School of Education Spring 2023 newsletter

Honors and Awards

each school in the Eau Claire Area School District. You can learn more about this award winner online at https:// www.weau.com/2023/03/03/manz elementary-honors-school-counselor with-golden-apple-award/ Susan Buss, a 2021 Art Education graduate, received the Wisconsin Art Education Association’s 2023 Private Schools Outstanding Art Educator Award. She teaches at St. Paul’s Lutheran School in Menomonie. UW-Stout Students Lauren Dillinger, Art Education student, and Alexis Setzer, Family & Consumer Sciences Education student, each received the 2023 Samuel E. Wood Medallion Award. This is the highest award given to seniors who demonstrate scholarship, leadership, and contributions to student activities. Bailey Iwen, Art Education student, received the Outstanding Student Leader of the Year Award for her work with

the National Art Education Association chapter on campus.

UW-Stout Alumni Kendra Haessley, a 1988 Early Childhood Education graduate, received a Crystal Apple Award from the Marshfield (WI) Area Chamber of Commerce. She is a kindergarten teacher and is retiring this year. Information about the award can be found online at https://hubcitytimes. com/2023/03/01/marshfield-chamber announces-crystal-apple-award-winners/ Emily Larson, a 2003 Family & Consumer Sciences Education graduate, received the Wisconsin Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher of the Year Award. Information about the award and Emily’s award-winning work can be found online at https://www.uwstout. edu/about-us/news-center/teaching excellence-four-school-education-alum honored-awards Jonathan Szymanski, a 2022 School Counseling graduate, received the 2022 23 Eau Claire Area School District Golden Apple Award for Manz Elementary School. One recipient is selected from

Erin O’Brien, Math Education student, received the Student Employee of the Year Award as an employee of the Math Teaching and Learning Center. Payton Schneider, Art Education student, received UW-Stout’s Scholar Athlete Award for maintaining a GPA of 3.5 or higher while participating on the track team throughout her undergraduate career. Dr. Lindsay Barnhart, Early Childhood Education Program Director, was nominated for the Bill Siedlecki Advisor of the Year award. The Marketing and Business Education Association and Phi Upsilon Omicron Tau Chapter were nominated for the Student Organization of the Year award. Nominees for other campus awards included:

Faculty Research

Dr. Diane Klemme, Family & Consumer Sciences Education participated in the spring Research Day. Dr. Klemme was the first recipient of the Q Endowed Chair Award and presented research conducted with Wisconsin CTE Coordinators titled Influences on Career Selection. Dr. Lindsay Barnhart, Early Childhood Education, also participated in Research Day. Dr. Barnhart shared research from her dissertation titled Social Skill Development in Preschool Children: A Comparison of Two Curriculum Models.

Erin O’Brien, Math Education student, with her Student Employee of the Year award.

Lauren Dillinger, Samuel E. Wood Medallion Award recipient and Bailey Iwen, Outstanding Student Leader of the Year Award.

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