College of Education Alumni Society Awards Photo by Paul Hazi
2011 Award Winners
Excellence in Education Award
Outstanding Teaching Award
M. Christopher Brown II ’97 Ph.D.
Marion Wheland ’73 E K Ed
Brown is president of Alcorn State University. He previously served at Fisk University (Nashville, Tenn.), as executive vice president and provost; and at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas as dean of the College of Education. He has held positions for both the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Education.
Wheland is an instructional support teacher at Park Forest Elementary School in State College, Pa. She has worked with the State College Area School District for more than 35 years. She has served on countless boards and committees for the school district. Wheland has presented at education conferences on the state and national levels.
Leadership & Service Award
Outstanding New Graduate Award
Maggie Baker ’11 E K Ed
Jaclyn Gruber ’08 Sec Ed
Award Nominations
Roland E. Walters, Jr. ’71 Sec Ed, ’72 M.Ed. Walters is director of the Career Services Office at Ferrum (Va.) College, providing leadership for an inclusive career services office that assists some 1,500 students. He has held positions in career services at two other Virginia institutions: Radford University and Wytheville Community College. He also is a former consultant for AT&T.
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Resolving to Reach Higher
Gruber teaches English at Great Valley High School in Phoenixville Pike, Pa. She has taught a variety of courses that include Standard and Honors Form of Fiction, Twentieth Century Fiction, and Basic Reading and Writing Strategies. She has developed a curriculum for twelfth-grade courses.
Left to right, front row: Jaclyn Gruber, Brittany Bonnell, Lauren Reese, and Amy Stafford; back row: Maggie Baker, Roland Walters, Paulette Lemma (winner of 2010 Excellence in Education award), Dean David Monk, Marion Wheland, and M. Christopher Brown
Outstanding Student Teaching Awards Fall 2010 Lauren Reese ’10 Sec Ed (English) Amy Stafford ’10 E K Ed Spring 2011 Brittany Bonnell ’11 Sec Ed (Math)
We are now accepting nominations for 2012 awards. To nominate College of Education alumni, please visit our Web site or e-mail Phil Hoy at phoy@psu.edu www.ed.psu.edu/educ/alumnifriends/award