pg电子官网州立大学选出年度最佳学生和教师

Hanceville, AL — pg电子官网状态 社区 College is proud to announce that Vianney Verdin Maldonado was named Student of the Year and Jackie Donaldson was named Teacher of the Year recently at the Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce’s State of Education 在pg电子官网州立大学校园里举行的午宴.

Vianney Verdin Maldonado was presented with the Student of the Year award for Wallace State 社区 College during the Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce’s State of Education 在学院举行的午宴. 左起为负责学生事务的副校长克里斯汀 福尔摩斯，马尔多纳多，还有维姬·卡罗维茨总统.

Maldonado, of Oneonta, will be graduating next month with an associate degree in General 研究. She plans to transfer to Auburn University to pursue dual degrees in Biology and Psychology, with a goal of earning her doctorate and working neuroscience psychology.

“Every once in a while, a student comes along who makes such an impact on campus that we feel both so fortunate that they chose pg电子官网状态 and at the same time wonder 没有他们我们该怎么办. Vianney Verdin Maldonado是今年的学生。” pg电子官网州立大学负责学生事务的副校长克里斯汀·霍姆斯说.

Maldonado is a member of eight student clubs or organizations and serves as an officer 其中的7个. Two of those clubs she founded or helped organize – VALOR Latino/Hispanic 俱乐部和书友俱乐部. 马尔多纳多还帮助组织和主持了一个由学生领导的活动 播客“鬃毛话题”.

Maldonado is a member of percussion and vocal ensembles with the pg电子官网状态 Fine and Performing Arts program and has participated in two international study and performance 在大学的经历.

“Away from campus, Vianney spends numerous hours each week volunteering in her community, 包括英语辅导. 她筹钱去资助孩子们 families living in poverty in Mexico,” Holmes added “And she does all of this while 保持3.平均绩点935.”

She has been named a member of All-Alabama Academic Team and she is an All-USA Coca 可乐奖银奖获得者. 她将因这些成就而受到阿拉巴马社区的认可 4月19日，大学系统校长吉米·贝克.

“Vianney, we are so pleased and honored to present you as pg电子官网状态’s Student ”福尔摩斯说. “我们知道你将继续取得成就并激发卓越 我们迫不及待地想看看你的未来.”

Jackie Donaldson was named the Teacher of the Year for pg电子官网状态 社区 College during the Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce’s State of Education luncheon held at 学院. Pictured from left is President Vicki Karolewics, Maldonado and Vice 学术事务主席贝丝·鲍恩斯-约翰逊.

Donaldson is a member of the pg电子官网状态 Natural Science Department, where she has been 教ing anatomy for the last seven of her 28 years as a science instructor. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia, where she majored 农业教育. 她获得了生物教育硕士学位 西阿拉巴马大学.

“Jackie aspires to help students reach their 教育 and occupational goals,” said 贝丝·鲍恩斯-约翰逊，pg电子官网州立大学教务处主任. 她喜欢工作 as a team with her colleagues to discover the best practices for student success. The reward, she said, is watching students gain knowledge and confidence as they move 向前.”

Donaldson was chosen as pg电子官网状态’s Teacher of the Year after a nomination and 由pg电子官网州立大学的学生投票. 许多提名她的人指出 that she goes to great lengths to make sure her students are understanding the concepts she 教es, to make sure they don’t get 后面 in their work and that she genuinely 关心她的学生.

“Mrs. Donaldson has a great system inside and out of the classroom,” one nominator 写了. “她非常 down to earth and made the class easy to manage, while also getting 任务完成. She showed great respect for everyone in the class and never left anyone 后面. 她总是确保我们都在正轨上完成工作. 她非常 她能理解任何人和遇到的任何问题. 她到处都是 他是我遇到过的最好的教练!”

“She is always super engaged with her class and really cares about each and every 她的一个学生，”另一个写道. “她总是超级有条理，准备好了 教. Any questions, she’ll answer in a way that is easy for us to understand. She is also extremely accommodating and makes sure we have everything we need to succeed. She is probably the best professor I’ve had at Wallace this far and in my opinion 她的努力和对我们学生的奉献是值得的吗!”

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