Sterling Silver Award
Sarah Martin
Senior Administrative Assistant
Workforce Training and Community Education
Employee of the Month
“It is with great privilege to nominate Sarah Martin for the prestigious Sterling Silver award. Sarah believes in celebrating the success of others. She initiated the idea to introduce cow bells to celebrate students when they passed their nursing assistant credentialing exam. Celebrating others soon became a key part of our culture at the Workforce Training Center due to Sarah’s inspiring example. Sarah possesses excellent problem solving and project management skills. She has worked collaboratively with others to streamline operational processes that best serve instructors, staff, and students. Sarah is kind and encouraging to all of her team mates and is the first to offer assistance. Sarah’s passion and commitment to the success of others inspires me every day. Thank you for your consideration in presenting Sarah with this well-deserved award.”
Dotty Herberer, Health Professions Coordinator – Workforce Training and Community Education
“I am very pleased to nominate an outstanding NIC staff member, Sarah Martin from the Workforce Training Center. Sarah serves as the Sr. Administrative Assistant to Health Professions. Let’s just say …. Sarah is AMAZING!! She stepped into our NIC-WFTC family as our frontline Customer Service Representative at a time of transition and tremendous growth. She jumped in with and both feet and rejuvenated the way we serve our students and community. Moving to the Health Professions Division, Sarah continues to shine as she works tirelessly serving hundreds of students. Sarah is an amazing team member who ALWAYS actively participates in initiatives/projects to improve our students’ experience in addition to her numerous duties in the Health Professions Division. She actively participates on campus serving as Secretary of Staff Assembly. Sarah never shies away from a challenge and demonstrates true servant leadership through her many collaborative efforts. Sarah has taken on the huge task of developing and piloting a transition to paperless processing at the WFTC. This has been a daunting task that will benefit our students immensely in addition to streamlining our entire center! This project will benefit every department within the NIC Workforce Training Center! We are all VERY grateful for her work and dedication to this project!! She has completely ROCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK!! Through Sarah’s tremendous work ethic, leadership, and quest for continuous improvement, she has excelled in every role she has held at the WFTC. She is a Joy to work with! She truly has a passion to serve our students and community! I appreciate your consideration of this nomination.”
Colleen Hoffman, Customized Training Coordinator – Workforce Training and Community Education
“Sarah Martin is an excellent choice for the Sterling Silver Award. When I think of all of the qualities that make up a great employee, Sarah possess them all. She is incredibly intelligent, creative, driven, and is always open to feedback and coaching. However, the reason that I nominated her for this honor is because of how much she cares about the success of WFTC and its students. Recently, Sarah called all of the students within a cancelled CNA course to inform them of the cancellation. What impressed me most about how Sarah handled this situation was that she also communicated the cancellation with the customer service team so that they would be prepared to provide the best assistance to students who were looking to reschedule. This example shows initiative, leadership, foresight, and, most importantly, a desire to provide the best service possible to students. While seemingly small, this example is representative of how Sarah operates on a daily basis within our office. It also illustrates how lucky we are to have her as part of our WFTC team.”
Andy Ruppel, Business Operations Manager – Workforce Training and Community Education
“I would like to nominate Sarah Martin for the Sterling Silver Award. I have had the pleasure of working with her as part of the Staff Assembly Executive Committee. She has proven to be an excellent leader. She stepped up to help coordinate a group for admins -- a group that will help connect admins together and provide much needed support and sharing of information. Sarah has also done a great job of taking the minutes during Staff Assembly. Keeping record of our meetings is a very important task that Sarah does with enthusiasm and accuracy. She is also always willing to go the extra mile and help out wherever the need is. It is great to work with someone who is happy and enjoys helping students and her coworkers. Her enthusiasm for NIC is contagious, we are lucky to have her on our team.”
Cathy Sparks, Assistant to the Dean of General Studies – Office of Instruction
“It is with great pleasure that I recommend Sarah Martin for the Sterling Silver Award. I have worked with Sarah for a few years now and have found her extremely knowledgeable, a team player, and someone who is always ready to jump in whenever and wherever needed. Her leadership is reflected in her passion for student success, the success of Health Professions programs, and the success of the Workforce Training Center as a whole. I have seen Sarah, on numerous occasions, willing to fill the call for a volunteer if it will help someone or a cause. She is efficient, helpful, and everything she does is with a smile. She exhibits exceptional results in everything she touches. Sarah Martin is the perfect choice for a Sterling Silver Award.”
Dianne Holbart, Assistant to the Dean – Career and Technical Education and Student Services Office
“Sarah Martin is a rockstar! I’ve gotten to know her over the last year working in Staff Assembly. It’s such a relief knowing that I can always count on her to send out meeting notices, set up agendas, mark calendars, record the minutes from the meetings, and a million other duties that she has taken on in addition to her normal workload. She’s dependable, works hard, skilled, and always has a fantastic attitude. I can’t think of anyone more deserving of the Sterling Silver Award!”
Tom Greene, Communications Coordinator
