For Immediate Release
Contact: Kim Schmelz, Foundation Director
Phone: 608.822.2379
Mail: 1800 Bronson Blvd., Fennimore, WI 53809
Date of Release: April 3, 2018
Caldari & Larsen receive Wood Family Employee Excellence Award
Fennimore -An impressive 113 Southwest Wisconsin Technical College employees were recognized on March 29 at the all-campus in-service on the Southwest Tech campus as nominees for the Wood Family Employee Excellence award. Vanessa Caldari and Cynde Larsen were recognized as this year’s recipients.
Caldari, Southwest Tech’s Midwife Clinical Site Coordinator, was recognized for her integrity as she diligently assisted students through the fall semester while she and her family were going through many extreme life changes after the devastating hurricane hit her homeland of Puerto Rico.
Larsen, Director of Health Occupations and Student Learning Assessment, was recognized in several nominations for her work related to the college value of continuous improvement. Larsen’s nominations included praise for her work leading the assessment efforts across campus to not only achieve accreditation requirements, but also to document and share best practices for student, course and program evaluation.
President Jason Wood and his wife Kathryn established the endowed fund to recognize current faculty and staff for service to the college that goes above and beyond, while demonstrating the values of the college. Nominations for the award were taken from campus “Shout-Outs” in which the employee was recognized for displaying the value of Integrity or Continuous Improvement. “Shout-Outs” are a form of recognition in which college employees are encouraged to recognize colleagues by submitting a Shout-Out form that details what the employee did that should be recognized and what college value(s) it aligns with. Wood presented the awards at in-service along with Holly Clendenen, Executive Director of the Foundation.
To learn more about Southwest Tech, the Southwest Tech Foundation or the Wood Family Employee Excellence award, please contact Clendenen at (608) 822-2362 or hclendenen@swtc.edu.
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