Milestones

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  Rebecca Duda (MA '09) Selected to Serve on Education Advisory Board for Gifted Students

  January 1, 2010
  Rebecca Duda (MA '09) was selected to serve on the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Gifted and Talented Advisory Council. (read more)
  
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  Kevin J. Zerzan (OR ’09) Helps Set OR 2011 Education Policy Agenda

  January 1, 2010
  By special invitation from Superintendent of Public Instruction Susan Castillo, Kevin Zerzan attended the State Board of Education retreat in Salem, OR, to provide feedback and suggestions for the 2011 policy agenda. (read more)
  
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  Jeremy Raper (AL '11) Joins AL Governor's First Teacher Cabinet

  January 1, 2009
  Jeremy Raper (AL ’11) became one of the first members of Alabama Governor Robert Bentley’s Teacher Cabinet. (read more)
  
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  Rick Crosslin (IN '98) Partners to Create New TV Special

  January 1, 2009
  Indianapolis public radio station WFYI and the Children's Museum of Indianapolis partnered to produce Wings Over Indiana, a special one-hour edition of Rick Crosslin's (IN '98) Emmy-winning science series. (read more)
  
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  Dr. Cindy Moss (NC ‘01) Honored for Leadership in STEM

  January 1, 2009
  Insight Into Diversity magazine has honored Milken Educator and Discovery Education's Dr. Cindy Moss (NC ’01) with its Inspiring Women in STEM Award for 2015. (read more)
  
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  Bill Sterrett (VA '08) Publishes Book on Successful School Leaders

  January 1, 2009
  Bill Sterrett's "Insights into Action: Successful School Leaders Share What Works," written with help from five other Milken Educators, was selected as an ASCD Member Book (December 2011). (read more)
  
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  Glen Westbroek (UT '01) Leads School to Title 1 Reward Status

  January 1, 2009
  Glen Westbroek helps lead his Orem Junior High School to Title 1 Reward status (read more)
  
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  Thomas Sferes (ME '91) receives 2009 Exemplary Practice Award from MAMLE

  January 1, 2009
  Thomas Sferes, a university instructor at the University of New England and a teacher at Biddeford Middle School, received the 2009 Exemplary Practice Award from the Maine Association of Middle Level Educators (MAMLE). (read more)
  
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  School Named in Kathy Sheiko's (MI '91) Honor

  January 1, 2009
  Principal Kathy Sheiko (MI '91) got a surprise going-away present when she retired in Summer 2011 after 26 years of service. (read more)
  
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  Deb Brown (WV '91) Presented with 2010 Paul J. Morris Character Educator of the Year Award

  January 1, 2009
  The West Virginia Board of Education presented Deb Brown with the 2010 Paul J. Morris Character Educator of the Year award. (read more)