2025 | Burning Bright AwardErika Bowers, Professor, Accounting
2025 | Burning Bright AwardNUANCE: Neurodiverse Unique Autistic Students in College Education, ACCESS Center
2025 | Burning Bright AwardTiffany Kuo, Professor, Music
2025 | Torch Bearer AwardErica Ledezma, Project/Program Coordinator, WIN Program
2025 | Torch Bearer AwardFamily Science Festival Planning Team, Natural Sciences
2025 | Eternal Flame AwardMadelyn Arballo, Vice President, School of Continuing Education
2024 | Burning Bright Award | Title V Grant Team
2024 | Burning Bright AwardLinda Rogus
2024 | Torch Bearer AwardSteven Valdes
2024 | Eternal Flame AwardMaria Torres
2023 | Torch Bearer AwardOff-Campus High SchoolPresident's College Champion Awards
Congratulations to our 2025 College Champion Honorees
Burning Bright Award - Erika Bowers, Professor, Accounting
Burning Bright Award - NUANCE: Neurodiverse Unique Autistic Students in College Education, ACCESS Center
Burning Bright Award - Tiffany Kuo, Professor, Music
Torch Bearer Award - Erica Ledezma, Project/Program Coordinator, WIN Program
Torch Bearer Award - Family Science Festival Planning Team, Natural Sciences
Eternal Flame Award - Madelyn Arballo, Vice President, School of Continuing Education
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About the Awards
The College Champion Award recognizes any employee, department, or committee for dedication to one or more of the college’s core values (Integrity, Diversity, Community Building, Student Focus, Lifelong Learning, and Positive Spirit). Examples include but are not limited to:
- Performing at a level above and beyond normal job requirements
- Demonstrating an exceptional ability to foster collaboration, communication, and cooperation among colleagues
- Contributing to a program or event that showcases Mt. SAC in the Region, State, or Country
- Developing a new program or event that positively impacts students or the college community
Award Categories
Burning Bright -Recognizing impact on the campus community.
Torch Bearer -Recognizing impact beyond the campus community.
Eternal Flame -Recognizing lifetime achievement.
Any Mt. San Antonio College full-time or part-time employee may nominate any other
Mt. SAC full-time or part-time employee for a College Champion Award. Part-time employees
include permanent staff and adjunct faculty. Employees who have received awards from
other campus groups may be nominated again for the College Champion Award.
Nominations are open in June and winners are announced in August.
The award winners will receive a $500 dollar award included in their paychecks, an invitation to breakfast with the president on the morning of the Fall Opening Meeting, a unique commemorative trophy, and recognition by the Board of Trustees.Awardees’ names will be featured on the VOICES website and the campus marquee on Grand and Temple.
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