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MCC Daily Tribune

Jonathon Little Selected for the AACC's Dale P. Parnell Faculty Distinction Recognition Award

Associate Professor Jonathon Little has been selected for the American Association of Community College's Dale P. Parnell Faculty Distinction Recognition Award. The award recognizes faculty who demonstrate both a passion for supporting students and for their exemplary work in the classroom. Associate Professor Little’s steadfast commitment to teaching and learning are evident in his support of MCC’s core values and support for our students.  For example, Associate Professor Little holds sessions each semester where program alumni come in to discuss employment opportunities in the field. This type of engagement is perfectly aligned with the mission of a community college to promote education and meet employer needs in our area.

Associate Professor Little is a leader in geospatial technology not only at the College but in the nation and world as well.  To this end, he has been awarded over $750,000 in grant money, including two National Science Foundation grants to explore the possibilities in the field.  Associate Professor Little also engages students beyond the classroom by providing opportunities for students to participate in a USA Agency for International Development virtual program supporting crisis preventative mapping in the US and beyond.

In addition to recognition for his teaching at MCC, Associate Professor Little was awarded the 2021 James Kweku Mentoring Award from the US Agency for International Development and was named the Principal Investigator for one of the National Science Foundation grants, Meeting Workforce Needs for Skilled Geospatial Technicians through Virtual Geospatial Information Science Technology Education.  These are high honors at a national level.

MCC is proud of Associate Professor Little’s exceptional leadership and teaching excellence; it is not hard to see why he was selected to represent the College as AACC's Dale P. Parnell Faculty Distinction Recognition Awardee. Please join us in extending a warm congratulations to Jonathon!

Kimberly McKinsey-Mabry
Academic & Student Services
02/16/2022