HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson Community College announced Friday that Kim Newberry, Professor of Sociology, has been selected as the 2019-20 Dragon Educator of the Year.
Newberry was selected for the honor from nominees from all academic areas by the HutchCC Student Government Association (SGA). Instructors are nominated by Hutchinson Community College students, and then complete a selection process conducted by SGA. Newberry was announced as the recipient during the College’s virtual commencement ceremony on May 8.
Newberry teaches Fundamentals of Sociology, Marriages and Family, Honors Marriage and Family and Cultural Anthropology as well as providing academic advising to students. She received her Bachelors of Science in Psychology from Louisiana State University in 2000 and earned her Masters of Arts in Sociology from Kansas State University in 2003.
It is Newberry’s second time being selected as Dragon Educator of the Year, having been previously chosen for the 2014-15 school year as well.
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