Alumnus receives national award from federal agency
Ryan Akers (PhD ’07), an associate extension professor in the School of Human Sciences at Mississippi State University and an alumnus of the College of Education’s Department of Counseling and Human Development Services, recently received the 2017 Federal Emergency Management Agency Individual and Community Preparedness Division’s national award for Outstanding Achievement in Youth Preparedness.
Akers received the award for his creation of and work with the Mississippi Youth Preparedness Initiative National, which is an innovative three-component leadership education and training program.
“To have your work recognized by your peers is a testament to our vision and the hard work and dedication that my entire team puts in to accomplish our goals and mission,” said Akers, who won the same award in 2014 for a smaller-scale version of the model.