And the “Oscar of Teaching” Award Goes to…
CIU alumna Vanessa Torres reacts as she is named a Milken Education Award winner at a school assembly. (Photo courtesy Milken Family Foundation)
Columbia International University alumna Vanessa Torres is a 2016 winner of The Milken Educator Award, called the “Oscars of Teaching” by Teacher Magazine. See the Spanish teacher’s reaction in this video as she is honored and receives a $25,000 prize at an assembly at her school, Nursery Road Elementary in Columbia, South Carolina. Torres earned a Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Foreign Language/Intercultural Studies (TEFL/ICS) from CIU in 2006.
The award also earned Torres a lot of notice from the Columbia media: