{"id":46695,"date":"2020-08-06T12:49:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T16:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=46695"},"modified":"2020-08-14T08:24:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T12:24:17","slug":"stem-teacher-myron-blosser-83-ma-98-wins-presidential-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2020\/stem-teacher-myron-blosser-83-ma-98-wins-presidential-award\/","title":{"rendered":"STEM teacher Myron Blosser ’83, MA ’98 wins Presidential Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Myron Blosser ’83, MA ’98 <\/strong>has received the highest award a teacher can achieve – a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics\u00a0and Science.\u00a0Blosser is co-chair of the Harrisonburg High School STEM Academy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the latest honor for the 38-year veteran. In 2019,\u00a0he received the Genetics Education Award<\/a> at a conference in San Diego. He was named the top biology teacher in Virginia<\/a> in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blosser earned a bachelor’s degree in\u00a0biology\u00a0with\u00a0secondary education endorsement\u00a0from Eastern Mennonite University in 1983 and an\u00a0MA in education\u00a0with a concentration in curriculum development in 1998.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blosser also has hosted the\u00a0Shenandoah Valley Biotechnology Symposium<\/a>\u00a0every year, an event he started in 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The process for applying for\u00a0this latest award was extensive, according to a Daily News-Record article<\/a>. Blosser had to submit a 30-minute video of himself teaching and then answer a number of prompts that discussed his teaching style and philosophy on teaching and education. The written materials totaled about 20 pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blosser began the application process in spring 2019 after a nomination by Pat Lintner, chief academic officer for Harrisonburg City Public Schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blosser said that just being nominated by Lintner was an honor, and if it had stopped at that, he would have been content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blosser will receive a certificate signed by President Donald Trump and $10,000. He will also travel to Washington, D.C., for an award ceremony at a later date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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