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Kerri Bernhardt works with students at a Jackson County school.
Western Carolina University junior Kerri Elizabeth Bernhardt has been named the Western Region Outstanding Mathematics Education Student for 2008 by the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Bernhardt received the award at the recent State Mathematics Conference held in Greensboro. Her honor marked the 17th year in a row that a WCU student has been named the top mathematics education student in the western third of the state.
Bernhardt is the daughter of Randy and Debbie Bernhardt of Claremont, and graduated from Bandys High School in 2006. She attends WCU through the prestigious North Carolina Teaching Fellows scholarship program, and is a dean’s list student and member of WCU’s Honors College.
Bernhardt expects to receive her bachelor’s degree at WCU in December 2009. She plans to enroll in WCU’s master’s degree program in mathematics and begin her teaching career after she earns her graduate degree.
The NCCTM is the professional organization in North Carolina for individuals who teach mathematics. Its members include teachers from kindergarten through graduate school.
Axelle Faughn, WCU assistant professor of mathematics education, said the long record of WCU students winning the NCCTM award is no accident.
“This recognition is the result of high commitment by these students to the profession of mathematics teaching by participating in conferences, assisting with enrichment and support activities aimed at regional middle and high schools, and serving on various committees, councils and boards,” Faughn said.
“This would not have been possible without intensive mentoring by one of our mathematics education faculty members, Ralph Willis, who established the NCCTM student affiliate organization at WCU in 1989 in order to support our department’s and our students’ engagement in such activities,” she said.
For more information about WCU’s mathematics education program, contact the mathematics and computer science department at (828) 227-7245 or e-mail Mark Holliday, interim department head, at holliday@wcu.edu.
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