Three Alums Win Profound Impact Award
4/20/07
Three alumni were presented the first annual Profound Impact Award from Miami University’s School of Education and Allied Professions at a reception April 20.
“As a group and as individuals these award winners represent what Miami’s School of Education and Allied Professions is all about. They exemplify the good work that thousands of our EAP graduates are doing throughout our region, the State of Ohio, the United States and the world,” said Carine Feyten, EAP dean.
The awardees include:
• Dawn Anderson-Butcher, who is a faculty member in the College of Social Work at The Ohio State University, is rapidly becoming known for her expertise in youth development, school improvement and in evaluating intervention programs aimed at young people, said Feyten.
She graduated from Miami in 1992 with a double major in psychology and health and sport and then earned a master’s in exercise and sports science from Miami in 1994 before going on for a second master’s and a doctorate at the University of Utah.
• Rex R. Bucheit is principal of Fillmore Elementary School in the Hamilton City School District. While he has received many awards in his long career, Feyten said Bucheit is the kind of person and administrator who is most proud not of his public recognition but of the opportunity to comfort a sobbing pupil.
He graduated from Miami in 1978 with a major in elementary education and immediately began his teaching career. In 1979 he completed his master’s degree at Miami and later completed coursework to qualify as a principal.
• Quanyu Huang, who earned a doctoral degree from Miami in higher education administration in 1993, is a visiting assistant professor in Miami’s German, Russian and East Asian Languages Department and a senior consultant at the Conversa/Inlingua Language Center.
A book he wrote based on his dissertation and his son’s experiences in American school became the best-selling non-fiction book in China in 2000. That book, which suggested that China had something to learn from America’s education system shook the Chinese educational system to the core, said Feyten.
A number of outstanding graduates were nominated for the award by current and past faculty, making it extremely difficult to winnow down the list to only three award winners, said Feyten.