Dr. Stacy Giguere Receives MCC Educational Excellence and Distinguished Service Award

Manchester, Conn. (May 11, 2017) – Stacy Giguere, Ph.D., professor of psychology, is the recipient of the MCC Educational Excellence and Distinguished Service Award for the 2016-17 academic year. This award recognizes employees whose performance exemplifies excellence in teaching, leadership and administration.

“We are very proud to name Dr. Giguere as the recipient of the 2016-17 Educational Excellence and Distinguished Service Award at Manchester Community College,” said Gena Glickman, president of MCC. “She is a truly dedicated faculty member and very deserving of this award. In her 11 years as a full-time faculty member, she has demonstrate passion and commitment to learning. She constantly assesses her own work to make sure that she maximizes not just student success but her own effectiveness as a teacher.”

Dr. Giguere, a resident of Windsor, has demonstrated a strong interest in pedagogy, substantially revising her teaching tactics to meet the needs and learning styles of MCC’s changing student demographics. Her most recent revision includes creating a new organizational framework that integrates cross-cultural perspectives on health and wellness across the lifespan.

Dr. Giguere joined MCC as adjunct faculty in 1999 and full-time in 2006. In addition to her teaching duties at the college, she has served as an adjunct faculty member at Great Path Academy, designing and teaching general psychology at the middle-college high school on the MCC campus. She earned her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Duquesne University and holds a master’s degree from the same institution and a bachelor’s degree from Saint Joseph College.

She serves on numerous committees and task forces for MCC, including the Tenure Committee, Center for Teaching, and Strategic Planning Committee. She served on a team from Manchester Community College selected by the Association of American Colleges and Universities to participate in the “Institute on Integrative Learning and the Departments” at the University of Vermont in Burlington, and she was facilitator of the General Education Standards team for the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) 2012 self-study for accreditation.

As part of her award, she receives grant funding to pursue a special career development project.