Upper Montclair Resident Receives Commitment to Student Success Award During Faculty of the Year Recognition Dinner

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UPPER MONTCLAIR RESIDENT RECEIVES
COMMITMENT TO STUDENT SUCCESS AWARD
DURING FACULTY OF THE YEAR RECOGNITION DINNER

 

 

Photo Caption: Berkeley College recognized Julie Porter, PhD, Professor, English, School of Liberal Arts, with the Faculty of the Year Award for Commitment to Student Success during the Faculty of the Year Recognition Awards dinner, held on January 30, 2020, at Club 101 in Manhattan, NY. L to R are Kevin L. Luing, Board Chairman; Marsha Pollard, PhD, Provost; award recipients Elenita Talavera, RN, Professor, Nursing and Patient Care programs, School of Health Studies; and Dr. Porter; Michael J. Smith, President of Berkeley College; Eva Skuka, MD, PhD, Dean, Berkeley College School of Health Studies; and Donald Kieffer, PhD, Dean, Berkeley College School of Liberal Arts.

Berkeley College recognized Julie Porter, PhD, of Upper Montclair, NJ, with the Faculty of the Year Award for Commitment to Student Success during the Faculty of the Year Recognition Awards dinner, held on January 30, 2020, at Club 101 in Manhattan, NY. Dr. Porter is a Professor in the English department, Berkeley College School of Liberal Arts.

“The building blocks of any academic institution are its students and its faculty,” said Marsha Pollard, PhD, Berkeley College Provost. “An institution’s faculty are the most impactful factor in student retention and success, and the yardstick by which academic quality, integrity and reputation are measured.”

The Berkeley College Faculty of the Year Award for Commitment to Student Success recognizes candidates who are generous with personal time, easily accessible, and demonstrate a continual concern for the intellectual growth of individual students.

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