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SPC's Dr. Charles Wise Chosen "Educator of the Year"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 17, 2006
CONTACT: Grace Newton, Interim Director of Public Relations, St. Philip's College
210/531-3259
gnewton@accd.edu

Dr. Charles Neal Wise, SPC adjunct instructor in Speech Communications, was named the 2006-2007 “Educator of the Year,” by the Texas Speech Communication Association at the organizations eighty-first annual convention in Amarillo Texas, October 4-7, 2006. Dr. Wise is both a Life Member and the rare Emeritus (active) member of the Association. TSCA represents almost 2000 speech educators in Texas at all levels of schools, colleges and universities, and is the oldest and largest such state organization.

Dr. Wise was cited for high regard held for him by students, colleagues, and administrators as well as for his nearly half-century of teaching in colleges and universities, in the areas of Speech Communication, Psychology, Aviation Education, and Industrial Technology. In addition, he was recognized for his long and meritorious service to the Texas Speech Communication Association.

In addition to teaching Speech at St. Philip’s College, Dr. Wise also teaches for the Austin Community College “Early Start Program” at San Marcos High School in San Marcos, Texas. His previous teaching assignments have included Memphis University, Texas Tech University, Kean University of New Jersey, and community college districts in both El Paso and Austin. He has served as Associate Dean of the College of Education (Kean University); Director of Curriculum and Instruction for AGS, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia (Aviation Education); and Director of Training for the Hughes Tool Company (Industrial Technology, BJ Hughes in Round Rock, Texas).

Dr. Wise and his wife June reside in Lockhart, Texas and he commutes often to San Antonio in personal aircraft, as he holds a Federal Aviation Administration Certified Flight Instructor rating.