Marceau first EMU graduate named National Student Teacher of Year

Eastern Michigan University has a long and illustrious tradition of producing the best teachers. In fact, EMU alumni have won almost every major award possible, except one.

EMU's Jonathan Marceau added a new plaque to the trophy case by being named the

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National Student Teacher of the Year, the first EMU alum to do so and only the second student teacher from Michigan.

The award is conferred by the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) and Kappa Delta Pi (KDP). Marceau will receive a plaque and a monetary award Feb. 15 in Chicago at the ATE Conference.

"The excitement of having a job and a classroom has been overwhelming, but this is an incredible honor!" said Marceau, a resident of Sterling Heights and a first-time teacher of 22 third-graders at West Utica Elementary School.

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