English Teacher Alumna Honored by CSU

April 30, 2014

Grigsby

Christy Grigsby, who graduated from Columbus State in 2007 with a B.S.Ed. degree in English-secondary education, has been named the Alumna of the Year for the Humanities for 2014 in CSU’s College of Letters and Sciences.

An English teacher for the Muscogee County School District’s Early College Academy of Columbus, Grigsby’s work has been recognized recently at the local, state and national levels.

Most recently, she was recognized as the winner of the National Council of Teachers of English 2013 High School Teacher of Excellence Award. She also was recently selected by the Muscogee Education Excellence Foundation to attend a prestigious professional development program at Harvard University in July.

Earlier, Grigsby was honored as the 2013 Sara Spano Top Teacher Award winner and the 2012-2013 Teacher of the Year Award for the Early College Academy.

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