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Sylvia Christopherson

Alumni Staff, 1968-2001

Inducted September 27, 2019 

Education:

  • Concordia College, Moorhead
  • University of North Dakota, Grand Forks
  • Moorhead State University, Moorhead

Accomplishments/Work History:  

  • Special Education Coordinator and Diagnostician, Alexandria Public Schools
  • Certification as a Peer Monitor for the Minnesota State Department in Special Education
  • Named Teacher of the Year, Alexandria Education Association, 1985-86
  • Presenter, International Learning Disability Conference, Houston, TX, 1980
  • Special Education Workshop presenter, various MN school districts and several universities
  • Teacher of education students, Minnesota University, Morris, MN, 2001
  • Elementary Teacher – Osseo, MN and Grand Forks, Enderlin, & Lisbon, ND, 1960-1967

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