BETHLEHEM, PA, March 02, 2017 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marian Hummel has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Ms. Hummel knew from a young age that she wanted her career to focus on the arts. She attended Fairleigh Dickinson University, where she achieved a Bachelor of Arts in fine arts in 1966. Thereafter, she graduated from William Paterson College's Master's Degree program leading to the awarding of Supervisor's certification and from the University's Master's Degree program in Visual Arts. Ms. Hummel also earned a Teaching Certificate from the New Jersey Department of Education, and completed coursework at Montclair State University and William Paterson University. Over the years, she also earned a Certificate in Commercial Photography as well as a Certificate in Photojournalism from the Germain School of Photography in New York City, took selected photography courses at the New School for Social Research, and completed a studio course with Karen Leeds, a New York photographer.
A certified art teacher, supervisor and principal, Ms. Hummel made a lasting impact on the field of education in New Jersey from 1966 to 1999. Her penultimate role was that of gifted and talented student coordinator, art educator, and District Administrator for Boonton Township School Systems. Highlights of her career include being chosen as one of eight educators in the state to participate in the Performance Evaluation Project to develop objective measures of teacher performance as a method for evaluating teaching competence and for certifying teachers. She was also selected for participation on a six-person committee with responsibility for formulating the art education philosophy supporting the State's Curriculum Guide. Other positions she held include art instructor at the American Academy in Istanbul, Turkey, and teacher of art history, painting and drawing to Turkish high school students.
Ms. Hummel's photographs can be found in the permanent collection at Lehigh University and one was named Best in Show at Kemerer Museum in Bethlehem, PA. She also completed contract work on assignment and on speculation for several greeting card companies, and photographed and helped to register several Boonton Township homes with the New Jersey Historical Society. She wrote a position paper on art education that appeared in The Art Educators of New Jersey annual journal and her photographs were featured in School Arts Magazine's "The Photographer As Artist" and "Photography in Education" articles.
Ms. Hummel is a current member of the Allentown Art Museum and the Order of the Eastern Star and a former member of Art Educators of New Jersey, Morris County Art Educators, International Society for Education Through Art, National Art Association, New York Administrators in Art, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, American Archaeological Society, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, Whitney Museum, New York Photographic Historical Society, and Photographic Society of America. She also previously served as Vice-President of Morris County Art Educators and Vice-President of the Boonton Township Education Association, where she was tasked with representing the teachers' interests in School Board meetings, and at the county and local levels. She attended conferences and held workshops on both art education and gifted education.
Ms. Hummel has been featured in Who's' Who in America, Who's Who in American Education, Who's Who in the World and Who's Who of American Women. She is the recipient of the Outstanding Elementary Teachers of America Award and the Grade Teacher's Award for Teaching Excellence in Art. She also received a certificate from the New Jersey Department of Education, Division of Field Services, for contribution to the state's Performance Evaluation Project, and a letter of recognition for her contribution to the philosophy for the New Jersey State High School Curriculum Guide.
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