Kevin Weston, Rend Lake College’s Architectural Technology Professor, has been named the R. Tim Phillip Teacher of the Year for 2015 by the Illinois Drafting Educators Association. The announcement was made at the IDEA’s annual conference on October 15th at Illinois State University. Weston is a veteran of teaching RLC’s Architectural Technology program with his hands in many other professional and collegiate activities. In addition to being an active member of the IDEA and the Faculty Advisory Committee, Weston has helped to create the annual Illinois SkillsUSA Architecture and Drafting competition and has served as a contest supervisor for the last 10 years. He has also been the Regional Director for the IDEA’s annual Drafting & Design Competition, held every spring on the RLC campus. In 2012, he was elected as the IDEA President.