Alumni & Friends

Distinguished Alumni Awards

Each year the 堁階傭部app College of Education is proud to present three alumni awards to recognize the outstanding achievements of graduates who have made a positive impact in the field of education.

Alumni, staff, faculty, students and friends of the university are invited to nominate College of Education graduates from across all three 堁階傭部app campuses each year in early spring. Award winners are recognized at a ceremony in May in recognition of National Teacher Appreciation Week.

2024 Award Recipient Graphic

Deans Lifetime Achievement Award

The Deans Lifetime Achievement Alumni Award recognizes an individual who has graduated from the 堁階傭部app College of Education and who has demonstrated long-term contributions, achievement, and service within Education or a related profession locally, statewide, regionally, nationally, and/or globally.

Past Recipients
Recipient Award Year 堁階傭部app COE Graduation Year and Degree
Earl Lennard, Ph.D. 2014 63 B.A. Special Education
93 Ph.D. Vocational Education
Doris Ross Reddick 2015 70 M.A. Special Education
Michael A. Grego, Ed.D. 2016 89 M.Ed. Educational Leadership
97 Ed.D. Educational Leadership
Joanna Fox 2017 99 B.A. English Education
Joe Tomaino 2018 71 M.A. Business Education
Mona Jain, Ph.D. 2020 84 Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Education
Troy D. Sadler, Ph.D. 2021 03 PhD. Science Education
Dominic Dick J. Puglisi, Ph.D. 2022 69 M.A. Social Science Education
Joyce Haines, Ph.D. 2023

BA 68 Elementary Education
MA 77 Reading Education
PhD 89 Interdisciplinary Education

Charles Vilardi 2024

B.S. 93 Elementary Education
M.Ed. 97 Educational Leadership


Spirit of Partnership Alumni Award

The Spirit of Partnership Alumni Award recognizes an individual who has graduated from the 堁階傭部app College of Education and who has created and sustained partnerships within the community, within the college, and/or between the community and the college to promote and advance the field of education.

Past Recipients
Recipient Award Year Graduation Year and Degree
Freda Abercrombie 2014 88 M.A. English Education
Christopher S. Christoff 2015 96 Special Education
Stephanie Holmquist Johnson, Ph.D. 2016 05 M.A. Career & Technical Education
14 Ph.D. Career & Workforce Education
Aracelis A. Rogers, Ph.D. 2017 04 Ph.D. Adult Education
Erin Sapp Santiago 2018 94 M.A. Exceptional Student Education
Sara Kay Bonti 2020 88 B.S. English Education
07 M.Ed Education Leadership
LaShawn Frost, Ed.D. 2021

04 M.Ed Educational Leadership
07 M.Ed Educational Leadership

LaSonya L. Moore , Ed.D. 2022

03 B.A. Special Education
07 M.Ed Educational Leadership 

Monica Ilse, Ed.D. 2023

98 MA Counselor Education
00 MEd Educational Leadership
11 Ed.D. Educational Leadership

Keri Fogle, Ph.D. 2024

M.A. 08 Exceptional Student Education
Ph.D. 14 Curriculum and Instruction

 

Young Educator Alumni Award

The Young Educator Alumni Award recognizes graduates of the College of Education who serve as exemplary leaders and role models in the field of education among their peers and in their communities. Nominees must have graduated from 堁階傭部app within the last 10 years and be 35 years old or younger.

Past Recipients
Recipient Award Year Graduation Year and Degree

Tyler Campbell

2017 12 B.S. English Education
Alex LaSpina 2018 09 B.A. Elementary Education

Francesca Perrone-Britt 

2020

10 B.A. Elementary Education
12 M.A. Reading Education
20 Ed.S. Curriculum & Instruction

Edna Jones Miller, Ph.D.

2021

12 Ph.D. Higher Education Administration

Caprice Edmond

2022

15 M.A. Elementary Education
17 M.Ed Educational Leadership

Brad Bernstein

2023

10 BS Physical Education
15 MEd Educational Leadership

Yan Wang, Ph.D.

2024

Ph.D. 18 Curriculum and Instruction

For more information, please email EDUDevelopmentOffice@usf.edu