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Hannah Scherer wins distinguished Extension educator award

Hannah Scherer receives award

Hannah Scherer received the 2020 Southern Region Distinguished Extension Educator Award for her outstanding accomplishments.  Dr. Scherer’s Extension programming frames STEM as a valuable component of agricultural education in both formal and non-formal settings.  Her success as a STEM educator-scholar is evident by her mentorship of graduate students, development of the Graduate Extension Scholars program, and leadership on the USDA-NIFA Multistate Research Project: A framework for secondary school agriscience education programs that emphasizes the STEM content in agriculture.