Imogene Wise Faculty Excellence Award
About the award
Initiated by a contribution from longtime NMC benefactors Harold and Imogene Wise in 1970 and first awarded to a full-time faculty member in 1971. Chosen by a student selection committee, award criteria includes teaching excellence, rapport with students, innovation in the classroom and a sense of dedication.
All recipients
- 2024: Tammy Coleman
- 2023: Nick Roster
- 2022: Betsy Boris
- 2021: Lisa Balbach
- 2020: Scott Powell
- 2019: Nicole Speelman
- 2018: Steve Drake
- 2017: Mac Beeker
- 2016: Jim Press
- 2015: Jerry Dobek
- 2014: Lisa Blackford
- 2013: Sonja Olshove
- 2012: Kristy McDonald
- 2011: Dr. Blake Key
- 2010: Steve Drake
- 2009: Dr. Amjad Khan
- 2008: Connie Jason
- 2007: Dr. Keith Overbaugh
- 2006: Mark Nelson
- 2005: Johnathon Mauk
- 2004: Michael Jacobson
- 2003: Sean Ruane
- 2002: Mike Surgalski
- 2001: Sonja Olshove
- 2000: Doug Domine
- 1999: Mary Quinn
- 1998: James Press
- 1997: William Faulk
- 1996: Richard Cookman
- 1995: Adam Gahn
- 1994: Debra Pharo
- 1993: Martin Trapp
- 1992: James Coughlin
- 1991: John Tanner
- 1990: Allison Shumsky
- 1989: Walter Ross
- 1988: Jay Beery
- 1987: Eric Wildman
- 1986: Hettie Molvang
- 1985: Lyle Bradford
- 1984: Philip DeMarois
- 1983: Dick Minor
- 1982: Roy Terdal
- 1981: Robert Rudd
- 1980: Jim Spenceley
- 1979: Arlo Moss
- 1978: William Skinner
- 1977: Jerry Sullivan
- 1976: Ken Rose
- 1975: Walter Holland
- 1974: Larry Buys
- 1973: Kay Donnelly
- 1972: Jim Spenceley
- 1971: Bill Long
Nominate your instructor
Have you had instructors this semester who you feel really excelled?
NMC has a way for you to recognize those instructors: Nominate them for a Faculty Excellence Award! Tell us what makes your nominees so great using this nomination form.
2024 Recipient:
Tammy Coleman, Biology
Student nominators said of Coleman, who began teaching at NMC in 2014: “Anatomy and Physiology II with Tammy Coleman is a class I would take over and over again if I could. Not only did I learn key concepts for nursing school, but the class opened my eyes to my own health and encouraged me to create healthy habits,” and “Tammy hand wrote each student at least 2 cards throughout the semester that provided some sort of encouragement and appreciation for each student's hard work.”