Horace Mann Awards
The Horace Mann Awards honor individuals who have won victories for humanity for their work or volunteerism. Recipients are recognized at the annual Horace Mann Awards event, a fundraiser to benefit the Scholarship Endowment at Antioch University Seattle.
The Fifth Annual Horace Mann Awards will take place on March 27, 2008 at McCaw Hall. To learn more, please contact Michelle Wilkinson at mwilkinson@antiochseattle.edu or register online for the event. More than 300 people are expected to attend this year's event with a goal of raising $40,000 for the Scholarship Endowment.
The keynote speaker is Senator Paull Shin, (D) Edmonds and Chair of the Higher Education Committee. Sen. Shin will talk about growing up as an orphan in Korea and coming to the United States after he was adopted by an American GI. Shin went on to earn a Ph.D from University of Washington and is now one of the highest ranking Korean American elected officials. He speaks about the power of education in transforming lives and the importance of identity and reconciliation in his own life.
Would you like to sponsor the 5th Annual Horace Mann Awards? Please review your sponsorship opportunities and contact Michelle Wilkinson at 206.268.4114.
2008 Horace Mann Award Recipients
Candiss Eickelmann, B.A. in Liberal Studies '06, works compassionately and tirelessly for Antioch's Women's Education Project, serving homeless and formerly homeless women in a fellowship based community. Eickelmann's boundless energy and commitment to the project over seven years is one of the main reasons for the project's success. Click here to read more.
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Larry Hobbs, M.A. in Psychology '84, has educated over 15,000 students and adult learners about the natural world and the people's relationship with it. Hobbs has participated in innovative wildlife research projects, authored journal articles defining a sustainable place for humans on the planet, developed teaching programs like the 4H Rite of Passage program and served as a lecturer and guide with university and museum travel. Click here to read more.
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Christie Kaaland, core faculty in the Center for Programs in Education, brings energy and excitement into school libraries so that a passion for reading and learning is ignited in all of Washington's children. Kaaland believes in fair and equitable access in every library, and she is working to guarantee that each school has adequate resources including a well-trained librarian with whom children can identify. Click here to read more.
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Tracy Rector's work empowers Native American Youth through her award-winning Native Lens Program which introduces students to the art of writing and film making. Rector co-founded Longhouse Media in January 2005 to break down cultural stereotypes in media and focus specifically on empowering Native youth via film and digital storytelling. Click here to read more.
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2007 Horace Mann Award Recipients
Jack Hamann, a Seattle journalist, dedicated three years of his life to clearing the names of 43 African American soldiers who were wrongly convicted by the United States government during World War II. After learning of a riot and the lynching of an Italian prisoner of war that had occured at Fort Lawton in Discovery Park, Hamann looked beyond the previous press coverage to unearth a botched trial. His painstaking research exposed the underlying prejudices of the government and led Rep. Jim McDermott to sponsor a bill in Congress to reopen the case. The House Armed Services Committee agreed, and Rep. Duncan Hunter directed the Pentagon to expedite efforts to overturn many of the verdicts, hopefully bringing to a close 60 years of quiet suffering for survivors and their families. Click to read more.
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Wendy Rosen, core faculty for the Center for Programs in Education, has increased the number of Native American teachers in Washington state through her leadership of Antioch's First Peoples' Program. This program, which is a partnership between Antioch University Seattle and the Muckleshoot Tribe, was designed to address the lack of cultural responsiveness that has hindered Native American education programs in the past. It is taught on-site at the Muckleshoot Tribal College in Auburn and prepares a cohort of 20 to 25 Native American prospective educators to teach in Native American communities every two years – a 20% increase over the number of Native American teachers currently practicing in Washington. To accomplish this feat, Rosen has willingly assumed numerous roles that go beyond that of most postsecondary faculty. Rosen serves as recruiter, coach, trusted advisor, fundraiser, cultural ambassador and diplomat. Click to read more.
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Susan Warner, M.A. in Education '99, is the savior of hundreds of teenage girls. As the director of public programs for the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, she founded the Remann Hall Women’s Project to reach out to the young women incarcerated at Remann Hall, Tacoma's juvenile detention facility, and teach them through the universal language of art. The project has produced large scale installations as well as exhibitions, plays and a book of poetry. More importantly, the program has helped the girls to turn their lives around and has lessened their chances of re-offending. Once the girls leave Remann Hall, they stay connected to the museum through Arts Connect, another program founded by Warner, which brings the girls to the museum for creative and social activities every Wednesday. Click to read more.
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