KATIE SAND Fern Horn Memorial Home Economics Scholarship
About the Award Fern Horn received her undergraduate degree from UWSP, master’s from UW-Stout, and doctorate from Michigan State University. She began her teaching career in 1934 teaching in rural schools in Clark County. She later taught high school home economics in Eau Claire, Schofield, and Mosinee. She taught at the college level at UW-Stout and the University of Minnesota. She taught home economics at UWSP for more than twenty years. She was a leader in developing instructional materials for use by home economics teachers across the county. Fern Horn retired from UWSP at the age of 62. Katie is a family and consumer sciences major who is minoring in health education. She is the vice president of the Stevens Point Family, Career and Community Leaders of America student chapter. Katie plans to become a middle school teacher and hopes to advocate the importance of family and consumer sciences in schools.
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