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Aaron recognized for faculty excellence at Northwest DeSoto Center

Senatobia, MS (08/21/2017) — Northwest Mississippi Community College psychology instructor Charlie Aaron was presented the DeSoto Center Excellence in Teaching Award at the college's opening faculty meeting on Aug. 7.

The DeSoto Center Excellence in Teaching Award was established to recognize one DeSoto Center faculty member each year. Both academic and career-technical faculty are eligible for the award.

The award was voted on by the entire DeSoto Center faculty, and the recipient receives a plaque and a cash award, which is part of a growing endowment through the Northwest Foundation, according to Jeremy Isome, dean of the DeSoto Center.

Aaron began his association with Northwest over 25 years ago as an intern. Over the next 10 years, he served as an academic counselor, bookstore manager and assistant to the dean. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Mississippi, and has post-graduate hours at the University of Memphis and Ole Miss.

In 2003, Aaron was hired as a full-time instructor at DeSoto Center. He currently also serves as division coordinator for Education.

In his remarks at the ceremony, Isome described Aaron as a teacher "who has shown that teaching is his life's calling and that the passion he has for his subject is contagious." Isome said that Aaron was among the first instructor at DeSoto Center to embrace the "smart classroom" technology and incorporate it into his lectures.

"For the third year in a row, the entire DeSoto Center faculty voted on who should receive the Excellence in Teaching Award. A randomly selected committee comprising of faculty selected Mr. Aaron from the top vote recipients," Isome said.

For more information about the DeSoto Center, visit the college's website at www.northwestms.edu/desoto, or call 662-342-1570.

Pictured: Charlie Aaron, psychology instructor at Northwest Mississippi Community College (second from right) was the 2017 recipient of the DeSoto Center Excellence in Teaching Award. Presenting the award were Northwest President Dr. Gary Lee Spears (second from left), Jeremy Isome, dean of DeSoto Center (far left) and Richie Lawson, vice president for Education (far right). (Photo by LaJuan Tallo)

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