Alumni

Dr. Weaver is the former dean of the Ball State University Teachers College, a position he held for 16 years. The decade before he served as associate dean.  Before coming to Ball State to teach in what is now the Department of Educational Studies in 1980, he taught at the University of Southern California for five years, and prior to that he taught high school English for a number of years.

During his tenure as dean, Weaver spearheaded a period of tremendous growth and innovation within Teachers College.  The college established the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities and the Professional Development Schools Network.  He oversaw the Ball State Office of Charter Schools and Burris Laboratory School, which in 2009 received Four Star designation from the Indiana Department of Education and was named among the nation's best high schools by U.S. News and World Report.

Weaver is the brainchild of the university's successful Electronic Field Trip (EFT) program that has transported millions of schoolchildren worldwide to historic places and scenic wonders through Web-based lessons and live, interactive television broadcasts. He is also credited with the requirement—a first on campus—that every student in the college have a laptop computer.

He left his mark on a number of programs and initiatives that shaped Teachers College into one of the premier education schools in the country.

In 2003, Dr. Weaver received the Educator of the Year Award from the National Association for Gifted Children.  Throughout his 40-year career in education, he has served on several boards and been associated with numerous grants, publications, and presentations.  His professional career has focused on long-range planning, school choice, curriculum innovation, and technology.

Rex A. Stockton, Chancellor's Professor of Education in the Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology at Indiana University, has also been selected as a 2009 Teachers College Outstanding Alumni Award recipient.  He earned his Ed.D. in counseling and guidance in 1968 from Ball State University.  He received both his M.A. (1960) and B.A. (1959) in psychology from Eastern New Mexico University.

Since 1968, Dr. Stockton has held a wide variety of academic, administrative, and professional responsibilities at Indiana University.  For several years he was associate dean in the Office of the Vice President and dean for research and advanced study.  Additionally, Dr. Stockton has served as director of the Center for Human Growth.

Stockton has developed a three videotape group leader training for the Association of Specialists in Group Work.  The series is entitled Developmental Aspects of Group Counseling: Process, Leadership, and Supervision.  It is nationally distributed by the American Association for Counseling.

He has received several major research awards for his work.  For example, he is a recipient of the American Counseling Association's Extended Research Award and the Association for Specialists in Group Work Eminent Career Award.  Most recently, he received APA's Division 49, the Arthur Teicher Award.  He is also a recipient of the Burton W. Gorman Teaching Award at Indiana University and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision's Distinguished Mentor Award.  In addition to his research efforts, Dr. Stockton has conducted many workshops, nationally and internationally. 

As well as his consulting, instructional and research activities, Stockton has held numerous offices and committee assignments in professional societies. He is a Fellow of the American Counseling Association (ACA) and of the American Psychological Association. He is a Certificant of the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) and Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology.

Throughout his career, Dr. Stockton has been active in counseling organizations at the state, national, and international level.  Most notably, he has been a division President of the American Counseling Association, the American Psychological Association, and President of the Research and Assessment Corporation for Counseling.  These activities have given him a perspective on the development of counseling globally.

Dr. Stockton was honored for his years in professional activities, research, and instructional and clinical work by a special issue (September 2005) of the Journal of the Association for Specialists in Group Work.  Currently, he leads a project focusing on counselor training and research related to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Outstanding Alumni Award Recipients 2000s