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Nine outstanding Miami Dade College (MDC) faculty members have been named 2021 Endowed Teaching Chairs, the college’s highest faculty honor, and will be recognized at an awards ceremony at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 14, at MDC Wolfson Campus in Downtown Miami.
Donors generously fund Endowed Teaching Chairs through the ongoing work of the MDC Foundation. Each year, top faculty are selected by their peers for this special award, demonstrating excellence in teaching and commitment to MDC’s mission.
More than 300 MDC faculty have been recognized since the Endowed Teaching Chair Program began in 1992, when MDC blazed the trail nationally with this type of recognition program at colleges. These programs had traditionally existed at universities. Endowed Teaching Chairs receive an annual stipend of $7,500 for three years to explore new teaching methods, develop new projects, and enhance their technological expertise.
Meet the 2021 Endowed Teaching Chairs:
• George W. Jenkins/Publix Super Markets Charities Endowed Teaching Chair — Dr. Diego Tibaquirá, Professor, Padrón Campus;
• The Esther T. Colliflower, RN, Endowed Teaching Chair — Sharon Plotkin, Assistant Professor, North Campus;
• The Northern Trust Bank of Florida Endowed Teaching Chair — Dr. Elodie Billionniere, Senior Associate Professor, Padrón Campus;
• The Mardee Jenrette Endowed Teaching Chair of Excellence — Dr. Leon Palombo, Professor, North Campus;
• Demie Mainieri/Miami Jai-Alai Endowed Teaching Chair — Dr. Stephen Johnson, Senior Associate Professor, Kendall Campus;
• Congresswoman Carrie Meek Endowed Teaching Chair — Dr. Simeon Richardson, Senior Associate Professor, Homestead Campus;
• The J. Harvey Watson Endowed Teaching Chair in Aviation — Dr. Soumia Massaoudi Souchak, Associate Professor, Kendall Campus;
• The Joan K. Stout, RN, Endowed Teaching Chair in Nursing —
Dr. Roxana Orta, Senior Associate Professor, Medical Campus;
• The Frances Louise Wolfson Endowed Teaching Chair of Excellence in Arts — Agustin Gonzalez, Assistant Professor,
North Campus;
Founded in 1965, Miami Dade College Foundation raises essential private funds to support scholarships, academic programs and support services so MDC students have the opportunity to pursue their dreams. MDC Foundation also supports world-class arts and cultural programming at MDC that enriches the community. In 2019-20, MDC Foundation distributed $15.5 million to benefit the students and programs of MDC. Known as Democracy’s College, MDC changes lives through accessible, high-quality teaching and learning experiences that prepare students for tomorrow’s workforce.
MDC is the nation’s most diverse institution of higher education with an enrollment of more than 100,000 students and more than two million alumni. It is also the nation’s top producer of Associate in Arts and Science degrees, and awards more degrees to minorities than any other college or university in the country.
For more information visit mdcfoundation.com.
