Carnesville Woman Nominated for State Technical School Award

A Carnesville woman is among the instructors at North Georgia Technical College nominated for the prestigious Rick Perkins Award for Excellence.

Each year faculty and staff at North Georgia Technical College nominate instructors who exemplify excellence in teaching.

This year, Stacie Bohannon, Medical Assisting Instructor and Program Director on the Clarkesville Campus was among those teachers nominated.

Bohannon, who lives in Carnesville, began as a student at North Georgia Technical College in the Medical Assisting program.   She worked at Toccoa Clinic for many years, but when the opportunity to teach opened at the college, she returned and has since risen to Program Director on the Clarkesville Campus.

Six other instructors in various departments were also nominated. They include, Jason Smith, Welding Instructor; Charles Hill, Emergency Medical Services Instructor and Program Director; Pamela Segers, Criminal Justice Technology Instructor and Program Coordinator; Gail Berry, Medical Assisting Instructor and Program Director on the Blairsville Campus; Stacie Bohannon, Medical Assisting Instructor and Program Director on the Clarkesville Campus; Allyson Smith, English Instructor on the Clarkesville Campus; and Dorothy Hansen, English Instructor on the Blairsville Campus.

The winner will be announced in January and will represent the college at the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) Rick Perkins competition in the spring.

Vice President for Academic Affairs Kathie Ivester said the commitment and passion instructors have for their students is amazing.
Ivester said all seven nominees exemplify an outstanding level of professionalism and enthusiasm for technical education.

“We are proud of each of these instructors and the excellence in teaching that they represent,” said Ivester.

The Rick Perkins Award for Excellence in Technical Instruction has been an ongoing statewide event since 1991, and is designed to recognize technical college instructors who make significant contributions to technical education through innovation and leadership in their fields.

Formerly known as the Commissioner’s Award of Excellence, the award was renamed in honor and memory of Thomas “Rick” Perkins, an instructor at West Central Technical College, who received the Commissioner’s Award of Excellence prior to his untimely death.