Educational Foundation Part-Time Faculty Award
Persons nominated should demonstrate a commitment to the intellectual and social development of students. Their approach to teaching should be intellectually challenging, stimulating, and accessible. Their efforts should extend beyond the classroom.
To nominate a part-time faculty member, send recommendations to the assistant dean or representative of the particular division by March, 2025. Nominations will be evaluated by the assistant deans and听site directors. Recipients of the Educational Foundation Part-Time Faculty Award听will be announced during the final Faculty Meeting in听April.
Assistant Deans or Representative:
| Laura Panarello | Allied Health &听Nursing | lpanarello@dccc.edu |
| Dana Baker | Business, Computing & Social Science | dbaker47@dccc.edu |
| David Laganella | Communication, Arts & Humanities | dlaganella@dccc.edu |
| Eddie Reed, Jr. | Science, Technology, Engineering & Math | ereed7@dccc.edu |
| Jen Orazi | Workforce & Economic Development | jorazi@dccc.edu |
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Effective teaching has many manifestations. It includes classroom instruction and a wide range of faculty-student relationships. The following are among the traits valued in an effective teacher:
- Command of the subject matter and knowledge of advances in his/her field
- Ability to organize material and to present it logically, clearly, and forcefully
- Evidence of clearly defined learning outcomes, student responsibilities and assessment processes
- Design and implementation of learning activities that accommodate the different learning styles of the students
- Design and implementation of learning activities that promote collaborative learning
- Capacity to awaken in students an awareness of the relation of the subject to other fields of knowledge
- Ability to arouse student interest in more advanced and independent learning
- Ability to stimulate advanced students to creative work
- Maintenance of high standards of achievement
- Fair and accurate grading policies and provision of effective student feedback
- Demonstration of personal attributes such as integrity, kindness and a sense of humor in his/her role as an educator
- Respect for diversity
Award Recipients
- 2024听
Renee Corbin (Allied Health & Nursing)
Jennifer Jensen (Business, Computing & Social Science)
Michelle deCruz-Saenz (Communication, Arts & Humanities)
Jeanne Roth (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics)
Michael Eskridge (Workforce & Economic Development)
Anthony Tullio (Workforce & Economic Development) - 2023
Anne Marie O鈥橲hea (Surgical Technology)
Suzanne Kramer (Medical Coding and Billing)
Michele Burns (Education/Psychology)
Richard Welch (Communication Studies/English)
Christina Mitchell (Biology)
Nathan Simcox (Electrical Technologies) - 2022
Frances Staffieri (Medical Assistant)
Maria Weidinger (Social Science)
Dana Miller (Reading)
Vito Gulla (English)
Tracy Conn (Mathematics)
Jonathan Hunt (Welding) - 2019
Phillips Young (Philosophy)
Elena Harshaw (English)
Daniel Kec (Business)
Robert Reiger (Political Science)
Sandra Wu (Medical Coding)
Nancy Powell (Nursing)
Melanie Boerner (Biology) - 2018
Kevin Craner (Allied Health)
Michelle Mohammad (Surgical Technology)
Frank Jedliskowski (Business)
Carie Majerczak (Reading)
Arlene Luciani (STEM)
John Smith, Jr. (HVA) - 2017
Marilou Coleman (Social Work/Psychology)
Margaret Schreiter (Allied Health)
John Hilditch (Physics)
Laurel Craven (Reading)
Ronald Dewees (Technical Education, Welding) - 2016
Barbara Augusta (CAH/Art)
John D. Britto (STEM/Chemistry)
Will Gelches (Workforce/Machine Tool Technology)
Jean Ravert (Allied Health)
Varma Mitchell (Business)
Jeffrey Brown (Administration of Justice - Pennocks) - 2015
Susan Bradley (Health Care Management)
William Dyke (Earth and Space Science)
Warren Delong (Welding Technology)
Arnold听 W. Taylor (Mathematics)
Arthur Berlin (Emergency Medical Technician Program) - 2014
Julie Malsbury (English)
John Jurkiewicz (Computer Programming)
Debra Pincar (Psychology)
Robert Daiutolo, Jr. (History)
James Duttera (Physics)
Daniel Kennedy (Construction) - 2013
George Marencin (Mathematics)
Stacy Everly (Business)
Dr. Ann Jeannine Lincoln, (Biology)
Sandi Puka (Allied Health)
Judith Shabbat (English) - 2012
Karen Gibson (Medical Coding)Dr. Edward Doyle (Emergency Services)Holly Smiles (PS/SS)Amy Katz (CAH)Stephen J. Gunn (Bus/CIS)Dr. Charles Edington (Business and Social Science)Wallace Gill Godwin (Astronomy)Michael Marziano (Electrical)
- 2011
Larry Colfer (PSSS)
Scott Dickson (Police Academy)
Daniel Mulhern (BUS) - 2010听
Fiona Geiser (AHM)
Ann Kistler (REA)
Giancarlo Ricci (CPT) - 2009听
Thomas Anderson (BIO)
Rudolph Hall (PSY/SOC)
H. Bradley Montgomery (BUS) - 2008听
Rose Obeid (ESL & Arabic)
Louis Stesis (ADJ)
Bill Watson (DPR) - 2007听
Valerie Denny (SCI)
William Moyer, Jr. (BUS/PLG)
Karen Troppman (AH/NUS) - 2006
Beatrice Agar (AH)
Richard Johnson (Photography)
Stacy Roth (PSY) - 2005听
Chet Darlington (Police Academy)
Peter Chering (CHE)
Joseph Nocella (Music) - 2004听
Ralph Soifer (MATH/SCI)
Laurence McGinn - 2003听
Melissa Rahner (BUS)
Elizabeth Smoker (NUS) - 2002听
Helen Frances (SOCSCI) - 2001听
Herb Anderson (CAH)
Cathie Craner (NUS) - 2000听
Tim Folkomer (SCI) - 1999听
Jean Allison (ECE)
Al Smith (BUS)