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Home/Riverhawk News/Breske selected as 2014 CEC Outstanding Undergraduate

Breske selected as 2014 CEC Outstanding Undergraduate

Published: 2014-01-24 

Office of Communications & Marketing |Northeastern State University
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. -- On April 9, 2014, at the annual Council for Exceptional Children Convention & Expo in Philadelphia, PA, Jessica Breske, a Northeastern State University student specializing in special education will accept the CEC Outstanding Undergraduate Award, from an organization that specializes in advocating for special education.

Each year, the CEC receives nominations from the United States and Canada, and then selects one undergraduate and one graduate student to be the recipient of this award. Recipients are students who have made outstanding contributions in service to CEC and to children with more educational needs.

Nominated by two professors, Breske was portrayed to the selection committee as more than deserving. Breske, who served as the president for the Student Council for Exceptional Children (SCEC) for both semesters in 2013 attributes many of her successes to her own obstacles with ADHD.

Through her own hard work and determination, Breske has found multiple ways to deal with and overcome her ADHD, and she hopes to be able to someday help children with disabilities do the same. Graduating has been her biggest goal, and winning this award was above and beyond her expectations.

Breske hopes her parents Susan and Glen will be able to accompany her to Philadelphia to accept the award. Several SCEC students will also be in attendance, along with Dr. Tritschler and Anthony Rothfork, assistant professor at NSU. Breskes best friend, Sarah, also an NSU alumna, who lives in Boston and works at the Perkins School for the Blind, will attend the event as well.

Upon graduation, Breske plans to apply for an Outreach Program at Perkins.

It is such a great honor to have received this award, and Im glad that I am able to represent the College of Education and Northeastern State University and the state of Oklahoma, said Breske.All I want to do is made a difference, a big difference, which is why I am in the field of education.