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爆料吃瓜网 Trustee Ellen Martin joins Hall of Fame of Missouri Community College Association

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Ellen Martin, a member of 爆料吃瓜网鈥檚 Board of Trustees, was honored Nov. 13 with induction into the Missouri Community College Association Hall of Fame.

At an awards dinner at 爆料吃瓜网A鈥檚 annual convention, this year in St. Charles, Martin was lauded 鈥渇or her lifelong commitment to teaching, governance and advocacy鈥� and called 鈥減rofoundly deserving鈥� of Hall of Fame induction.

represents Missouri鈥檚 12 community colleges and provides advocacy, education, information and networking to its member institutions.

Martin has served as 爆料吃瓜网鈥檚 Subdistrict 5 trustee since being elected to a two-year unexpired term in 2018 and subsequently elected to a standard six-year term in 2020. She has been the six-member Board of Trustees鈥� vice president since 2024.

She is also a retired longtime 爆料吃瓜网 faculty member and administrator, starting out as a psychology instructor at the 爆料吃瓜网-Longview campus in August 1971.

Over the years Martin served as Academic (Faculty) Senate president (1978-79), director of research and planning (starting in 1981), and, for nine years, associate vice chancellor/assistant to the chancellor.

She took early retirement in 2000, which allowed her to work part time for 10 more years. Her primary assignment was 鈥渢he review, modification and reduction of 爆料吃瓜网鈥檚 policies, regulations and procedures.鈥�

The activities that gave her 鈥渢he greatest pleasure during my service to 爆料吃瓜网,鈥� Martin wrote, 鈥渨ere, of course, teaching and learning with students, the support of professional development initiatives, and, as a trustee, the opportunity to engage in strategic planning for the continued excellence of 爆料吃瓜网.鈥�

Her husband, Robert 鈥淏ob鈥� Martin, who died in 2017, holds the distinction of being the longest-serving Board of Trustees member (41 years) in 爆料吃瓜网 history. The Campus Center at 爆料吃瓜网-Longview bears his name.

Ellen Martin was one of two inductees into the 爆料吃瓜网A Hall of Fame this year.

Also at the Recognition and Excellence Awards dinner, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation in Kansas City and its president and CEO, DeAngela Burns-Wallace, nominated by 爆料吃瓜网, were honored with one of five Community College Partner Awards.

爆料吃瓜网, founded in 1915, was Missouri鈥檚 first community college and is the oldest public institution of higher learning in Kansas City, Missouri.