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Hi. My name is Bertha Myre. I'm a nursing student here at DCTC.
I nominated Allison to
be one of the best instructor because she's an amazing, enthusiastic, helpful,
caring, and loving. She always thrives for our success. She makes sure that we
understand. She takes time to describe things to us - not even one day she ever
gets tired to answer any questions. We can stop at any time during... in the
hallway... in the office she was reading and happy to help us. And also she's our
role model. And I know that one important thing that drive her is her passion in
nursing and teaching our students future nurses, like me.
Hi. My name is Allison Gregory
and I'm a practical nursing instructor here at DCTC.
I'm really happy to have one the Instructor of the Year award. It means a lot
that my students chose me for this award.
They inspire me every day to do my best
in the classroom and teach them the skills that they'll need to know as a
nurse out in their practice setting.
I'm also very thankful to be working here at DCTC.
I love my job and I'm excited
to come to work every day.
I nominated Kerry Lurken for the Spirit of DCTC Award because he embodies,
I believe, what the Spirit of DCTC Award is. You know, that it exemplifies people
who work here that love being a part of a Technical College and more
importantly take pride in being welcoming and inviting and inclusive, and
that's what Kerry does. I've had the benefit of working with him for over 20
years and I've seen him grow, but he's always has maintained student
first. He's so friendly and kind and compassionate. He is the spirit of DCTC.
Hi. I'm Kerry Lurken. I've been working for DCTC for over 20 years, and I'm
really excited to receive the spirit of DCTC award on campus. This award really
actually means a lot to me. In my 20 years I've actually worked in the
admissions office, moved to the registration office, worked in financial
aid, and currently in the enrollment advisor / certifying veteran official on
campus. So, I'll tell you I would never change this job in the world. It's just
been exciting working with my students faculty and staff for over 20 years.
It's been a great experience.
My name is Winter Adams and I'm studying network administration.
I voted for Jeff for Alumni of the Year
because when he works with us he treats us as adults
and it's easy to learn from him.
He's very personable and the way he
teaches us makes us want to come back and learn for more.
That type of experience provided me a lot of support.
I'm Jeff Edlund, and I was lucky enough
and honored enough to win the Alumni Award for DCTC.
I was a former student here
I was a second career student that came back and got my degree
in information systems management. I currently work at Cray in their R&D
department as a software developer,
and I couldn't be more happy with the place that I am
as to be able to give back to the school in my ability to teach
operating systems to future IT students and share my story and allow
them to know that this is all something anybody can do, especially if I can do it
I'm Matt Boudinot and I teach in the automotive technology program here at
Dakota County Technical College. I nominated Dan for the Advocacy Award
because Dan has been such a big part of our program as well as hiring many of
our students that have been in our program. He spends numerous hours out at
recruiting events promoting the industry and jobs in the automotive field as well
as many of the other fields on our campus.
Overall, Dan is just a great guy and he goes out of his way to help pretty much
anybody that that needs him.
Hi. I'm Dan Sjolseth.
I own Superior Service Center located in Eagan as well as Apple Valley
providing mechanical repair services
as well as auto body repair services at the locations.
It's quite an honor to win this award at DCTC.
I've spent a fair amount of time down there
working with young kids and instructors at career fairs and different events that they have.
It's been a lot of fun to get to know some of these young kids
and see the enthusiasm and passion they have towards the industry.
It's really neat to see.
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