LBCC Announces Distinguished Staff, Pastega Awards

Stephen and Carolyn Lebsack received the Pastega Faculty
Excellance Award, and Teresa Thomas (r) received the
Pastega Classified Excellence Award.
Linn-Benton Community College announced Distinguished Staff and Pastega award winners at the college’s Inservice held Sept. 17.

Alice Sperling was named Distinguished Staff. Established in 1980 to recognize employees for their contribution of both time and energy to the college, nominees must have completed 10 years of continuous employment with LBCC.

Sperling, of Tangent, began work at the college in 1995 as an instructional assistant. She held several positions before becoming faculty coordinator for the LBCC Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence in 2005. She retired from the college in June. 

Nominated by her peers for her dedication and commitment to LBCC, students and the community, Sperling is lauded for her ability to teach others to teach, listen and communicate effectively.

Carolyn Lebsack and Stephen Lebsack received the Pastega Faculty Excellence Award. The Lebsack’s, of Corvallis, are both biology faculty members.

Carolyn Lebsack began teaching at the college in September of 1976, and Stephen Lebsack began September 1979. They both retired from the college in June.

Teresa Thomas, of Albany, received the Pastega Classified Excellence Award. An administrative assistant in the LBCC Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities Division, Thomas has been employed at the college since 1981. 

LBCC’s Pastega awards, established in 2000 by Mario Pastega, honor one faculty member and one classified staff for their outstanding contributions to the LBCC community.

Each winner received a $1,000 honorarium and their names are engraved on the Mario and Alma Pastega Faculty and Staff Excellence plaques that hang in the college’s Distinguished Staff Gallery.

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