Yuma, Arizona - 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