AWC 2017-2018 NISOD Excellence Awards Announced

May 24, 2018

Yuma, AZ (May 24, 2018) –Arizona Western College announces their 2017-2018 NISOD Excellence Award recipients, who will represent AWC at the NISOD Conference this summer. 

Arizona Western College recognizes excellence in teaching at the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development’s, NISOD’s, Annual International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence Banquet.  One Full-Time Continuing or Probational Faculty is honored from each Academic Division: Business and Computer Information Services, Career Technology, Communications, Fine Arts, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Nursing, Science, and Social Sciences, annually.  

  

The Center for Teaching Effectiveness and Professional Development Committee identify three criteria for the NISOD Excellence Faculty Recognition Program:

·Excellence in Teaching

·Commitment to Students

·Demonstrated Collegial Support within Division

From October 9-14, 2017, Full-time Faculty participated in an election within their respective Divisions for NISOD Excellence Division Faculty.  Honorees were visited by CTE (Career Teaching Effectiveness) staff weeks 14-15 of the fall semester and presented with a plaque.  Honorees were presented to their peers at the Spring Start-up All Faculty Meeting, January 12, 2018.  NISOD Excellence Faculty will represent Arizona Western College at the NISOD Annual International Conference in Austin, TX, May 26th-29th, 2018.

Since its inception in 1978, the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) has emphasized the importance of teaching and leadership excellence in institutions of higher education. In 1989, in connection with a University of Texas national study of teaching excellence, NISOD hosted its first ceremony honoring recipients of the NISOD Excellence Award. The response to that ceremony was so positive that NISOD decided to begin what has become a celebratory tradition. Each year, the NISOD Excellence Awards allows for the honoring of the world's best in higher education.

 

The AWC Center for Teaching Effectiveness proudly presents the NISOD Excellence Awards to the following Faculty:

Division of Fine Arts-Angel Luna, Professor of Fine Arts

Division of Modern Language-Amelia Bowdell, Professor of English as a Second Language

Division of Career and Technical Education-Kate Turpin, Professor of Licensed Massage Therapy

Division of Social Sciences-Kenny Dale, Professor of History

Division of Nursing-Tracy MacDonald, Professor of Nursing

Division of Business/Computer Information Systems-Marc Lafond, Professor of Business

 Division of Mathematics-Aman Ghebremicael, Professor of Mathematics 

  Division of Communications-Denise Fregozo, Professor of English

Division of Science-Matthew Smith, Professor of Biology

 

Contact:
Liz Renaud
Professor Early Childhood Education
Arizona Western College
Liz.Renaud@azwestern.edu
(928) 344-7560