Applauding Warrior PRIDE
Recognize El Camino employees making a difference around campus by nominating them for an Applauding Warrior PRIDE certificate.
Employee Recognition & Acknowledgment Program
Recognize or "applaud" an El Camino employee who demonstrates the College's mission
or embodies the College's values.Submission Form
"Applauding Warrior PRIDE" is a campuswide employee recognition and acknowledgment program that recognizes El Camino employees who demonstrate the College's mission or embody the College's values.
About the Program
The program was recommended through the collegial consultation process and adopted as an official strategic initiative for El Camino College. It is an overhaul of the former "Applause Card" recognition program where it is now structurally grounded in and tied to:
- The College's mission – Recognizing employees making a positive difference in people's lives; and
- The College's values – Acknowledging employees who reflect Warrior PRIDE (employees who demonstrate a value for people, respect, integrity, diversity, excellence.)
Frequently Asked Questions
Individuals who want to recognize or "applaud" an El Camino employee who demonstrates the College's mission or embodies the College's values can complete the online form that will be emailed to the employee and their supervisor as a certificate of award.
Nominators are encouraged to include their identity when submitting an online "applause," but identities can be withheld from award recipients, if desired.
- Please note: A nominator's identity will not be withheld from the awardee's supervisor to prevent individuals from self-nominating for the award.
Award recipients have the option of having their name publicly published in the President's News.
A Warrior PRIDE recipient must be a current employee of the College and meet one of the eligibility categories listed in the previous question. Most importantly, when considering an El Camino employee for a Warrior PRIDE certificate of award, you should be able to:
- Describe how the individual's actions drive El Camino's mission of people making a positive difference in people's lives; and/or
- Describe how the individual's behavior reinforces El Camino's core values – valuing people, respect, integrity, diversity, and/or excellence.
- All currently working El Camino employees are eligible to participate, both as a nominator and as an award recipient, in the Warrior PRIDE recognition/acknowledgment program.
- Individuals who are not currently working at El Camino or who are not on El Camino's payroll can nominate an El Camino employee for the Warrior PRIDE certificate of award but are not eligible to receive an award.
- Behaviors and/or outcomes being recognized can be long-term behaviors or a one-time act; behavioral outcomes may be large in scope, impacting the College as a whole or quiet acts that are meaningful to a single individual. What matters is that the awardee be deserving of recognition for demonstrating the College's mission or core values.
- There are no restrictions on how many times or how frequently a person can nominate individuals for the award or an eligible recipient can receive an award.
To officially recognize a currently working El Camino employee with a Warrior PRIDE certificate of award, complete the following online form:
Or scan the QR Code:
Applauding Warrior PRIDE Honorees
Congratulations to those recently recognized for their outstanding efforts. Thank you for your contributions to the college, students, and fellow employees!
2025
- Autumn Blakley - Student Equity and Achievement
- Serandra Bray - Counseling and Student Success
- Josefina Cruz Molina - Immigrant Student Success Program / Student Equity and Achievement
- Xocoyotzin Herrera - Behavioral and Social Sciences
- Hieu Hoang - Information Technology Services
- Pamela Jones - Human Resources
- Marleen Ledesma - Student Equity and Achievement
- Christian Marroquin - Counseling and Student Success
- Sandra Martinez Garcia - Special Resource Center
- Michael McDermit - Humanities
- Elizabeth Nolasco - Student Equity and Achievement
- Kenny Simkins - Student Equity and Achievement
- Larry Veazey - Facilities and Planning Services
- Steven Waterhouse - Admissions and Records
2024
- Jose Acevedo - Student Support Services
- Emmanuel Aguiar - Behavioral and Social Sciences
- Loic Audusseau - Information Technology Services
