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Wendy will graduate in the Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation Spring 2008 with an emphasis in Severe Disabilities. She has a GPA of 3.96, has been on the Dean's list, has been a peer mentor, and has volunteered in programs with children with disabilities, common ground, and TOP sports. She is also a member of the Council for Exceptional Children.
Marissa is a dual major in Elementary and Specal Education with an emphasis in mild/moderate disabilities. Throughout her university career, Marissa has worked with children with disabilities in a variety of contexts. She also worked as an Undergraduate Teaching Fellow in SPED 5530, an on-line course, providing technical support for students by answering questions about projects and assignments and helped with grading. Marissa is a scholar in every sense of the word. She is kind, approachable and willing to help others who may be struggling.
April is a dual major in Special Education and Math Education and will graduate Spring 2009 with dual licensure. She has been involved with Project Need to Read, and the Center for Academic Interventions both of which are sponsored research projects through the Office of Special Education Programs. As a research assistant for Project Need to Read (Fall 2005-2007), Aprll was involved with the development, implementation and wrap-up of the program. She was head tutor for the Center for Academic Interventions which provides tutoring services to school age students in Cache Valley and to rural and inner city locations via an on-line service and serves as a training site or pre-service special education teacher and as a research site for the director and graduate students in the Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation. During the Fall and Spring of 2006 and 2007, April tutored students daily for three to four hours. She also presented two research outcomes at two national conferences i.e., the American Council onRural Special Education in March 2007, and the International Association for Behavior Analysis in May 2007.
The Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation is incredibly fortunate to have Tammy Soto in a key position of financial administration. Without her, we would be less successful in completing for major funding and in completing the projects with proper financial management. Faculty consistently indicate that she is an "amazing resource" and "essential" to maintaining grants and department productivity. Her technical skills are amazing; they include working with Banner, with the Sponsored Programs Office, and with federal regulations and requirements. Tammy is just a great person to work with. Grant writing, preparation of grant reports, and financial administration can, at times, elicit a bit of tension. Tammy can always cut through that with her good natured humor. She makes it work and will have a good laugh about it.
The "A" Pin Award is in recognition of distiguished academic excellence at Utah State University. It is one of the oldest scholarship programs at Utah State University and requires the recipient to have earned 15 hours of straight "A" grade point average for three consecutive quarters or two semesters.
Nancy has led the way and set the standard for excellence in teaching, in developing new ways of interacting with students, and in developing cohesive and comprehensive programs to produce skilled teachers to serve students around the state. She is a rigorous teacher who consistently receives some of the highest student ratings in the department. Her teaching is dynamic, interactive and innovative, and students in both the campus-based and distance programs consistently comment that Nancy is accessible and willing to provide assistance when needed. She coordinates a very successful Mild/Moderate Distance Degree and Licensure program.
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