Four VCCCD classified employees were selected as the 2019 nominees for Classified Employee of the Year. These individuals have achieved the respect and commendation of their peers, and represent the best of the Classified Service. The hard work of the Classified Staff helps the District run smoothly in serving our students and community.
Congratulations, Dana Boynton from Ventura College!
For over 11 years, Dana Boynton has been a pillar of support for library services at Ventura College. She works ceaselessly to ensure student success by overseeing the provision of quality library products and services and to ensure streamlined, efficient workflow. She tirelessly supports staff and faculty. Dana uses a student-centered approach, demonstrating how to incorporate compassion and an eye for student success into each workday.
Dana takes on duties large and small without hesitation and with diligence and aplomb. She handles minor issues in the Library with the same level of care and outstanding work ethic she gives to large tasks and strict deadlines. She is a leader through and through who shies away from nothing. Dana does everything with student experience and student success in mind. She wants the library to be welcoming, a place not only essential to providing current resources but a safe and relaxing place to be, where students can find help and encouragement, and a place where students are seen as individuals with unique needs. Dana fosters this type of environment and is the backbone of the Library, doing whatever is needed to ensure students get what they need. Her generous heart is full of empathy, kindness, and compassion and these characteristics directly lend themselves to her drive to provide leadership in the Ventura College Library.
The 2019 VCCCD Classified Employee of the Year will be forwarded to the Board of Governors for consideration as the statewide 2019 California Community Colleges Classified Employee of the Year. That award recognizes classified employees demonstrating the highest level of commitment to the California Community Colleges, professional ethics and standards, serving the institution through participation in professional and/or community activities, and service as a leader beyond the local institution.
Congratulations to the 2019 VCCCD Classified Employee of the Year Nominees:
Gilbert Downs, Moorpark College | Joel Diaz, Oxnard College | Jo Nell Miller, DAC
