Rosealee Lee Named 2008 Outstanding Instructor of the Year

Selected by a process of online student voting and faculty and staff committee deliberations, Rosealee M. Lee, a meeting and event management instructor, was named the Dakota County Technical College 2008 Outstanding Instructor of the Year.

Lee has served DCTC students for more than five years in adjunct and full-time faculty positions. She teaches at the college's Apple Valley site and is slated to head the Meeting and Event Management and Tourism and Travel programs.

Lee points to partnerships with industry employers and professional associations as the reason for the continued growth in hospitality careers. "We are thrilled to be educating our students for employment," she said. " Hospitality is a dynamic business and maintaining responsive communication with employers is important to the success of our students."

With more than 30 years of industry experience, Lee brings a business-smart, energetic, compassionate and student-centered philosophy of education to her classroom. She believes strongly that her curriculum should be applied to the goals of her students through real-world applications.

Lee serves as chair of the Minnesota Meeting Professionals International Student Task Force and as a member of the MN MPI Membership Committee. She is an active member of the American Society of Association Executives, the Professional Convention Management Association, the Meeting Professionals International, the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship, the Minnesota Society of Association Executives and the American Society of Travel Agents.