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WNC's Dr. Doris Dwyer Earns Distinguished Nevadan Award

WNC's Dr. Doris Dwyer Earns  Distinguished Nevadan Award

Author: Dr. Doris Dwyer. Photo courtesy of WNC.

Congratulations to longtime WNC History Professor Dr. Doris Dwyer. She was recognized with the Distinguished Nevadan Award at the NSHE Board of Regents quarterly meeting last week. She taught required and elective history classes and the complete sequence of core humanities courses during her exemplary 35-year career at WNC. 

Dr. Dwyer was most pleased by teaching onsite at WNC’s rural centers in Lovelock, Hawthorne, Yerington, and Fernley. When interactive video classes were created, Dr. Dwyer was instrumental in providing this new technology to rural students.

Dr. Dwyer was voted outstanding teaching faculty member on five occasions by Fallon campus students and received the WNC Outstanding Faculty Member by her peers. In addition, she was the recipient of the WNC Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence (2004) and the Regents’ Teaching Award (2005). In 2000, she was awarded the Governor’s Humanities Award through the Nevada Humanities Committee. Most recently, Dr. Dwyer received the Preserve Nevada 2023 Legacy Award, recognizing her contributions to Nevada's history and culture.

Dr. Dwyer served on numerous public service boards, including Nevada Humanities Committee, 1983-89; University of Nevada Press Board, 1997-2005; Nevada Historical Society Quarterly Editorial Board, 1987-95; Advisory Board of Historic Preservation, 1990-94; Nevada Division of Museums and History Board, 1994-99 and 2011-23; and Evaluator, Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, 2009-14. Nationally, Dr. Dwyer served in several capacities that gave Nevada a voice in national historical trends and issues: the U.S. Department of Education, the Organization of American Historians Community College Committee, and the Organization of American Historians Executive Board.

WNC is proud that Dr. Dwyer called Western home for so many years and made a difference in so many students lives. #iamwnc
 


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