Pulaski High School teacher to be recognized by Marquette University's College of Education

MILWAUKEE, WI (04/23/2013)(readMedia)-- Christine Lemon, teacher at Casimir Pulaski High School, will be honored at Marquette University's College of Education 5th annual Mission Recognition Evening Tuesday, April 23 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Henke Lounge and Lunda Room of the Alumni Memorial Union, located at 1442 West Wisconsin Avenue. The event will be preceded with a reception from 5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Lemon is being awarded the Outstanding Cooperating Teacher Award.

The Mission Recognition event honors individuals and groups from both within and outside the Marquette community who have made a significant contribution toward advancing the college's social justice mission. The Cooperating Teachers Award recognizes outstanding professionals in the field who model excellence and live the ideals of magis and cura personalis in their work with Marquette's pre-service teachers.

"These awards celebrate the many extraordinary individuals and organizations that help the College of Education achieve our social justice mission. It is our way to both to commend and voice appreciation to exceptional students, early-career professionals, and faculty, as well as cooperating teachers and practicum supervisors, education champions in the community, and our partner schools and human service agencies," Dr. Bill Henk, dean of the College of Education, says.

Consistent with Marquette's Jesuit tradition, the College of Education programs prepare teachers, school counselors, counseling psychologists, community counselors and administrators to demonstrate a commitment to social justice through their work. This commitment is expressed first through undergraduate and graduate students becoming excellent professionals who exhibit a deep knowledge and understanding of their disciplines as well as how children, adolescents and adults learn and develop.

All College of Education programs foster personal and professional excellence, the promotion of a life of faith and the development of leadership expressed in service to others. Faculty members aim to nurture the transformation of students into individuals who will grow continuously in their application of the ideals of social justice -- in the practice of their profession, in their personal and collective involvement in society and in their interactions and relationships with students, parents and guardians, clients, families, colleagues, school personnel and community partners.