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