(Columbus, OH) – Cherylee Blankenship, a faculty member at Harrison College’s Grove City, Ohio campus, received the 2011 Master Teacher Award from the Ohio Association of Career Colleges and Schools at the group’s annual meeting in Columbus.

Each year, the association honors teachers at private sector colleges and schools for outstanding service to their students, institutions and profession.

Ms. Blankenship has been employed by Harrison College since January 2010 and currently serves as Medical Program Coordinator for the College. She has been instrumental to the success and significant growth of the current externship program, coordinating networking events with community employers and students, and continuing to lead the charge on the College’s efforts to pursue medical assistant programmatic accreditation. She is consistently ranked in the top 10% by her students as an instructor, and serves as a mentor to many new faculty joining the team.

Blankenship resides in Grove City.


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Harrison College is a contemporary, career-focused institution of Higher Education serving more than 6,000 students throughout the United States and Internationally.   Harrison College has 12 campuses in Indiana and Ohio, two culinary schools in Indiana and North Carolina, and also offers courses online at Harrison.edu. The institution grants Associates and Bachelor’s degrees across five schools of study: Business, Health Sciences, Information Technology, Criminal Justice, and Veterinary Technology, as well as its culinary division, The Chef’s Academy.  Harrison College offers students a variety of learning environments including online, traditional classroom or a combination of both. Harrison College is accredited by the Accrediting Council of Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) and is dedicated to excellence in higher learning.  In addition, the College is currently a Candidate with The Higher Learning Commission, an affiliate of the North Central Association (HLC-NCA). Harrison College was founded in 1902 as Indiana Business College and has a rich history of preparing students for success in their chosen profession.