CofC Employees Keep Up 'The Cistern Standard'

College of Charleston faculty and staff sure do appreciate one another! And – by the looks of the submissions recognizing CofC employees through The Cistern Standard over the past three months – they’re happy to let their respect for each other be known!

Launched in the fall of 2022, The Cistern Standard is the College’s employee-driven program that allows faculty and staff to use a simple Employee Recognition Form to acknowledge and spotlight their colleagues from across campus who embody and demonstrate the College’s core values: integrity, academic excellence, liberal arts education, respect for the individual, student centeredness, innovation and public mission.

“It’s a way to give employees the power to promote the positive in one another,” says Ed Pope, vice president of the Office of Human Resources. “It just goes to show how much our faculty and staff really do appreciate one another and want to show that appreciation.”

Congratulations all of those staff members – and to all the faculty and staff members listed below (according to core value), who’ve been recognized this quarter (since July). Keep on living up to The Cistern Standard!

Innovation

We act with an entrepreneurial spirit to imagine and implement creative, bold and sustainable solutions in our pursuit of excellence and continuous improvement.  

• Franklin Czwazka – Enterprise Systems Program Analyst, Division of Information Technology
• Lacey Lindsey – Administrative Specialist, Student Health Services
• Taryn Sprankles – Director of CRM Development, Office of Enrollment Information
• Victor Swindell – Project Management Business Consultant/Analyst, Division of Information Technology

Integrity

We take accountability for our actions and adhere to the highest ethical standards in all our professional obligations and personal responsibilities. We demonstrate respect for self, others and place.

• Chris Bond – Associate Director of Student Life for Events and Operations, Office of Student Life

Public Mission

We take action in meeting the educational and professional needs of our community, our state, our nation and the world.

• Jasmin Cooper – Senior AP Analyst, Controller’s Office
• Jayce Espiritu – Accountant/Fiscal Analyst, Controller’s Office
• Michael Johnston – Lab Technician, School of Natural and Environmental Science
• Bonnie Lui – Accounts Payable Supervisor, Controller’s Office
• Victor Swindell – Project Management Business Consultant/Analyst, Division of Information Technology

Student Centeredness

We illustrate dedication to nurturing thriving scholar-citizens through the intellectual, ethical and social development of each individual student. We exhibit behavior that conveys commitment to student success. 

• Lancie Affonso – Senior Instructor, Department of Computer Science
• Stephanie Auwaerter – Director of Orientation, Office of New Student Programs
• Marissa Gates – Residence Hall Director, Department of Residence Life
• Kenyatta Grimmage – Associate Director of Access Initiatives and Pre-College, Office of Admissions
• Scott Howard – Director of Student Employment Programs, Career Center
• Christopher Korey – Associate Provost for Student Success, Provost’s Office
• Maura Woods – Associate Director for Career Development, Career Center

To see more people who’ve been recognized through The Cistern Standard in the past year, check out these posts from July 2025, March 2025, December 2024 and September 2024.

Do one or more of your colleagues demonstrate one or more of the College’s seven core values described above? Recognize them through The Cistern Standard! The form is available on the human resources website.