Amanda Menihan (MEdu), a graduate in curriculum and instruction, won the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. She also received a $10,000 NSF award. Menihan teaches seventh-grade math at Altona Middle School in Longmont, where she lives with her husband and two children.

Posted Nov. 21, 2019

Sara Staley (PhDEdu), a graduate in curriculum and instruction, and Bethy Leonardi (PhDEdu), a graduate in educational foundations, policy and practice, won the Kalpana Chawla Award from the CU Boulder Alumni Association for their work on topics of gender and sexual diversity in schools. The two research associates and instructors at the CU Boulder School of Education founded A Queer Endeavor, an initiative providing educators with guidance, vocabulary and tools for developing school cultures that are safe, supportive and accepting of LGBTQ youth.

Posted Nov. 21, 2019