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OC celebrates Employee Excellence Award recipients

By College Relations | December 7, 2023
   

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Congratulations to the 72 distinguished recipients of the 12th Annual Employee Excellence Awards. At a celebration event on Nov. 24, the OC community united both in-person and virtually to honor and commend the noteworthy achievements of this year's award recipients. 

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all those who attended, both in-person and virtually, contributing to the success of this celebratory event. Your presence added immeasurable value to the occasion, and we appreciate your commitment to recognizing and supporting excellence within our community.

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

In case you missed it, these are your 2023 Employee Excellence Awards recipients:

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 Perry


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