National Association of Geoscience Teachers - Southeastern Section


Providence Canyon, Lumpkin, Georgia

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Winter-Spring 2003
Summer-Fall 2002
Winter-Spring 2002

States:

The southeastern section of NAGT comprises the following states plus Puerto Rico:

Officers:

President:

Randy Bechtel 2011-2013
North Carolina Geological Survey
Division of Land Resources, 1612MSC
Raleigh, NC 27699-1612
919.733.2423 ext. 414
Randy.Bechtel@ncdenr.gov Vice President:

David Kopaska-Merkel
Geological Survey of Alabama
P.O. Box 869999
Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999
205.247.3695
dkm@gsa.state.al.us

Secretary/Treasurer:

Pamela Gore
Department of Geology
Georgia Perimeter College
555 North Indian Creek Drive
Clarkston, GA 30021
(678) 891-3754
Pamela.Gore@gpc.edu

Newsletter Editor:

William Witherspoon
Fernbank Science Center
DeKalb County Schools
156 Heaton Park Drive, NE
Atlanta, GA 30307-1398
(678) 874-7150
witherspoonb@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us

Past Presidents:

        Andrew Rindsberg 2009- 2011
        University of West Alabama
        Station 07
        Livingston, AL 35470
        arindsberg@uwa.edu

          Nancy Huebner 2006-2009
          Fernbank Science Center
         156 Heaton Park Drive
         Atlanta, GA 30307
         (404) 929-6312
        huebnern@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us  

Douglas Haywick  2004-2006
Department of Earth Sciences
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL 36688-0002
(251) 460-6381
dhaywick@jaguar1.usouthal.edu

David Kopaska-Merkel  2003-2004
Geological Survey of Alabama
420 Hackberry Ln. [no UPS delivery]
PO Box 869999
Tuscaloosa, AL 35486-6999
(205) 349-2852
davidkm@gsa.state.al.us

Michael Gibson  2001-2003
Department of Geology, Geography, and Physics
University of Tennessee at Martin
Martin, TN 38238
731-587-7435
Fax 731-587-7434
mgibson@utm.edu

 Pamela Gore 1999-2001
Department of Geology
Georgia Perimeter College
555 North Indian Creek Drive
Clarkston, GA 30021
(678) 891-3754
Pamela.Gore@gpc.edu

Don Byerly (retired) 1997-1999
Department of Geological Sciences
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-1410

Tom Hanley (retired)  1995-1997
Columbus State University
Columbus, GA

Previous presidents
John Wagner
Gail Russell
Heather _____

 NAGT Executive Council Liaison:


Section Winners

Southeastern NAGT 2009 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher = Cliff Hudson, North Carolina

Southeastern NAGT 2008 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher = Tina Coleman, Tennessee

Southeastern NAGT 2007 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher = Patricia Royle, Tennessee

Southeastern NAGT 2006 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher = Bryan Byrne, Tennessee

Southeastern NAGT 2005 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher = Rose Lummus, Tennessee

Southeastern NAGT 2004 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher = Tina King, Tennessee

Southeastern NAGT 2003 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher = Christine Henry, Knoxville, Tennessee

Southeastern NAGT 2002 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher = Jane Luhn, Knoxville, Tennessee

Southeastern NAGT 2001 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher = Virginia Cooter, Tennessee

Southeastern NAGT 2000 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher = Andrea Walker, Louisiana

Southeastern NAGT 1999 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher = Ilona Sunday, South Carolina

Southeastern NAGT 1998 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher = Jane Skinner, Tennessee

Southeastern NAGT 1997 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher = Margaret Olsen, Georgia

 

State Winners

2010

2010 Alabama OEST Award: Kim Ouderkirk
2010 Florida OEST Award: Minerva (Mickey) Santerra
2010Georgia OEST Award: Michael McClain
2010 Louisiana OEST Award: Chris Campbell
2010 Mississippi OEST Award: Brittany Brewer
2010 North Carolina OEST Award: Joshua D. Roberts
2010 South Carolina OEST Award: Jeanne Hartley
2010 Tennessee OEST Award: Bryan Freeman

2009

2009 Alabama OEST Award:
2009 Florida OEST Award:
2009 Georgia OEST Award: Janet Rebel
2009 Louisiana OEST Award:
2009 Mississippi OEST Award:
2009 North Carolina OEST Award: Cliff Hudson
2009 South Carolina OEST Award: Derenda Marshall
2009 Tennessee OEST Award: Frances Hamilton

