Dean/Professor Emeritus Receives Distance Learning Award

Honggang Yang, Ph.D., dean and professor emeritus from the former NSU College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS), was honored by the Florida Distance Learning Association. He received the award for Innovative Leadership in Distance Learning in Higher Education.

Yang designed and implemented the Residential Institute (RI) in 1999, still used by the Department of Conflict Resolution Studies in the Halmos College of Arts and Sciences and the Guy Harvey Oceanographic Research Center (HCAS), RI brings distance learning students to campus twice a year to engage in on-campus learning, attend keynote lectures, and participate in working groups and social activities. In addition, he implemented other programs such as the Campus Diversity Dialogues.