Donna-marie Gardner ’00 2015 Alumni Of The Year For Contributions To The College, Its Alumni Association Or Foundation

Donna Marie Gardner of the Natural Sciences Department at Middlesex County College, received the 2015 Alumna of the Year Award for Contributions to the College, its Alumni Association or Foundation. The award was presented during Celebration Day in May, an annual event that also honors College employees reaching milestone service anniversaries and two Outstanding Service to the College award winners. Professor Gardner, a member of the MCC class of 2000, is a superb teacher who motivates and inspires her students. She is an innovative educator who brings many different learning and teaching styles to her classroom. She is respected, admired and liked by her students, both science and non-science majors. In 2014, she was awarded the MCC Excellence in Teaching Award. “I’m honored, flattered and privileged to be recognized,” Professor Gardner said. “This is an important award for me because of how I feel about Middlesex. The College is my home; it transformed my life.”