Cleveland Community College Foundation
presents 2009 Excellence in Teaching Award

 

CCC Carpentry Instructor, Claman Parker, is the 2009 Cleveland Community College Foundation Outstanding Faculty Award winner. Parker is originally from Casar and has been an instructor at CCC for 19 years. Parker says he is surprised and honored by the award and adds, “I really enjoy interacting with the students and giving them a sense of accomplishment with a finished project. I’ve always tried to put my heart into my work. This award is really neat.” Along with carpentry instruction, Parker is also a licensed and general contractor building homes in Cleveland and surrounding counties.  He is an active member of Corinth Baptist Church in Vale, North Carolina. Parker and his wife, Renea, have four children and six grandchildren and  reside in Catawba County.

 

 

 

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Excellence in Teaching Award winners:

 

2008 – Bruce Mack

2007 – Barbara Taylor

2006 – Michael Sisk

2005 – Dori Gantt

2004 – Kay Chitty

2003 – Ray Fisher

2002 – Becky Sain

2001 – Bruner Remy

2000 – Jana Bridges

1999 – Steve Putnam

1998 – Phil Reid

1997 – Dr. B. J. Zamora

1996 – Starr Morrow Camper

1995 – Rosaline Hunt

1994 – Jean Francis

1993 – Linda Ross

1992 – Barbara Taylor

1991 – James Fite