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KCC recognizes faculty with Faculty Excellence awards

Pictured, from left to right, are KCC President Dr. Paul Watson, Distinguished Faculty Award winner Faith Vruggink, Full-Time Faculty Excellence Award winner Dr. Marciene Morgan and Vice President for Instruction Dr. Tonya Forbes. Not pictured are Part-Time Faculty Excellence Award winners Gary Comfort and Dawna Feldpausch.

KCC recognized select faculty members with Faculty Excellence awards at the College’s annual all-employee General Session in August.  

Faculty Excellence Award recipients are nominated by students in the fall and spring semesters. The awards recognize the outstanding performance of full- and part-time faculty, librarians and counselors who demonstrate excellence and provide outstanding service to students.  

The recipients of the 2025 Faculty Excellence Award are: 

  • Math Instructor Gary Comfort, Part-Time Faculty Excellence Award 
  • Biology Instructor Dawna Feldpausch, Part-Time Faculty Excellence Award 
  • Nursing Professor Dr. Marciene Morgan, Full-Time Faculty Excellence Award 
  • Biology Professor Faith Vruggink, Distinguished Faculty Award 

Congratulations!

Pictured, from left to right, are KCC President Dr. Paul Watson, Distinguished Faculty Award winner Faith Vruggink, Full-Time Faculty Excellence Award winner Dr. Marciene Morgan and Vice President for Instruction Dr. Tonya Forbes. Not pictured are Part-Time Faculty Excellence Award winners Gary Comfort and Dawna Feldpausch.

This article first appeared in the September 2025 edition of BruIN magazine. To read the issue online, please visit kellogg.edu/bruinmagazine.