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Blue Ridge CC’s Dyen Awarded Instructor of the Year

On April 15, Blue Ridge Community College Aviation Maintenance Technology Program Associate Professor Fred Dyen was awarded the Ivan D. Livi Aviation Maintenance Educator of the Year Award presented at the annual Aviation Technician Education Council (ATEC) Conference. The award recognizes long-term outstanding performance of an aviation maintenance technology instructor who has had a direct impact on students.

Dyen has nearly 27 years of experience teaching at Part 147 programs across the country and is currently pursuing his PhD in instructional design and technology from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.



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