Dr. Martine Howard receives National Resource Center’s 2025 Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate Award.
Each year, the National Resource Center for The First- Year Experience and Students in Transition asks the presidents of American higher education institutions to nominate one educator on their campus who are Outstanding First- Year Student Advocates involved in high-impact practices for first-year student success. In collaboration with Penguin Random House Publishing, the National Resource Center for The First- Year Experience and Students in Transition recently recognized Dr. Martine Howard as one of the recipients of the 2025 Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate Award.
Dr. Martine Howard is a professor and Chairperson of the Languages and Communications Department at Camden County College, where she has served for 30 years. An alumna of Camden County College, she holds degrees from Rowan University, and the University of Delaware. She earned her Ed.D. from New Jersey City University with a dissertation on a 15-credit completion initiative that won the Dissertation in Practice Award. The 15 to Finish campaign she launched at Camden County College helped first-year students enroll in 15 credits per semester, to graduate on time. Dr. Howard was honored with the Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award in 2013 for her exceptional student-focused teaching of French and Spanish. Her dedication to first-year students was further evidenced by her leadership in organizing a task force in 2023 to implement a First Year Experience Course and create discussions with faculty and administration on how to best enforce it college-wide.
The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition is the trusted expert, internationally recognized leader, and clearinghouse for scholarship, policy, and best practice for all postsecondary student transitions. The Center is dedicated to setting a standard of excellence for supporting student transitions and facilitating educational success for a diversity of students in the 21st century. The Center’s efforts in this regard are inclusive of several national recognition programs that honor the outstanding achievements of higher education professionals from different sectors of higher education.
