Professor Receives Outstanding Educator Award

Dr. Linda Walters, a UCF biology professor of 14 years, has always been passionate about teaching students about the many living organisms around them, and her devotion to her student's learning has not gone unnoticed.

The Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation has recently named Walters as the William A. Niering Outstanding Educator of the Year.

The award recognizes an individual who has played a particularly important role in education at any level, from primary school to the graduate level, inside or out of the classroom, or in the education of the public through outreach activities.