LISA HOUSTON IS CHOSEN AS CHATTAHOOCHEE TECHNICAL COLLEGE’S RICK PERKINS AWARD OF EXCELLENCE WINNER 
2/25/2010 - Lisa Houston, Business Administrative Technology instructor, has been named the winner of Chattahoochee Technical College’s Rick Perkins Award of Excellence.
Ms. Houston is currently a resident of Kennesaw and previously taught at Paulding County High School for 19 years. She is an active member in the Paulding County Civitan Club and sings in the Chancel Choir at Dallas First United Methodist Church.
The announcement was made at the college’s GOAL and Rick Perkins recognition luncheon on February 24, 2010 which was held at the college’s Conference Center on the Marietta Campus.
Houston was chosen by a panel of local leaders over three other nominees for the award. The runners-up were John Hatfield, Environmental Horticulture instructor; Bill Moore, Math Instructor; and Mike Smith, Diesel Equipment Technology Instructor.
The Rick Perkins Award for Excellence in Technical Instruction honors the Technical College System of Georgia’s most outstanding instructors. Formerly known as the Commissioner’s Award of Excellence, the Rick Perkins Award is presented each year to an outstanding educator in technical education who displays innovative instructional techniques and who is involved in institutional and community activities. The Rick Perkins Award recipient serves as an ambassador for technical education throughout the state.
The announcement of Houston as the Chattahoochee Technical College Rick Perkins Award winner was made by Dr. Mark Reddick, Division Chair of Personal and Public Services and Rick Perkins Award Coordinator.
Houston will compete with the other Georgia technical college winners from the northern region for the region Rick Perkins Award title. Each region will then select two finalists whose names will be announced in May at the annual Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership and Rick Perkins Award conference. Those finalists will participate in an additional screening process for the state Rick Perkins Award title.
A unit of the Technical College System of Georgia, Chattahoochee Technical College is the largest technical college in the state with a student population of more than 11,000 students. The college has seven campus locations throughout the counties of Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Gilmer, Paulding, and Pickens counties. Chattahoochee Technical College offers over 100 certificate, diploma and associate degree programs through traditional classroom courses as well as online training. The college also provides the community with learning opportunities including customized workforce training, adult literacy and continuing education programs. For more information, visit www.ChattahoocheeTech.edu.
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