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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThese teammates were nominated by their peers, recommended by their Provosts and Vice Chancellors and chosen as faculty and staff who model excellence in our college every day,\u201d said Reeser. \u201cTheir caring and dedicated efforts embolden us all to make a difference in the success of our teams and the lives of our students.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pruett has been with TSTC for two years and has extensive experience in the area of higher education.<\/p>\n
Before coming to TSTC she worked at the Baylor College of Medicine campus in Houston for 17 years in the Office of Admissions and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.<\/p>\n
She left higher education to work in the oil and gas industry only to be laid off after 11 years, but her passion and love for students and higher education never diminished.<\/p>\n
\u201cI enjoy working with students, getting them into college and seeing them succeed,\u201d said Pruett. \u201cSo when I saw TSTC was opening in our area I jumped at the opportunities that were available. I wanted to get back into higher education where I belonged.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pruett applied for three different positions before receiving a job offer for her current position. She meets with prospective students daily and assists them with the application process to enroll at TSTC.<\/p>\n
Pruett\u2019s supervisor and TSTC\u2019s Executive Director of Admissions Vanessa Vasquez said she was not surprised at all by Pruett\u2019s recognition.<\/p>\n
\u201cMelanie brings so much positivity and energy to our team,\u201d she said. \u201cShe is always going above and beyond her call of duty and has the best customer service. She treats everyone like they\u2019re her family.\u201d<\/p>\n
Vasquez, who has worked with Pruett for two years, added that Pruett\u2019s contributions to the team have not gone unnoticed.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew since I first met Melanie that she would excel in her position and would someday be rewarded for her hard work and dedication to the college, its students and employees,\u201d she said. \u201cYou can always count on her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pruett said that the exciting part of her job is meeting new people and building relationships and good rapport with the students she works with.<\/p>\n
\u201cMany of the students I meet end up coming back to chit chat or for advice,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s exciting to see them grow.\u201d<\/p>\n
The award recipient said she would like to give a big thanks to those who nominated her.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s great to be recognized for your hard work and for who you are,\u201d she said. \u201cI have a great team and I am truly honored to know that they appreciate what I do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pruett said she hopes to continue growing with TSTC and working hard for its prospective and current students.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love TSTC. I can honestly say that this was the best choice I ever made,\u201d she said. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m making a difference in the lives of others and to me that is so rewarding.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pruett will join the 15 other Chancellor\u2019s Excellence Award recipients in May at the NISOD dinner and celebration in Austin where they will receive their awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(FORT BEND) – When the Texas State Technical College Chancellor\u2019s Excellence Award recipient list came out, Melanie Pruett could not believe she was reading her name. \u201cI was shocked and surprised. I never thought something like this could happen to me,\u201d said the TSTC enrollment specialist. TSTC Chancellor Mike Reeser selects faculty and staff for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fort-bend"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2726,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2724\/revisions\/2726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}