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Del James Blessinger Award for Teaching Excellence

Call for Nominations

2010 Del James Blessinger Award for Teaching Excellence

In appreciation of an award given to him while a student at St. Clair County Community College, the late Del James Blessinger, in establishing an endowment in his name for St. Clair County Community College, made provision for a portion of the earnings from the endowment each year to be awarded to acknowledge excellence in teaching.

Two awards will be presented at Commencement: one to a full-time teaching faculty member and one to an adjunct teaching faculty member at St. Clair County Community College.

Nominations may be made by full-time and adjunct faculty, administrators, staff and students.

Fill out the form below or download and print the form as a PDF. Forms are also available in the President's Office, Main Building, Room 217. Completed forms must be received by Friday, March 5, 2010, to be considered.

Nominations will be reviewed by the trustees of the Blessinger Foundation.

Past recipients

  John Lusk Full-time faculty recipient 2009
  William Kenner Adjunct faculty recipient 2009
  Paul Bedard Full-time faculty recipient 2008
  Cathryn Jeffers-Goodwine Adjunct faculty recipient 2008
  James Frank Full-time faculty recipient 2007
  Marsha Dembosky Adjunct faculty recipient 2007
  Herman Roe Full-time faculty recipient 2006
  Alfred Gay Adjunct faculty recipient 2006
  Cynthia Wade Full-time faculty recipient 2005
  Alora Eovaldi Adjunct faculty recipient 2005
  Tom Mooney Full-time faculty recipient 2004
  Suzanne Grandy Adjunct faculty recipient 2004
  David Sheldon Full-time faculty recipient 2003
  Sharon Llewellyn Adjunct faculty recipient 2003
  Suzanne Moore   2002
  James Berry   2001
  Carol Lambert   2000
  Robert Tansky   1999
  H.C. Snyder   1998
  Robert Collins   1997
  Marilyn VanderEsch   1996
  Virginia Pillsbury   1995
  Mary Ann Smith   1994
  Linda Flickinger   1993
  Jim Guyor   1992
  Robert Sandell   1991
  Thomas Obee   1990
 

Nomination deadline: Friday, March 5, 2010

Individuals eligible to submit nominations for this award are students, full-time faculty, adjunct faculty, staff and administrators of St. Clair County Community College. The award will be made based upon information provided in this form. Nominators are encouraged to interview the candidate to provide complete and thorough reasons for nominating the faculty member.

**Please note: Past recipients of the Del James Blessinger Award for Teaching Excellence are not eligible.

Nominee information
Name of faculty nominee:
Nominee's department:
What are your reasons for nominating this person?
Explain below how this person meets the following five criteria. Provide at least one paragraph per criteria:
Excellence in the classroom, including knowledge and presentation of subject matter
Ability to inspire and motivate students in the classroom
Motivation of students to achieve outside the classroom
Service to the college
Service to the community
Nominator's information
Your name:
Street address:
City:
State:
ZIP code:
Phone: xxx-xxx-xxxx
E-mail: