Five WSU alums win 2017 Kansas Horizon Awards Five WSU alums win 2017 Kansas Horizon Awards

Five WSU College of Education alumni are recipients of 2017 Kansas Horizon Awards. The Kansas Horizon Award recognizes exemplary first-year teachers in elementary and secondary classrooms who perform in a way that distinguishes them as outstanding.

- Jill Bajaj, a mathematics teacher at Robinson Middle School, Wichita USD 259
- Jillian Brock, a special education instructor at Community Elementary, Coffeyville USD 445
- Oliva Burbach, a fourth grade teacher at Lawrence Elementary, Wichita USD 259
- Mallory Keefe, a kindergarten teacher at Jefferson Elementary, El Dorado USD 490
- Alexis Schirmer, a fourth grade teacher at Vermillion Elementary, Maize USD 266

Thirty-two teachers around the state were selected from elementary and secondary schools. They will be recognized for their achievements at the 2017 Kansas Exemplary Educators Network, a group of exemplary educators who are leaders in the improvement of schools, student performance and the education profession.