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NVC Instructor Wins Two-Year College Biology Teaching Award

For Immediate Release
October 21, 2005
Contact: Maureen Smith, Public Information Officer, Northwest Vista College
210-348-2011 m
msmith@accd.edusmith@accd.edu

At a recent conference held by the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT), Northwest Vista College biology instructor Jose Luis Egremy received the Two-Year College Biology Teaching Award. The award honors a two-year college biology educator who employs new and creative techniques in classroom teaching.

Jose was nominated by NVC faculty members, who sent recommendation letters outlining his accomplishments to the NABT awards committee.

Since arriving at NVC in 2002, Jose has been named the Pharmacy Technology coordinator and founded the International Studies Abroad Program in Costa Rica. He also teaches botany in Costa Rica every summer.

One of his proudest moments as an educator came earlier this year when one of his students presented at the Texas Academy of Science on the topic of "Antibiotic Properties of Bryophytes in Costa Rica" and received second place at the collegiate level.

In 2005, Jose was appointed a member of the National Association of Biology Teachers Internationalization Committee. He remains active in the scientific community by publishing articles in various publications and presenting his research and teaching strategies at annual conferences.

The NABT conference was held in Milwaukee, WI from October 4-8. Jose was accompanied by fellow faculty members Susan Alcala and Claudia Verdin. Also in attendance were biology teachers from high schools and two- and four-year colleges and universities from the U.S., Puerto Rico, Latin America and Europe. At the conference, Jose presented a workshop on the "Central Dogma of Biology," which drew many attendees.