April 20, 2011
Etc: Campus news & notes
SCIENCE ADVOCATE: Mary McClellan, who as a lecturer at UW Tacoma instructs and mentors secondary science education students, received one of five Washington State Leadership and Assistance for Science Education Reform (LASER) awards. Sponsored by Boeing, the annual awards go to five individuals or organizations that exhibit outstanding advocacy for science education in Washington. McClellan is nationally certified in adolescent and young adult science and is active in developing the state educational standards for science. She was previously director of science education for Washington and facilitated the development of the 2009 Washington State Science Learning Standards.
The prize for each of the winners is $5,000 to donate to a nonprofit public education organization of their choice. McClellans donation will go to the Science Education Partnership at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
SPORTS ON TV: The UWTV program, Husky Softball: A Championship Journey, has been nominated for an Emmy in the category of “Sports—One-Time Special,” by the Northwest chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The program, which showcased the UWs 2009 NCAA championship softball team as they prepared for their 2010 season, has already won a Telly Award. The Emmy Awards will be presented June 11. View the video online at UWTV.
