Northern Oklahoma College faculty Cathy Ballard, DeLisa Ging, and Matt Bolz were named Best NOC Faculty for 2022 at the employee service awards meeting last Friday in Tonkawa.Ballard is a math instructor at Tonkawa, Bolz is an agriculture/biological science instructor at Enid while Ging is a language arts instructor at Enid.Candidates were chosen based on student comments through campus surveys.Vice President for Academic Affairs Diana Watkins said that though these three faculty were recognized, other faculty received positive comments from students.“We’re fortunate to have outstanding faculty and staff at Northern,” Watkins said. “Our students responded to the survey concerning who had helped them learn the best at NOC by saying wonderful things about almost everyone who teaches a course. “The following were listed as Excellence of Education Awards for Adjuncts: Jamie McCallum (Agriculture and Biological Science), Enid; Kathy Allison (Engineering, Physical Sciences, and Process Technology), Tonkawa; Suzanne Sumpter (Fine Arts), Tonkawa; Chris Gerber (Health, Physical Education, and Recreation), Enid; Kitty King (Language Arts), Enid; David McCaslin (Mathematics), Stillwater; Jonie Johnson (Nursing), Enid.The following are students comments regarding the three winners:Cathy Ballard*Mrs. Ballard truly cares about her students. I’ve been lucky enough to be in two of her courses now. She never lets a bad day affect how she interacts with her classes. Her notes and practice problems seem clear and tailored to the idea of learning concepts, rather than copying down tiny messy numbers. A few years ago, during my freshman year, I failed Statistics, withdrew from my retake, and shortly after dropped out. Since I returned to college last year, I’ve managed to maintain a 4.0 GPA for two semesters now. This is something I never thought was possible for me.*She showed how much she actually cared about the students and that we were more to her than just a class of students.*She puts maximum effort to keep smiles on our faces, to teach us and she’s been doing an amazing job.DeLisa Ging*She had so much patience and was always ready to help anyone that needed her. I’m not the normal college student and just started school at the age 46. After not doing well on my ACT test, I was scared. She would help me any day or night. She taught me skills to help with my schoolwork, and I believe if it wasn’t for her time, teaching, and overall being an amazing person, I would not have ...
