Dr. Christina Bloebaum, CAE dean, will be presented the Aerospace Educator Award in recognition of her excellent leadership and sustained dedication to aerospace education and for her tenacious advocacy for girls and young women in the field. Prior to Kent State, Dr. Bloebaum held the Dennis and Rebecca Muilenburg Professorship of Aerospace Engineering at Iowa State University, where she also served as director of the Iowa Space Grant Consortium. Her impressive career also includes being the program director for the Engineering and Systems Design (ESD) and System Science (SYS) programs at the National Science Foundation.