The IUPUC Center for Teaching and Learning in partnership with Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, and the Community Education Coalition are accepting nominations for the 2017 Edna V. Folger Outstanding Teacher Award.

The Edna V. Folger Outstanding Teacher Award recognizes the work of a full-time elementary or secondary school teacher working at a public, private, or parochial school in Bartholomew County. The recipient receives a $4,000 stipend from Faurecia, a personal award from the IUPUC Center for Teaching and Learning, and their name on a permanent plaque in the Columbus Learning Center.

A classroom teacher may be nominated by any individual or group. Nominations should include biographical information, reasons for nomination, letters of recommendation and support materials. Nomination instructions are available from the IUPUC Center for Teaching and Learning, the Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation Administrative Offices, and in the main office of schools throughout Bartholomew County. Nomination forms may also be downloaded at www.iupuc.edu/academics/resources/center-teaching-learning/files/2017%20Folger%20Nomination%20Form.pdf. The deadline for nominations is 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 9, 2017.

Past recipients include:

• 1983 Shirley Lyster, Columbus North High School
• 1984 Marie Moore, Schmitt Elementary School
• 1985 Doris Strietelmeier, St. Peter’s Lutheran School
• 1986 Joseph F. Dutton, Columbus East High School
• 1987 Rachel Stoner, Columbus East High School
• 1988 Mary Ann Heise, Columbus North High School
• 1989 Candace Taff Carr, Richards Elementary School
• 1990 Karen Lion, Northside Middle School
• 1991 James Zeiger, Smith Elementary School
• 1992 Eugene Foldenauer, Columbus North High School
• 1993 James L. Nay, Columbus East High School
• 1994 Margaret Bottorff, Clifty Creek Elementary School
• 1995 Barbara Johnson, Hope Elementary School
• 1996 Janice Montgomery, Southside Elementary School
• 1997 Norma Flodder, McDowell Adult Education Center
• 1998 Wanda Siebert, Hauser Junior & Senior High School
• 1999 Connie Yeaton, Clifty Creek Elementary School
• 2000 Don Schmidt, Jefferson Education Center
• 2001 Greg Lewis, Columbus East high School
• 2002 Victor Fields, Columbus East High School
• 2003 Chuck Grimes, Southside Elementary School
• 2004 Libby Arthur, Columbus North High School
• 2005 Jack P. Young, Columbus East High School
• 2006 Donna Nicholson, St. Bartholomew Catholic School
• 2007 Denise Briner-Richardson, Columbus North High School
• 2008 Linda Coggin, Lincoln Elementary School
• 2009 Lynn Sparks, Columbus Signature Academy-Lincoln
• 2010 Kim Green, Columbus North High School
• 2011 Janeen Blomenberg, Junior/Senior Hauser High School
• 2012 Mary Knight, Parkside Elementary School
• 2013 Milly Harden, Richards Elementary School
• 2014 Kathryn Strickland, Southside Elementary School
• 2015 Tammie LeClerc, Northside Middle School
• 2016 Mike Riley, C4 Columbus Area Career Connection

After achieving a Master of Science degree from Indiana University, Edna V. Folger began a career in teaching during the late 1920s at Central (Columbus) High School. For more than 46 years she taught math including algebra, geometry, and trigonometry to Columbus students.

In 1982 an award was created, bearing Edna V. Folger’s name, and funded by the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce and the Arvin Foundation. The awards intent was only to honor Folger but raise awareness about the immeasurable influence teachers have on their students and to recognize the image of teachers as significant community role models.

For more information, contact Marsha VanNahmen at (812) 375-7576: mvannahm@iupuc.edu or visit www.iupuc.edu/ctl.