People tend to gravitate toward Michael Leonard. It’s this approachability, combined with unmatched industry knowledge, endless hours of dedicated service, and a burning desire to bolster the industry’s next generation that has earned Leonard the distinction of The NEWS’ Best Instructor.

Don Crawshaw, HVAC department chair, Pikes Peak Community College, Colorado Springs, Colo., is the runner-up in The NEWS’ 2012 Best Instructor contest.

HVAC Excellence has announced that the title of Certified Master HVACR Educator (CMHE) has been conferred upon Terry L. Robinson of Lincoln College of Technology in Grand Prairie, Texas.

With your support, this instructor — who helped mold you into the HVACR workhorse you are today — can gain the recognition he or she deserves. 

Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES) recently honored Desi Rigg, a certificate member specialist serving as an HVACR instructor at Scott Community College, Bettendorf, Iowa, as its Iowa State Association Member of the Year.