The Ventura College Academic Senate bestows four awards in the spring of each academic year. These are awards given by faculty and to faculty in the following four areas: Service to Students, Service to Faculty, Service to College and Service to Community. Unfortunately, the Senate records are incomplete. Here is the most up-to-date list of past awardees:
| Year | Service to Students | Service to Faculty | Service to College | Service to Community |
| 2021 | Rubisela Gamboa | Colleen Coffey & Kammy Algiers | Kelly Peinado | Dan Walsh |
| 2020 | Brent Wilson | Gema Sanchez & Maria Flores | Eric Martinsen | Gigi Fiumerodo |
| 2016 | Corinna McKoy | Stacy Sloan-Graham | Roxanne Forde | Larry Barratte |
| 2015 | Philip Clinton | Sharon Beynon | Tania DeClerck | Mayo De La Rocha |
| 2014 | Raeann Koerner | Andrea Horigan | Alex Kolesnik |
Kim Karkos & Robert Porter (Tie) |
| 2013 | Joy Kobayashi | Debbie Newcomb | Sharon Beynon |
Judy Garey & Sandy Melton (Tie) |
| 2012 | Ted Prell | Cari Lange |
Casey Mansfield & Mark Pauley (Tie) |
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| 2011 | Bob Arce |
P. Scott Corbett & Ty Gardner (Tie) |
Michael Callahan | Simon Waltzer |
| 2010 | Steve Turner | Ollie D. Powers | Jeff Ferguson | E. Burns Taft |
| 2009 | Robert Chaparro | Gigi Fiumerodo | Bill Budke | Ned Mircetic |
| 2008 | Lucy Capuano | Raeann Koerner | Becky Hull | Bob Lawson |
| 2007 | Farzeen Nasri | Bob Porter | Steve Palladino | Luke Hall |
| 2006 | Peter H. Sezzi | Mayo de la Rocha | Michael Hale | Terry Morris |
In the years listed below, the faculty whose names appear were given awards but it is unknown in which categories the awards were bestowed. The names are therefore presented in alphabetical order:
2005: David Breslin, Harry Korn, Lauri Moore, Carol Weinstock
2004: E. Burns Taft, Bill Thieman, Hiroko Yoshimoto
Ventura College Academic Senate President Award for Merit:
The awarding of the Ventura College Academic Senate President Award for Merit is determined solely by the Academic Senate President and may be awarded to any individual regardless of position/classification/site location within the District. With the approval of the VC Academic Senate Standard Operating Procedures in 2013, this award was established.
2021: Sharon Oxford, Ali Olson-Pacheco, and Matthew Moore
2020: Sharon Oxford, Ali Olson-Pacheco, and Matthew Moore
2016: Colleen Coffey
2013: Paula Munoz