Education Professor Receives Visionary Award for Distinguished Leadership

Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice Professor Anymir Orellana, Ed.D., is the recipient of the Visionary Award for Distinguished Leadership from the Florida Distance Learning Association.

The award recognizes a leader who has demonstrated commitment in the field of education and has made significant contributions to distance learning in the organization.

Orellana said upon learning of the award, she was honored and excited. However, she also voiced her immense gratitude for her friend and colleague Gabriela Mendez, the person who nominated her for the recognition.

Orellana said she wanted to thank Mendez publicly.

“Not very many have good friends who take time to nominate you and appreciate you in such a way,” she said. “I thank her, and I thank the committee.”

Mendez said she nominated Orellana because she motivates her and others to constantly improve their online courses.

“As a great academic, she is always reading and learning about new topics and shares her knowledge with her colleagues by teaching us how to use technology and how to organize our courses. Dr. Orellana and I challenge each other to think beyond how teaching online is today to envision how it could be to benefit all students. Dr. Anymir Orellana is an inspiration to her colleagues and students.”

Orellana joins others from NSU to receive this distinction. In 2021, NSU President Dr. George Hanbury was granted the award, and in 2013, the award was received by FCESCJ Professor Hui Fang Huang “Angie” Su.

Orellana will be recognized at the FDLA/FAMTE 2022 virtual conference to be held in February 2023.

Posted 11/06/22