Bakersfield College recognizes teachers for excellence.
Two awards were given out to BC faculty.
One was the Margaret Levinson College Leadership Award and the other one was the Shirley Trembley’s Distinguished Teaching Award.
The Margaret Levinson College Leadership Award recognizes a member of the college faculty or administration with more than 10 years of service. This person would have demonstrated a high quality of leadership.
This award was given to John Gerhold, a music teacher at BC.
Dr. Ron Kean nominated Gerhold.
“Winning this award felt great,” said Gerhold.
“The best thing really was the day the award was announced my good friend Dr. Ron Kean, chair of the music department, told the whole college how great he thought I was.”
Gerhold has been a part of the BC faculty since 1994.
“If there is anything I can do to help BC, I want to do it. I want BC to be the best it can be,” Gerhold said.
The Shirley Trembley’s Distinguished Teaching Award is given to BC faculty who exemplify outstanding teaching and service to discipline. These are full-time faculty members who have been teaching at BC for more than 10 years.
The co-recipients of this award were Randal Beeman and Rebecca Head.
Beeman, a history teacher, was nominated by colleague Jack Brigham for his excellence in education and outstanding methods of helping students.
Beeman has been a member of the BC faculty since 1996.
Mike Moretti and Donna Starr nominated Head, a mathematics teacher, for her dedication to students that reminded them of Trembley’s attitude toward teaching.
Head has been a member of the BC faculty since 1990 and a full-time member since 1996.
“Winning this award was overwhelming because I was honored by students, administration and colleagues,” said Head.