Virginia Tech faculty member Jim Egenrieder has earned national recognition from the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) for his commitment to helping students acquire the skills needed to build successful technical careers.
Egenrieder was chosen from among five finalists as the 2023 ACTE National Postsecondary Professional of the Year. The award recognizes career and technical education (CTE) teachers who have demonstrated outstanding classroom innovation, student mentorship, and dedication to improving CTE opportunities.
Egenrieder has ample experience teaching and developing curriculum in agriculture, biology, life sciences, technology and engineering education, earth/space science, and health and medical sciences. In 2008, he became one of the country’s first schools-based STEM and CTE specialists after running Virginia Tech’s Math and Science Education…