Sentences with phrase «named national ambassador»

Katherine Paterson, two - time winner of both the National Book Award (The Great Gilly Hopkins and The Master Puppeteer) and Newbery Medal (Bridge to Terabithia and Jacob Have I loved), is the second person to be named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington.

Last Friday, I posted that award - winning author Jacqueline Woodson, who also happens to be a queer mom of color, had been named National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

Not exact matches

Hyundai Hope on Wheels, a nonprofit dedicated to helping kids fight cancer, named Ashley Burnette as its 2014 - 15 National Youth Ambassador.

The Upper Chamber of the National Assembly has rejected the nomination of two names following its approval of the nomination of 45 non-career ambassadors forwarded by President Muhammadu Buhari to them for screening.

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... Organizations such as the National Network of State Teachers of the Year, NEA, AFT, Hope Street Fellows, The US Department of Education Teaching Ambassador Fellowship, Educators for Excellence, Teach Plus, and The Center for Teaching Quality, just to name a few, offer an opportunity for teachers to share their diverse views in an effort to create a policy landscape that is more relevant to the complexities of teaching and learning.

He is a member of the Athletic Trainers» Association of Florida Hall of Fame, the National Teachers Hall of Fame, and has received numerous awards for his teaching including being named a Disney American Teacher Honoree, USA Today All - Star Teacher, Toyota International Teacher Ambassador to the Galapagos Islands, Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Ambassador (Japan), 2010 Florida Education Association Teacher of Excellence, 2011 Pearson Global Fellow (China), and most recently Dr. Underwood was named a 2018 NEA Foundation Global Fellow (South Africa) and a 2018 Top 50 Finalist in the Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize.

Misty was named National Youth of the Year Ambassador for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America in June 2013.

Recently, Gene Luen Yang, who has had several titles published through First Second, was named the first ever graphic novelist to be the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.

Also in April, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was replaced by CIA director Mike Pompeo and John Bolton, a former ambassador to the U.N., was named as the administration's third national security adviser.

With pride, Shelley shares that Kiku has been named the AKC national ambassador for the Akita breed for her teaching contributions!