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PAGE 10 • JUNE 6 - JUNE 12, 2024<br />
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Submitted by<br />
Dana Hanford<br />
Seven Outstanding Broward College Professors<br />
Named 2024-2025 Endowed Teaching Chairs<br />
Each recipient is awarded a one-year grant of $13,500<br />
Professor Rosena Beniste<br />
FORT LAUDERDALE,<br />
FL – Seven Broward College<br />
professors were named 2024-<br />
2025 Endowed Teaching<br />
Chairs, the highest academic<br />
award bestowed by Broward<br />
College to a faculty member<br />
for their excellence in the<br />
classroom. <strong>The</strong> exceptional<br />
faculty members were<br />
surprised by the news in<br />
their classrooms by Broward<br />
College Acting President Dr.<br />
Donald Astrab; Dr. Jeffery<br />
Nasse, Provost and Senior<br />
Vice President for Academic<br />
Affairs; Megan Cottle, Vice<br />
President for Advancement<br />
and Chief Development<br />
Officer for the Broward<br />
College Foundation; and Dr.<br />
Stanley Marks, Chair of the<br />
Broward College Foundation<br />
Endowed Teaching Chair<br />
Selection Committee.<br />
“We congratulate our<br />
newest Endowed Teaching<br />
Chairs,” said Dr. Astrab.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>ir dedication to teaching<br />
excellence and their<br />
commitment to our students is<br />
what makes Broward College<br />
a leader in higher education<br />
in our community.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> Endowed Teaching<br />
Chair awards were launched<br />
in 1989 with a goal of<br />
providing the opportunity for<br />
at least 10% of the College’s<br />
original faculty to achieve this<br />
status in recognition of their<br />
outstanding efforts in the<br />
classroom. With the support<br />
of philanthropic individuals,<br />
businesses, foundations,<br />
and city organizations, the<br />
Broward College Foundation<br />
now has 36 Endowed Teaching<br />
Chair Awards.<br />
In 1990, the Broward<br />
College Foundation, as it is<br />
now known, was the nation’s<br />
first community college<br />
foundation to complete an<br />
endowed teaching chairs<br />
campaign. <strong>The</strong> first Endowed<br />
Teaching Chair award<br />
recipients were named in<br />
1992. To date, 246 Endowed<br />
Teaching Chairs have been<br />
awarded to 185 different<br />
Broward College professors.<br />
“We sincerely thank<br />
our donors, sponsors, and<br />
community partners for their<br />
commitment to excellence<br />
in education by investing<br />
Broward College,” said Cottle.<br />
“Our Endowed Teaching Chair<br />
program enables professors to<br />
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obtain the instructional tools<br />
they need to give students the<br />
best possible education.”<br />
All seven of this year’s<br />
Endowed Teaching Chairs<br />
receive a one-year grant<br />
of $13,500, which includes<br />
an $8,500 honorarium and<br />
$5,000 for professional<br />
development and projects to<br />
improve classroom excellence<br />
and efficiency.<br />
“<strong>The</strong> rigorous selection<br />
process gets more difficult<br />
each year as the caliber of<br />
teaching talent escalates,”<br />
said Dr. Stanley Marks,<br />
who served on the selection<br />
committee. “This class of<br />
deserving educators really<br />
are the crème de la crème. We<br />
are honored to have them as<br />
our colleagues, our students<br />
are lucky to learn from them,<br />
and we are all lucky that they<br />
are part of our community.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> 2023-2024 Endowed<br />
Teaching Chair recipients<br />
are:<br />
Professor Marjetta<br />
Geerling, associate professor,<br />
Hollywood<br />
Native stands<br />
watch in the<br />
Pilot House<br />
Aboard USS<br />
Ralph Johnson<br />
Seaman Waarith Abdullah<br />
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass<br />
Communication Specialist 1st<br />
Class Jamaal Liddell)<br />
Ms. Megan S. Brown,<br />
Navy Office of Community<br />
Outreach<br />
English at the Broward<br />
College Central Campus,<br />
received the International<br />
Education Endowed<br />
