Campus News

Doctoral student wins education award

Yvette Dupree, a doctoral student in the College of Education, was one of 21 career and technical educators recently honored as Career, Technical and Agricultural Education Division award winners at the Georgia Association for Career and Technical Education’s annual conference in Atlanta.

Dupree, a fourth-year doctoral student majoring in workforce education, was selected as Educator of the Year for the Georgia Marketing Education Association.

An educator for more than seven years, Dupree earned a master of arts for teachers in occupational studies in 2007 and a bachelor of business administration, with a major in marketing in 2003, both from UGA.

The GACTE is an affiliate of the Association for Career and Technical Education. Georgia’s 2,700 members represent educators and administrators associated with career, technical and agricultural education.