Daryl Boeckers, teaching specialist in the Learning Technologies Media Lab, recently received the 2014 Emma Birkmaier Outstanding World Language Educator Award at the fall conference for the Minnesota Council on the Teaching of Languages and Cultures. Boeckers is pictured here with former student Anna Oliver, Buffalo High School senior, who wrote a letter supporting his nomination.

The Emma Birkmaier Award is given to a teacher credited for a significant impact on the language teaching profession and involvement with the nonprofit organization.