Faculty Awards & Achievements

Marguerite Neita, Ph.D., associate professor of Clinical Laboratory Science, was chosen by the University's Teaching, Learning, and Technology Committee as the winner of the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Assessment’s 2007 Teaching with Technology Award.  As a part of her successful effort to build a distance-learning (DL) program, Neita harnessed the Blackboard course management system to bring together online and on-site students enrolled in CLLS 101: Introduction to Clinical Laboratory Science. Within the CLLS Blackboard site, Neita created a student-centered learning space via interactive PowerPoint case studies, hyperlinks to animation and videotapes, discussion board forums, interviews with professionals, self-scoring quizzes, and group poster projects. Anonymous evaluations and the group posters confirmed that the course fulfilled its objectives and that students appreciated the learning experience. Neita will present her award-winning course to faculty on Wednesday, Oct. 31, from 12 – 2 p.m., during her guest lecture “Developing a Distance-Learning Program.”  To attend, RSVP to cetla@howard.edu.

Associate Professor Charles Kim, Ph.D.,

Kirk Geter, D.P.M., assistant professor, College of Medicine and chief, Division of Podiatry, was recently named president-elect of The American College of Foot and Ankle Orthopedics and Medicine. His term begins Jan. 1, 2008. In over 50 years of the organization’s history, Geter will be the second African American to serve as president.