June 17, 2020
On Wednesday, June 17, Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC/CUNY) celebrated Classified and Civil Service employees who have reached 35, 30 and 20 milestone years of service to the college.
You can view a video of the event online.
Normally presented as a luncheon, this year’s event was virtual and featured a livestream speaker presentation as well as individual recognition of employees who maintained high standards of service at BMCC in units and departments including the President’s Office, Buildings and Grounds, the Manhattan Educational Opportunity Center (MEOC), English department, Registrars Office and more.
The ceremony opened with comments by BMCC Interim President Karrin E. Wilks.
“This year it’s very different celebrating from a distance — but it’s critically important that we take the time to honor and recognize our wonderful employees,” Wilks said. “First, I want to thank all BMCC employees for your dedication, passion and creativity as we have gotten through this very unprecedented semester, very difficult times. I especially want to thank Buildings and Grounds, and Public Safety, who continued to come to campus, keeping BMCC open, even as we delivered instruction, support services and our operations from a distance.”
Highlighting the employees being recognized, Wilks said, “This is an impressive and humbling demonstration of commitment, to the college, of dedication to the mission of BMCC, of dedication to BMCC’s students, and a dedication to the BMCC family. You are such an important part of what we do and I want to thank you all, all honorees and again all BMCC employees. Thank you for making BMCC such a wonderful place to teach and learn, work and belong.”
More than 125 members of the BMCC community joined the livestream event, which also featured testimonials in praise of the employees being recognized, by their colleagues, including Wilks who spoke in praise of her assistant Grace Brown, who has served under seven BMCC presidents.
Celebrating 20 Years of Service at BMCC
Jodie Schouten (Admissions)
Isa Clarke (Budget/Fiscal Office)
Flavio Guillermo (Information Resources Technology)
Romel Mebane (Buildings and Grounds)
Edward Perez (Mailroom)
Miriam Rivera (Budget/Fiscal Office)
Celebrating 30 Years of Service at BMCC
Andres Vargas (Buildings and Grounds)
Melvin Trotman (Receiving and Stores)
Elba Pena-Amadiz (English Department)
Aida Hernandez (Financial Aid)
Darlene Vandyke (MEOC)
Jose Acevedo (Registrar’s Office)
Celebrating 35 Years of Service at BMCC
Grace Brown (President’s Office)
John Buktencia (Reprographics)
Scott Pettaway (Building and Grounds)
Paul Rivera (Buildings and Grounds)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- On June 17, BMCC celebrated Classified and Civil Service employees who have reached 35, 30 and 20 milestone years of service to the college
- The virtual livestream celebration featured testimonials by friends and colleagues of the employees being recognized
- To view the event, click here.
