ELEVEN AT ST. PHILIP’S COLLEGE RECEIVE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STAFF AND ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARDS

Awards for outstanding service or teaching excellence presented during international program in Austin

SAN ANTONIO (May 28, 2009) --- Eleven St. Philip’s College employees are recipients of the 2009 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Awards in recognition of their outstanding service or teaching excellence.

The 2009 recipients from St. Philip’s College were recognized with individual medallions during the institute’s international conference over the Memorial Day weekend in Austin. The recipients are Lawrence Gable; Allison Joubert; Donna Laird; Luis Lopez; Warren Parker; Laurie Rodriguez; El Sonny Slitine; Patrice Smith; Angela Rabb; Teresa Kautz; and Dr. Benjamin Kraft.

The awards are made annually to faculty, staff and administrators from such member institutions as St. Philip’s College. The 2008 recipients from St. Philip’s College were Maria Andrews; Robert De Luna; Charles Gunter; Allen L. Hamilton; Betty J. Johnson; John Martin; Pamela Ray; Linda Solis and Yolanda Vargas.

All award recipients have demonstrated on-going excellence in service to the students and community in achieving the goals of Alamo Colleges --- St. Philip’s College, explained college Faculty Senate Development Committee members Jose Rivera and David Weaver.

More than 700 community colleges around the world are members of the institute, including almost every large community college district, the majority of urban and technical colleges in the United States and Canada, and more than 200 small, rural colleges around the world. The institute is the outreach vehicle and service arm to the Community College Leadership Program at The University of Texas at Austin.

The awards process starts with the collection of award nominations each September by the college’s Development Committee members, and ends with the announcement of recipients the following May. For information on the awards process at St. Philip’s College for 2010, contact Jose Rivera and David Weaver at 486-7159 and 486-7169.

CAPTION: The 11 St. Philip’s College employees who are recipients of the 2009 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Awards in recognition of their outstanding service or teaching excellence are Lawrence Gable; Allison Joubert; Donna Laird; Luis Lopez; Warren Parker; Laurie Rodriguez; El Sonny Slitine; Patrice Smith; Angela Rabb; Teresa Kautz; and Dr. Benjamin Kraft. View recipients slideshow

Websites/Resources related to this story include:

1)Alamo Colleges-St. Philip’s College; 2) National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development.

About St. Philip’s: Bishop James Steptoe Johnston of the St. Philip’s Episcopal Church of the West Texas Diocese founded Alamo Colleges—St. Philip’s College in 1898. Today, Alamo Colleges—St. Philip’s College is a multi-campus institution of the Alamo Colleges and serves a semester enrollment of nearly 10,000 credit and more than 6,000 continuing education students. Alamo Colleges—St. Philip’s is a Historically Black College and Hispanic Serving Institution and is the only college in the nation that carries this dual designation. As “A Point of Pride in the Community,” Alamo Colleges—St. Philip’s College is among the oldest and most diverse community colleges in the United States.