- Brandon Gerard Bazile - Information Technology Services
- Claudia Buenfil - Counseling and Student Success
- Carla Camacho - Career Services
- Malik Carter - Facilities and Planning Services
- Janice Chan-Jefferis - Childhood Education
- Marco Colom - Financial Aid
- Steve Dao - Library and Learning Resources
- Corina Diaz - Sociology
- Sean Donnell - Humanities / English
- Gerardo Rene Flores Flores - Nursing
- Lisa George - Library and Learning Resources
- Felipe Gutierrez - Information Technology Services
- Raul Hernandez - Facilities and Planning Services / Grounds
- Syriah James - Student Equity and Achievement
- Katherine Juarez-Borja - Library and Learning Resources
- Sheryl Kimball - Library and Learning Resources
- Robbie Lee - Nursing
- Marisa Lopez - Procurement Services
- LaQuinn "Q" Lumpkin - Facilities and Planning Services
- Miguel Maldonado - Facilities and Planning Services / Grounds
- Joanna Medawar Nachef - Music
- Connie H Nguyen - Human Resources
- Linda M. Olsen - Health Sciences and Athletics
- Michael Reyes - Humanities / English
- Jocelyn Rivera - Basic Needs Center
- Kenya Salcedo - Admissions and Records
- Robert Swain - Human Resources
- Gideon Thompson - Facilities and Planning Services
- Chuong Vu - Information Technology Services
2023
- Osvaldo (aka Hunger) Arreola - Presidential Ambassador
- Meriem Bensalloua - Mathematical Sciences
- Luis Bonilla - Facilities and Planning Services / Operations
- Anna Brochet - EOPS/CARE, CalWORKs & Guardian Scholars
- Brigette Carballo - Financial Aid
- Polli Chambers-Salazar - Music
- Vera Cheng - EOPS/CARE, CalWORKs & Guardian Scholars
- Amanda Colbeck - Human Development / Behavioral and Social Sciences
- Christina Conners - Human Resources
- Natalie Dixon - Procurement Services
- Andre Flowers - Facilities and Planning Services
- Cristina Freeborn - EOPS/CARE, CalWORKs & Guardian Scholars
- Lisa George - Library and Learning Resources
- Brittany Gomez - EOPS/CARE, CalWORKs & Guardian Scholars
- Marisa Lopez - Procurement Services
- Jayro Lopez-Torres - Outreach and School Relations
- Jimmy Macareno - Facilities and Planning Services
- Mora Lee Mattern - Humanities / English
- Rita McCullum - Procurement Services
- Ben Mitchell - Mathematical Sciences
- Joanna Medawar Nachef - Music
- Linda Olsen - Health Sciences and Athletics
- Sean Patrick - Humanities
- Allison Rafters - Childhood Education
- Selene Torres - Counseling and Student Success
- Tony Tran - Student Development Office
- Pryscilla Truong - Counseling
- Herbert Virula - Student
- Marie Yatman - Fiscal Services
2022
- Michelle L. Arthur - Dual Enrollment / Outreach and School Relations
- Loic Audusseau - Information Technology Services / Administrative Services
- Leyna Bernal - Facilities and Planning Services
- Luis Bonilla – Facilities and Planning Services / Operations
- William Blackwell Jr. - Facilities and Planning Services
- Stephanie Burnham - Humanities / English
- Brigette Carballo - Financial Aid
- Cynthia Cervantes - Childhood Education
- Van Paul Chaney - Behavioral and Social Sciences / Political Science
- Yun Chu - Psychology
- Theresa Clifford - Foundation / Scholarships
- Amanda Colbeck - Counseling / Behavioral and Social Sciences
- Jaymie Collette - Special Resource Center
- Ashley Cubos - Warrior Pantry
- Dennis Lam Dao Castillo - Basic Needs
- Elizabeth Flores - Information Technology Services
- Lester Green - Facilities and Planning Services / Carpenter Shop
- Maribel Hernandez - Counseling and Student Success
- Xocoyotzin Herrera - Ethnic and Social Justice Studies
- Julie Land - Special Resource Center
- Wayne Lee - Facilities and Planning Services
- Monica Lizarraga - Health Sciences and Athletics
- Lindsay Ludwig - International Student Program
- Darcie McClelland – Natural Sciences / Academic Senate
- Julie Meredith - Public Safety / Health Sciences and Athletics
- Leslie Meza - Counseling / Career and Transfer Center
- Pavan Nagpal - Mathematical Sciences
- Ivan Navarro – Facilities and Planning Services
- Charissa Y Penn - Library and Learning Resources
- Hinh Pham - Information Technology Services
- Matthew Ryan - Campus Police
- Ieisha Smith – Counseling and Student Success
- Pryscilla Truong - Counseling and Student Success
- Fernando Vicente – Facilities and Planning Services / Grounds
- Janey L. Young - Childhood Education