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Volume 4 Issue 5May 2000

David Pierce Faculty Technology Award

On the occasion of the retirement of Dr. David R. Pierce from the position of President of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), Microsoft Corporation has established the David Pierce Faculty Technology Awards, to be presented to two outstanding community college technology faculty members as determined in a nationwide search through AACC institution nominations.

The national awards, each with a $5,000 honorarium, will be presented to two outstanding faculty members who:

• demonstrate a high level of enthusiasm for technology through its creative use in their field of instruction.
• demonstrate leadership to their peers toward using technology, through mentoring and example. inspire students to enter the technology field or excel in it.
• increase access to technology skills to underserved populations through their efforts (an example of this might be upskilling the workforce through incorporating technology use into coursework).

Community and technical college presidents will nominate faculty candidates by completing the nomination form accompanied by a letter of justification not longer than 750 words. One nomination will be accepted from each applying institution.

Eligible faculty nominees should be currently teaching in an accredited community or technical college within North America and setting the bar for the integration of technology into teaching and learning.

The application form should be completed and returned as indicated prior to Friday, October 13, 2000. The selected technology champions will be announced at the AACC Annual Convention, April 4, 2001 in Chicago.

Nomination form is available at: http://www.aacc.nche.edu/headline/040800head2.htm