ALU Honors Top Instructors, Educators

Army Logistics University Noncommissioned Officer Academy Instructor Staff Sgt. Elliot J. Worel receives a certficate commemorating his selection as a 2011 ALU Instructor/Educator of the Year from Col. Mark A. McCormick, ALU commandant, and Richard J. Poole, dean of education and operations, during a Nov. 7 ceremony in Bunker Hall's Dickerson Auditorium. Other recipients of theInstructor/Educator of the Year title were Capt. Jennifer Ernest, Logistics Leader College, Chief Warrant Officer Jeffrey Manninen, Technical Logistics College, Edward Penn, Technical Logistics College, and Lt. Col. John Hutson, College of Professional and Continuing Education. (Photo by John Reed)

FORT LEE, Va. (Nov. 24, 2011) - Fourteen Army Logistics University faculty members were recently honored for their "exceptional technical competence, communicative skills, professionalism and training site management" during a ceremony in Bunker Hall's Dickerson Auditorium. Attendees included Col. Mark A. McCormick, ALU commandant, and Richard J. Poole, dean of education and operations.

Common among Army schools and a first for the ALU, which was organized at Fort Lee in 2009, the Distinguished Instructor and Instructor/Educator of the Year Awards Ceremony will become an annual event at Bunker Hall. "It's an opportunity to recognize ... the exceptional performance and significant achievements that greatly contribute to the success of (academics) on the campus of ALU," according to a narrative that was read at the event.

Those honored at the Nov. 7 ceremony were nominated by their individual departments at the school. Their accomplishments included a score of 90 percent or greater during a class presentation evaluation, an achievement that ALU officials described as "remarkable."

"They clearly demonstrate an untiring commitment to providing quality training and education to all students seeking knowledge within the hallowed halls of the ALU," the ceremony narrative also read.

Each of the Distinguished Instructor Award recipients received a certificate, a silver badge and a cherry-wood box with the university logo carved on the outside and a brass plate with the awardees name inside as well as an ALU coin. Photos of the overall Instructors/Educators of the Year have been added to a permanent display at the school. They also will be nominated for the 2011 U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command Instructor/Educator of the Year Competition.

The Distinguished Instructor Award winners are listed below. Those with an asterisk next to their name were chosen as the overall Instructor/Educators of the Year.

Darryl Grant, DEO staff and faculty

Geoffrey Vallone, DEO staff and faculty (Vallone also received a certificate for his achievements at the 2010 TRADOC Educator of the Year Competition)

Staff Sgt. Michael Griffin, Noncommissioned Officer Academy

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Eldeka Bronaugh, Technical Logistics College

Lt. Col. John Hutson, College of Professional and Continuing Education*

Maj. Lashanda Mack, Logistics Leader College

Capt. Jennifer Ernest, Logistics Leader College*

Capt. Gregory Finn, Logistics Leader College

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Frank Badalucco, Technical Logistics College

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Curtis Johnson, Technical Logistics College

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jeffrey Manninen, Technical Logistics College*

Staff Sgt. Elliot Worel, NCO Academy*

Staff Sgt. William Haynes, NCO Academy

Edward Penn, Technical Logistics Academy*

The actual story can be found in the Fort Lee newspaper, the Traveller, at: http://www.fortleetraveller.com/.

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