Southeastern Louisiana University

College of Education and Human Development convocation honors students

Contact: Christina Chapple

5/1/07

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(1) SOUTHEASTERN ARTS, HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES HONORS (ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR) – Louis Joseph, left, retiring superintendent of the Tangipahoa Parish School System, was honored as the Southeastern Louisiana University College of Education and Human Development’s Alumnus of the Year at the college’s April 26 honors convocation. Congratulating him are Dean Diane Allen, center, and Alumni Association Board of Directors member Pat Williams, right.

(2) SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HONORS (TANGIPAHOA) -- Residents of Tangipahoa Parish were among the award recipients at the Southeastern Louisiana University College of Education and Human Development's annual honors convocation April 26. Shown with Dean Diane Allen, center, are Brittany Byers, Ponchatoula; Jo Schneider, Amite; Lizette Jackson, Hammond; Dana Dove, Ponchatoula; Josie DiGiovanni, Independence; Amanda Kohler, Hammond; Alicia Oalmann, Tickfaw.

(3) SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HONORS (LIVINGSTON) – Two residents of Denham Springs were among the award recipients at the Southeastern Louisiana University College of Education and Human Development's annual honors convocation April 26. Shown with Dean Diane Allen, center, are Emily Gill-Andrews, left, and Eric LeBlanc, right.

(4) SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HONORS (WASHINGTON) – Residents of Washington Parish were among the award recipients at the Southeastern Louisiana University College of Education and Human Development's annual honors convocation April 26. Shown with Dean Diane Allen, left, are Erica Renee Burch, Mt. Hermon, Anna Temples, State Line; and Ebony Brumfield-Williams, Angie.

(5) SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HONORS (BATON ROUGE) – Two residents of Baton Rouge were among the award recipients at the Southeastern Louisiana University College of Education and Human Development's annual honors convocation April 26. Shown with Dean Diane Allen, left, are Elandra Levingston, left, and Jordan Bess Smith, right.

(6) SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HONORS (JEFFERSON) – Diane Allen, dean of Southeastern Louisiana University’s College of Education and Human Development, left, congratulates Andia Marie Arcement of Lafitte, who was among the honorees at the college's annual honors convocation April 26. Arcement received the Pyburn Award for Outstanding Senior in Family and Consumer Sciences.

(7) SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HONORS (RAPIDES) – Diane Allen, dean of Southeastern Louisiana University’s College of Education and Human Development, left, congratulates Laurie Miller of DeVille, who was among the honorees at the college's annual honors convocation April 26. Miller received the Outstanding Senior in Social Work award.

(8) SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HONORS (ST. JOHN) – Diane Allen, dean of Southeastern Louisiana University’s College of Education and Human Development, left, congratulates Betsy Bordelon of LaPlace, who was among the honorees at the college's annual honors convocation April 26. Bordelon received the Exemplary Graduate in Secondary Education award and was a nominee for the Outstanding Student Teacher Award.

(9) SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HONORS (ASCENSION) – Diane Allen, dean of Southeastern Louisiana University’s College of Education and Human Development, left, congratulates Breigh Rainey of Gonzales, who was among the honorees at the college's annual honors convocation April 26. Rainey received the Exemplary Graduate in Elementary Education award and was a nominee for the Outstanding Student Teacher Award.

(10) SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HONORS (ORLEANS) – Diane Allen, dean of Southeastern Louisiana University’s College of Education and Human Development, left, congratulates Arianne Moore of Algiers, who was among the honorees at the college's annual honors convocation April 26. Moore received the Outstanding Student in a Professional Program Award from the Department of Counseling and Human Development.

     HAMMOND -- Elementary education major Brittany Byers of Ponchatoula and English education major Alicia Oalmann of Tickfaw have been named the Outstanding Student Teachers in Southeastern Louisiana University’s College of Education and Human Development.

     Byers and Oalmann received their awards at the college’s annual honors convocation on April 26. They were selected from among five nominees, also including Betsy Bordelon of LaPlace, Breigh Rainey of Gonzales and Anna Temples of State Line.

     At the 11 a.m. ceremony in the Cate Teacher Education Center Kiva, the college also recognized as its outstanding alumnus Louis Joseph, who is retiring as superintendent of the Tangipahoa Parish School System.

     Joseph received his master’s degree and “plus-30” from Southeastern in 1974 and 1976, respectively. He began his more than three-decade career in education at Westside Middle School in Amite, where he taught for six years before moving as principal to Hammond Eastside Elementary.

     In 1990 Joseph joined the school system’s administration as supervisor for child welfare and attendance. He advanced to other administrative positions, including administrative director of school administration and assistant superintendent of administration and staff development, before being chosen as superintendent in 2003. 

     A Viet Nam veteran who served as a paratrooper with the 173rd Airborne, Joseph also served in the Louisiana Army National Guard’s 205th Engineering Battalion for 35 years and was awarded the Army Achievement Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and the Legion of Merit. He has also been an active member of the governing boards of Olive Baptist Church, First Community Bank, and the Louisiana Association of School Executives. 

     Also at the honors convocation, the college recognized Southeastern Laboratory School art teacher Denise Tullier-Holly who was named 2007 National Elementary Art Educator of the Year by the National Art Education Association.

     The college also announced the recipients of departmental honors, scholarships, and grants and new members of the Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Delta Pi, and Phi Alpha honor societies and Southeastern’s own Thirteen Club honor society.

     Students receiving departmental honors and scholarships included:

     AMITE – Jo Schneider, Title IV-E Child Welfare Grant

     ANGIE -- Ebony Brumfield-Williams, Title IV-E Child Welfare Grant

     BATON ROUGE – Elandra Levinstone, Title IV-E Child Welfare Grant; Jordan Bess Smith, Maddox Award for Outstanding Junior in Family and Consumer Sciences

     DENHAM SPRINGS – Eric LeBlanc, Outstanding Senior in Chemistry Education; Emily Gill-Andrews, Outstanding Senior in Social Studies Education        

     DEVILLE – Laurie Miller, Outstanding Senior in Social Work

     GONZALES – Breigh Rainey, Exemplary Graduate in Elementary Education

     HAMMOND – Amanda Kohler, Title IV-E Child Welfare Grant; Lizette Jackson, Title IV-E Child Welfare Grant

     INDEPENDENCE – Josie DiGiovanni, Title IV-E Child Welfare Grant

     LAFITTE – Andia Marie Arcement, Pyburn Award for Outstanding Senior in Family and Consumer Sciences

     LAPLACE – Betsy Bordelon, Exemplary Graduate in Special Education

     MT. HERMON – Erica Renee Burch, Delta Kappa Gamma Omicron Chapter Grant-in-Aid Scholarship

     NEW ORLEANS – Arianne Moore, Outstanding Senior in a Professional Program

     PONCHATOULA – Dana Dove, Title IV-E Child Welfare Grant

     SLIDELL – James Riley, Outstanding Senior in Music Education.