AAWCC-Oregon Annual Awards
2010 Carolyn DesJardins Leadership Award Winner: Dawn DeWolf

DesJardin Leadership Award Winners:,
Jan Woodcock (2009) & Dawn DeWolf (2010)
Dawn DeWolf was honored with the 2010 Carolyn DesJardins Leadership Award at this year’s fall conference. The award is given to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding leadership and made a significant contribution to community colleges.
DeWolf is the Dean of Adult Basic and Secondary Education and Workforce Development at Lane Community College. Prior to joining Lane in 2003, she directed the Basic Skills Development program at Oregon Coast Community College.
She is a current member of Lane’s local AAWCC chapter and the Vice President for Professional Development on the national AAWCC board. She served on the board of directors of the Oregon chapter of AAWCC for 10 years as the vice president of membership, president-elect, president, and past-president. DeWolf has a bachelor’s in rehabilitation counseling from Eastern Montana College and master’s in education from Oregon State University.
View the previous winners of this prestigous award.
Previous Recipients
- 2009 DesJardins Award: Jan Woodcock
- 2008 DesJardins Award: Cherie Maas-Anderson
- 2007 DesJardins Award: Julie Huckestein
- 2006 DesJardins Award: Angela McMahon
- 2005 DesJardins Award: Carol Schaafsma
- 2004 DesJardins Award: Nan Poppe
- 2003 DesJardins Award: Gretchen Schuette
- 2002 DesJardins Award: Shirley Anderson
2010 AAWCC Excellence Award Winners
- Sue Owens, Tillamook Bay CC
- Becky Washington, Portland CC
- Victoria Sawyer, Umpqua CC
- Barbara Cowlishaw, Chemeketa CC
- Alice Sperling, Linn-Benton CC
View the previous winners of the Community College Excellence Award..
Previous Recipients
2009
- Theresa Bosworth - Blue Mt.
- Rita Blaisdell - Chemeketa
- Joanne Truesdell - Clackamas
- Susan Wolff - Columbia Gorge
- Ginger Peterson - Linn Benton
- Karen Reynolds - Mt. Hood
- Karen Sorensen - Portland
- Sharon Smith - Rogue
- Dora Daniels - Southwestern Oregon
- Dr. Lori Gates - Tillamook Bay
- Nancy Nowak - Umpqua
2007
- Jill Ward - Chemeketa
- Karen Carter - Columbia Gorge
- Phoebe Anderson - Lane
- Joanne Apter - Linn-Benton
- Linda Neumann - Mount Hood
- Linda Gerber - Portland
- Michelle Bergman - Umpqua
2008
- Valerie Ziegler - Linn-Benton
- Donna Zmolek - Lane
- Kimberly Hutchinson - Mt. Hood
- Pam Shields - Mt. Hood
- Cherie Maas-Anderson - Portland
- Denise Caldwell - Rogue
- Dr. Jim Sorensen - Treasure Valley