MCOATT Awards Ceremony
27 Teachers Receive MCOATT Award
October 10, 2003

The Consortium for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching with Technology (COATT) awarded 27 teachers the Michigan Certificate for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching with Technology (MCOATT), for demonstration of exemplary use of technology in the classroom to enhance student learning.

Following a dinner at the COATT ceremony held on October 10, 2003, at the Lansing Center, Lansing, MI, the COATT award was presented by Reuben Rubio, President of COATT to the following recipients.

Inservice Teachers:

• Kristin Dewitt
• Elizabeth Goepfert
• Tammy Maginity
• Cindy M. Morden

Preservice Teachers:

• Adam Ancira
• Julie E. Bednark
• Jessica Buzanowsk
• Jessica Carter
• Jennifer Cherry
• Alaina Dillon Feliks
• Karen Gilbert
• Monet Gonszar
• Charles Gragg
• Jennifer Herm
• Lalla Jones
• Ronald Keoleian
• Tonja Marvin
• Karyn McConachie
• Daryl McLeese
• Michael Miller
• Bethany Patrishkoff
• Paul Perrault
• Bridget Reynaert
• Thomas Schweinhart
• Alan Striegle
• Cheryl Viinikainen
• Julie Warner

Eric Weber, a spokesperson from Senator Carl Levin's office, was in attendance and offered congratulations on behalf of the Senator. Over 55 family, friends and COATT members were also in attendance for the ceremony.

2003 President's Award for Excellence

On October 10, 2003, COATT was pleased to confer the 2003 Presidential Award for Excellence upon The University of Michigan's School of Education, The University of Michigan - Dearborn's School of Education, and Western Michigan University's College of Education. The awards were made in recognition of the success of these institutions' teacher education students in achieving the MCOATT (Michigan Certificate for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching with Technology) over the past year.