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Linda Dishman Wins First Milken Award of 2018-19 in Kansas

 

 

You're one of us now, Linda!  Veteran Milken Educators offer advice to Linda Dishman (KS '18), the newest member of their family. "Teach like [their] life depends on it, for all of these kids," says Ada Ligia Paquette (KS '93). Adds William Smithyman (KS '15): "Buckle up for some of the best professional development anyone could ever hope for."

From left, bottom row: Brad LeDuc (KS '13), also a 2014 Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes Fellow; Kansas Deputy Commissioner of Education Dale Dennis; Kansas Commissioner of Education Dr. Randy Watson; recipient Linda Dishman (KS '18); Lowell Milken, chairman and co-founder of the Milken Family Foundation; Alice S. Bertels (KS '00), also a 2015 Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes Fellow; Brad Nicks (KS '09); and Ada Ligia Paquette (KS '93).

From left, top row: Michael Berndt (KS '12), also a 2013 Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes Fellow; Norman Conard (KS '92), executive director of the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes; 2014 Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes Fellow Susan Sittenauer; Jim Armendariz (KS ‘04); Dr. Victoria Seeger (KS '04); Stephanie Conklin (KS '16); Karla Reed (KS '06); Heidi Albin (KS '17); William Smithyman (KS '15), also a 2017 Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes Fellow; and 2015 Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes Fellow Nate McAlister.