Nathalie Davis Bennett (’05, BA in Elementary Education) was recently named Charleston County (SC) School District’s 2022 Teacher of the Year. She is a sixth-grade math teacher at Northwoods Middle School and has been an educator for 13 years, holding various positions in North and South Carolina. Watch the announcement at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKqfvi7LMGI. Congratulations, Nathalie!
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Professor Calhoun Wins the Excellence in Advising Award
Professor Brian Calhoun, Associate Professor of the Practice, is this year’s winner of the Excellence in Advising Award from Wake Forest University. Regularly nominated by students and peers for this award, this is a fitting tribute to an amazing mentor and the incoming chair of the university’s Committee on Advising.
Dr. Dani Parker Moore receives 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Award
Congratulations to Dr. Dani Parker Moore, who is a recipient of the 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. “Building the Dream” Award through Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University for her continued work with Freedom School. https://news.wfu.edu/…/wfu-announces-mlk-building-the…/
Dr. Leni Caldwell Receives Winston Under 40 Leadership Award
Congratulations to our own Visiting Clinical Professor, Dr. Leni Caldwell, on being recognized for a Winston Under 40 Leadership Award. Well deserved, Dr. Caldwell! Learn more at: https://www.winstonsalem.com/…/winston-under-40…/
Professor Calhoun Receives Summer Technology Exploration Program Grant
Congratulations to Professor Brian Calhoun, who received the Summer Technology Exploration Program (STEP) Grant from Wake Forest University Information Systems to explore creative ways of enhancing teaching of professional interviewing in EDU 320: Strategic Job Search.
Dr. Debbie French Wins Gerhard Salinger Award
Congratulations to Dr. Debbie French and colleagues from the STEM Guitar Project on winning the Gerhard Salinger Award For Enhancing I-STEM Education Through Technological/Engineering Design-Based Instruction from the International Technology & Engineering Educators’ Association (ITEEA). The STEM Guitar Project (www.guitarbuilding.org) has trained over 900 educators grades 7-14 using a week-long institute format since inception in […]
Sara Church Selected at Teacher of the Year
Congratulations to Sara Freeman Church (MAEd, ’14), a social studies teacher who was selected as the 2021 Teacher of the Year at John F. Kennedy High School in Winston-Salem, NC. Read more about the voter registration event Sara and her students hosted at Kennedy High School with the help of When We All Vote and […]
Lilly Parker Receives Service Excellence Award
Congratulations to Lilly Parker, an Elementary Education major, who was highlighted in the recent Wake Forest Magazine for receiving the Service Excellence Award from the Office of Civic and Community Engagement. Lilly serves as President of the Alpha Phi Omega (APO) service fraternity and has volunteered with Latino Community Services and the Ronald McDonald House. […]
Alum Kristin Johnson Davin Receives Anthony Papalia Award
Congratulations to Dr. Kristin Johnson Davin, Associate Professor of Education at UNC-Charlotte, who received the Anthony Papalia Award for Excellence in Teacher Education from the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Dr. Davin completed her undergraduate studies in Spanish in 2003 and the MAEd in Spanish Education in 2004 at WFU. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifX4ePPK9_w…
Bailey Allman (’15) Honored for Work with Paisley Sports Literacy Program
Congratulations to Bailey Allman (’15) on being honored by Wake Forest Athletics and the College Football Playoffs Extra Yard for Teachers Initiative for her outstanding efforts with the Paisley Sports Literacy Program. Ms. Allman has sponsored the program with Dr. Alan Brown since 2016.