Annual Awards Recognizing Outstanding Faculty and Staff
Celebration of Faculty and Staff and Employee Milestone Recognition
Nominations are now being accepted for the following awards to celebrate the accomplishments of our faculty and staff. Please join President George Timmons and your colleagues for a special event to announce our 2024 award recipients:
Wednesday, May 15 at 9:30 a.m.
Leslie Phillips Theater
A reception with light refreshments will immediately follow in the PeoplesBank Room (Kittredge Center 301/303).
Dr. Elaine Marieb '80 Faculty Chair for Teaching Excellence
Nominations due: March 7 at 4 p.m.
Notifications to nominees (with invitation to apply) sent no later than March 8
Applications due: April 10 at 4 p.m. Click here for nomination form.
The Elaine Marieb Faculty Chair for Teaching Excellence recognizes a full-time member of the faculty who has worked at HCC for more than five years who exemplifies the characteristics associated with outstanding classroom teaching and sets a standard for excellence in teaching that other faculty can seek to emulate. As an endowed fund within the HCC Foundation, the Marieb Chair provides the recipient with a $4,500 award to support activities that will further enhance their professional skills. A plaque will be placed in or outside the Chair's office. They will lead the procession of graduates at Commencement, carrying the ceremonial mace, and will address the graduating class.
Idelia Smith Adjunct Faculty Award
Nominations due: April 10 at 4 p.m. Click here for nomination form.
This award is named for former Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs Idelia Smith. To honor Idelia's more than forty years of dedicated service to Holyoke Community College, this award celebrates adjunct faculty who have taught at HCC for at least five years. The award recipient will have exhibited outstanding teaching through: a) effective pedagogy; b) innovative/creative instructional delivery; c) impact on student learning; and/or d) instructional improvements or collegial collaborations. The recipient will receive a $1,000 stipend from the HCC Foundation to support their academic passions and continued professional development. They will also be invited to present on their work or area of expertise in The Learning Collaborative.
Outstanding Professional Staff Award
Nominations due: April 10 at 4 p.m. Click here for nomination form.
This award celebrates a non-unit professional (NUP) or Massachusetts Community College Council (MCCC) professional with three or more years of service who has demonstrated exemplary performance in their position. The recipient will also receive a $500 award from the college.
Outstanding Classified Staff Award
Nominations due: April 10 at 4 p.m. Click here for nomination form.
This award celebrates an American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) employee with three or more years of service who has demonstrated exemplary performance in their position. The recipient will also receive a $500 award from the college.
Part-time Employee Award
Nominations due: April 10 at 4 p.m. Click here for nomination form.
This award celebrates a part-time employee, non-benefited or benefited, with three or more years of service who has demonstrated exemplary performance in their position. The recipient will also receive a $250 award from the college.
Dr. Christina Royal Equity in Action Award
Nominations due: April 10 at 4 p.m. Click here for nomination form.
Named by the Board of Trustees for Christina Royal, Ph.D., fourth president of Holyoke Community College, the award recipient will be a current member of the faculty or staff who, through their efforts on or off campus: supports a culture of transformative justice; works to remove barriers for historically marginalized groups; improves cultural competency through dialogue and education; exhibits leadership in best practices for social equity; or makes the larger community a more just and equitable place to live. The recipient will be a living embodiment of the college's values in their work to advance equity. A $1,500 stipend will be awarded to the recipient by the HCC Foundation to support activities that will further enhance their professional skills, and the individual will be invited to present to the college's Board of Trustees, as well as other campus groups, on their work to advance equity.
