College of Education, Health and Human Development Awards and Recognition 2022-2023
Below are a collection of articles highlighting some of the College's many accomplishments. Click on the text to be taken to the MSU published articles.
Montana State senior Kayla Hay wins Fulbright fellowship to Germany
Kayla Hay was always interested in learning German. Her great-grandparents emigrated from Austria to Alaska in the 1920s, she said, and she was intrigued by different cultures and wanted to be able to communicate with her relatives who remained in Austria.
Hay didn’t have the opportunity to take German as a middle school and high school student in her hometown of Wrangell, Alaska – an island in the southeastern part of the state – but when she enrolled at Montana State University in fall 2018, she signed up for a basic German language class her freshman year.
Two Montana State counseling students receive prestigious fellowship
Jenaya Burns and Ileana “Illy” Dinette, both graduate students in the counseling program in MSU’s Department of Health and Human Development in the College of Education, Health and Human Development, received the National Board for Certified Counselors Minority Fellowship for Addiction Counselors. The award comes with $15,000 and includes opportunities for professional development, mentorship support and networking.
“I am so grateful and excited to see where this will take me,” Burns said. “I am excited to see the professional growth that will come (with this fellowship). It means that I can be the best counselor I can be and do what I am passionate about.”
Montana State student recognized for work focused on Native education research
Danielle Morrison recently received the Dr. David Beaulieu Legacy Scholarship from the National Indian Education Association. Morrison, an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota tribe from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in education from the MSU Department of Education in the College of Education, Health and Human Development.
The scholarship honors David Beaulieu’s lifetime of work, service and dedication for Native education. Beaulieu is an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe and an emeritus professor at Arizona State University, where he also served as director of the Center for Indian Education. He was also the editor of the Journal of American Indian Education, which focuses on research and policy issues related to the education of American Indians and Alaska Natives. Typically, the Dr. David Beaulieu Legacy Scholarship supports undergraduate students, but Morrison’s award comes as the result of another donation to support a new doctoral student who is focused on Native education research. It comes with a $5,000 honorarium.
Students to be honored at Montana State’s 100th annual Day of Student Recognition
One hundred twenty-five students who excel in community service and leadership, along with three student organizations, will be honored this week during Montana State University’s 100th annual Day of Student Recognition. The award ceremony will be held Friday, May 5, in the Strand Union Building ballrooms.
Award recipients will be recognized across five categories of excellence: legacy, service, leadership, academics and research, and teaching and mentorship.
Montana State honors top faculty with 2023 Founders Day Faculty Awards
Dedicated and innovative advisers, teachers and researchers from across Montana State University have been honored this month and last month as the university presented its annual Founders Day Faculty Awards. The awards recognize achievements in faculty research, teaching, outreach and creative projects.
The College of EHHD's honorees for spring 2023 are:
- Academic Advising Award, Mary Stein, College of Education, Health and Human Development
- Excellence in Outreach Award, Michelle Grocke-Dewey and Jennifer Munter, College of Education, Health and Human Development and MSU Extension
- President’s Award for Gender Equity, Bryce Hughes, College of Education, Health and Human Development
Five new ‘extraordinary, ordinary’ women to be honored at Montana State University
Five new “extraordinary, ordinary” women will soon be honored at Montana State University for their contributions to the university throughout its history.
As part of the university’s celebration of its 125th anniversary five years ago, MSU honored 125 “extraordinary, ordinary” women who have played important roles in MSU since it was founded as the state’s land-grant college in 1893. Now, to mark 130 years, MSU is adding five women to the group.
Montana State University education professor recognized nationally for rural education work
A Montana State University professor recently received two national awards for her work related to rural education.
Sarah Schmitt-Wilson, an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Education in the College of Education, Health and Human Development, and her colleagues won the Best Research Award and the Outstanding Service Award. Both are given by the National Rural Education Association.
Seventy-six to receive awards during MSU homecoming
Seventy-six individuals associated with Montana State University will receive awards during a ceremony as part of MSU’s 2022 homecoming. The awards honor individuals for achievements in professional success, volunteerism and/or performance of outstanding service to the university or community.
College of Education, Health and Human Development
- Alumni achievement award: Jessica "Jess" Buboltz
- Alumni achievement award: Callie (Hart) Langohr
- Diversity legacy award: Katherine "Kayte" Kaminski
- Honorary alumni award: Hans Williamson
