September 30, 2024  

Media Contacts:  
Maria Iñiguez, chief of staff, 509-682-6400, miniguez@wvc.edu   
Dr. Jennifer Korfiatis, interim public information officer, 509-682-6650, jkorfiatis@wvc.edu 

   

   

Pictured clockwise: Gregory Stewart, Janna Goodyear, Lindsey Morrow, Will Kraske, Shawn Hunstock, and Riva Morgan (pictured with Erika Schenkvonstauffenberg). 

Outstanding faculty and staff members at Wenatchee Valley College were recognized during the WVC President’s Day Kickoff Celebration on Sept. 17.   

Professor Janna Goodyear won the Alcoa Excellence in Teaching Award, which includes a $1,500 monetary award from Alcoa, lunch with the WVC Board of Trustees on Oct. 16, and recognition at the trustees’ meeting. Goodyear has taught student development skills and English courses at WVC since 2015, and she serves as the WriteLab director. She was recognized for the work that she has done with the WVC Title V program and a two-year SBCTC project to learn anti-racist pedagogy and to create an anti-racist English 101 course.  

The Linda Schultz Herzog Faculty of the Year Award went to Will Kraske, math faculty at the Omak campus. Kraske will receive a $1,500 monetary award provided by the Frank J. and Loretta Hoff Schultz Endowment Fund, lunch with the WVC Board of Trustees on Oct. 16, and recognition at the trustees’ meeting. He has taught at WVC at Omak since 2015 and has worked to expand the math program by including a calculus series and physics courses. Tria Skirko, the electronic services librarian at the Omak campus, said, “He’s just genuine in everything he does.... He’s a real asset to our campus.”   

Shawn Hunstock received the Outstanding Part-time Faculty at Omak Award, and Gregory Stewart received the Outstanding Part-time Faculty at Wenatchee Award. Hunstock has been teaching accounting courses at WVC since 2018 and serves on a college advisory committee. Professor Michael Choman described Hunstock as “student-centric faculty” who strongly supports students in rural communities.  

Stewart, who began working at WVC in 2022, teaches geography, specifically GIS courses. Fellow geography faculty member Dr. Joan Qazi noted how well he engages students and the high quality of his work, as well as his help in developing an Employer Needs Assessment. 

Hunstock and Stewart will each receive a $500 monetary award from the WVC Foundation, lunch with the board of trustees on Oct. 16, and recognition at the trustees’ meeting.   

Lindsey Morrow, the administrative assistant for Workforce Education, received the Outstanding Classified Staff Award. She will receive a $1,000 monetary award provided by the WVC Foundation, lunch with the board of trustees on Oct. 16, and recognition at the trustees’ meeting. Morrow has worked at the college since 2022 and currently supports three deans and an associate dean. Meleah Butruille, interim dean of allied health and professional technical programs, said that Morrow has “a student service attitude” and that “she has been exceptional in all her regular duties.” 

The Outstanding Exempt Staff Award went to Riva Morgan, associate dean of Transitional Studies and Workforce Grants. Morgan will receive a $1,000 monetary award provided by the WVC Foundation, lunch with the board of trustees on Oct. 16, and recognition at the trustees’ meeting. She has served at WVC for almost 25 years. WVC Grants Coordinator Erika Schenkvonstauffenberg said that Morgan “creates a culture of acceptance and understanding” and represents “opportunity, community, and access.”   

 

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Wenatchee Valley College enriches North Central Washington by serving educational and cultural needs of communities and residents throughout the service area. The college is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion for all students and employees and provides high-quality transfer, liberal arts, professional/technical, basic skills and continuing education for students of diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds. Visit our website, wvc.edu. 

Wenatchee Valley College is committed to a policy of equal opportunity in employment and student enrollment. All programs are free from discrimination and harassment against any person because of race, creed, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a service animal by a person with a disability, age, parental status or families with children, marital status, religion, genetic information, honorably discharged veteran or military status or any other prohibited basis per RCW 49.60.030, 040 and other federal and state laws and regulations, or participation in the complaint process. The following persons have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies and Title IX compliance for both the Wenatchee and Omak campuses: 

To report discrimination or harassment: Title IX Coordinator, Mish ee twie 1321A, (509) 682-6716, title9@wvc.edu. 

To request disability accommodations: Student Access Manager, Wenatchi Hall 2133, (509) 682-6854, TTY/TTD: dial 711, sas@wvc.edu.