Mt. SAC Academic Senate
Academic Senate Awards Committee
(The Academic Senate Awards Committee oversees awards and recognitions for the Academic Senate.)
Purpose & Function
The purpose of the Academic Senate Awards Committee is to identify and recognize exemplary individuals and programs with awards at the state and local levels. The Function of the Committee is:
- Determine administrative processes for Academic Senate awards.
- Select and award the following awards:
- Academic Senate Outstanding Awards: Outstanding Full Time Faculty, Outstanding Part
Time Faculty, Outstanding Classified, and Outstanding Manager
- Determine Criteria (Fall)
- Accept and review nominations (Spring)
- Select recipients (Spring)
- Academic Senate 10+1 Awards
- Identify and recognize recipients
- ASCCC Exemplary Program Award (Fall)
- Accept and review nominations
- Select the Mt. SAC nominee
- Other awards as identified by the Mt. SAC Academic Senate
- Academic Senate Outstanding Awards: Outstanding Full Time Faculty, Outstanding Part
Time Faculty, Outstanding Classified, and Outstanding Manager
- Propose other faculty excellence awards.
All nomination packets must be completed and emailed to lruh@mtsac.edu by Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at 11:59 pm.
2024 - 2025 Winners
- Faculty: Kelly Rivera, Political Science
- Adjunct Faculty: <Award not given>
- Classified: Maria Torres, Administrative Specialist Nursing
- Manager: Lisa Rodriguez, Acting Director Professional and Org Development
2023 - 2024 Winners
- Faculty: Cecelia Thay, Child Development and Education
- Adjunct Faculty: Cameron Deen, Kinesiology
- Classified: <Award not given>
- Manager: <Award not given>
2022 - 2023 Winners
- Faculty: Solene Alghannam, World Languages
- Adjunct Faculty: William Chesher, Aeronautics
- Classified: Christine Ojeda, Administrative Specialist Kinesiology
- Manager: Joe Jennum, Dean of Kinesiology
2021 - 2022 Winners
- Faculty: Franklin Reynolds, Communications
- Adjunct Faculty: John Geiger, CEA (Film &TV)
- Classified: Maria Vaughn, Lab Tech Physics, Science, and Engineering
- Manager: Duetta Wasson, Meghan Chen
2020 - 2021 Winners
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Outstanding Faculty Award was awarded to all Mt. SAC Faculty! (Extraordinary decision due to Covid-19; everyone earned it.)