University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Association for Childhood Education International was winner of two branch awards and two individual member awards during the association’s national conference. The branch won the Best Children’s Event/Community Outreach for its “First Book” event, which reached 800 at-risk or special needs children. It also received the Best Global Focus Award for its participation in the Starfish Kenya Outreach Project – a project which provides support to more than 80 AIDS-orphaned children living at the House of Hope in Kenya, East Africa. UH-Clear Lake part-time faculty member Marlene Morgan received the Outstanding Member Service Award, and Jorge De La Garza was recipient of the Nancy Bartlett-Wright scholarship. Locally, the organization was named Organization of the Year by the UH-Clear Lake Student Government Association, and President, Misty Hummel, was also named Student Leader of the Year. Pictured (back, left to right) are Casey Reed, Tori Hudzietz, and faculty advisors Marlene Morgan and Sherry Sheehan; (front, left to right) Gerri Watkins, Christina Hall and Misty Hummel.

UH-Clear Lake ACEI organization captures multiple awards

University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Association for Childhood Education International won more awards than any other association branch at the annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia. UH-Clear Lake’s branch won a total of four awards: two for the local association; and two for individual members – Marlene Morgan and Jorge De La Garza.

Morgan, a part-time faculty member in UH-Clear Lake’s School of Education, received the prestigious Outstanding Member Service Award for contributions made to the betterment of children, the field of education and ACEI; student member Jorge De La Garza received the Nancy Bartlett-Wright scholarship in recognition of his contributions to the development and extension of ACEI and the advancement of children’s education.

UH-Clear Lake’s branch won the Best Children’s Event/Community Outreach for its “First Book” event, which reached 800 at-risk or special needs children. The group also received the Best Global Focus Award for its participation in the Starfish Kenya Outreach Project – a project which provides support to more than 80 AIDS-orphaned children living at the House of Hope in Kenya, East Africa.

Locally, the group was named Organization of the Year by the UH-Clear Lake Student Government Association. In addition its president, Misty Hummel, was honored as the Student Leader of the Month.