On behalf of the College of Education, the Office of Advancement is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2021 Distinguished Alumni and Young Alumni Achievement Awards.
These awardees will be recognized at an event on October 9, 2021, during the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Homecoming weekend festivities.
Please join us in congratulating:
Distinguished Alumni Award
Walter Tad Foster, B.S. ‘77, Ed.M. ‘79, Ed.D. ‘89
Professor Emeritus, Indiana State University
Edward Buendía, M.A. ‘96, Ph.D. ‘88
Dean and Professor, University of Washington Bothell
Mary Lynn Boscardin, B.S. ‘75, Ph.D. ‘84
Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Shireen Pavri, Ph.D. ‘99
Dean, California State University at Long Beach
Young Alumni Achievement Award
Natasha Jankowski, Ph.D. ‘12
Lecturer, New England College; Former Executive Director, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment
Royel Johnson, B.S. ‘10, Ed.M. ‘11
Assistant Professor, The Pennsylvania State University
Please watch for more details to come about the 2021 cohort of award recipients and their outstanding accomplishments in the field of education.