Virginia M. Sowell Student of the Year Award
The DVIDB Virginia M. Sowell Student of the Year Award recognizes a student who demonstrates a commitment to the education and/or rehabilitation of individuals with visual impairments and deafblindness. The award was named after Dr. Virginia Sowell whose lifetime contributions to the profession impacted the lives of numerous educators and countless children and adults with visual impairments and deafblindness.
Award Details:
The DVIDB Virginia M. Sowell Student of the Year Award recognizes a student who demonstrates a commitment to the education and/or rehabilitation of individuals with visual impairments and deafblindness. The award was named after Dr. Virginia Sowell whose lifetime contributions to the profession impacted the lives of numerous educators and countless children and adults with visual impairments and deafblindness.
The DVIDB Virginia M. Sowell Student of the Year Award recognizes a student who demonstrates a commitment to the education and/or rehabilitation of individuals with visual impairments and deafblindness. The award was named after Dr. Virginia Sowell whose lifetime contributions to the profession impacted the lives of numerous educators and countless children and adults with visual impairments and deafblindness.
- Fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/oNhd2GfjcQWEbBfR8
- Provide at least 1 letter of support (no more than 2 pages) describing why you are nominating the person. Feel free to add any additional information that you feel will add to the description and qualifications of your nominee for the award.
| 2024 | Stacey Buck |
| 2023 | Cameron Smith |
| 2022 | Becky Morton |
| 2021 | Katherine Ericson |
| 2020 | Ying-Ting Chiu |
| 2019 | Tara Brown-Ogilvie |
| 2018 | Carlie Rhoads |
| 2017 | Karen Koehler |
| 2016 | Jessica Kolvites |
| 2015 | Adam Wilton |
| 2014 | Mackenzie Savaiano |
| 2013 | Tara Mason |
| 2012 | Trenisha Reynolds |
| 2011 | Tara McCarthy |
| 2010 | Frances Mary D'Andrea |
| 2009 | Stacey Kelly |
| 2008 | Susie Thomas |
| 2006 | Carol Evans |
| 2005 | Effie Laman |
| 2004 | Shelley Rhodes |
| 2003 | Derrick Smith |
| 2000 | Sheila Amato |
| 1999 | Amy Edmonds |
| 1998 | Susan Adams |
| 1997 | Chad Simmons |
| 1996 | L. Penny Rosenblum |
| 1994 | Terry Pastel |
| 1991 | Julia Ashley |