Founder’s Day 2009 - Brad Cohen Honored

Mr. Brad Cohen, Outstanding Young Graduate 2009

Professors Pat Chrosniak and Celia Johnson with Brad Cohen

This year’s Founder’s Day celebration was a special one for the Department of Teacher Education because one of their past graduates, Brad Cohen, was recognized as the Outstanding Young Graduate for 2009.  Brad is a former second-grade teacher and current school administrator in Georgia.  Mr. Cohen has received well-deserved recognition from the publication of his book Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had and the Hallmark Hall of Fame movie Front of the Class about his life growing up with Tourette syndrome and his struggle to become a classroom teacher.  Brad has also appeared on Oprah and CNN, most recently in a story on the camp he has founded for children with Tourette syndrome called “Camp Twitch and Shout.”    For more information about Brad Cohen please visit his Web site at http://www.classperformance.com/.