2010-2011 Scholarship Recipients - College of Education

Program
M.Ed., Department of Special Education
Preslie Paur
Harker-Ferguson Endowed
Scholarship
About Preslie
Preslie was born in Glendale,
California but has lived in Utah most of
her life and onsiders it home. Preslie
also loves to travel and hopes to visit as
many places around the world that she
can!
Why are you interested in teaching?
My 6 th grade teacher was phenomenal. When I reflect back
to the moment I first had the desire to become a teacher I can
trace it all back to the experience I had in her classroom. It
was clear that she valued her students, the education we
received, and made it known to all that she knew we could
succeed. Along with my desire to teach has been an even
greater desire to work with students with disabilities. As a
special educator I hope to help my students find their voice
and gain independence. I believe that all people are willing
and desirous of expressing exactly what they feel and
demonstrating who they are; each one of us wants to make a
difference in our world and everyone wants to be considered
an individual that matters. My desire to educate goes beyond
wanting to teach; I want to help individuals with disabilities
find the best possible ways of communicating what they have
to offer society. Those with disabilities have much to offer,
much to contribute to our culture and it is my goal to help
them find the means to make our culture, our society even
that much richer with their
contributions.