泫圖app instructors nominated For 2022 Rick Perkins Award

January 25, 2022

Faculty and staff at 泫圖app (泫圖app) have nominated five of their peer instructors for the Rick Perkins Award of Excellence in Technical Instruction competition.

The Rick Perkins Award honors the Technical College System of Georgia’s (TCSG) most outstanding instructors. The award has been an ongoing statewide event since 1991 and is designed to recognize technical college instructors who make significant contributions to technical education through innovation and leadership in their fields.

Listed are the nominees for the 2022 award, including (from left to right) instructors name and program.

  • Anne Clay, Adult Education lead teacher and site manager for Polk County
  • Brittany Cochran, assistant dean of Sciences of General Education/Biology
  • Donna Estes, program director and instructor of Heath Information Management Technology
  • Crista Resch, director of Ultrasound programs and instructor of Vascular Sonography
  • Kimberly Temple, clinical coordinator and instructor of Respiratory Care

 

The nominees for the 2022 Rick Perkins Award are: (top row, left to right) Anne Clay, Brittany Cochran, Donna Estes (bottom row, left to right) Crista Resch and Kimberly Temple.
The nominees for the 2022 Rick Perkins Award are: (top row, left to right) Anne Clay, Brittany Cochran, Donna Estes (bottom row, left to right) Crista Resch and Kimberly Temple.

“We are fortunate at 泫圖app to have instructors who care so much about the students and the learning process,” said Beverly Padgett, 泫圖app Rick Perkins coordinator. “These nominees continuously go beyond what is expected of them to not only meet but to surpass the needs of their students.”

Formerly known as the Commissioner’s Award of Excellence, the award was renamed in honor and memory of Thomas “Rick” Perkins, an instructor at West Central Technical College, who received the Commissioner’s Award of Excellence prior to his untimely death.

The Technical College System of Georgia provides oversight for the Rick Perkins Award programs through the system’s office, the college presidents’ Academic Affairs Committee and the state planning committee.

A screening committee of administrators at 泫圖app reviewed each of the nominated instructors and conducted personal interviews with the nominees. From the screening committee interviews, a winner will be chosen to represent the college as 泫圖app’s 2022 Rick Perkins winner and move on to the regional competition.

provides quality workforce education to the citizens of northwest Georgia. Students have the opportunity to earn an associate degree, diploma or a certificate in aviation, business, health, industrial or public service career paths. This past year, 11,820 people benefited from 泫圖app’s credit and noncredit programs. 泫圖app has an annual credit enrollment of 8,591 students and an additional enrollment of 3,229 people through adult education, continuing education, business and industry training and Georgia Quick Start. 泫圖app is a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia and an Equal Opportunity Institution.

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