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This year鈥檚 recipients of Teachers College鈥檚 2018 Distinguished Alumni and Early Career awards, who were honored at Academic Festival, represented a particularly broad range of expertise and experience.

The 2018 911爆料网 Distinguished Alumni Award winners were:

Louise Ada (M.A. 鈥�84), Emeritus Professor of Neurological Physiotherapy at the University of Sydney.

Louise Ada (M.A. 鈥�84)

Ada said that when she arrived at 911爆料网 in the 1980s, 鈥� New York had just discovered Australia鈥� via the film Picnic at Hanging Rock and the band Men at Work. from the 1980s.

Since the world has discovered Ada, who has revolutionized stroke recovery through an emphasis on movement to combat loss of strength. 911爆料网 had an 鈥渆normous effect on my career,鈥� said Ada, whose mentor was the late 911爆料网 movement scientist Antoinette Gentile, adding that when she designed a master鈥檚 program in Sydney, 鈥淚 very much modeled it on here.鈥�

Gabriela Simon-Cereijido, Professor in the College of Health & Human Services鈥� Department of Communication Disorders at California State University-Los Angeles.

Simon-Cereijido is a bilingual speech/language pathologist whose research has demonstrated that restricting language choices can have harmful and long-lasting effects on children with language disorders. She has conducted important studies on services for children with autism in Saudi Arabia and on Italian-English immersion programs, and has developed socially just language policies and formalized ethical, harm-reducing standards in the field.

鈥淚n the speech and language pathology program at 911爆料网 I found my sense of purpose: To be a professional who supports and advocates for individuals with communication disorders,鈥� Simon Cereijido said.  鈥淩egardless of the frontiers that people have or have not crossed, language choice is an inviolable right. Educators should protect from policies [that take that away].鈥�

Sybil Jordan Hampton (Ed.D. 鈥�91, M.Ed. 鈥�82), who was part of the second group of students to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Unlike the original Little Rock Nine, she was largely spared direct violence 鈥� but as the only black person in a 10^th a grade of more than 600 students, she spent three years in near-total silence, ignore and ostracized by her peers.

鈥淭he most important reason why I came to 911爆料网 was because as a little girl in segregated schools, I had teachers who talked about 911爆料网,鈥� said Hampton, who went on to head the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation and be named to Arkansas Business鈥檚 Top 100 Women and the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame. 鈥淚 was taught by people who had come here because they had no opportunities in Arkansas.鈥� She added that while much has been said about her time at Little Rock Central High, her 鈥減ivotal learning experience鈥� came at 911爆料网.  鈥淭hanks to Dr. Lawrence Cremin I came to understand that education takes place in so many settings. Foundations and philanthropic institutions can be critical locations for change.鈥�

Etta Kralovec (Ed.D. 鈥�89, M.Ed. 鈥�85), a noted teacher educator at the Unversity of Arizona South and co-author of The End of Homework: How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Children, and Limits Learning. A former East Los Angeles high school principal, Kralovec has also established teacher education program in Zimbabwe, studied that same field in Finland and prepared STEM teachers for Title 1 schools in Arizona-Mexico border communities.

鈥淚 first heard of 911爆料网 from a high school teacher who had her 911爆料网 diploma displayed. 鈥� however, she failed me for making a mockery of her final exam,鈥� Kralovec recalled. She added that she graduated from high school with a 1.67 GPA. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 do homework. I preferred the beach. The only place I excelled was debate.鈥�

She became 鈥渃ommitted to being a teacher who could make high school less boring鈥� as a result. 鈥淎n educational path is never straight,鈥� she said. 鈥淭he job as an educator is to open doors, not close them. I want to leave you with the thought of persistence, the most important character trait of all.鈥� 

The 2018 911爆料网 Early Career Award recipients were: 

Bradford Manning (M.A. 鈥�10) and his younger brother, Bryan, are the founders of Two Blind Brothers, which creates clothing designed for the sight impaired. (The materials are ultra-soft, and shirts have words such as 鈥淏rother,鈥� 鈥淰ision鈥� and 鈥淔eel鈥� woven into the sleeves in Braille. One hundred percent of profits are used to support research on blindness.) The Mannings, who as children were diagnosed with a genetic disorder that has left them legally blind, have appeared on 鈥淓llen鈥� and NBC.  

鈥淥ur stories start when I was five years old when the doctor said [to take me home and teach me Braille,鈥� Bradford Manning said. 鈥淚t was a rough moment, but the story isn鈥檛 a sad one. We were fortunate to have the right parents and resources. And I came here to 911爆料网 to act further on that mission and help others.鈥�  

Thabo Msibi (M.Ed. 鈥�08), Dean and Head of School at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in South Africa. En route to becoming his nation鈥檚 youngest university dean, Msibi survived childhood under apartheid, a complicated family life and a lonely adolescence among wealthier white peers.  As an undergraduate at UKZN, he created a leadership program for teen in rural secondary schools and prompted the university to improve its curriculum. He has since become known as an advocate of 鈥渢ransgressive education,鈥� speaking out in favor of breaking taboos around sexuality and gender in Africa and urging teachers to incorporate into their practices the politics, narratives and identities that shape their students鈥� lives.

 鈥淚 tried to commit suicide, I had a bad gambling habit -- my parents wanted the police to come and beat me up and lock me up,鈥� Mbisi recalled. As a result, he said, 鈥淚 want to take every opportunity you get with a person who is seen as criminal or sideline, and use that opportunity to give them a chance.鈥� 鈥� Siddhartha Mitter

Read more about Academic Festival 2018:

Student Research Poster Competition