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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.

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October 31, 2025
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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.

  1. Fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/H4ACuH1FSzxTkZBg6
  2. 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.
2024Stacey Buck
2023Cameron Smith
2022Becky Morton
2021Katherine Ericson
2020Ying-Ting Chiu
2019Tara Brown-Ogilvie
2018Carlie Rhoads
2017Karen Koehler
2016Jessica Kolvites
2015Adam Wilton
2014Mackenzie Savaiano
2013Tara Mason
2012Trenisha Reynolds
2011Tara McCarthy
2010Frances Mary D'Andrea
2009Stacey Kelly
2008Susie Thomas
2006Carol Evans
2005Effie Laman
2004Shelley Rhodes
2003Derrick Smith
2000Sheila Amato
1999Amy Edmonds
1998Susan Adams
1997Chad Simmons 
1996L. Penny Rosenblum
1994Terry Pastel
1991Julia Ashley

 

Last Updated:  30 September, 2025

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