Three Tarleton students awarded TxCETP scholarship
Three students from Tarleton State University‚s biological sciences department
have been named as recipients of the Texas Collaborative for Excellence in
Teacher Preparation (TxCETP) $1,000 scholarship for the spring 2007 semester.
All three recipients, Juanita Britton and Shari Flanigan, both of Weatherford,
Texas; and Hannah Elkins, of Springtown, Texas, plan to become life sciences
teachers after graduation.

TxCETP is a collaborative endeavor involving faculty and students from the
departments of science, mathematics, engineering and education from 10 partner
institutions including the Texas A&M System campuses, Texas Woman's University
and Angelo State University, along with associated community colleges and
pre-kindergarten through grade 12 teachers.

"The three students that received the scholarship are all very deserving and
are going to be fine science teachers," said Dr. Allan Nelson, associate
professor of biological sciences at Tarleton and the TxCETP campus leader for
life sciences.

TxCETP is funded by the National Science Foundation and is committed to the
recruitment, education and retention of the next generation of science and
mathematics teachers.