Chancellor and Classified Senate Award

2025-2026

The annual Chancellor and Classified Senate award recognizes the outstanding contributions made by an exceptional classified professional at each of the District sites: Cuyamaca College, Grossmont College and District Services. The theme of the 2025-2026 award is Leaders without Limits: Thinking Outside the Box. The awardees will be selected based upon their contributions to inspire others, their ability to develop creative (outside-the-box) solutions to advance the college/District mission, and their dedication to collaborate with and mentor students and their colleagues to create an amazing working environment at the colleges/District. The award will be presented at the May, 2026, Governing Board meeting.

Who is Eligible:

Any contract, or percent of contract, or classified professional is eligible for nomination.

Classified professionals may be nominated by a student leader, faculty member, manager/supervisor, administrator, or another classified professional. Click here TO NOMINATE A CLASSIFIED PROFESSIONAL FOR THIS AWARD!

NOTE: The Classified Senate Executive Board wants to give classified professionals yet to be recognized an opportunity to be honored. Therefore, the nominee cannot have won within the past five (5) years. Please see the Districtwide Classified Senate website here for past recipients.

Criteria:

Candidates for this award will be evaluated on the following criteria:

Serves as a leader who inspires other members of our college/District to continually improve the experiences of students and/or coworkers.
Develops creative, outside-the-box solutions to advance our college/District mission.
Is instrumental in bringing new, innovative ideas to the college/District and encouraging others to do the same.
Works earnestly to enhance team collaboration and college/District culture by inspiring confidence and keeping others motivated.
Employee has not been a recipient of this award in the past five (5) years.

The Award:

Each recipient will receive a $250 gift card to Barnes & Noble, and an inscribed acrylic trophy. Recipients will also be invited to attend the statewide Classified Leadership Institute (June 2026).

The Selection Process:

The Classified Senate Presidents will forward an unranked slate of two to four top nominees from each location to the Chancellor’s office for review and selection.

The nominator(s) will be invited to join the Classified Senate President and the Chancellor in presenting the award at the May Governing Board meeting.

All nomination forms must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. Thursday, April 09, 2026. Please send completed forms to Gabriela Alvarez (gabriela.alvarez@gcccd.edu).

Thank you for taking the time to nominate an outstanding classified professional!