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40th Anniversary Student Reception

The College of Education and Human Services hosted a student reception and awards recognition on April 2, 2008. Attended by approximately 350 students, parents, friends, faculty, and staff, the reception was part of the College’s ongoing Fortieth Anniversary Celebration. Not only did the reception give the College the opportunity to celebrate the efforts of all students in education and human services, it also enabled the College to acknowledge, publicly, the contributions of students whose academic performance and volunteer efforts were worthy of added distinction.

Moderated by Dr. Tom Frew, Professor of Special Education, the program included greetings by Dean Jay McLoughlin and inspirational remarks by Dennis Kowalski, Director of the Greater Cleveland Educational Development Center. Everyone in the beautiful Fenn Tower Panel Room joined Dean McLoughlin in singing “Happy Birthday” to the College. For the awards recognition, certificates of recognition were presented to 81 current and former students. Dr. Cliff Bennett of the Department of Teacher Education and Dr. Jim Carl of the Department of Curriculum and Foundations did the honors.

A high point of the afternoon was definitely the raffle, in which three lucky students were awarded scholarships good for three- or four credit COEHS courses in the summer or fall semesters. Other giveaways included Cleveland Indians memorabilia and gift certificates to the CSU bookstore.

Special thanks go to the staff members who organized the event: Suzanne Fitz, Jennifer Higgins, Sharon Jefferson, Eileen Logan, and Jay Simmons. A great time was had by all, and hopefully the student reception will be repeated next spring. Hope to see you there!

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Congratulations to the following students:

Outstanding Student Teachers Fall 2007

Program	Name
Art	Laura Skehan
Early Childhood	Margaret Paulus
Early Childhood	Carissa Stefancin
Early Childhood	Carissa Stefancin
Early Childhood	Mandy Young
Middle Childhood	Erik Alexander
Mild/Moderate	Jessica Humphrey
Middle Childhood	Kimberlee Cartwright
Middle Childhood	Callie Stanley
Middle Childhood	Katie Egan
Secondary English	Desiree Moyer
Secondary English	Jason Pietrasz

Alumni Special Achievement and Cleveland State Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient

James A. Harmon, Teacher, Euclid High School

COEHS Golden Apple Award Recipients

Program	Name
Middle Childhood	Erik Alexander
Social Studies	Jason Pietrasz
Middle Childhood	Vera Rozman

COEHS Award of Exceptional Accomplishments

Program	Name
Middle Childhood	Leah Hilliard
Physical Education	Heather Johnson

Gifted and Talented Education

Gloria Komar – Selected for her intellectually sophisticated and academically excellent work as well as her leadership in the classroom.

Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

National Association of Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) Outstanding Majors of the Year:

Dennis Cuturic (Exercise Fitness Specialist) - He was the 2007-08 OAHPERD Memorial Scholarship nominee from Cleveland State. Dennis has played professional basketball in Croatia, Bosnia, and Herzegovina.

Jason S. Hannah (Physical Education Licensure) – Jason has been on the Dean’s list for 4 semesters. He is active with Habitat for Humanity, coaches many basketball camps and leagues involving youths for ages 5-18.

Michael McCall (Sport Management) – Michael is currently interning at the Wolstein Center at Cleveland State. He has worked within the Cleveland State Athletic Department performing external affairs at home contests and volunteering with Cleveland Sports Commission during the 2007 Continental Cup.

Literacy Education

Nancy Jones – In addition to her exemplary academic skills, Nancy provides research assistance for an ongoing project to improve academic achievement of students in the Shaker Heights City Schools.

Math Education

Heather Schramm – Selected for her hard work and dedication during student teaching.

PhD in Urban Education

Matt Deevers – Outstanding service to the program and students in the Doctoral program.

Aaron Ellington – Outstanding service to graduate students in the college, including excellence as a Doctoral Lab Assistant.

Yvonna Pabian – Cleveland State’s nominee to the Midwestern Association to Graduate Schools for her Master’s thesis entitled, “Psychologists knowledge of their state laws pertaining to Tarasoff-type situations.”

Secondary Education Award (Undergraduate)

Christopher Overholt –Nominated for the Golden Apple Award, Chris is inquisitive, open to instruction and is dedicated to becoming an excellent English teacher.

School of Nursing

Crystal Rigutto and Tanya Taylor are outstanding nursing student leaders as well as officers for the National Student Nurse Association.

Community Service

Blood Pressure Screening for Homeless

Carin Mixon-Hunter
Molly Smith
Kellie Mowrer
Tracy Gerhan
Katelyn Engle
Ghazal Jameel
Kelli Hammar
Andreja Gnjatic
Nichole Short
Rachel Sindell
Sara Whitner

Community Service

Food Bank Nutrition Posters

April Culwell
Colleen Dudley
Jenny Fifer
Jennifer Kalisz
Ashley Narduzzi
Tara Moyer

Community Service

Food Bank Participation — Abstract Design

Julie Bruder
Christopher Carter
Mark Fajardo
Sara Frendberg
Amanda Hanzl
Nicholas Johnson

Community Service

Homeless Stand Down

Jessica Riel
Michael Bender
Kimberly Smotek
Jacqueline Smid
Kelly Lutian
Banke Ayanleke
Heather Golob
Mathew Emmerling
Michael Gutherie
Elizabeth Morell
Laura Poultney
Allison Stover
Rebecca Waldheger
Mary Brennan
Natalie Cherosky
Elizabeth Conn
Abbey Dietz
Najeeb Rassie
Jamie Morford
James Sinclair
Monique Allen
Amanda Metzner
Danielle Baksa
Kristina Katic
Carol Jakubowski
Jacqueline Waters
Michael Primiano

Special Education

Cris Coen (Mild/Moderate) – Academic excellence, professionalism and an enthusiastic approach to teaching.

Elizabeth Fritz (Early Childhood Intervention Specialist) - High grades, success in student teaching and as an educational researcher.

Teacher Education—Head Start Cohort

Hilda Vargas—Hilda Vargas is majoring in Early Childhood education and has demonstrated outstanding leadership abilities inside and outside of the classroom. As a participant in the COEHS/CEOGC Partnership, she inspires other students in her cohort by successfully managing multiple academic, personal and professional responsibilities.

TESOL

Judit Simon – Her work for all courses has been of exceptionally quality. Judit is active in the international and Hungarian communities. She organizes cultural events for both communities as well as provides religious instruction.