Arkansans for Gifted and Talented Education (AGATE) recently honored the dean of the College of Education at Arkansas State University by awarding him the AGATE Educator Award.

Dr. John Beineke was selected for the award because of his outstanding support of gifted and talented education. The presentation was made by Polly Bakker, AGATE president, at the group’s annual meeting in Hot Springs.

In less than two years as dean, Beineke has had a profound impact on gifted education at ASU as well as Northeast Arkansas, Bakker said.  Soon after he arrived at ASU in 1999, Beineke established a Gifted Education Advisory Council to help him determine what course the program should take.

"He listened to coordinators, co-op personnel and university personnel on the council, then went before the university administration and persuaded them to keep the gifted education course of study at Arkansas State University," Bakker told the AGATE conference.

Dr. Julie Milligan was appointed to head the gifted, talented and creative program at ASU. Now the advisory group is assisting her with advancing the program.

Beineke came to ASU from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, where he served as associate director of the Kellogg National Leadership Program and program director in Higher Education and Youth. He also has served as dean of education at Kennesaw State University in Georgia and the University of Evansville in Indiana.

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