Vernon Smith
Vernon Smith Smith's professional experience includes working as an Assistant Professor of Education at Indiana University Northwest, Principal of Gary Community Schools and teacher. Smith became a member of the Indiana House of Representatives when Earline Rogers resigned to fill the Indiana Senate seat of the late Carolyn Mosby in 1990.
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“Smith serves as a deacon and is a Sunday School teacher at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church. He is the author of multiple refereed journal articles and several books, including Against All Odds: The Power of the Tongue, Creating Excellence: Becoming an A+ School and A Light unto My Path: God Ordering My Steps. He is the recipient of more than 200 awards and citations.”
(Official legislative website) “Smith is a Life Member of the Indiana University Alumni Association and is a Life Member of the NAACP. He has been involved in the work of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity; the Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching; International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership; the Gary Reading Council/Indiana State Reading Association; the Indiana Association of School Principals; Phi Delta Kappa; Katie Hall Educational Foundation; African-American Achievers Youth Corps, Inc; I.U.”
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