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IVCC counselor Loveland wins Support Staff Distinguished Service Award · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: IVCC Councilor Loveland wins Support Staff Distinguished Service Award. Written
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  by Kate Santalon, This article is being read by an
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  automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Illinois Valley Community
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  College named Projects Success Counselor Assaret Loveland as the recipient
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  of the Connie Zierzinsky Skirston Memorial Award for Support Staff
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  Distinguished Service. Loveland and nominees Danielle Bell, Doris Burke, Miguel Heremascio,
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  Luke Olivero, Kelly Shann, and Aaron Templeton were recognized at
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  the college's annual employee recognition event Thursday, April sixteenth. Illinois
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  Valley Community College colleague Diane Scoma drew on Loveland's co
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  workers and students. She counsels to illustrate a compassionate and
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  driven personality who energizes and uplifts students and colleagues. In
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  her nomination. Loveland is an Illinois Valley Community College graduate
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  and earned a master's in College Student Counseling and Personnel Services.
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  She's joined the college's Admissions and Records department staff in
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  twenty fifteen and a Project's Success counselor in twenty twenty three.
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  Both roles let me connect with students to help them
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  feel excited about their futures. Those interactions energize me and
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  remind me how meaningful it is to play even a
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  small part in their college journey by supporting and empowering them.
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  I did not always have that level of guidance in
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  high school, and I understand how impactful that support can be,
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  Loveland said in a news release. Loveland briefly met Skirsten
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  while interning at the college and remembers her energetic spirit
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  and can do attitude. I like to think she left
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  that energy behind for others to carry forward. I feel
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  incredibly fortunate to have stepped into a role shaped by
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  her impact, and it means a great deal to be
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  recognized in a way that continues her legacy, Loveland also
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  said in the news release. Schomer wrote that students are
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  naturally drawn to Loveland, who looks for ways to build
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  connections in team spirit and to elevate others. She is
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  equally comfortable stepping forward to lead when needed, or stepping
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  back to allow others to shine. A student said Loveland's
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  down to earth attitude and compassionate nature have made her
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  an anchor for me Quentin Overacker. Loveland's former admissions department
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  supervisor said Loveland led the creation of enrollment, transfer and
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  orientation activities and credited her with transforming student engagement. Loveland
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  is a member of the college's Hispanic Leadership Team and
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  Project's Success Leadership Team. She also is part of the
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  Illinois Valley Hispanic Partnership Council, NCI Artworks, and the Birth
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  to Five Council. This is the twenty sixth year of
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  the Support Staff Distinguished Service Award, which was renamed in
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  honor of the late Kanyie Zerzinsky. Skirsten, Assistant Director of
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  Admissions and Records,