AWARDS

Joseph Owens, S.J. Scholarship Award

This scholarship is awarded to the outstanding Junior Education student who best exemplifies the values of scholarship, leadership, and service that Father Owens championed during his tenure in the department. Father Joseph Owens, S.J. was a member of the Department of Education from its founding in 1935 to his retirement in 1987. Father Owens was instrumental in building teacher education at John Carroll University into one of the Ohio's premier professional programs.

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J. Joseph Whelan Award for Leadership in Service

This award recognizes a graduating senior in the Department of Education and Allied Studies whose life is a reflection of the Jesuit mission and who has distinguished him or herself as a person for others and a leader in service. J. Joseph Whelan is a graduate of John Carroll University and a role model for the Jesuit mission of leadership in service. Joe Whelan has been an active example of a leader in service within his life, community and profession. He believes that each of our graduates should embrace this mission of service throughout their lives and within their professions.

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Sally H. Wertheim Educational Leadership Award

This award recognizes an outstanding graduate student who not only demonstrates scholarship, character, and commitment to others-qualities steeped in the Jesuit mission-but who also seeks to enhance, and shows promise for improving, the educational experiences of children and youth. Candidates for the award must be enrolled in a graduate degree program in education at John Carroll.

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The William P. Hoffman Scholarship

This scholarship is a memorial tribute to Dr. William P. Hoffman who was a professor in the John Carroll University Department of Education and Allied Studies. He worked with the Educational Administration program from 1970 to 1980. The purpose of this scholarship is to recognize and support an outstanding graduate student in this department each year in anticipation of the contributions which the recipient will make as a future school administrator.

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Golden Apple Awards

Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, AYA, MA

These awards honor Seniors for academic excellence based on their grade point averages. Normally, the department makes six to eight of these awards each year, divided among candidates for certification/licensure at different levels.

Senior Huck Award

Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, AYA, MA

Dr. Francis T. Huck's career in the department spanned three decades--the 60s, 70s, and 80s. He taught research and statistics, but his love was the teacher education program, where he assigned students for field placement and student teaching. Upon retirement, the Department established the Francis T. Huck Award to honor outstanding student teachers. The department makes the award available to student teachers pursuing certification/licensure at different levels. the selection process is as follows: university supervisors each nominate student teachers with a minimum overall grade point average of 3.0. The full-time teacher education faculty selects recipients, based on university supervisor recommendation, academic achievement, and professionalism.

The Rev. Joseph O. Schell Ignation Award for Excellence in Education

Educator Alumni Awards

Friend of Education Award