ESCANABA – Vicki DeGrand has been recognized for her work at Bay College with the quarterly TORCH Award, college officials announced.

“Vicki is the advancement specialist at Bay College. She has been a dedicated employee since the time she began in her position. Her position in the College Advancement Office requires a high level of skills, confidentiality, and knowledge, while being a team player in the department. During the short time she has been at Bay College, she has balanced all the duties of golf events, Gala’s on two campuses, employee campaigns, Annual Awards dinner, and many more duties than could be named. She is helpful to all the staff and faculty, as well as the public, which just seems natural to her. She excels at all that she does.”

TORCH stands for: Team Player; Outstanding Performance; Responsive to Others; Conscientious to Mission of Bay; Helpful to All.

For one of these areas, or for one specific event or circumstance, please summarize how your nominee has shown the identified characteristic(s) while performing their job and, if applicable, how did their actions/attitude impact your job area.

This award is given to one employee on a quarterly basis. Nominations will be accepted from employees, students and the community.