Vicki Pannell, Lisa Plamondon, Donna Potter, Kristine Ritchie, Kevin Schmautz, Darold Sturgeon, Lerae Siudy, Kady Washtock, Ashley Wilson, Laura-Jean Winslade (employees on staff as at close of nomination period which was May 31, 2023)
President's Award	Jordan Perrey

The Okanagan College Employee Excellence Awards program recognizes significant contributions of employees developed in consultation with the College’s employee groups. It complements the existing Distinguished Service Award and the Employee Long Service Recognition program.

Attend the celebration event

The celebration of the 12^th Annual Employee Excellence Award will take place on Friday, November 24 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Kelowna campus in the Centre for Learning in the Atrium. All employees are invited to attend.

Share your milestones

Employees are encouraged to submit Milestones (credentials, published work and other awards) that they have achieved over the past year. Milestones submitted will be recognized at the November 24th event. The Milestone Recognition Form can be found on the People Services website and the deadline for submission is Friday, November 2.