Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute Adult Basic Education Coordinator Julie Couch recently received the North Carolina Association on High Education and Disability (NC AHEAD) Laura Thomas Award. This award was established by the NC AHEAD Executive Board in 1996 in memory of Laura L. D. Thomas, the Director of Disability Services at UNC-Chapel Hill for 17 years and one of the pioneers in disability services in North Carolina. The award will recognize an outstanding individual outside the field of disability services who has demonstrated exemplary support of disability services within an academic setting or community. Couch was nominated by CCC&TI Counseling and Disability Services Director Tuesday Sigmon. The award was presented on CCC&TI’s Caldwell Campus Thursday afternoon, May 20.
From left to right, Associate Dean of Transitional Studies Dr. Lauri Stilwell, Adult Education and Literacy Director Shari Brown, Couch and Sigmon.