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For Immediate Release
RE: Engelhardt Receives MBU's Distinguished Teaching Award
Engelhardt Receives MBU's Distinguished Teaching Award
May 5, 2004
Troy Wentzville Education Site Director and Assistant Professor of Education, Dr. Mark D. Engelhardt, received Missouri Baptist University’s Distinguished Teaching Award for 2004. Dr. Engelhardt was presented the award by the University's President, Dr. Alton Lacey, during the thirty-second commencement ceremony held on April 24. The Distinguished Teaching Award is designed to annually recognize a professor with outstanding teaching ability, dedication, and enthusiasm.
Dr. Engelhardt joined MBU’s faculty in 1999 and serves in multiple capacities. In addition to instructing undergraduate and graduate courses in education, Engelhardt is also the faculty sponsor for the Troy/Wentzville Student Missouri State Teachers Association and Student Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. He is a member of the university assessment committee, education council, and graduate extension council. The busy professor serves in a leadership capacity as steering committee standard co-chair for NCATE and as chairman of the assessment committee.
Engelhardt earned his Ph.D. in Education with a minor in Research Methods and an Ed. S. degree at St. Louis University. He received a B.S.Ed. in History with a minor in music and an M.S.Ed. in Secondary School Administration from Southeast Missouri State University.
Engelhardt serves as chapter member liaison for ten Phi Delta Kappa chapters from Joplin to St. Louis. He and his wife, Lee Ann, live in the Lake St. Louis area and attend the United Methodist Church at Wentzville. They have two daughters and one son. His son, Lee, is a sophomore majoring in computer networking; his daughter, Diana, a sophomore at Holt High School; and his daughter, Dana, fourth grade at Heritage Elementary School.
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