PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (Nov. 17, 2022) – CIITS, the Center for Instructional Innovation and Technology Services at Prairie View A&M University, responded to the Covid-19 pandemic with lightning speed, easing the transition from in-person instruction to the delivery of online education. For its many efforts in this area, CIITS was presented with the Bennie Tschoerner Award for Outstanding Commitment to Texas Digital Learning Association by an Institution.
The Bennie Tschoerner Award is given annually by the Texas Digital Learning Association. It’s awarded to “the most committed individuals and organizations — those who put their noses to the grindstone and ‘make things happen’” for TxDLA and residents across the state of Texas. The awards fall into three classifications: individual, institutional and corporate, for outstanding service provided to the organization during the past year.
A notable award in any year, this particular year was important given the extra workload and extreme pressure placed upon institutions to meet the vital needs of campus educators and students. PVAMU’s online support organization went the extra mile in meeting the university’s commitment to create “opportunities for all persons,” as the CIITS introduction to distance education says. “Neither socio-economic status, ethnicity, educationally unrelated handicap, nor geographic location must limit educational opportunity at Prairie View A&M University, a peoples’ university.”
The organization is especially honored to be recognized above all the online support organizations throughout the state of Texas.
“I am very proud of the CIITS team as they stepped up to the plate,” said CIITS Executive Director Charlene Stubblefield, who was the first African American to serve as president of TxDLA from 2020 to 2021. “Not only supporting Prairie View A&M University as we went from in-person to virtual events but also the Texas A&M University System, the Texas Digital Learning Association and the Annual HBCU Faculty Development Network Conference. It is an honor to work with this amazing group of people.”
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