NISOD award

Melanie Griffith Bonnie Shumaker About the Award

NMC is one of more than 700 community college members of NISOD, the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development. Affiliated with the University of Texas at Austin, NISOD has made the teaching excellence awards to faculty at member institutions since 1991. Nominees are judged on criteria including commitment to learning, professionalism and relationships with both students and colleagues.

NMC’s 2024–25 recipients are listed below, with highlights from their nomination forms.

2024–25 Recipients:

Melanie Griffith, Nursing Office Assistant:

" Melanie has been a most remarkable addition to our Health Occupations and Nursing team. Her positive attitude and outlook are noted by her peers and appreciated during our recent leadership transition. She has been of incredible assistance under some challenging situations and exudes kindness and caring through her support to both staff and students. She shares ideas for improving workflow and processes both internally and with our community partners.... With a site visit preparation ahead, I am comforted knowing she is such a key part of this team."

Bonnie Shumaker, Curriculum and Scheduling Coordinator. An NMC employee for 16 years, Shumaker as the Business Academic Area Office Manager prior to her current role:

"I could always count on Bonnie to assist me, and she demonstrated this same to commitment to the other departments with any needs or projects that were being worked on. She was always professional and willing to assist in any way possible."

"She helped with many of the CIT projects that we worked on over the years. She was present and assisted with our annual IT Olympics event each year that she was the office manager of the business academic area."

"In her new role within academic scheduling, she was faced with learning a new system that was unfamiliar to her. She continues to learn and support all academic areas of the college. She has student success and the success of each academic area in her best interest."