Katie Henry Honored for Professional Achievements

2016 Nov 16

The Miami University Alumni Association (MUAA) recently named Katie Henry of Middletown to its 2016 "18 Of the Last 9" class, which highlights 18 young alumni from Miami University's past nine graduating classes.

The annual program is based on the popular "30 under 30" model, and recognizes 18 Miami alumni who have graduated in the past nine years. This year's inductees were selected from more than 100 nominees, with accomplishments in fields ranging from medicine and geography to business innovation and foreign affairs.

Henry, a 2010 graduate of Miami with a bachelor's degree in early childhood education and a master's earned in school leadership in 2015, is the professional development coordinator for BirdBrain Technologies in Pittsburgh. Henry travels around the world to lead workshops for students, teachers and school communities. She won four Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) teaching awards in 2015, including the Outstanding Technology-Using Teacher of the Year Award, ISTE Making IT Happen Award, Dayton Regional Metro Parks OUTstanding Teacher Award and the Dayton Regional STEM Center's STEM Education School-based Collaboration Award. She also helped develop and lead after-school STEM nights in Brookville, Ohio, that attracted more than 500 students.

"It's a pleasure to honor these exceptional young alumni and the contributions they are making in the world," said Ray Mock, executive director of the Miami University Alumni Association. "We are excited and eager to see them return to campus and for them to have the opportunity to inspire future generations of Miami graduates."

Nationally recognized as one of the most outstanding undergraduate institutions, Miami University is a public university in Oxford, Ohio, with a student body of 16,000. Miami effectively combines a wide range of strong academic programs with the personal attention ordinarily found only at much smaller institutions.

The Miami University Alumni Association honors Miami's heritage and fosters lifelong connections with the university's more than 200,000 alumni.

A special reception formally recognizing Henry was held on Friday, Oct. 28, 2016 on Miami's Oxford campus.