MCIE Award for Support of Students with Disabilities

Charity Dewing

Adjunct Professor, English, CLASS

Ms. Charity Dewing has been a part-time instructor in MSUB’s English department since 2018. She is an MSUB graduate who studied under and greatly admires many of the professors she now has the privilege to call her peers. Dewing received her Master of Fine Arts in Writing from Pacific University in 2017. She is a writer and poet and was recognized and published in the poetry anthology, Emerging Poets of 2019 by ZPublishing, and is actively pursuing publication for short stories, poems, and fiction manuscripts in various publications.

Dewing has been key in supporting students who need additional accommodations for success. She always has the best interest of her students at heart and goes above and beyond to ensure that each student is setup for success. Her nominator for this award shared a quote from one of Dewing’s students: “There is no greater feeling than having a professor that you know in your heart wants you to succeed.” Dewing worked with Disability Support Services to arrange specific accommodations for this student. The student also noted that Dewing encouraged her and believed in her when her semester course load was so heavy.

Dewing has displayed that she will go to any lengths to provide the best quality education to her students, regardless of the obstacles they face, and is a well-deserving candidate and recipient of the MCIE Award for Support of Students with Disabilities.