Connie Galvin

"I am humbled and honored to be selected to receive this award," said Galvin. "This is not something I would ever have expected."

Galvin joined the staff at Delta-Montrose Technical College as a part-time instructor in the business program in January 2007. She later became the coordinator and full-time instructor for that program.

Galvin strongly believes in the value of education and the importance of helping each student achieve the skills he or she needs to be a success not only in school, but in life. In addition to teaching students the specific job skills required in administrative support, graphic arts and bookkeeping, she consistently teaches her students to be professionals by demonstrating professionalism in all her interactions with students, co-workers, and supervisors.

Galvin is a fervent supporter of career and technical education at Delta-Montrose Technical College. She took a computer course at DMTC in the 1990s, after moving here from Summit County. She enjoyed the course so much and was so excited about learning that she enrolled in what was then Mesa State College and earned a BA in management with a minor in graphic arts.

Along with her formal education in management, Galvin also has many years of experience in management. She was an assistant manager at a large plant nursery; advertising and production manager for a small weekly newspaper and classified paper; managed a pizza place; and was production manager at a production bakery in Copper Mountain. This extensive background in management has proven a valuable skill in the classroom.

When Galvin is not teaching, she can be found involved in activities that allow her to live a self-sufficient, sustainable lif-style. She gardens and cans the produce from her own garden as well as area orchards. She is also an avid mushroom hunter and has developed extensive guides for the safe selection and preparation of wild mushrooms, particularly those in the vicinity of the Grand Mesa. In her free time she likes to make quilts and raise orchids.

Galvin is originally from Michigan and lived there until she moved to Colorado in 1981. She is married to Jose Guadalupe Ramirez Pantoja. Galvin has two grown children. Kyle is a chef intern at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs and Alexis is a personal trainer in Glenwood Springs.