Students pick Hambric as favorite

It’s award time!

The North Lake College 2007 Teacher of the Year award was given to Tuesday Hambric, a faculty member at NLC for six years. She currently teaches human development, introduction to psychology, and developmental psychology. She also handles dispute resolution for faculty and students.

“I’m just super excited about it,” she said. When asked why she thought she was chosen for the award, Hambric said it was because, “I care about my students. I pay attention when they don’t pay attention,” she said.

A plaque will be presented to Hambric as part of a presidential award ceremony on May 10, graduation day. On what is also known as Service Excellence Day, the Adjunct of the Year award will be announced and presented as well. Hambric said her award was an unexpected surprise, but she did encourage students to vote for their favorite teacher.

“A lot of students aren’t aware that this [Teacher of the Year award] is even going on.” When asked of the award’s importance, Hambric said that it is significant because the votes come “directly from students [and show] exactly how [they] feel about us.”

Virginia Jones, SPAR director and campus nurse, said the award “really gives [students] an opportunity to vote for a teacher who has maybe helped change their perspective ... who’s had a great impact on their life.”

Hambric holds her students’ attention with a non-traditional way of teaching.

For the 2007 Maymester, she plans to have groups of two students teach each chapter to their classmates. This will keep the students on their toes in each four-hour class.

Hambric not only teaches from an intellectual point of view, but from a spiritual point of view.

“If we can’t get to the souls, we’ve got nothing!”