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Wendy Shelden (UCF College of Education grad<\/a>) was chosen and will receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Shelden, a fourth-grade teacher at Ralph Williams, Jr. Elementary in Rockledge will also receive a $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation.<\/p>\n

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