Professional Staff Organization
The Professional Staff Organization (PSO) exists to represent the interests of all professional staff at LC State. The PSO works with a variety of campus components in an effort to improve personnel and program management, morale, customer service, working conditions, compensation, ethical practices, and overall productivity.
Membership is automatic for all professional staff employees. Members sit on a variety of committees to represent the College on matters relative to the above.
Regular Membership Meetings
Fall 2024
- September 17
- October 23
- December 5
Spring 2025
- February 3
- March - off
- April 30
*Teams links meetings also included in calendar invitations
Please contact Digital Communications Officer at pso@lcsc.edu, if you did not receive the email or need the links resent.
- Increase PSO membership participation
- Strengthen community within PSO and mentorship/mentee opportunities
- Increase awareness of employee benefits
The Professional Staff Employee of the Year should be someone who exhibits the qualities of commitment, collegiality, teamwork, and community involvement. Candidates must have worked for at least two years in an exempt position and have not been selected for the last five years.
The following employees represent the last five years of PSO Employees of the Year:
2025: Michelle McClure, Advisor, Advising Center
2024: Debra Lybyer, Senior Director, Academic Advising
2023: Tiffany Pilon, Program Advisor, Nursing & Health Sciences
2022: Alaina Porquis, Program Assistant, Teacher Education & Mathematics Division
2021: Loralee Ohrtman, Stockroom Manager, Natural Sciences & Mathematics Division
2020: Dawn Lesperance, Director of e-Learning, Disability Services, and the Testing Center