NISOD Press Releases

NISOD and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education Name 2017 Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges Austin, TX, May 18, 2017– The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) and Diverse: Issues in Higher Education are excited to announce the 2017 Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges (PPWCC) award winners. This [...]

NISOD Announces Second Regional Workshop Austin, Texas, May 17, 2017– The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) announced its second Regional Workshop, scheduled for October 13, 2017. The single-day workshop will take place at, and will be hosted by, Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. NISOD’s Regional Workshops [...]

NISOD is proud to announce the winners of the 2017 Scott Wright Student Essay Contest! The winning students, as well as the featured faculty, staff, or administrator receive $1,000, and each winning student author’s college will receive a complimentary 2017-2018 membership. Harford Community College Read the winning [...]

NISOD Names 2017 Conference Scholarship Recipients Austin, Texas, April 6, 2017 – The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) is honored to announce the faculty scholarship recipients for the 2017 International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence, May 27-30, in Austin, Texas: Mandy Aaberg, Bates Technical College Essie Childers, Blinn College Thomas [...]

NISOD Partners With Magna Publications Austin, Texas, March 24, 2017 – The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) has partnered with Magna Publications to provide faculty, administrators, and staff at NISOD-member colleges with a substantial discount on Faculty Focus Premium. Faculty Focus Premium offers a wealth of resources on subjects ranging from course [...]

NISOD Welcomes New Associate Director and Administrative Assistant Austin, Texas, January 2, 2017 – NISOD is excited to announce two new additions to its team: Beth Helberg as Associate Director and Janice Hejl as Administrative Assistant. Starting on January 9 as Associate Director, Beth will provide leadership, oversight, and direct management of NISOD staff, [...]

NISOD and ELI to Facilitate Summit at SXSWedu 2017 Austin, TX [October 24, 2016]: The 2017 SXSWedu Conference and Festival accepted a half-day summit proposal organized by the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD), in collaboration with The Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative (ELI). The presentation was selected from more than 1,300 submissions [...]

NISOD Debuts Regional Workshops in 2017 AUSTIN, TX [October 10, 2016]: The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) will launch its first-ever Regional Workshop on February 10, 2017, at the Chattanooga Marriott Downtown in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The goal of NISOD’s Regional Workshops is to bring professional development closer to faculty, administrators, and [...]

Chuck Underwood and Dr. Belle Wheelan to Keynote NISOD's 2017 Conference Austin, TX [September 2, 2016] – The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) is pleased to announce Chuck Underwood and Dr. Belle Wheelan as keynote speakers for the 39th annual International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence, held May 27 - 30, 2017, [...]