Employee Distinction
Awards, Grants and Other Recognitions
As part of College of The Albemarle’s (COA) Strategic Plan, the “Distinction” team focuses on helping to achieve a culture of excellence through empowerment of human resources and exemplary stewardship.
“Each division, department and the college will seek recognition or distinction at a state or national level through participation, competition or presentation.”
Distinctions
| Year | Employee | Level | Organization | Recognition/Presentation/Publication |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Dr. Jill Lettieri | State | North Carolina Community College system Conference | “Making or Faking: News Literacy as a Means to Engage Students and Develop Critical Thinkers” “TikTok, Flipgrid, YouTube, Instagram: Entertaining Students to Help Them Learn” |
| 2021 | Dr. Jill Lettieri | State | Eastern Communication Association Conference | “Asynchronous Public Speaking: Can Anyone Hear Me?” |
| 2021 | Michelle Ford | National | Two-Year College English Association – Southeast (TYCA-SE) | “Multiple Methods to Engage Students in Web Conferencing Platform” |
| 2021 | Laura Morrison | National | Two-Year College English Association – Southeast (TYCA-SE) | “Multiple Methods to Engage Students in Web Conferencing Platform” “Building Relationships in Online/Video Conference Courses” |
| 2021 | Laura Morrison | State | Eastern Communication Association Conference | “Resilient Pedagogy: Community Builders, Social Support and Narratives” “Asynchronous Public Speaking: Can Anyone Hear Me?” |
| 2021 | Laura Morrison | State | North Carolina Community College System Conference | “Cooking Up Success in the Data Kitchen” |
| 2021 | Lucretia White | State | North Carolina Community College System Conference | “Cooking Up Success in the Data Kitchen” |
| 2021 | Olivia Buzzacco | State | North Carolina Community College System Conference | “TikTok, Flipgrid, YouTube, Instagram: Entertaining Students to Help Them Learn” |
| 2021 | Sandra Krueger | National | Brian Miller “Year of the Pivot” Podcast | “Making Puppets out of a Pandemic” |
| 2021 | Dr. Joshua Howell | National | Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy at Virginia Tech | “Mindfulness and the Role of Contemplative Pedagogy” |
| 2020 | Ryan J. Roberts | National | Computational Social Science Society of the Americas | “Islamic Extremism and the Crystallization of Norms: An ABM of Prison Radicalization” |
| 2020 | Caleb Davis | National | Computability | “Combinatorial Principles Equivalent to Weak Induction” |
| 2020 | James Byrd | National | International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology | “Investigating the Circumregion” |
| 2020 | Lucretia White | National | National Organization for Student Success (NOSS) | Recognized with members of the NC Organization for Student Success in the NOSS monthly newsletter (April 2020) |
| 2020 | Dr. Joshua Howell | District | Old Dominion University | Scholarship Award Recipient; Doctorate; Dissertation: “Transformational Leadership Qualities Among Students Within Doctoral Higher Education Leadership Programs” |
| 2020 | Ryan Roberts | District | Old Dominion University | Distinguished Research Paper in International Studies |
| 2020 | Nora Hartlaub | National | College Art Association of America Annual Conference | “Rural Revolution and the OBX Art Truck” |
| 2019 – 2020 | Sharon Brown | State | Clinical Outcome Assessments for Acute Pain Therapeutics in Infants and Young Children | Advisory Committee |
| 2018 – 2020 | Sharon Brown | State | Governor’s Appointed NC Council on Sickle Cell Disease and Related Blood Disorders | Board Member |
| 2020 | Dr. Felix Buabeng | National | U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID) | Farmer-to-Farmer Program Volunteer |
| Year | Employee | Level | Organization | Recognition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Dr. Dean Roughton | National | The SAGE Encyclopedia of Higher Education | “Dual Enrollment” |
| 2020 – 2022 | Dr. Susan Peck | State | North Carolina Community College Association of Distance Learning | Eastern Region Vice President |
| 2020 | Eushekia Hewitt | State | North Carolina State University Transfer Advisory Board | Board Member |
| Year | Employee | Award |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Amy Alcocer | Professional Staff Person of the Year |
| 2021 | Steve Swanson | Institutional Staff Person of the Year |
| 2021 | Rena Jackson | Para-Professional Staff Person of the Year |
| 2020 | Randolph Harris | Professional Staff Person of the Year |
| 2020 | Johnny McPherson | Institutional Staff Person of the Year |
| 2020 | Margie Holley | Para-Professional Staff Person of the Year |
| 2020 | Leslie Lippincott | Teacher of the Year |
| 2020 | Bradley Boswell | Excellence in Teaching Award |
| 2020 | Olivia Buzzacco | Excellence in Teaching Award |