2008

2008 Alabama OEST Award: Jennifer Grant
2008 Florida OEST Award: Kathryn Bylsma
2008 Georgia OEST Award: Rebecca Chunn, Glynn Academy, Brunswick, GA
2008 Louisiana OEST Award: Wendy DeMers
2008 Mississippi OEST Award:
2008 North Carolina OEST Award: Robert Greenberg   
2008 South Carolina OEST Award: Dina Ledford
2008 Tennessee OEST Award: Tina Coleman

2007

2007 Alabama OEST Award: Natalie Lane
2007 Florida OEST Award: Tonya Camaratta
2007 Georgia OEST Award: William Witherspoon, Atlanta, GA
2007 Louisiana OEST Award: Michelle Brand-Buchanan
2007 Mississippi OEST Award: Patti Brooks
2007 North Carolina OEST Award: Sam Fuerst
2007 Puerto Rico OEST Award: Julio DeJesus
2007 South Carolina OEST Award: Ina Eaton
2007 Tennessee OEST Award: Patricia Royle

2006

2006 Alabama OEST Award: Tim Ashley, Mobile, AL
2006 Georgia OEST Award: William (Bill) Waggener, Paulding County, GA
2006 North Carolina OEST Award: Carrie Jones
2006 Tennessee OEST Award: Bryan Byrne

2005

2005 Alabama OEST Award: Ashley Allen, Oneonta, AL
2005 Georgia OEST Award: Gregory Bailey, Dalton, GA
2005 North Carolina OEST Awards: Kathy Bosiak (State Winner), Mr. Kelly Ruff (Honorable Mention)  and Mark Case (non-traditional educator).

2004

2004 Georgia OEST Award: Ego Okafor, Henderson Middle School, Tucker, GA
2004 Alabama OEST Award: William Hurd Finnegan, Mobile, Alabama
2004 South Carolina OEST Award: Tom Littlejohn, Greenville, SC
2004 Tennessee OEST Award: Tina King, Mt. Juliet, TN

2003

2003 South Carolina OEST: Donna Petty, Dent Middle School, Columbia, SC
2003 Tennessee OEST: Christine Henry, Knoxville, TN

2002

2002 Georgia OEST Award: Brent Stinson, Austin Road Middle School, Henry County, GA
2002 South Carolina OEST Award: Virginia Fralick, Oakbrook Middle School, Summerville, SC
2002 Tennessee OEST Award: Jane Luhn, Knoxville, TN

2001

2001 Georgia OEST Award: Christine Bean, Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta, GA
2001 North Carolina OEST Award: Lynne Tesh Gronback, McDougle Middle School, Chapel Hill, NC
2001 South Carolina OEST Award: Susan Yelton, Dent Middle School, Columbia, SC
2001 Tennessee OEST Award: Virginia Cooter, Greene County School System, TN

2000

2000 Georgia OEST Award: Patty Bert Hoggard Taylor (Bert Taylor), Collins Hill High School, Lawrenceville, GA
2000 Louisiana OEST Award: Andrea Walker, McDonogh 35 Senior High in New Orleans, LA
2000 NC Outstanding Classroom Teacher: Richard Y. Hilliard, North Henderson High School, Henderson, NC
2000 NC Outstanding Educator in a Non-traditional Setting: William (Rocky) Fulp II, Minerals Research Laboratory, Asheville, NC
2000 South Carolina OEST Award: Carla Keasler, Riverside Middle School in Pendleton, SC
2000 Tennessee OEST Award: Mary Ann Stephens, Kenwood Middle School, Clarksville, TN

1999

1999 North Carolina OEST: Mary Watson
1999 South Carolina OEST: Ilona Sunday
1999 Tennessee OEST: Greg Bailey

1998

1998 Georgia OEST:  Nancy Huebner, Fernbank Science Center
1998 Louisiana OEST: Kristi Bagby
1998 North Carolina OEST:  Katherine Cummings
1998 South Carolina OEST: Sandra Watts
1998 Tennessee OEST:  Jane Skinner

1997

1997 Georgia OEST Award:  Margaret Olsen, Woodward Academy

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Pamela.Gore@gpc.edu