The NISOD Excellence Award recognizes outstanding faculty who demonstrate continued commitment to excellence within a community college setting. Lynch will be presented her award in May at NISOD's annual International Conference on Teaching and Leadership in Austin, Texas.

NISOD is a worldwide consortium dedicated to the professional development of faculty, administrators and staff at open-access higher education institutions. The organization promotes student success through the continued development of excellence in teaching. More than 600 community colleges around the world are members of NISOD.

“Kim demonstrates excellence in her teaching, and in her mentoring of faculty as an Active Learning Advocate,” says Susan Tarnowski, Anoka-Ramsey Community College Vice President of Educational Services. “She also demonstrates her understanding of the depth and breadth of teaching and learning through her work on the Academic Master Plan, her work as the co-chair of the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Steering Committee and as synthesizer/author of the HLC self-study document.”