Genesee Community College has named Lauren Cummings its February Employee of the Month. She s a highly motivated employee working to enhance the effectiveness and profile of The BEST Center.
She has led the center's goal of developing a fresh, new Web site and online presence and she was a key team member in creating the center's new promotional brochure and online program flier.
Cummings has helped increase efficiencies in processing registrations and payments by working closely with the Records and Business office staff members. Following the resignation of one of the center's staff members, she willingly took on extra duties to assist in keeping contract programs running smoothly. She was also instrumental in training and orienting the new person hired to fill the position. Her strong technical and customer service skills help keep The BEST Center's partners and clients engaged.
Cummings began working at Genesee in 2005 on a part-time basis as a clerk typist in the Human Communications and Behavior department and then in the Arts Department. In June 2007, she became a business training specialist in The BEST Center. As a business training specialist, Lauren provides administrative and technical support for the workforce and economic development effort in the GLOW region.
She coordinates and schedules all noncredit courses, creates and updates courses in the college's Banner system, updates and maintains The BEST Center Web site and social media sites. She also develops new, and supervises current, online training program opportunities. In addition, she coordinates and administers the Microsoft Office specialist testing center.
She assists The BEST Center Director Ray Chaya with the Academic Skill Builder program at the Albion Correctional Facility. Through this program, The BEST Center offers evening noncredit classes exploring a variety of high interest academic disciplines in the Albion Correctional Facility. The classes are designed to keep inmates current, informed and better prepared to achieve in future academic or vocational programs.
A resident of Batavia, Lauren earned an associate's degree from Genesee and then transferred on to SUNY Brockport where she earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration. She is married to Patrick Cummings and is the daughter of Jim and Marilyn Dickinson and sister to Marissa Dickinson Benzing. When not working, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends.
