Andover Resident Recognized for Excellence at Northern Essex Community College

Andover, MA - Five Northern Essex Community College faculty and staff, including Liliana Brand of Andover, were recently named recipients of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Awards for Excellence, a national honor which recognizes outstanding faculty and staff in the country’s community colleges.

This year’s recipients include Liliana Brand of Andover, a member of the math faculty; Patricia “Tricia” Butler of Haverhill, administrative assistant for the Division of Technology, Arts and Professional Studies; Jack Davidson of Lowell, human services faculty; Patricia “Trish” Schade of Byfield, professor of developmental reading and college success seminar, and curriculum coordinator of developmental reading; and Patricia “Pat” Willett, of Groveland, radiologic technology faculty.

Since 1978, NISOD has been dedicated to the professional development of faculty, administrators, and staff; and to the continued improvement of teaching and learning, with the ultimate goal of student success.

Brand, a native of Colombia, has taught a variety of math courses at Northern Essex since 2003. She is known for making her math courses interesting and encourages her students to not only exercise their minds, but their bodies as well. She is eager to explain the correlation between exercising and learning.

She has served on various committees and volunteers both on campus and off at area high schools.

Brand earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Universidad del Valle in Colombia, South America, and a Master of Science in Mathematics from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.

NECC’s 2016 NISOD recipients are from (l to r) Patricia Schade of Byfield, Liliana Brand of Andover, Tricia Butler of Haverhill, Patricia Willett of Groveland, and John Davidson of Lowell (not in photo).