ExcellenceAwards honorees

Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Edu

cation will honor 48 Excellence Award recipients from across21memberinstitutions throughout the 2020-21 academic school year.

AcademicOffifficers at each SOCHEmember institution submitted faculty members who demonstrated excellence in teaching, service, and scholarship throughout the 2020 calendar year. Similarly, Human Resources Offifficers ateachSOCHEmember institution named staffff memberswhodemonstrated excellence in student success, service, andassessment throughout the past year.

SOCHE will honor six award winners each month fromJanuarythroughAugust of2021. Facultyandstaffffwinners will be highlighted via

SOCHE social media channels and on the SOCHE Excellence Awards webpage. The full list of award winners and their supporting information is available at https:// www. soche.org/ excellence-awards-2021/.

SOCHE is the regional leader for higher collaboration, engaging with colleges, universities, andindustry to transform the economy through the education and employment of nearly 200,000 students in SouthwestOhio. Seemore atwww. soche.org.

2020-2021 SOCHEFaculty and Staffff Excellence Award recipients:

■ January honorees include: Dr. Joshua Kira, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Theology in the School of Biblical and Theological Studies at Cedarville University.

■ May honorees include: AndrewStraw, Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice in the School of Pharmacy at Cedarville University.

■ August honorees include: Rob McDole, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Cedarville University.