CNU student teacher honored
News Release - Sept. 28, 2006
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 Melissa Baird, a graduate student in CNU's Master of Arts in Teaching Program, received the Richard A. Meade Student Teaching Scholarship Award for 2006-2007. |
(NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — A graduate student in Christopher Newport University’s Master of Arts in Teaching Program has received a teaching scholarship award from the Virginia Association of Teachers of English. Melissa Baird received the Richard A. Meade Student Teaching Scholarship Award for 2006-2007 based on her academic merit and faculty recommendations. According to the association, “The Richard A. Meade Student Teaching Scholarship was established by VATE to honor the late Dr. Meade, a professor of English education at the University of Virginia from 1934-82. The scholarship, which rewards the efforts of highly capable students entering teaching, represents VATE's commitment to improving English Language Arts instruction in Virginia schools.” Baird is invited to attend the association’s fall conference in October, and she will be invited to attend and present at the fall conference in 2007. She is president of the CNU student organization of the Virginia Association of Teachers of English, where she has organized book drives for elementary schools. She hopes to teach English in a hard-to-staff high school after completing her student teaching internship in Newport News in spring 2007. |
Christopher Newport University is a four-year public university in Newport News, Virginia. CNU enrolls 4,800 students in programs through its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Luter School of Business and offers great teaching, small classes and an emphasis on leadership, civic engagement and honor. Visit us at www.cnu.edu.