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September 29, 2000 Olin W. Davis Award winners honored on October 7WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. –Seven Indiana teachers share honors for their contributions to economic education as recipients of the 2000 Olin W. Davis Awards for Exemplary Teaching of Economics in Indiana. The annual awards, presented by the Indiana Council for Economic Education (ICEE), commemorate the late Olin Davis, a Purdue professor who established the university's economic education programs. The honorees will receive their awards at the 2000 Awards for Excellence Program, Saturday, Oct. 7 at the University Inn in West Lafayette. "Indiana citizens should be encouraged that hundreds of teachers throughout Indiana, like these Olin Davis winners, are introducing students of all ages to economics, business, and entrepreneurship through our EconomicsAmerica programs," said Harlan Day, Executive Director of the ICEE, based at Purdue. "To be effective citizens, it is crucial that students understand the economic world around them." Award recipients are selected for their professional training, teaching expertise, classroom projects in economic education, influence on school economic education programs, and activities outside the classroom that promote economic education. State and regional winners receive $500 and plaques. Gregory P. Hinshaw, of Farmland, a teacher at Wes-Del High School in Gaston, won this year's Olin W. Davis Statewide Award. Winning regional awards are: Jennifer Abell of Indianapolis, Crooked Creek Elementary School in Indianapolis. Rosemary Barnett of West Lafayette, Klondike Middle School in West Lafayette. Patricia Jackson of Indianapolis, Crooked Creek Elementary School in Indianapolis. Ann McCracken of Lafayette, Wainwright Middle School in Lafayette. Bob Mira of West Lafayette, West Lafayette Junior/Senior High School. Bradford Piniak of Munster, East Chicago Central High School. Celebrating honors with two of her regional award winning colleagues is Marsha Reynolds, Crooked Creek Elementary in Indianapolis, the winner of the Lawrence Senesh Award for School Administrators. Senesh, formerly at Purdue, was the first professor of economic education in the United States. "In every educational setting, whether as a teacher and administrator, Marsha has been a champion of economic literacy. It is not surprising that her teachers at Crooked Creek Elementary have made economic literacy a key part of their curriculum," Day said. The Olin W. Davis Award is sponsored by the ICEE with additional financial support from the Indiana Farm Bureau and Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance. CONTACT: Harlan Day, (745) 494-8545, hday@mgmt.purdue.edu
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