College of Education and Human Development honors top students
Contact: Tonya Lowentritt
5/8/08
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(1) SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HONORS (ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR) – Southeastern Louisiana University College of Education and Human Development honored Rosemary Tripi Wong, as its Alumnus of the Year at the college’s May 1 honors convocation. Pictured, from left, are Alumni Association Board of Directors member Paulette Foster, Southeastern President Randy Moffett, Wong, and Dean Diane Allen.
(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 May 1. Shown with Dean Diane Allen, far left, are Jamie Barthelemy, Ponchatoula; Kim L. Moore, Hammond; Randi LeBlanc, Hammond; Naomi Sutton, Ponchatoula.
(3) SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HONORS (ST. TAMMANY AND WASHINGTON) – Residents of St. Tammany and Washington Parishes were among the award recipients at the Southeastern Louisiana University College of Education and Human Development’s annual honors convocation May 1. Pictured from left with Dean Diane Allen are Kristen McNab, Covington, and Wendy Bott, Franklinton.
(4) SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HONORS (SUMMIT, MS) – A resident of Summit, Miss weas among the award recipients at the Southeastern Louisiana University College of Education and Human Development’s annual honors convocation May 1. Shown with Dean Diane Allen, left, is Cynthia Butler, who was honored as Exemplary Graduate in Elementary Education 1 – 5.
(5) SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HONORS (ST. TAMMANY) – Residents of St. Tammany Parish were among the award recipients at the Southeastern Louisiana University College of Education and Human Development’s annual honors convocation May 1. Pictured from left are Ashleigh Naquin, Mandeville, Dean Diane Allen, Stephen Aucoin, Slidell, and Lynn M. Bentivegna, Covington.
(6) SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HONORS (LIVINGSTON) – Diane Allen, dean of Southeastern Louisiana University’s College of Education and Human Development, left, congratulates Kelsey Bourgeois of Walker, who was among the honorees at the college’s annual honors convocation May 1. Bourgeois was the recipient of a Title IV-E Child Welfare Grant.
(7) SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HONORS (ST. CHARLES) – Diane Allen, dean of Southeastern Louisiana University’s College of Education and Human Development, right, congratulates Shannon Ehrmann of Montz, who was among the honorees at the college’s annual honors convocation May 1. Ehrmann received the Outstanding Student Teacher Award for secondary education.
(8) SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HONORS (ST. HELENA) – Two Southeastern Louisiana University students from Gonzales were among the honorees at the College of Education and Human Development’s annual honors convocation May 1. Dean Diane Allen, center, congratulates Shay Saltzman, left, and Stephanie Myers, right.
(9) 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 Daisy Overton of Kenner, who was among the honorees at the college’s annual honors convocation May 1. Overton received the Pyburn Award for Outstanding Senior in Family and Consumer Sciences.
(10) SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HONORS (BATON ROUGE) – Diane Allen, dean of Southeastern Louisiana University’s College of Education and Human Development, right, congratulates Amy Dunn of Baton Rouge, who was among the honorees at the college’s annual honors convocation May 1. Dunn received the Outstanding Senior in a Professional Program Award
(11) SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HONORS (ST. TAMMANY) – Diane Allen, dean of Southeastern Louisiana University’s College of Education and Human Development, right, congratulates George Fust of Mandeville, who was among the honorees at the college’s annual honors convocation May 1. Fust received the Outstanding Senior Award in Social Work.
Barthelemy and Ehrmann received their awards at the college’s annual honors convocation on May 1. They were selected from among five nominees, also including Cary Froeba of Covington, Naomi Sutton of Ponchatoula and Nicole Smith of Hammond.
At the 11 a.m. ceremony in the Cate Teacher Education Center Kiva, the college also recognized as its outstanding alumnus Rosemary Tripi Wong, co-author of “The First Days of School,” the best-selling book ever in the field of education. A 1974 Southeastern graduate, Wong has also produced an award winning video series, “The Effective Teacher.”
Wong, who received her master’s degree in education from Louisiana State University and her doctorate from Brigham Young University, began her career as a classroom teacher in East Baton Rouge Parish schools. She taught there for five years before accepting a position with the Mountain View School District in California. From 1980-1985 Wong served Mountain View schools as a classroom teacher, media specialist and student activities director.
Wong serves on the boards of Meals on Wheels of San Francisco and The First Days of School Foundation and is a past member of Self Help for the Elderly in Santa Clara, Calif., and the Tibetan Aid Project Fundraising Committee.
Her honors include the 1998 Silicon Valley Woman of Achievement Award, the Upton Sinclair Award given by EducationNews.org, and the 2008 “San Jose Business Journal” Woman of Influence.
Also at the honors convocation, the college recognized Robert Couvillion with the Partnership in Education Award. A regional administrator of the Covington Region Office of Community Services, Couvillion works closely with Southeastern’s Social Work program to place interns in area agencies whose work focuses on the needs of children and families. Couvillion’s office also partners with Southeastern to host the annual Child Welfare Conference for foster and adoptive parents and the social workers who work with these families.
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:
ALBANY – Meghan Daigrepont, Title IV-E Child Welfare Grant
AMITE – Kelly Graham, Delta Kappa Gamma, Omicron Chapter, Grant-In-Aid Scholarship
BATON ROUGE – Amy Erwin Dunn, Outstanding Senior in a Professional Program
COVINGTON – Lynn M. Bentivegna, Outstanding Senior in Music Education; Kristin McNab, Maddox Award for Outstanding Junior in Family and Consumer Sciences
FRANKLINTON – Wendy Bott, Exemplary Graduate in Special Education
GONZALES – Stephanie Myers, Outstanding Senior in Social Studies Education; Shay Saltzman, Title IV-E Child Welfare Grant
HAMMOND – Randi LeBlanc, Title IV-E Child Welfare Grant; Kim L. Moore, Title IV-E Child Welfare Grant
KENNER – Daisy DeoVanna Overton, Pyburn Award for Outstanding Senior in Family and Consumer Sciences
MANDEVILLE – George Fust, Outstanding Senior in Social Work; Ashleigh Naquin, Title IV-E Child Welfare Grant
NORCO – Jolyn Perret, Exemplary Graduate in Elementary Education Pre-K-3
PONCHATOULA – Naomi Sutton, Exemplary Graduate in Secondary Education 4-8
SLIDELL – Steve Aucoin, Outstanding Senior in English Education
SUMMIT, MISS. – Cynthia Butler, Exemplary Graduate in Elementary Education 1-5
WALKER – Kelsey Bourgeois, Title IV-E Child Welfare Grant.
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