A professor at Motlow State Community College has been selected as 1 of 3 teacher liaisons across the U.S. by the Space Foundation.

Billy Hix of Shelbyville will be recognized in April for the honor at the Space Foundation conference in Colorado Springs, Colo., according to the Shelbyville Times-Gazette.

Hix, associate professor at Motlow College, in December was named Science Teacher of the Year for higher education in the state. He recently completed a series of science videos for the Tennessee Department of Education. This spring Hix will conduct astronomy programs across the Southeast.

Hix has been teaching since 1979.