Manning-Henderson Family Mathematics Education Scholarship
The Manning-Henderson Family Mathematics Education Scholarship honors the family of Associate Professor Carol Wade, PhD, and her husband Tim Wade by recognizing an outstanding student enrolled in the College at Brockport Mathematics Education program.
Dr. Wade, a member of the Department of Education and Human Development faculty, focuses on how to prepare secondary mathematics teachers to teach conceptually, while incorporating mathematical reasoning and procedural fluency to increase student learning in mathematics. She received her bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, and PhD in Secondary Mathematics Education from Clemson University. She completed a post-doctorate at Harvard University, where she studied secondary preparation for college level calculus success. She researches the secondary-tertiary transition for mathematics education and is well published in the field.
The Manning-Henderson Family Mathematics Education Scholarship seeks to recognize a student who has demonstrated a commitment to excellence with the potential for success in the teaching profession while paying tribute to the Manning-Henderson family.
Qualified applicants must be mathematics majors who are accepted into the initial teacher certification program at the undergraduate or graduate level, if 15 credit hours of mathematics have been completed at SUNY Brockport. Students must demonstrate academic proficiency aligned with the Department of Education and Human Development, a commitment to continuing in the mathematics education program at SUNY Brockport and obtaining secondary mathematics education certification from New York State. They must demonstrate the potential for exceptional professional performance. They also must submit a letter of recommendation from a professor in the certification program, and they must submit an essay or not more than two pages describing their reasons for pursuing a career in mathematics education, highlighting how they have persisted in their mathematics education in the face of difficulty.