USU Professor Honored by Alma Mater

Utah State University elementary education professor Ray Reutzel has been selected as one of the two distinguished alumni from the University of Wyoming’s College of Education. Reutzel is the Emma Eccles Jones Distinguished Professor and Endowed Chair of Early Childhood Education at USU’s College of Education and Human Services.

“This award coming from my alma mater means the most to me of all the awards I have ever received,” said Reutzel. “It is rewarding to have my work so appreciated and recognized by my peers.”

 

Reutzel came to USU in 2001 after teaching for almost 20 years in other Utah colleges and universities. He served as technical assistant to the Reading Excellence Act and the Reading First federal reading reform projects in Utah. Reuztel is the editor of the International Reading Association’s elementary section journal The Reading Teacher.

 

Reutzel’s career includes many accomplishments. He is the author of more than 150 refereed, research reports, articles, books, book chapters and monographs and has received more than $5 million in research/professional development funding from private, state and federal funding agencies. He was recently awarded a $1 million research grant as principal investigator under the Teacher Quality Research Program of the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education.

 

Reutzel was the recipient of the 1992 Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Research and Creative Arts Professor award. He was awarded the Researcher/Scholar of the Year Award by the College of Education and Human Services at Utah State University in May 2004. He was recently elected President of the College Reading Association in April 2005.

 

Writer: Kristen Weller, 435-797-1350, kristen.weller@usu.edu