Joe McQueen|The Pueblo Chieftain

Pueblo Community College has named four of itsstaff the school's 2020 employees of the year.

The faculty were given the award during PCC's virtual spring semester kickoff event. According to a news release, they were selected based on their professional excellence.

"I'm very appreciative and honored. My colleagues are the ones who nominated me for the award. It's really just an amazing group of people I work with," PCC academic excellence administrator Bonnie Housh, one of the award recipients, said. "Everybody helps everyone, it's been a good run."

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Housh has worked at PCC for30 years, 22 of them as a part-time instructor in the science department. She said she enjoyed teaching during her time as a part-time instructor since her schedule worked out with raising a family.

"When you see the lightbulb go on for students when you're explaining anatomy and physiology and when they understand what you're talking about, that's just a great feeling," she said.

Health information technology program coordinator and faculty memberMarianne Horvath also was named an employee of the year. She has been with PCC for four years and received the award for her dedication to student success.

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"It's a really amazing honor and certainly something I did not expect. Getting this award is kind of unbelievable," Horvath said.

She said she enjoys everything about the school andhow everyone rallies around the students to provide them the best education.

"Providing top-notch current content that they need to know to be successful in the workforce. PCC has assembled an arsenal of tools to help students with just about any need that comes up," she said.

The other award recipients included administrative assistant for Pueblo Corporate College Debbie Clement and mathematics instructor Nancy Hunt.

Chieftain Education Reporter Joe McQueen can be reached at jmcqueen@gannett.com or on Twitter @jmcqueennews

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