Teaching Chair. A professor<br />
at Broward College for 13<br />
years, Professor Geerling<br />
was previously recognized as<br />
Adjunct Professor of the Year<br />
in 2011-12 and a Full-Time<br />
Professor of the Year in 2015-<br />
16. She is the co-coordinator<br />
of learning communities for<br />
Broward College and chief<br />
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Davie native conducts tours<br />
Aboard USS Carl Vinson<br />
during LA Fleet Week<br />
Sailors Conduct a Tour Aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN<br />
70) 1st Class Daniel Desouza.<br />
(Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Micheal Mensah USS Carl Vinson)<br />
PACIFIC OCEAN -Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling)<br />
1st Class Daniel Desouza, a native of Davie, Florida, gives<br />
educators a tour of the flight deck aboard Nimitz-class aircraft<br />
carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as the ship departs its<br />
homeport San Diego for Los Angeles Fleet Week. LAFW is an<br />
opportunity for the American public to meet their Navy, Marine<br />
Corps and Coast Guard teams and experience America’s sea<br />
services. During fleet week, service members participate in<br />
various community service events, showcase capabilities and<br />
equipment to the community, and enjoy the hospitality of Los<br />
Angeles and its surrounding areas.<br />
Miami Native serves Aboard<br />
USS Michael Murphy<br />
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Seaman Waarith Abdullah,<br />
from Hollywood, Florida,<br />
stands watch in the pilot<br />
house aboard the Arleigh<br />
Burke-class guided-missile<br />
destroyer USS Ralph Johnson<br />
(DDG 114) in the North<br />
Pacific Ocean, May 24. Ralph<br />
Johnson is forward deployed<br />
and assigned to Destroyer<br />
Squadron (DESRON) 15, the<br />
Navy’s largest DESRON and<br />
the U.S. 7th fleet’s principal<br />
surface force.<br />
Seaman Eric Cerifin (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Elisabeth Aigeldinger)<br />
(MC2 Isaiah M. Williams) Navy Office of Community<br />
Outreach<br />
Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Eric Cerifin, from Miami, answers<br />
a call on the bridge of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile<br />
destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112).<br />
Michael Murphy, assigned to the Abraham Lincoln Carrier<br />
Strike Group, is underway conducting integrated exercises to<br />
bolster strike group readiness and capability in the U.S. 3rd<br />
Fleet area of operations.<br />
Sailor with Family ties to Coral Springs receives<br />
ESWS insignia serving aboard U.S. Navy Warship<br />
By Rick Burke, Navy Office<br />
of Community Outreach<br />
MILLINGTON, TENN.<br />
-- Petty Officer 2nd Class<br />
Justene Patch, nephew of<br />
Denise Madden, a resident<br />
of Coral Springs, Florida,<br />
recently received the Enlisted<br />
Surface Warfare Specialist<br />
(ESWS) insignia serving<br />
aboard the U.S. Navy warship,<br />
USS Halsey, operating out of<br />
San Diego, California.<br />
<strong>The</strong> ESWS insignia signifies<br />
that a sailor has achieved the<br />
highest level of expertise in<br />
surface ships and in surface<br />
warfare.<br />
“Being given my pin after<br />
working so hard gave me a<br />
sense of satisfaction, as I am<br />
the first corpsman to receive<br />
their pin on board within<br />
the last three years,” said<br />
Patch. “As a corpsman, I am<br />
Petty Officer 2nd Class Justene Patch, right, receives a<br />
certificate for earning the ESWS insignia serving aboard<br />
USS Halsey (DDG 97).<br />
not required to do a sea tour<br />
but when I was selected for<br />
orders that was the one thing<br />
I wanted to achieve before my<br />
projected rotation date, Being<br />
able to accomplish a goal I<br />
set for myself two years ago<br />
is hopefully something that<br />
inspires other junior sailors.”<br />
Patch joined the Navy five<br />
years ago. Today, Patch<br />
serves as a hospital corpsman<br />
responsible for assisting in<br />
the prevention and treatment<br />
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