Student WEA Named Best in Nation

For the second consecutive year, the Student Wisconsin Education Association was named the best state student program in the nation during the Student Leadership Conference in New Orleans.

In addition, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point chapter received two NEA-SP local awards. Diana Spargo, UW-Stevens Point Latchkey Coordinator (an after-school program organized and run by Student WEA members), was named Outstanding Local Leader. The UW-Stevens Point Chapter received the Outstanding Local Excellence Award.

Student WEA members are WEAC members and leaders who attend both state and private colleges and universities and are studying to become educators. Student WEA is composed of 1,900 members who are engaged in various organizing activities at their chapters that benefit their schools and Wisconsin’s K-12 public schools and communities. In addition, they attend professional conferences and engage in leadership trainings offered throughout the year.

Membership entitles students to WEAC and NEA member benefits that include receiving NEA’s Professional Liability Insurance and professional publications, including OnWEAC In Print. Student members also have access to Student WEA’s mini-resume service.

Students can join online this year. You will find links on OnWEAC and on the NEA's Web site and OWL.org. To learn more about the Student WEA, visit the organization’s newly redesigned Web site.

Posted August 29, 2003