NISOD hosted its annual conference in Austin May 30-June 2 and on the last day of the event an awards luncheon was hosted for more than 1,300 faculty, staff and community college administrators from across the nation. The 20 LSCS faculty members, which included representatives from all five Lone Star Colleges, were recognized for their "teaching and leadership excellence in higher education." Recipients included:

Lone Star College-CyFair

 *   Melinda Becker
 *   Dean Campa
 *   Sharon Miller
 *   Clay White

Lone Star College-Kingwood

 *   Nickie Loftin
 *   RaFAl Reyes
 *   Eric Skiles
 *   Diane Wilson

Lone Star College-Montgomery

 *   Paullett Golden
 *   Cliff Hudder
 *   Larry Loomis-Price
 *   Rajiv Malkan

Lone Star College-North Harris

 *   Gwen Charvis
 *   Megan Franks
 *   Julie Kendall
 *   Bruce Machart

Lone Star College-Tomball

 *   Judy Harris
 *   Irina Nizova
 *   V.C. Patel
 *   William Simcik

Since 1978, NISOD has been dedicated to the professional development of faculty, administrators and staff; and to the continued improvement of teaching and learning, with the ultimate goal of student success. NISOD is the outreach vehicle and service arm to the Community College Leadership Program<http://www.utcclp.org/> at The University of Texas at Austin<http://www.utexas.edu/>, a doctoral-level program that has been training community college presidents, vice presidents and deans for 60 years.  NISOD has a membership of more than 700 community colleges from around the world.