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• 1 2019-07-30T08:03:57-07:00 Marilyn Watkins 1 Dean of the School of Education plain 2019-07-30T08:03:57-07:00

  Marilyn Watkins is the Former Dean of the School of Education at IU East. She retired in 2014.

  Awards, achievements, and involvements: 

  • Received Hellen Lees Excellence in Teaching Award (1995)
  • Helped develop entrepreneurial curriculum (with Tim Scales) for IUE BOSS (Business Opportunities for Self Starters) program, which began in 2007 
  • Participated in Summer Faculty Fellowship in 2006 
  • Received Indiana University’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2000 
  • Served on the IU Committee that selects awardees starting in 2005 
  • Served on the executive committee of the Indiana Association of College Teacher Educators and was its president for one term 
  • Served on Teacher Education Council of the Indiana Professional Standards Board 
  • Served as a division chair or dean at IUE twice, including most recently starting in 2007 
  • Received MLK Award in 2007
  • Led the accreditation of IU East Education programs multiple times 
  • Received the Faculty Special Achievement Award in 2014 
  • Volunteered for World Book Night in 2014, which works with authors to pass out free books in volunteers' communities 

  
  Learn more about Marilyn Watkins from listening to her oral history interview.