THE OTTAWA HIGH WALL OF HONOR CEREMONY LAST WEEK INDUCTED THREE NEW MEMBERS ON TO THE WALL. WE’RE GOING TO FEATURE THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE THREE THIS WEEK. TODAY CLASS OF 1973 WANDA SHUMWAY TEMM. SHE GOT HER BACHELORS DEGREE AT OTTAWA UNIVERSITY AND HER MASTERS AT PERDUE AND GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF LAW. IN 1991. SHE BECAME A PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY AND DURING HER TENURE HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR HER OUTSTANDING TEACHING AND PUBLICATION. SHE WAS RECOGNIZED BY U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORTS FOR HER DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXAM PREPARATION PROGRAM FOR UMKC GRADUATES. SHE AUTHORED A LEADING NATIONAL TEXTBOOK FOR BAR EXAM PREPARATION TITLED “CLEARING THE LAST HURDLE: MAPPING SUCCESS ON THE BAR EXAM”. HER WORK HAS BE RECOGNIZED BOTH ON THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL.
PROFESSOR TEMM IS THE FIRST FEMALE FULL TIME CLINICAL LAW FACULTY MEMBER AT THE UMKC SCHOOL OF LAW WITH ONE OF THE FIRST ENDOWED CHAIRS NATIONALLY SPECIFICALLY FOR LAWYERING SKILL. FACULTY. SHE WAS ALSO PRESENTED THE 2021 PRESIDENTS AWARD FOR INNOVATIVE TEACHING, THE DAVID BRENNER FACULTY PUBLISHING AWARD, THE PROVOST’S AWARD FOE EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING, THE WOMEN’S JUSTICE AWARD, AND HAS SERVED NATIONALLY HOLDING OFFICES FOR THE ASSOCIATION OF LEGAL WRITING DIRECTORS. ALL THIS FROM A GRADUATE OF OTTAWA HIGH SCHOOL. CONGRATULATIONS
