Three Concordia Alumni Earn Lutheran Educator Awards

Three Concordia University, Nebraska (cune.edu) alumni recently earned honors for their faithful service in Lutheran education. The awards were given out by the Lutheran Education Association, which honors Lutheran educators each year who are nominated for their outstanding service to Lutheran churches and schools.

Shelley Dartmann was selected to receive Lutheran Education Association’s 2017 Distinguished Lutheran Early Childhood Teacher award. Dartmann is a full time kindergarten teacher at Concordia Academy in Omaha, NE. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in education with an early childhood concentration from Concordia University, Nebraska.

Dr. George Locke was selected to receive LEA’s Distinguished Retired Lutheran Educator EncourAGING award. Locke retired as Superintendent of Lutheran Schools and Executive Director of Youth Ministry, LCMS Michigan District in 2005. He previously served in various teaching and administrative positions at Lutheran Schools in Illinois, Indiana and Michigan and was Executive Director of Christian Education and Youth in the LCMS Nebraska District from 1979–1981. Locke earned degrees from Concordia College, Milwaukee, Concordia University, Nebraska, and a Superintendent’s Endorsement from the University of Nebraska. He was also awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Concordia University, Ann Arbor.

Christin Senechal was selected to receive Lutheran Education Association’s 2017 Distinguished Lutheran Elementary Teacher award. Senechal teaches fourth grade at Concordia Academy in Omaha, NE. She earned a Bachelor of Science in education from Concordia University, Nebraska and a Master of Science in education from the University of Nebraska Omaha.

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