Hannah Scherer wins distinguished Extension educator 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.