Brenda Vinson to Receive State Recognition

Brenda Lackey Vinson

Brenda Lackey Vinson of Alexandria, a physical education teacher at Wellborn High School in Anniston, will receive the Alabama Physical Education Teacher of the Year award November 15 in Birmingham at the state conference of the Alabama State Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.

Ms. Vinson was nominated for the award by JSU's Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPER) faculty member Donna Hey.

Ms. Vinson holds three degrees from JSU and will soon receive a fourth. She earned two bachelor's degrees in 1988—one in sociolgy and another in social work—plus a master's in education in 2001. She hopes to receive the educational specialist degree in April 2006.

Ms. Vinson serves on the adjunct faculty in JSU's HPER program.

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