Medal for Excellence Winners

The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence announced today the winners of its Oklahoma Medal for Excellence awards honoring five outstanding educators in Oklahoma’s public schools.

The prestigious awards will be presented at the foundation’s 25th annual Academic Awards Banquet on May 21 at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center in Norman.

Each of the five winners will receive a $5,000 cash prize and a glass “Roots and Wings” sculpture, designed by the late Oklahoma artist Ron Roberts and produced by Jim Triffo of Oklahoma City. Medals are awarded annually to outstanding Oklahoma teachers, one each at the elementary, secondary, community college/regional university and research university levels. In addition, the foundation presents a Medal for Excellence to an exceptional administrator from the elementary or secondary level.

The 2011 Medal for Excellence winners are:

Patsy McIlvain, Horace Mann Elementary School, (elementary level), WOODWARD

Susie Stevens Edens, Latta High School, (secondary), ADA

Dr. Wei R. Chen, University of Central Oklahoma, (regional university or community college), EDMOND

Dr. David Ray, University of Oklahoma, (college/university), NORMAN

Cindi Hemm, principal of Eugene Field Elementary School, (administration), TULSA