In April 2021, faculty and staff gathered via Zoom for a virtual Celebration of Excellence. The awards ceremony honored achievements around the school and was a chance to recognize all the outstanding work in instruction and mentoring that has been done over the past year in unimaginable circumstances due to the global pandemic.
Since the last event was held in 2019, the scope of the celebration was broadened from a scope of excellence in teaching to excellence in the community.
“I want to thank those of you who are here today, and those who couldn’t make it, that make working at the IU School of Education both a pleasure and an exercise at what it means to thrive at a constant level of excellence that focuses almost entirely on making the world a better place,” Jeff Anderson, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, remarked at the ceremony. “I couldn’t imagine being anywhere else.”
The inaugural cohort of Holmes Scholars and this year’s cohort of Armstrong Teacher Educators were also introduced.
Read the full program for more information about the awards.
Award Categories:
- Research, Development and Innovation Awards
- Student Academic Center Award
- Associate Instructor Outstanding Teaching Awards
- Outstanding Adjunct Instructor Award
- Award for Excellence in Mentoring
- Student Choice Award
- Trustees Teaching Award
- Holmes Scholars
- Armstrong Teacher Educator Award
Research, Development and Innovation Awards
Award for Outstanding Research
Zoë Peterson, Counseling and Educational Psychology
Award for Outstanding Partnership and Collaboration
Anne Leftwich, Instructional Systems Technology
Award for Outstanding International Engagement
Laura Stachowski, Global Gateway for Teachers
Award for Outstanding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Achievements
Rebecca Neri, Counseling and Educational Psychology
Student Academic Center Award
Andrea Sterling, Student Academic Center
Associate Instructor Outstanding Teaching Awards
Mila Costa, Curriculum and Instruction
Dilnoza Kadirova, Instructional Systems Technology
Kemol Lloyd, Curriculum and Instruction
DeJon Purnell, Counseling and Educational Psychology
Montserrat Valdivia, Counseling and Educational Psychology
Jessica Zaker, Curriculum and Instruction
Outstanding Adjunct Instructor Award
Mike Karlin, Instructional Systems Technology
Award for Excellence in Mentoring
Joshua Danish, Counseling and Educational Psychology
Student Choice Award
Katie Cerniak, INSPIRE LLC
Trustees Teaching Award
Janet Decker, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Patty Kubow, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Sylvia Martinez, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Rebecca Neri, Counseling and Educational Psychology
Theresa Ochoa, Curriculum and Instruction
Tina O’Neal, Curriculum and Instruction
David Shriberg, Counseling and Educational Psychology
Gus Weltsek, Curriculum and Instruction
Holmes Scholars
Loukisha (Porter) Anderson
Nayah Boucaud
Chelsea Brinda
Karyn Housh
Aaminah Long
Brandi Loving
Donte Miller
Courtney Orr
Jessica Staten
Kevin Whitehead
Armstrong Teacher Educator Award
2021-2022 Cohort
Jennifer Burkhead, Willow Lake Elementary, Indianapolis
Cynthia Burton-Cottrell, Lynhurst 7th and 8th Grade Center, Indianapolis
Rose Calhoun, Clay High School, South Bend
Alyssa Chew, North Putnam Middle School, Roachdale
Caroline Day, Mentone Elementary School, Mentone
Selma (Sally) Godfrey, Blackhawk Middle School. Fort Wayne
Patrice Huley, Edgewood Elementary School, Michigan City
Leah Leibacher, Eastern Greene High School, Bloomfield
Bernita McGraw, Urban Act Academy, Indianapolis
Lynn Norris, Sullivan High School, Sullivan
Stephanie Noth, Edgewood Intermediate School, Bloomington
Kelsey Pavelka, West View Elementary, Muncie
Jennifer Stahl, West Washington Jr./Sr. High, Campbellsburg
Alicia Stevens, Crestview Elementary, Indianapolis