Remembering OEA Awards & Scholarships namesakes

<p><strong>Remembering OEA Awards &amp; Scholarships namesakes </strong>- <em>Season 3, Episode 16</em></p><em>Every year, deserving OEA members receive awards and scholarship money to further the work of pioneering educators and OEA staffers who have come before them. But today's active educators may not know much about the people for whom those scholarships and awards are named, who made their marks decades ago. We asked some of the retired educators who worked alongside a few of them to share their memories. </em><p><strong>MORE | </strong>To learn more about all of the OEA Awards and Scholarships and to download the applications, <a href="https://www.ohea.org/scholarships-grants-awards/"><strong>click here. </strong></a></p><ul><li> <strong><em>The deadline for all applications is January 27, 2023.</em></strong> </li></ul><p><strong>SUBSCRIBE | </strong><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/education-matters/id1549004446?itsct=podcast_box&amp;itscg=30200">Click here</a> to subscribe to <em>Education Matters</em> on Apple Podcasts or <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL2VkdWNhdGlvbi1tYXR0ZXJz">click here </a>to subscribe on Google podcasts so you don't miss a thing. And don't forget you can listen to all of the previous episodes anytime on your favorite podcast platform, or by <a href="https://feeds.transistor.fm/education-matters">clicking here.</a><strong></strong></p><p>Featured Education Matters guest: </p><ul> <li> <strong>Bob Maher,</strong> OEA-R Racial and Social Justice Committee vice-chair <strong> </strong><ul><li>Robert "Bob" Maher is a retired elementary teacher living in Athens County, Ohio. He met his late wife Linda while attending Ohio University and working as a graduate assistant. They decided to remain in the area after he graduated because several members of her family lived in Athens County. Bob worked in Morgan and Athens County public schools for the next 34 years teaching grades 3-6. He also taught at Ohio University as an in