Nutshell News, Dec. 4

Cranberry Short Courses

MHCC employees, mark your calendars: The third annual Cranberry Short Course is back and bringing with it, new opportunities to learn without having to fork out your money.

The free professional development courses for Mt. Hood staff will be held Wednesday and Thursday,  December 16-17.

For more information, email Kimberly Applin at: [email protected]

– Lena Simon

ASG’s Winter Unsung Hero Award

The 17th Winter Unsung Hero Award, sponsored by Mt. Hood’s Associated Student Government, will be presented on Feb. 3 in the Student Union.

The intent of this award is to honor MHCC employees who meet these three criteria:

1. Service above and beyond the call of duty;

2. Service that does not call attention to itself;

3. Service that directly benefits the students of MHCC.

There have been nearly 100 college employees who have won this award since it was created in 1998.

To nominate an “Unsung Hero” you feel meets the criteria above, please go to: mhcc.edu/UnsungHeroAward.

The deadline for entries are: Friday, Jan. 15.

If you’d like to include photos, videos, news articles, etc. to your submission, please email them to: Linh Hoang, ASG receptions coordinator at: [email protected] or turn them in at ASG’s office, located inside the Student Union.

– Gloria Saepharn

Support Staff Award

The 2016 Outstanding Support Staff Awards are now open. The awards highlight and honor those Mt. Hood employees who are an exceptional classified, confidential or grant-funded staff member. The staff member must be someone who goes above and beyond his or her job duties, demonstrates a positive attitude toward MHCC and exhibits excellent customer service skills.

Nominations for this may be submitted by any member of the college community who has personal and direct knowledge of the nominee’s work and can comment on the person’s unique and outstanding characteristics.

The deadline for submitting an OSS nomination is 5 p.m. on Feb. 4, 2016. The nomination forms can be found at: home.mhcc.edu/awards

If you have any questions, please contact Pam Benjamin in the MHCC president’s office.

– Gloria Saepharn