Guyette Awarded Excellence in Teaching
Nash Community College Criminal Justice Lead Instructor, Carmi Guyette, is the College’s 2016 J. Edgar and Peggie T. Moore Excellence in Teaching Award recipient.
“It is an honor to be nominated for the award and to be named along with other inspirational instructors. I never considered myself as being the best nor could I even come close to all those dedicated instructors who are employed here,” Guyette said.
The Excellence in Teaching Award nominees are chosen annually through a peer and student evaluation process from all full-time faculty members. There is a well-defined set of criteria developed to identify and reward quality teaching. The recipient is chosen by secret ballot by the full-time faculty and represents the best in community college instruction. Guyette has been nominated for the award six times. He will receive a cash award from Ed and Peggie Moore of Rocky Mount.
Addressing the faculty, Guyette said, “As you all know, we are experts within our field of study. Utilizing our experiences allows us to instruct our students at a greater depth of knowledge. Unfortunately, television programs, the media, and the movies sometimes portray the criminal justice profession as reckless, uncaring, and misguiding. I try to instill the purpose, legal justification, techniques, and human aspect of policing into my students’ academic experience by incorporating a realistic approach addressing a variety of issues and concerns that occur in the workforce and are not necessarily covered in a textbook.”
Guyette brings extensive field experience to the classroom having held positions including Nash County Sheriff’s Office investigator, Coastal Plain Law Enforcement Training Center Basic Law Enforcement Training director, Rocky Mount Police Department officer, United Stated of America Department of Energy federal inspector and Hampden County Sheriff’s Department staff sergeant.
Guyette earned an Associate in Science degree in Law Enforcement at Holyoke Community College, a Bachelor of Science degree in Administration of Criminal Justice from Mountain State University and a Master of Criminal Justice Administration degree from Mountain State University. He is certified as a Law Enforcement Officer, Basic Criminal Justice Instructor, and in Specialized Law Enforcement Physical Fitness through North Carolina Criminal Justice Training and Standards.
“It is community college instructors’ personal, professional, and genuine care for our students that make us stand out. With this in mind, I try to combine my career experiences, teaching styles, and what I learn from peers to form something that will help shape and mold our students’ minds. My greatest pleasure is to watch students advance across that stage during commencement while remembering being a part of their lives and their educational progress,” he said.
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