Employee Recognition Awards | Montgomery College, Maryland

Service and Recognition Awards are an opportunity to appreciate Montgomery College employees who have demonstrated extraordinary initiative in performing a specific task, service to others, or in providing outstanding service over a sustained period of time. These recognition awards, contingent on available funding and approved by the Board of Trustees annually, reflect College’s gratitude for the exemplary efforts demonstrated by our dedicated employees.

For faculty, awards are given to both part-time and full-time faculty. Detailed information about faculty awards is available on the Faculty Awards web pages.

The College presents awards for staff , primarily through the Office of Human Resources and Strategic Talent Management.

Please help us honor our amazing employees who celebrated milestone anniversaries and employees who have retired in recent years.

2022 Award Recipients

Full-time Professor of the Year

Professor Daniel G. Jenkins, Philosophy

Staff Member of the Year

Employee Staff of the Year, Tilandra Rhyne, Executive Associate

Ms. Tilandra Rhyne, Executive Associate

Part-time Professor of the Year

Professor Kelley Livernoche, Biology

Outstanding Service Award Recipients

Outstanding Staff Awards are awarded based on four (4) categories: Excellence in Performance, Excellence in Innovation, Excellence in Customer Service and Excellence in Serving Students.

Excellence in Performance

Ms. Zainab Ali, Administrative Aide
Ms. Edesa Ashourian, HR Specialist II
Ms. Michelle Brink, Administrative Aide
Ms. Rosalee Law, HR Specialist I
Ms. Denise Matheny, Special Events Director
Ms. Urvashi Mistry, Administrative Aide
Mr. Arifur Rahman, Instructional Lab Coordinator
Ms. Annie Shane, Cyber Defense Analyst I

Excellence in Innovation

Mr. Joe Bilzor, Analyst-Programmer
Mr. Mohamed El Muwaqqat, Student Information Systems Manager
Ms. Thanh King, Digital Learning Specialist
Ms. Angie Moy, BIM Coordinator
Mr. Russell Peterson, Facilities Administrative and Operations Manager

Excellence in Serving Students

Ms. Huong Nguyen, Student Support Services

Excellence in Customer Service

Ms. Jin Khademi, Learning Center Assistant Manager
Ms. Jennifer Knowlton, Lab Manager
Ms. Metta Lash, Librarian
Ms. Amanda Stroud, Library Access Services Specialist I
Ms. Farah Vivas, HR Specialist I

Outstanding Faculty Award Recipients

Outstanding Faculty Awards provide the College community with an opportunity to more thoroughly recognize excellence in a variety of positions at the College and add a special dimension to the awards the College already provide.

Excellence in Teaching

Professor Gina Wesley, Biology
Professor Jorge Hernandez-Fujigaki, History and Political Science
Professor Alejandro Leopardi, English and Reading
Professor Rachel Saidi, Mathematics
Professor Shayla Atkins Baxter, English and Reading

Excellence in Teaching Part-Time Faculty

Professor Comfort Davis Mingot, English and Reading
Professor Patricia Robinson, English and Reading

Excellence in Counseling

Professor Kpakpundu Ezeze, Counseling

Excellence in Service to the Institution and Community

Professor Erik E. Swanson, Media Arts and Technologies
Professor Corinne Smith, Health Information Management
Professor Jarvis Slacks, English and Reading
Professor Kiersten Newtoff, Biology

Excellence in Scholarly or Professional Accomplishment

Professor Tiffany Thames Copeland, Media Arts and Technologies

Excellence in Scholarly or Professional Accomplishments Part-Time Faculty

Professor Mark W. Burke, Biology
Professor Evan Crump, English and Reading