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League of Innovation honors Galloway, Ryel
BENTONVILLE (Thursday, May 29, 2008) – Two instructors at NorthWest Arkansas Community College were among 54 nationally recognized for their innovations with a 2008 “Innovation of the Year Award."
The awards are sponsored by the League of Innovation in the Community College, which hosts its Learning College Summit in June 2008 at Johnson County Community College.
Dr. Marvin Galloway and Dr. Regina Ryel were selected for their work within NWACC’s EAST EMPACTS program.
Galloway said EAST is an acronym for Environmental and Advanced Spatial Technology; it’s a successful K-12 model in Arkansas and 10 other states.
“EAST students are challenged to take control of their own learning, in order to deliver tangible results using the latest technology,” he said. “The EAST classroom model was first developed in Greenbrier High School in Arkansas in 1996. The initiative is now nationally recognized as an innovative, relevant, and successful approach to education.”
NWACC faculty and administrators developed the EMPACTS curricular model in 2005 to work with existing EAST Labs and pedagogy.
“The result of this collaboration is the development of a powerful learning model that works well at the post-secondary level of education,” Galloway said.
The EMPACTS (Educationally-Managed Projects Advancing Curriculum, Technology and Service) is appropriate for college and university levels using an integrated-curricular approach, Ryel said.
“This community service uses an across-interdisciplinary collaboration among faculty,” she said.
Galloway is Dean of NWACC’s Science and Mathematics Department. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas. Galloway has been with NWACC since 1990.
Ryel is a Teacher Education instructor. She has an Ed.D. from Texas A&M, Commerce.
EAST Lab Facilitator and Math-Science faculty member C. Dianne Phillips has guided the project to success.
“A lot of people have worked hard for the program,” she said. “I am very proud of our students and faculty involved and I am also very proud for Marvin and Regina.
“They had the vision to see that it would be a worthwhile endeavor and for that they deserve kudos.”
Phillips credited “wonderful students at NWACC and their incredible work ethic and passion for learning and for service to the community.”
The League’s Innovation of the Year Award was established 26 years ago. It was devised to recognize innovations reflecting capstone achievements and experimentation upon which the League was founded.
The award recognizes staff at member colleges who have designed and implemented a significant innovation.
The award also provides a venue for showcasing these innovations and the dedicated community college educators who are working to create new programs, improve processes, and enhance the opportunities available in their communities.
Learn more about the NWACC program here.
Phillips can be reached at 479-619-2241 or dphillips@nwacc.edu.
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