A Northwest Missouri State University instructor has received a regional award for excellence in teaching.

Marketing and Management instructor Allison Hoffman received the regional award from the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs. Northwest announced the award Tuesday.

Hoffman will be recognized by the ACBSP this June in Baltimore during the organizations annual conference. As a regional recipient, she is now eligible for the International Teaching Excellence Award announced in June.

“Allison is very student-focused and students are able to immediately make a connection with her both in the classroom and outside,” said Dr. Chi Lo Lim, chair of the Department of Marketing and Management. “Allison’s devotion in helping her students is well known on campus as she always goes above and beyond the call of duty. She exemplifies a passionate and professional teacher determined to help her students learn.”

The Associate Degree Commission of ACBSP established the International Teaching Excellence Award in 1995 to recognize outstanding classroom teachers. In 2002, the Baccalaureate Degree Commission created a similar award to recognize excellence in teaching at the baccalaureate degree level. ACBSP is the only specialized accrediting body for business schools that presents an award recognizing excellence in teaching, open to application by the entire membership.