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Washington, DC, January 12, 2010— TMC alum Kelly Kovacic has been chosen as one of four finalists to receive the nation’s top teaching honor, National Teacher of the Year, according to Gene Wilhoit, executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). Kovacic is an eleventh and twelfth grade social studies teacher at The Preuss School USCD.
In her National Teacher of the Year application Kovacic stated, "At my school I have seen the power of a functioning educational system that can transform a student from one who has all but given up to one whose passion to learn is ignited and whose future is reclaimed. We have the power as teachers, administrators, parents and community members to make that difference, but must model what we ask of students through the efforts we exert, funding we support, academic rigor we instill and the standards we fulfill.”
Recognition by President Barack Obama of the national honoree and the state representatives is tentatively scheduled to take place during the week of
April 26–30, 2010. More ...
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Where: Price Center – Red Shoe Room (2nd floor - above the Theatre)
When: February 1 to March 31, 2010
Open Artists Reception: Tuesday, February 9, 2010 – 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM
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Professor Daniel Widener from the Dept. of History has been appointed as the Director of African American Studies Program (AASM) for a three-year term until June 30, 2012. Dr. Widener teaches African American history, cultural studies, and twentieth-century political radicalism.

