Robin McFall Named SCTEA Educator of the Year

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2/21/2003
(By Lisa Garrett)

PENDLETON --- A Tri-County Technical College English instructor was named Educator of the Year among the State's 16 technical colleges at the South Carolina Technical Education Association (SCTEA) conference today (February 21).

Robin McFall, of Piedmont, was honored at a conference luncheon in Myrtle Beach.

Mrs. McFall began teaching at Tri-County 12 years ago as an adjunct instructor after working as a teacher for Anderson School Districts 1 and 3. In 1992 she became a full-time instructor.

For several years, she has been involved in the distance learning courses and worked with Dr. Marianne Taylor, English department head, to develop the English sequence. She also is involved in teaching the College's online course offerings.

Mrs. McFall received the highest award presented to Tri-County's faculty, the Presidential Medallion for Instructional Excellence, at the College's commencement last May.

In addition to teaching full time, Mrs. McFall devotes time to committee work at the College. She chaired the Academic and Administrative Support Services Committee, worked on a College-wide committee for advising and retention and is a member of the Multicultural Discussion Group. She serves as the Arts and Sciences representative for the Scholarship Committee, and last year she chaired the Arts and Sciences Committee set up to review and revise its orientation. She also serves as vice president of the Faculty Senate. She is vice chair of the Academic and Administrative Support Services Committee.

During the year, she participated in several professional development activities including the National Computers on Campus Conference, a Prentice Hall workshop on using web sites to supplement course content and to detect plagiarism, and a pedagogy conference at Claflin College.

She is a member of the National Academic Advisors' Association, as well as the National Council of Teachers of English and the S.C. chapter of the American Association of Women in Community Colleges. Recently, she was named to Who's Who Among America's Teachers for the second time. (Only about five percent of the recipients of this honor are named more than once.)

She is an honor graduate of Palmetto High School and graduated cum laude from Clemson University with a B. S. in English. She also holds a master of education with a specialization in English from Clemson.

Mrs. McFall resides in Piedmont with her husband and two children. They attend Williamston First Baptist Church where she teaches Sunday School.
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