Coffeyville Community College (CCC) will honor Lue Barndollar at the annual Distinguished Alumni and Friends Banquet on Friday, Oct. 15. Barndollar has bachelors and masters degrees in English and an Education Specialist degree in community college education. She has been a Red Raven since joining the college in 1978 as an English instructor. During her tenure at CCC, Barndollar worked as the Honors Program Coordinator, Division Chair, Academic Challenge Coach, Humanities Tour Leader and a grant coordinator. Her work in the classroom has been recognized in a number of ways. She was CCC’s first faculty member to earn the Distinguished Professor award in 1985. She was the recipient of an Award for Teaching Excellence from the International Institute for Staff and Organization Development (NISOD), in Austin, TX, and was named the Coffeyville Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Educator in Higher Education. An active volunteer in the Coffeyville community, Barndollar currently serves on the Coffeyville Community College Board of Trustees, the Coffeyville College Foundation Board, the Coffeyville Historical Society and the Friends of the Brown Mansion. At various times she has served as a Sunday school teacher, Camp Fire Leader, Cub Scout Den Mother, PTA Picture Lady, Red Cross Water-Safety Instructor and as a trustee of the Coffeyville Public Library. Barndollar has several published works related to Coffeyville history. She is the author of A History of the Coffeyville Public Library: 1887-1987 (1987), An Analysis of the Characteristics of Coffeyville Community College Students Compared with the Characteristics of Community College Students Throughout the Nation (1990), and What Really Happened on October 5, 1892: An Attempt at an Accurate Account of the Dalton Gang and Coffeyville (1992). Barndollar joins 25 other alumni and CCC friends who have been recognized through the Distinguished Alumni and Friends Award.