SFCC has many talented faculty and staff who believe personal attention and innovative teaching techniques are the best way to reach students and address their personal educational goals.
Since 1988, the Student Government Association each year has recognized and honored a full-time faculty member who exhibits excellent teaching skills and dedication to student success. The award now also includes adjunct faculty and staff.
Each year the student body nominates and recognizes a full-time faculty member, an adjunct faculty member and a staff member for their excellence in teaching and support of SFCC students.
2023 Winners
State Fair Community College announced in April the 2023 Instructor, Adjunct and Staff Member of the Year recipients. From left, Taylor Stevenson, Staff Member of the Year; Shannon Kammerlohr, Adjunct Instructor of the Year, and Kayla Allison, Instructor of the Year.
Kayla Allison is SFCC’s 2023 Instructor of the Year. Allison is a Practical Nursing coordinator and instructor. She started at SFCC in 2014 as an instructor and became the Practical Nursing coordinator in 2022. Allison has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Central Methodist University.
Students who nominated Allison shared that she is the ideal instructor to teach at SFCC. She works tirelessly to provide students with the best education possible, comes in early and stays late to work with students, and is dedicated to their success.
The other finalists for Instructor of the Year were Meghan McClellan, art instructor and Danielle Dace, biology instructor.
Shannon Kammerlohr is SFCC’s 2023 Adjunct Instructor of the Year. Kammerlohr teaches English and started at SFCC in 2020. Kammerlohr has a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts.
Students nominated Kammerlohr for his genuine care for students and their success. Comments praised Kammerlohr for engaging and accepting all students and for using videos, podcasts and games to engage students in great discussions and essays. One student said, “I was terrified to start college again at middle age, but it was absolutely the class I needed to be in for my entry back into college.”
The other finalists for Adjunct of the Year were James Gumbel, math instructor, and Lori Broyles, music instructor.
Taylor Stevenson is SFCC’s 2023 Staff of the Year. Stevenson is the TRiO Student Success coach who joined SFCC in 2021 as a testing specialist before accepting her current position in 2022. She graduated from SFCC with an Associate of Arts degree.
Students stated Stevenson is an amazing success coach who makes sure they stay on track in reaching their educational and personal goals. One student said that Stevenson is different from other staff in the way she shows appreciation and concern for students.
The other Staff Member of the Year finalists were Jessica Treece, Dental Hygiene administrative assistant, and Dondi Ramirez, Student Success navigator.
All honorees received plaques, and their photos will be displayed in the Yeater Learning Center lobby on the Sedalia campus. They will wear a special sash and lead the procession of faculty and staff at commencement May 19.
Past Winners
Instructor | Adjunct | Staff | |
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2022 | Danielle Beumer | Dondi Ramirez | Maddie Stephan |
2021 | Kelsey Glasssmaker | Jennifer Jackson | Danika Doyle |
2020 | Jack Lee Hayes | Robin Blackburn | Dana Goosen |
2019 | Tawnya Blades-Reed | Rosemarie Hartner | Macheznie Craig |
2018 | Brad Driskill | Jessica Wingerter | Lindy Johnson |
2017 | Kaley Hobbs | Becky Arbisi | Alexandr Bliskavka |
2016 | Jack Hayes | Kim Rimel | Danika Doyle |
2015 | Lisa Shoemaker | Dondi Ramirez | Janice Ganther |
2014 | Randy Crawshaw | Stacie Wild | Polly Grapes |
2013 | Kevin Haulotte | Dan Page | Michele Hunolt |
2012 | Lisa Adams | John Chappell | Julie Crawshaw |
2011 | Rick McBride | William Callahan | Joe Gilgour |
2010 | Dr. LaRoy Brandt | Dixie Klement | Stacey Klein |
2009 | Steve Galloway | Jenny Pedersen | |
2008 | Erin Kaufman | Tara Wirt | |
2007 | Jim Page | George Shelley | |
2006 | Rena Galloway | ||
2005 | Jodi (Stucker) Fudge | ||
2004 | Doug Strauss | ||
2003 | Carol Schibi | ||
2002 | Leora Bremer | ||
2001 | Connie Lamm | ||
2000 | Modene Murphy | ||
1999 | Cindy McClain | ||
1998 | Rhonda Chalfant | ||
1997 | Lydia Paul | ||
1996 | Anne Homan | ||
1995 | Jerrie Jones | ||
1994 | Joyce Foster | ||
1993 | Laura Taylor | ||
1992 | Barbara Schulz | ||
1991 | Keith Swanson | ||
1990 | Don Lamm | ||
1989 | Debbie Noland | ||
1988 | Ron Wineinger |