[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 27, 2016)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E600]
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                         TRIBUTE TO ERIN WETZEL

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 27, 2016

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate Erin Wetzel for being named one of the IOWA STEM Teachers 
of the Year by the Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council. The award was 
created in 2014 to celebrate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and 
Mathematics) teachers who are ``Innovative in their methods, 
Outstanding in their passion for education, Worldly in how their 
students see that STEM is all around them and Academic in engaging 
students both in and out of the classroom.''
  Ms. Wetzel, of Southwest Valley School District in Corning, Iowa, 
teaches design and modeling, automation and robotics, as well as 
computer classes to seventh and eighth grade students as part of 
Project Lead the Way. Her love of teaching science and technology shows 
as she is always encouraging her students to succeed.
  Mr. Speaker, Ms. Wetzel is an Iowan who has made her community and 
the school district she serves very proud. She has worked hard and 
dedicated herself to making STEM education a priority. It is with great 
pride that I recognize her today. I ask that my colleagues in the U.S. 
House of Representatives join me in congratulating Ms. Wetzel for this 
award and wishing her nothing but continued success in all her future 
endeavors.

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