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NLU Alumni Magazine The Best Place for Apple Picking? NLU By Nicholas A. Love

It is Golden Apple season, and this year five National Louis University alumni have been formally recognized with this educational achievement award. The five awardees combine Golden Apple recipients from the Chicago Golden Apple Foundation and the Golden Apple Foundation of Rockford (Illinois). Between Chicago and Rockford, 67 NLU alumni have received the annual Golden Apple Award. Congratulations to this year’s outstanding teachers.

Visit blog.nl.edu to read more about the Golden Apple presentations.

Rockford

Chicago

Fontane Thomas, M.A.T. in Early Childhood Education, a 2015 Golden Apple Award recipient, is a pre-K teacher at Stephen K. Hayt Elementary School in Chicago.

Sonya Fields, Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, a 2015 Golden Apple Award recipient, is a second-grade teacher at Arthur Dixon Elementary School in Chicago.

Amy Orvis, M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, James Schoepski, M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, and Laurie Meyer, M.Ed. in Teaching, Learning and Assessment are 2015 Golden Apple Award recipients.

News and Notes

Ron Brashear ‘01, B.A. Applied Behavioral Sciences, co-wrote a new book with Rahaman Ali titled “That’s Muhammad Ali’s Brother! My Life on the Undercard,” a behind-the-scenes recollection of growing up alongside the famous boxing icon. Katherine Y. Brown ‘05, Ed.D. in Adult Education, was presented with the 2015 Athena Young Professional Leadership Award. Angela Brown Burke ‘15, Ed.D. in Adult Education, is an elected official in Jamaica who was recognized for the recent completion of her doctoral work at National Louis University. Janet Burke ‘10, M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, was featured in the April 27 edition of the Daily Southtown as a 2015 Golden Apple Award finalist.

Marcus Campbell ‘14, Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, was featured in the January 14 edition of the Evanston RoundTable for his work as the Evanston Township High School Principal in Evanston, Illinois. Ryan DeBora ‘03, M.A.T in Administration and Supervision, was named by the Naperville School District 203 Board of Education as principal of Maplebrook Elementary in Naperville, Illinois. Lauren Sternfield Fagel ‘07, M.Ed. in Administration and Supervision and John Finan ‘14, Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, were hired as principals by the Glenbrook High Schools District 225 last month, the former at Glenbrook South in Glenbrook, Illinois, and the latter at Glenbrook North in Northbrook, Illinois.