Congratulations to Matt McGarrity - 2006 National Speakers Association Outstanding Professor

The press release from the NSA:

National Speakers Association Announces Outstanding Professor Award Winners

(TEMPE, Ariz. – August 2, 2006) The National Speakers Association (NSA), the leading organization for professional speakers, recently awarded two professors with the Outstanding Professor Award for their commitment to speech communication. The award winners were announced at NSA's 2006 Convention, July 22-25 in Orlando, Fla.

NSA's annual Professor Awards, given through the NSA Foundation, are designed to recognize and reward two outstanding speech or communication professors. NSA looks for full-time educators within a department of speech communication in an accredited university who: demonstrate an academically oriented commitment to the understanding of the spoken word by the individual and society; show commitment through effective undergraduate or graduate teaching courses in public speaking, presentations, public speaking ethics, etc.; and through communications-related research.

NSA's 2006 Outstanding Professor Award winners are Matt McGarrity, Ph.D, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. and Marty Val Hill, SPHR, Utah Valley State – School of Business, Orem, Utah.

Matt McGarrity, PhD, recipient of the Robert Henry Outstanding Professor Award, is a professor in the Communication Department at the University of Washington in Seattle, Wash. He has been honored by several organizations, including the National Communication Association, Rhetorical Society of America Institute and the Western States Communication Association.

Marty Val Hill, SPHR, winner of the Jeanne Robertson Outstanding Professor Award, is a professor at the Utah Valley State College (UVSC) – School of Business, Orem, Utah. He is the recipient of several academic distinctions including the Bringham Young University Sloan Award for Speaking Excellence, UVSC Service Learning Fellow, and UVSC Faculty in Industry and Business Fellow.

The National Speakers Association (NSA) is the leading organization for professional speakers. NSA's thousands of members include experts in a variety of industries and disciplines, who reach audiences as trainers, educators, humorists, motivators, consultants, authors and more. Since 1973, NSA has provided resources and education designed to advance the skills, integrity and value of its members and speaking profession.

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