Las Vegas, NV - December 6, 2013. The OTT Executive Board had a busy meeting at the annual meeting in Las Vegas as several awards were presented in recognition for service and scholarship. As a national professional organization with a core mission to acknowledge the achievement of graduate students, professional educators, leaders in business, industry and government in career and technical education, the Executive Board presented the following awards:
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Dr. Elaine Adams presenting award
to Dr. John Cannon |
OTT Service Award. Dr. John Cannon, Coordinator of CTE Programs at the University of Idaho-Boise Center, was presented with a plaque for distinguished service on the Omicron Tau Theta (OTT) professional organization at the annual meeting in Las Vegas held on December 3-4, 2014. Dr. Elaine Adams of the University of Georgia, and OTT Advisor/Director, presented Dr. Cannon with the service award. Dr. Cannon has served on the OTT Executive Board as President-Elect, President, Past-President, and is currently serving on the national Executive Board.
Outstanding Chapter Award. This award has been established to recognize outstanding OTT Chapters based on the activities reported in annual reports. The outstanding chapter is selected based on activities that revolve around the active involvement, membership activities, chapter activities, and national participation. There are currently twelve active chapters and based on historical reports for 2012 submitted to the National Secretary/Historian, the 2012 Outstanding Chapter Award was presented to the Upsilon Chapter at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland.
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Dr. Daisy Stewart receiving
dissertation award on behalf of
Dr. Rosemaliza Mohd
Kamalludeen |
Outstanding Dissertation Award. An award for outstanding doctoral research is presented annually in the form of a plaque. The award is named Omicron Tau Theta Outstanding Doctoral Research Award. The award recognizes original research completed by doctoral students and this year’s award was presented to Rosemaliza Mohd Kamalludeen for her dissertation entitled “Curriculum Track and Its Influence on Reducing High School Dropout Likelihood.” The award was received by Dr. Daisy Stewart Cartwright, Associate Professor Emerita in the School of Education in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia.
Outstanding Journal Article. An award for outstanding JCTE article of the year is presented annually in the form of a certificate. The award is named Omicron Tau Theta Outstanding Journal Article Award and seeks to recognize high quality research reports published in the Journal of Career and Technical Education. This year’s award was presented to Holly Yettick (University of Colorado at Boulder), Fred Cline and John Young )Educational Testing Service) for their article entitled, "Dual Goals: The Academic Achievement of College Prep Students with Career Majors:.” The article was published in volume 27, Issue No. 2, in 2012.
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