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| DECEMBER 28, 2005 |
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CROSSVILLE CAREER CENTER STAFF HONORED
Feds and State Honor Excellence and Improvements
NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development has honored several staff and partners across the state for their innovation and initiative in providing career services to veterans. Federal law requires performance awards to encourage the improvement and modernization of employment, training and placement services for veterans and to recognize eligible employees for excellence in the provision of such services or for having made demonstrable improvements in the provision of services to veterans.
In Crossville, several staff members and partners at the Crossville Career Center were recognized at a ceremony held in Nashville December 20th. Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner James Neeley presented certificates to Delois Randolph, Carol Caruthers, Kara Vanhoy and Sue Taylor with the East Tennessee Human Resource Agency ; and also to Pat Kerley , Linda McGraw, Rebecca Beverly, Sharon Kreis and Dick Hyder, employees of the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development (TDLWD). Alexander Horony also of the TDLWD was individually recognized.
Neeley commented at the ceremony in Nashville, “This honor is about the cooperation of Labor & Workforce Development staff and our partners in the Tennessee Career Centers across the state. We anticipate this recognition will spur staff members toward their quest for attaining veterans’ significant employment.”
The staff honored at the ceremony were singled out for the following criteria: priority of service to qualified veterans and other eligible persons; fostering an environment of teamwork and cooperation in the local office; initiative in efforts to assist hard-to-place (homeless, recently separated, disabled, minority, and female veterans) populations; improving the system with performance; reduction in time or cost; and promoting collaboration in support of employment and training opportunities.
A total of 44 people from across the state were honored at the ceremony held in Nashville. The following is a complete list of honorees.
Tennessee Veterans Staff Honored |
Middle Tennessee
Middle Tennessee Career Center,
Rutherford County
Wilson County |
Harold Moore
Patricia Whitmore
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Middle Tennessee Career Center,
Nashville South |
Glenda Holmes, George Avitua
Rick Esmonde, Debby Grimes,
Charlie Hawkins, Sulameta Jones
Blantie Mills, Joyce Munford
Lucy Spencer, Theo Stokes
Laura Wellington, Deborah Whittaker
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Clarksville
Clarksville/Montgomery County
Career Center |
Robert Shepard |
Workforce Essentials, Inc. |
David Keese |
Crossville
East TN Human Resource
Agency |
Delois Randolph, Carol Caruthers, Kara Vanhoy, Sue Taylor |
Crossville Career Center |
Pat Kerley, Linda McGraw, Rebecca Beverly, Sharon Keis, Dick Hyder |
Cookeville
Upper Cumberland Career Center |
Alexander Horony |
Chattanooga
Southeast Career Center Chattanooga |
Cynthia Cox, Chris Cole
Angela Lawrence, Paul Thomas |
Southeast Tennessee Development District |
Deborah Hester, Judy Cate
Pat Davis, Valerie Jennings,
Lynette Smith,
Sherlane Paris
Thophles Williams
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Marion County
Marion County Career County |
Rebecca Jacobs, Richard Butler, Betty Tate, Karen Moss, Lisa Minton, Sue Tipton, Rosanna Stiles |
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