Outstanding Recent Alumni Award
The Outstanding Recent Alumni Award is presented annually to recognize leadership, community service, and occupational achievement in their field by alumni who completed their degree within the last 10 years. Mark Ingerson received the Outstanding Recent Alumni Award for 2007 on April 12, 2007 at the CLAHS Faculty and Student Recognition Program.
Mark, a 2000 graduate with a Masters of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction, has established himself as a master teacher earning National Board Certification and more recently the 2005 Milken Educator Award. The Milken Award is a prestigious national award given annually to about 100 teachers from 48 participating states, including 2 Virginia teachers.
As a ninth-grade world history teacher at Salem High School, Mark strives to make sure that each of his students are successful in his classroom, going as far as to develop SOL review materials for them. A highlight of Mark’s 7 year teaching career has been to help boost Salem High School’s Virginia Standards of Learning passing rate from 72 percent to 99 percent.
Among his other accomplishments are 2005 Veteran’s of Foreign Wars Teacher of the Year for Virginia. He was also appointed to the VA Department of Education Advisory Board on Teacher Education and Licensure, where he served from 2002 – 2005.
Mark also serves as the coach of Virginia High School League's Group "AA" state championship Forensics (speech and drama) team, which just won its second state championship on March 31.
All of these things and more make Mark an exemplary role model for all educators and especially for alums from The College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. Please help us in congratulating Mark on being named the Outstanding Recent Alumni Award recipient for the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.