Students, staff and faculty gathered this week for the Celebration of Excellence, an annual tradition where we honor the outstanding achievements from across the School of Education. Whether through accomplishments in research, diversity or international engagement, we are so proud of the work done at the SOE during this academic year.

See a full list of the winner's below, and view the full program for more information about the awards.

You can watch the entire event here, visit our Facebook page to see more photos from the event, and also enjoy this School of Education Year-in-Review Slideshow which contains many more great photos from this academic year.

Award Categories

• Award for Outstanding Research
• Martha Dawson Award for Outstanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Achievements
• Award for Outstanding Partnership and Collaboration
• Award for Outstanding International Engagement
• Provost’s Award for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity
• IACTE Outstanding Future Educators
• Case Challenge
• M. Jane Kaho Staff Recognition Awards
• Student Academic Center Award
• Outstanding Associate Instructor (AI) Award Award
• Outstanding Adjunct Instructor Award
• Award for Excellence in Mentoring
• Student Choice Award
• Trustees Teaching Award
• Holmes Scholars
• Burton W. Gorman Distinguished Teaching Award
• Armstrong Teacher Educator
• Jacobs Educators

Award for Outstanding Research

Dubravka Svetina Valdivia

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Martha Dawson Award for Outstanding Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Marcus Croom

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Award for Outstanding Partnership and Collaboration

Kyungbin Kwon

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Award for Outstanding International Engagement

Patricia Kubow

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Provost’s Award for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity

Wisdom Ibikunle & Tennisha Riley

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IACTE Outstanding Future Educators

Anthony Frencl
Kierstin Horlacher
Josie Pace

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Case Challenge

1st: Amy Weilhammer & Zayn Karim
2nd: Olivia Wood & Jenna Milosh
3rd: Ainsley Epperson &Claire Ashcraft

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M. Jane Kaho Staff Recognition Awards

Brianna Zia-Borhan, Admissions Credentialing Representative, Graduate Studies Office
Katherine Cierniak, Director, INSPIRE Living Learning Center,
Office of Undergraduate and Teacher Education
Kathrine Harder, IT User Support Specialist, Education Technology Services

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Student Academic Center Award

Suok Kwon

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Outstanding Associate Instructor Award (AI) Awardees 2022-2023

Lin Chu, Instructional Systems Technology
Katheryn Purcell, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Elizabeth Melfi & Jonathan Kang, Counseling and Educational Psychology
Desiree Ippolito & Javier Cardona Otero, Curriculum and Instruction

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Outstanding Adjunct Instructor Award

Francesca Williamson

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Award for Excellence in Mentoring

Jessica Lester, Counseling and Educational Psychology

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Student Choice Award

Janet Decker, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

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Trustees Teaching Award

Sharon Daley, Curriculum and Instruction
Alycia Elfreich, Curriculum and Instruction
Gus Weltsek, Curriculum and Instruction
Jennifer Rippner, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Ellen Vaughan, Counseling and Educational Psychology

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Holmes Scholars

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Burton W. Gorman Distinguished Teaching Award

Karen Wohlwend, Curriculum and Instruction

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Armstrong Teacher Educators 2023-24 Cohort

Tim Baker, Language Arts, White River Valley High School
Stephanie Barnes, Language Arts, Creekside Middle School
Aaron Gilmore, Business, Northwestern High School
Jené Hartman, Social Studies, South Bend Clay High School
Jena Hudson, Music Reading, Edgewood Primary School
Tammy Josephson, 1st grade, Pope John XXIII Elementary School
Cortnaye Love, Science, Indiana Connections Academy
Kirstin Milks, Science, Bloomington High School South
Farahana Shama, 3rd grade, International Leadership School
Katelyn Snack, Reading Specialist, Ernie Pyle Elemetary School
Brooke Stewart, Science, South Central Jr Sr High School
Andrew Todd, 6th grade, Mary Evelyn Castle Elementary School

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Jacobs Educators 2023 Cohort

Tim Arnold, District eLearning Specialist, Richmond Community Schools
Erin Brown, 5th grade, Sugar Grove Elementary School
Allison Coulter, 5th grade, Avon Intermediate School
Catherine (Katie) Jones, 4th grade, Maple Grove Elementary School
Kasey Oetting, Instructional Technology Coach, Yorktown Elementary School
Hannah Rhoades, 2nd grade, Edgewood Primary School
Karissa Schwanekamp, 4th grade, Guilford Elementary School

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