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Distinguished Teacher Education Alumni
1990 - 2007
Dr. Milton Walker (1990)
Teacher, Coach, Principal, and Superintendent. Past President of
the Mississippi
Association of School Administrators. Executive Director of the
Public Employees Retirement System.
Mr. Johnny Franklin (1991)
Teacher, Coach, Principal, and Superintendent. First Director of
the Mississippi
School for
Mathematics and Science. Director of Instructional Development for
the Mississippi Department of Education.
Dr. Tom Burnham (1992)
Teacher, Assistant Principal, Principal, ETV Specialist, and Assistant
Dean. State Superintendent of Education.
Dr. Ennis Proctor (1994)
Teacher, Coach, and Principal. Executive Director of the Mississippi High School Activities
Association.
Mrs. Jackie Dear Stevens (1995)
Fifth Grade Teacher. 1993 Presidential Award for Excellence in
Science and Mathematics. 1994 Milken Foundation National Educator
Award.
Dr. Dewey Herring (1996)
Teacher, Coach, Counselor, Principal, and Assistant Superintendent.
Superintendent of Ocean
Springs Public
School District.
1995 Superintendent of the Year for the State of Mississippi.
Mrs. Jimmie S. Mullins (1997)
Teacher, Principal, Coordinator, and Director. Assistant
Superintendent of Vicksburg-Warren
School District.
Mrs. Senita Walker
(1998)
Teacher, Librarian, and 1996 Milken Foundation National Educator
Award. 1995 - First Elementary Teacher in Mississippi to receive National Board
Certification for Professional Teaching Standards.
Dr. William Allen Lewis (1999)
Teacher, Principal, Superintendent, University of Southern
Mississippi Staff Council, and Chair.
Former Executive Director of Public Education Forum. President of Pearl River Community College, Poplarville.
Dr. Larry A. Drawdy (2000)
Teacher, Counselor, Assistant Dean, Administrative Assistant, Principal,
Research Assistant, Assistant Superintendent, and Publisher for Phi Delta
Kappan. 1993 Superintendent of the Year
for the State of Mississippi.
Superintendent of Biloxi
Public School
District.
Mrs. Lou Way Perritt (2000)
Teacher, Presenter, and Coordinator. 1992 National Drug-Free School
Coordinator. 1993 Publisher of STARGUIDES, A Character Education
Curriculum.
Dr. Don W.
Locke (2001)
Teacher, Counselor, Marriage and Family Therapist,
Professor, Department Chair, Associate Dean and Dean. Former Degree
Endowed Professor of Education, University
of Louisiana, Monroe. Past President of the
International Association for Marriage and Family Counselors; Student
Personnel Association for Teacher Education; and Southern Association for
Counselor Education and Supervision. Dean of the School of Education,
Mississippi
College.
Dr. Capucine
Torrey-Robinson (2002)
Teacher, Principal, National Presenter, and Coordinator of
State and Federal Programs. Past
President of the Mississippi Early Childhood Association; Board of
Directors, Barksdale Reading Institute; Outstanding Educator, Parent for
Public Schools; Participant, Educational Policy and Fellowship Program,
Mississippi State University.
Mr. Mike Kent (2003)
Teacher, Coach, Principal, and
Superintendent. Five-time Coach of
the Year; Executive Board Member, Mississippi High School Activities
Association; Board Member, Holmes
Community College;
Advanced Leadership Designation, Mississippi Department of Education.
Dr. Milton Baxter (2004)
Teacher, Assistant Principal,
Principal, Administrator, Professor, and Department Chair. Training Aide and Advisor, Education
and Manpower; Assistant
Commissioner of Higher Education for
Research and Planning, Board of Trustees of State Institutions of
Higher Learning; Executive
Director/Secretary; Mississippi Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development.
Mrs.
Cindy Gipson (2005)
Teacher, Assistant Principal,
and Principal. Sheriff’s
Department Service Award (1994); 2000-01 Hinds County Administrator of
the Year; 2002-03 National Distinguished Principal of Mississippi;
Highlighted Presenter of Writing Instruction, MDE Mega Conference (2005);
Principal of Level 5, Superior Performing Schools (2003-2005).
Dr.
Ralph Brewer (2006)
Teacher, Counselor, Curriculum
Assistant, State Supervisor of Guidance, and Director of the Division of
Instruction for Mississippi Department of Education. Member and Past President of Metro
Civitan Club; President of Rankin Civitan Club; and Distinguished
Governor of Civitan District.
Served on the City of Jackson Planning
and Zoning board; City of Brandon Planning
and Architectural Commission; and Retired Educational Personnel of Mississippi.
President-elect of the Mississippi
Retired Public Employees Association (2006-07).
Mrs. Peggy Carlisle (2007)
National Board Certified
Teacher, Presenter, Coordinator, and Trainer. 1999: Presidential Award for Excellence in Science
Teaching. 2002: All-USA Today
Teacher First Team; Shell National Science Teacher of the Year; and
Fulbright Memorial Scholar. 2005: Inductee, Mississippi Hall
of Master Teachers; ING “Unsung Hero” National First Place Grant
Recipient - $27,000 to fund “The Kenya Project”; and Butler-Cooley
Excellence in Education Award. 2006:
Inductee - National Teachers Hall of Fame; and MSTA Distinguished Science
Teacher Award. 2007: Council for Elementary
Science International CIBA Exemplary Elementary Science Teaching Award;
NSTA Sylvia Shugrue Elementary Science Teaching
Award; Wal-Mart National Teacher of the Year Award.
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