{"id":45223,"date":"2018-02-12T20:02:42","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T20:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=45223"},"modified":"2018-02-12T20:02:42","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T20:02:42","slug":"acc-congratulates-teaching-leadership-award-recipients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/02\/12\/acc-congratulates-teaching-leadership-award-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC congratulates teaching, leadership award recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"

Austin Community College congratulates the recipients of the following annual awards recognizing excellence in teaching and leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThese faculty, staff, and administrators are outstanding and contribute so much to our ACC community through their hard work,\u201d says ACC President\/CEO Dr. Richard Rhodes. \u201cTheir commitment to our mission and students is evident in the insight and energy they bring to their roles.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Recipients will be honored at the ACC awards dinner Thursday, March 29, 2018 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Austin. Visit the <\/span>Faculty Development<\/span><\/a> website for details about the dinner and to purchase tickets.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leadership Awards <\/b><\/h3>\n

ACC celebrates outstanding staff who demonstrate strong leadership and who have gone above and beyond the duties listed in their job description for the ACC community.<\/span><\/p>\n

Classified Employee of the Year,<\/span><\/i> Nancy Hernandez, <\/b>Senior Administrative Assistant, Computer Science & Information Technology<\/span><\/p>\n

Professional-Technical Employee of the Year,<\/span><\/i> Katharine Bennett, <\/b>Specialist, High School Programs Advising & Completion<\/span><\/p>\n

Administrator of the Year,<\/span><\/i> Pat Recek, <\/b>Dean, Health Sciences<\/span><\/p>\n

President\u2019s Leadership Excellence Award Winner,<\/span><\/i> Shasta Buchanan, <\/b>Executive Director, High School Relations<\/span><\/p>\n

Faculty Leader of the Year,<\/span><\/i> Joey Offer, <\/b>Professor, Mathematics<\/span><\/p>\n

NISOD Excellence Awards <\/b><\/h3>\n

Recipients of the NISOD Excellence Award are recognized at the annual International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence, and this award honors the world\u2019s best in higher education. <\/span><\/p>\n

Cameron Addis, <\/b>Professor, History<\/span><\/p>\n

Katharine Bennett, <\/b>Specialist, High School Programs Advising & Completion<\/span><\/p>\n

Beverly Bishop, <\/b>Adjunct, Professor, Allied Health Science<\/span><\/p>\n

Michelle Fitzpatrick, <\/b>Department Chair\/Associate Professor, Hospitality, Meeting & Event Planning\/Tourism<\/span><\/p>\n

Richard Griffiths, <\/b>Adjunct, Professor, Psychology and Student Development<\/span><\/p>\n

Nancy Hernandez, <\/b>Senior Administrative Assistant, Computer Science & Information Technology<\/span><\/p>\n

Diana Hernandez-Quinonez, <\/b>Adjunct, Assistant Professor, Student Development<\/span><\/p>\n

Deborah Hoag, <\/b>Adjunct, Associate Professor, Government<\/span><\/p>\n

Arun John, <\/b>Associate Professor, English<\/span><\/p>\n

Kathy Nabona, <\/b>Professor, Chemistry<\/span><\/p>\n

Rick Thompson, <\/b>Professor, Human Services<\/span><\/p>\n

Teaching Excellence Awards<\/b><\/h3>\n

The ACC Teaching Excellence Awards honor one full-time and one adjunct faculty member who promote special learning opportunities, student interaction, depth\/breadth of knowledge in a subject area and innovation. <\/span><\/p>\n

Teaching Excellence Full-Time Faculty Award, <\/span><\/i>Tim Strouse, <\/b>Professor, Welding<\/span><\/p>\n

Teaching Excellence Adjunct Faculty Award,<\/span><\/i> Celeste Rios, <\/b>Adjunct, Professor, Government<\/span><\/p>\n

eFaculty of the Year Award \u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

This award recognizes an outstanding ACC Faculty member who has creatively utilized appropriate Internet-based technologies to teach online and\/or hybrid courses at ACC. The recipient designed and taught one or more online or hybrid courses with an imaginative approach, well-designed course materials, instructional strategies, and a demonstrated rapport with the course participants.<\/span><\/p>\n

Michelle Fitzpatrick, <\/b>Department Chair\/Associate Professor, Hospitality, Meeting & Event Planning\/Tourism<\/span><\/p>\n

Piper Professor Nominee Award <\/b><\/h3>\n

The Piper Professor Nominee Award is a statewide award that recognizes outstanding full-time faculty in the teaching profession. Higher education institutions must be invited to submit a nominee and only ten professors are selected to receive this award each year. <\/span><\/p>\n

Shirin Khosropour, <\/b>Professor, Psychology<\/span><\/p>\n

The John and Suanne Roueche Excellence Awards<\/b><\/h3>\n

In recognition of the long tradition of excellence in community college teaching and leadership, the John & Suanne Roueche Excellence Awards celebrate outstanding contributions and leadership by community college faculty and staff. Selected by a committee, recipients will be recognized at an awards dinner at ACC and have the opportunity to attend the League for Innovations Conference in the spring.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shasta Buchanan,\u00a0<\/b>Executive Director, High School Relations,\u00a0<\/span>President\u2019s Leadership Excellence Award Winner<\/span><\/p>\n

Shirin Khosropour,\u00a0<\/b>Professor, Psychology,\u00a0<\/span>Piper Professor Nominee<\/span><\/p>\n

Joey Offer<\/b>, Professor, Mathematics,\u00a0<\/span>Faculty Leader of the Year<\/span><\/p>\n

Pat Recek,\u00a0<\/b>Dean, Health Sciences,\u00a0<\/span>Administrator of the Year<\/span><\/p>\n

Celeste Rios,\u00a0<\/b>Adjunct Professor, Government,\u00a0<\/span>Teaching Excellence Adjunct Faculty Award<\/span><\/p>\n

Tim Strouse,\u00a0<\/b>Professor, Welding,\u00a0<\/span>Teaching Excellence Full-Time Faculty Award<\/span><\/p>\n

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For questions please contact the Faculty and Instructional Development Office by phone at \u00a0(512) 223-7582 or email at <\/span>facdev@austincc.edu.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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