The Ventura College Academic Senate bestows four awards in the spring of each academic year. These are awards given by faculty and to faculty in the following four areas: Service to Students, Service to Faculty, Service to College and Service to Community. Unfortunately, the Senate records are incomplete. Here is the most up-to-date list of past awardees:

Year

Service to Students

Service to Faculty

Service to College

Service to

Community

2023

Nicole Falco &

Angela Madsen

Ty Gardner

Dan Clark

Hafez Alawdi & Erin Brocker

2022

Steve Turner

Heather Aguailar & Jenna Garcia

Michael Bown

Jaime (James) Vega

2021

Rubisela Gamboa

Colleen Coffey & Kammy Algiers

Kelly Peinado

Dan Walsh

2020

Brent Wilson

Gema Sanchez & Maria Flores

Eric Martinsen

Gigi Fiumerodo

2016

Corinna McKoy

Stacy Sloan-Graham

Roxanne Forde

Larry Barratte

2015

Philip Clinton

Sharon Beynon

Tania DeClerck

Mayo De La Rocha

2014

Raeann Koerner

Andrea Horigan

Alex Kolesnik

Kim Karkos &

Robert Porter (Tie)

2013

Joy Kobayashi

 Debbie Newcomb

Sharon Beynon

Judy Garey &

Sandy Melton (Tie)

2012

Ted Prell

 Cari Lange 

Casey Mansfield & 

Mark Pauley (Tie)

 

2011

Bob Arce

 P. Scott Corbett & 

Ty Gardner (Tie)

Michael Callahan

Simon Waltzer

2010

Steve Turner

Ollie D. Powers

Jeff Ferguson

 E. Burns Taft

2009

Robert Chaparro

Gigi Fiumerodo

Bill Budke

Ned Mircetic

2008

Lucy Capuano

Raeann Koerner

Becky Hull

Bob Lawson

2007

Farzeen Nasri

Bob Porter

Steve Palladino 

Luke Hall

2006

 Peter H. Sezzi

Mayo de la Rocha

Michael Hale

Terry Morris

In the years listed below, the faculty whose names appear were given awards but it is unknown in which categories the awards were bestowed. The names are therefore presented in alphabetical order:

2005:         David Breslin, Harry Korn, Lauri Moore, Carol Weinstock                   

2004:         E. Burns Taft, Bill Thieman, Hiroko Yoshimoto

Ventura College Academic Senate President Award for Merit:

Awardees are selected for the Ventura College Academic Senate President Award for Merit by the Academic Senate President and may be awarded to any individual regardless of position/classification/site location within the District. With the approval of the VC Academic Senate Standard Operating Procedures in 2013, this award was established.

2023: Paula Muñoz

2022: Mary Jones

2021: Sharon Oxford, Ali Olson-Pacheco, and Matthew Moore

2020: Sharon Oxford, Ali Olson-Pacheco, and Matthew Moore

2016: Colleen Coffey

2013: Paula Muñoz