Alumna hits trifecta with 3rd college award

Julia Clark, an alumna of the University of Georgia College of Education, recently received the 2016 Distinguished Service Award from Rutgers University Graduate School of Education Alumni Association. Clark is a three-time Distinguished Alumni Award recipient and has received an award from every institution from which she has earned a degree.

These include Fort Valley State University, where Clark earned her bachelor’s degree in natural science; the University of Georgia, where she obtained her master’s degree in science education; and now Rutgers University, where she received a doctoral degree in science education.

Rutgers’ Distinguished Service Award is presented in alternate years to recognize alumni who have contributed outstanding service to the field of education. As the program director of the National Science Foundation and a federal science administrator, Clark has influenced classrooms at every academic level.