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Connections: Linking Talented Educators


Elden Seta (HI ’03)
Elden Seta (HI ’03)
Moanalua High School music director Elden Seta (HI ’03) has been named one of the country’s “finest band directors” by the John Philip Sousa Foundation.

Featured: Elden Seta (HI '03)

Related: Hawaii Educators   High School   Milken Milestones   Performing Arts  

Godfrey Saunders (MT ’99)
Godfrey Saunders (MT ’99)
Retired Bozeman High School principal Godfrey Saunders received a Lifetime Achievement Award at his alma mater, University of Montana Western.

Featured: Godfrey Saunders (MT '99)

Related: High School   Milken Milestones   Montana Educators   Principals  

Suzanne Culbreth (AL ’99)
Suzanne Culbreth (AL ’99)
Alabama Superintendent of Education Dr. Tommy Bice named high school math teacher Suzanne Culbreth (AL ’99) the state’s 2012 Teacher of the Year.

Featured: Suzanne Culbreth (AL '99)

Related: Alabama Educators   High School   Math   Milken Milestones  

Julie Cajune (MT '02)
Julie Cajune (MT '02)
Julie Cajune (MT '02), a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai American Indian tribes, recently completed a three-year project developing tribal history materials that was funded by the Montana State Legislature.

Featured: Julie Cajune (MT '02)

Related: Milken Milestones   Montana Educators  

Neil Anstead (CA '87)
Neil Anstead (CA '87)
To celebrate their 30th anniversary, Cleveland Humanities Magnet in Reseda, Calif. named a building after Neil Anstead (CA '87).

Featured: Neil Anstead (CA '87)

Related: California Educators   High School   Milken Milestones  

Heather O'Leary (NY '10)
Heather O'Leary (NY '10)
ESL teacher Heather O’Leary (NY '10) received the Bertha E. Brimmer Medal of Excellence.

Featured: Heather O'Leary (NY '10)

Related: Elementary School   Milken Milestones   New York Educators  

Asenath Andrews (MI ‘92)
Asenath Andrews (MI ‘92)
Asenath Andrews (MI ‘92) was honored at the Women in the World Foundation’s 2012 summit.

Featured: G. Asenath Andrews (MI '92)

Related: High School   Michigan Educators   Milken Milestones   Principals  

Mark Barry (CO ’09)
Mark Barry (CO ’09)
Mark Barry (CO ’09) participated in the Education Nation Teacher Town Hall, hosted by NBC News Educational Correspondent Rehema Ellis.

Featured: Mark Barry (CO '09)

Related: Colorado Educators   High School   Milken Milestones   Social Studies  

Alex Briasco-Brin (ME '05)
Alex Briasco-Brin (ME '05)
Alex Briasco-Brin (ME '05) was designated as a Distinguished Educator of the State of Maine for the 2011-12 school year.

Featured: Alex Briasco-Brin (ME '05)

Related: Maine Educators   Math   Middle School-Junior High   Milken Milestones  

Cynda Carr (KS ’94)
Cynda Carr (KS ’94)
Cynda Carr (KS ’94) is a member of the Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame’s Class of 2011.

Featured: Cynda Carr (KS '94)

Related: Elementary School   Kansas Educators   Milken Milestones  

Sheila Hall (MT ’10)
Sheila Hall (MT ’10)
The Browning Public Schools K-12, where Sheila Hall (MT ’10) teaches third grade, received the Montana Striving Readers Project Grant through the Montana Office of Public Instruction.

Featured: Sheila Hall (MT '10)

Related: Elementary School   Milken Milestones   Montana Educators   Reading  

Roger Kassebaum (NE ’97)
Roger Kassebaum (NE ’97)
Roger Kassebaum (NE ’97) was the first recipient of the Conrad Foundation's Innovative Teacher of the Year Award.

Featured: Roger Kassebaum (NE '97)

Related: California Educators   High School   Milken Milestones   Nebraska Educators   Science  

Scott Charlesworth-Seiler (MN ’01)
Scott Charlesworth-Seiler (MN ’01)
Elementary school teacher Scott Charlesworth-Seiler (MN '01) is the first Minnesota educator to be inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame.

Featured: S. Charlesworth-Seiler (MN '01)

Related: Elementary School   Milken Milestones   Minnesota Educators  

Glen Westbroek (UT ‘01)
Glen Westbroek (UT ‘01)
Glen Westbroek (UT ‘01) was instrumental in helping his team receive the Science Department of the Year award at this year's Utah Science Teachers Association.

Featured: Glen D. Westbroek (UT '01)

Related: High School   Milken Milestones   Science   Utah Educators  

Dr. L.F. Henderson
Dr. L.F. Henderson
Ashtown, Ark. principal Dr. L.F. Henderson (AR '94), who was known for making his school an integral part of his town's community, died March 12, 2012.

Featured: Dr. L.F. Henderson (AR '94)

Related: Arkansas Educators   Elementary School   In Memoriam   Principals  

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Elden Seta (HI ’03) Moanalua High School music director Elden Seta (HI ’03) has been named one of the country’s “finest band directors” by the John Philip Sousa Foundation.

Godfrey Saunders (MT ’99) Retired Bozeman High School principal Godfrey Saunders received a Lifetime Achievement Award at his alma mater, University of Montana Western.

Suzanne Culbreth (AL ’99) Alabama Superintendent of Education Dr. Tommy Bice named high school math teacher Suzanne Culbreth (AL ’99) the state’s 2012 Teacher of the Year.

Julie Cajune (MT '02) Julie Cajune (MT '02), a member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai American Indian tribes, recently completed a three-year project developing tribal history materials that was funded by the Montana State Legislature.

Neil Anstead (CA '87) To celebrate their 30th anniversary, Cleveland Humanities Magnet in Reseda, Calif. named a building after Neil Anstead (CA '87).

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