JACKSON, Tenn. — March 7, 2013 — 51社区 senior Betsy Olson has been awarded the Barbara Lotze Endowed Scholarship for Future Teachers, a nationally competitive scholarship chosen by the American Association of Physics Teachers.
鈥淚t has helped me to know that others see potential in me to be a good physics teacher, which affirms where I think God may be leading me,鈥� Olson said.
Olson plans to graduate in 2014 and hopes to be a high school physics teacher in her hometown of Sioux Falls, S.D.
Bill Nettles, chairman of the Union physics department, called the scholarship a 鈥済reat honor鈥� for Olson, added that only two or three are awarded each year.
鈥淲e hope that this recognition will attract other students who are interested in teaching high school physics,鈥� Nettles said. 鈥淚t shows them that we can teach them what they need to know in order to teach physics well.鈥