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<\/a>Michelle Carter, full-time professor and chair of the Art & Design Department<\/p><\/div>\n
Michelle Carter<\/strong> is in her eighth year as a full-time professor and chair of the Art & Design Department<\/a>. She was nominated by Dean of Liberal Arts Amy Callahan, who praised her for increasing art student enrollment during the pandemic by 10% to 85 students. \u201cProfessor Carter has developed a successful program that stands as a model for student engagement, academic excellence, experiential learning, faculty collaboration, and community outreach\u2026her students engage in gallery events and complete internships.\u201d Callahan also credited Carter with building relationships with four-year transfer schools and generating participation in the annual Portfolio Day.<\/p>\n Tammy Foster, administrative assistant, Liberal Arts<\/p><\/div>\n Tammy Foster<\/strong>, who has been at the college for 22 years, serving as administrative assistant, Liberal Arts<\/a>, was also nominated by Dean Callahan. \u201cFoster is renowned and respected for her dedication in serving students and faculty. \u201cBehind the scenes, she has helped ensure the success of many Liberal Arts departmental events and programs, including the student newspaper, theater productions, and faculty meetings. She applies her intricate knowledge of NECC systems for the good of students and faculty, helping everyone do their work more effectively and efficiently,\u201d wrote Callahan in the nomination.<\/p>\n In nominating Jennifer Fielding<\/strong> for this award, Mike Hearn, assistant dean of libraries<\/a>, praised her recognized expertise and scholarly work in information literacy.<\/p>\n \u201cJenny has published and presented nationally on information literacy engagement in higher education, and has spoken locally on the topic. Jenny\u2019s areas of scholarly interest include information literacy as a critical thinking skill, and the societal effects of the use and misuse of information,\u201d he wrote. \u201cShe has dedicated her academic career to teaching students how to engage with information sources \u2013 both print and digital \u2013 and advancing the pedagogy related to information literacy.\u201d<\/p>\n For the past seven years, Edward (Ted) Flanagan<\/strong> has been on the college\u2019s paramedic<\/a> faculty and clinical coordinator for the program.<\/p>\n Ted Flanagan, associate professor and clinical coordinator, Emergency Medical System<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cIn his time here, he has worked to revamp the clinical experiences for students, including new standards and increasing availability of diverse clinical experiences. This has been extremely challenging during COVID especially, as clinical sites rapidly and abruptly shut down causing the need for rapid action,\u201d wrote Scott Lancaster, dean of health professions, in his nomination.<\/p>\n Graduates of the Paramedic Program have a current pass rate for licensure ranging from 90% to 100% which exceeds the national average of 73%, and Lancaster credits Flanagan with that success.<\/p>\n Brian MacKenna-Rice<\/strong> has served as coordinator of the Human Service Program<\/a> for the past seven years and he started teaching in the program part-time five years before that. According to Kelly Sullivan, former dean of professional studies, who nominated MacKenna-Rice, he is very responsive to the needs of the local community and has created two certificate programs\u2014Peer Recovery Specialist<\/a> and Children\u2019s Behavioral Health Specialist<\/a>\u2014to address community need.<\/p>\n Brian MacKenna-Rice, professor and coordinator of Human Services<\/p><\/div>\n Sullivan also wrote \u201cBrian has an excellent rapport with his students, he personally meets with most of his students to advise and register them, lately through Zoom.\u00a0 He also has contact with all incoming students over the summer, advising them and welcoming them to the program.\u00a0 This work is mostly voluntary.\u201d<\/p>\n Jaime McLennan<\/strong> of the Nursing<\/a> faculty was nominated by Kelly Fisher, assistant dean of nursing and health professions, who praised her success in helping nursing students complete their first year.\u00a0 Fisher wrote \u201cIn her role as the course coordinator for the first year courses her colleagues see her as a strong and knowledgeable leader. Jaime has demonstrated a passion to work as a team of nursing faculty to educate and support our nursing students. She participates in our Nursing Committee\u2019s meetings by offering creative suggestions to improve our nursing program curriculum to assist students to achieve our program outcomes.\u201d McLennan also serves as faculty advisor for the Nursing Club.<\/p>\n A former elementary school principal, Donna Tanner<\/strong> has served as coordinator of the college\u2019s Educational Studies Program<\/a> for the past eight years. Since joining the college, she has evaluated the curriculum and added courses that would align the curriculum to the Massachusetts frameworks.<\/p>\n Donna Tanner, assistant professor and coordinator for Educational Studies<\/p><\/div>\n For the past four years, Tanner has worked with the Lawrence Working Family Initiative, a partnership of the Lawrence Public Schools, Lawrence Community Works, Northern Essex, and the City of Lawrence, training Lawrence Public School parents to become paraprofessionals. \u201cDonna has worked tirelessly to ensure students, many of whom speak English as a second language, succeed.\u201d wrote Kelly Sullivan in her nomination. Approximately 80% of these students are hired as paraprofessionals at the conclusion of the program.<\/p>\n In nominating Jay Termini<\/strong> for the NISOD Award, Carolyn Knoepfler, dean of STEM Programs, cited his focus on connecting his students with employers. \u201cHe has been able to support scholarship\/internship opportunities for students that lead to full-time employment in many cases.\u201d<\/p>\n Termini has been teaching at Northern Essex for the close to seven years and has recently served as department chair of Computer Science<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>