Excellence in Teaching Award
“A teacher affects eternity; one can never tell where [their] influence stops.” ~Henry Brooks Adams
Each year, Western Piedmont Foundation honors a member of Western Piedmont Community College’s full-time curriculum faculty, nominated by his or her own peers and students, for dedication to the teaching profession. Selection criteria recognize extraordinary efforts as a teacher; service to the profession, WPCC and the community; involvement with present and former students, and evidence of innovative or special efforts in teaching.
| 1986 |
Ruby H. Pharr |
Biology |
| 1987 |
D. Odell Witherspoon |
Mathematics |
| 1988 |
Tommy J. Hardy |
Criminal Justice |
| 1989 |
Raymond K. Miller |
Mechanical Drafting |
| 1990 |
Lois Dechent |
Nursing |
| 1991 |
Robert E. Benner |
Physical Education |
| 1992 |
Raymond B. Goodfellow |
Fine Arts |
| 1993 |
Ralph G. Soney |
Social Sciences |
| 1994 |
Kathy Scott |
Business Administration |
| 1995 |
Debra Rose |
English |
| 1996 |
Ronald Caplette |
Business Administration/Economics |
| 1997 |
Mary Charlotte Safford |
Social Sciences |
| 1998 |
Paul D. Wardzinski |
English |
| 1999 |
Cindy S. Konarski |
Therapeutic Recreation |
| 2000 |
Warren H. Bumgarner |
Machining |
| 2001 |
Robert R. Dockery |
Horticulture |
| 2002 |
Louise White |
English |
| 2003 |
Daniel K. Dixon, Jr. |
Criminal Justice |
| 2004 |
Linda Wright |
Nursing |
| 2005 |
Nadine McGrady |
Chemistry/Earth Sciences |
| 2006 |
Cheryl L. Oxford |
Performing Arts |
| 2007 |
Tonya L. Waters |
Accounting |
| 2008 |
H. Rosanna Hartley |
Computer Information/Web Technologies |
| 2009 |
David C. Benner |
Physical Education |
| 2010 |
Neal R. Bevans |
Paralegal/Criminal Justice |
| 2011 |
D. Danette Steelman-Bridges |
Interpreter Education |
| 2012 |
Michael Spath |
Biology |
| 2013 |
Star Brown |
Accounting |