[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 185 (Wednesday, December 10, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2364-E2365]
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                   IN HONOR OF DR. CORNELIA N. WINNER

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                         HON. MICHAEL N. CASTLE

                              of delaware

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 10, 2008

  Mr. CASTLE. Madam Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise 
today to recognize Dr. Cornelia N. ``Connie'' Winner. In December 2008, 
Dr. Winner will retire after thirty-six years of service to Delaware 
Technical & Community College.
  Dr. Winner's involvement with the college began in 1972, when she 
took a position at the Wilmington Campus as an instructor in the 
Secretarial Technology Department. Just eight years later, Dr. Winner 
became Chairperson of the campus Technology Department. In 1985, she 
was made Assistant Dean of Instruction of the Stanton/Wilmington 
Campus. During the remainder of her time at Delaware Tech, Dr.

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Winner served as Dean of Instruction, Acting Assistant Campus Director, 
and now as Acting Vice President of Academic Affairs at the Terry 
Campus in Dover and Assistant Campus Director at Wilmington/Stanton.
  In all of these roles, from faculty member to administrative leader, 
Dr. Winner has proved an invaluable member of the Delaware Tech family. 
She played an instrumental role in establishing and promoting that 
mindset for which Delaware Tech has become known and that has helped 
the organization thrive into the statewide institution that it is 
today: ``focused on excellence, but never ignoring the individual''. 
Dr. Winner never lost sight of the educators' primary mission to serve 
and mentor students in order that they may become successful 
individuals. It is this selfless dedication that has come to define the 
character of Dr. Connie Winner in the minds of her colleagues and 
students at Delaware Tech.
  Once again, I commend Dr. Connie Winner on nearly four decades of 
exemplary service to Delaware Technical & Community College. While I am 
sure that her caring spirit will be missed in the halls of the 
campuses, I am confident that she will remain an active and influential 
member of the Delaware community.

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