BLINN APPOINTS ALLISON BENTKE AS NEW TRUSTEE

  

Blinn College welcomed a new trustee at its meeting Tuesday.

The board appointed Allison Bentke to represent Precinct 3.  Bentke will serve the remainder of Teddy Boehm’s term through May 2023, after Boehm resigned her seat in a letter to the board.  Boehm had served as a trustee since October 2013, after filling the unexpired term of her husband, Dr. Henry Boehm.

Bentke has 18 years of experience in education, starting as a fourth grade math and science teacher at First Baptist Church School in Brenham.  From 2003 through 2021, she worked as an eighth grade science teacher at Brenham Junior High School and was Science Department Head from 2016 until 2018.  She currently works at Botts Title Company.

In 2010 and 2021, Bentke was named Brenham ISD’s Teacher of the Year. She has also been recognized as a Texas Wildlife Association Woman of the Land honoree in 2010, as the Washington Soil and Water Conservation District and Region III Teacher of the Year in 2017, and as an HEB Excellence in Education state semifinalist in 2018.

Bentke is a member of the Science Teachers Association of Texas and the Texas Wildlife Association, a graduate of the Washington County Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class of 2000, a member of Zion Lutheran Church and Washington County 4-H, and volunteers at the Washington County Fair.

Bentke holds a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Science and a Master of Education in Agricultural Education from Texas A&M University.

Also at Tuesday’s meeting, the board authorized the College to award a guaranteed maximum price and seek proposals for furniture, fixtures, and equipment for upgrades to Leroy Dreyer Field.  The board also authorized the College to proceed with the design and seek proposals for construction services and furniture, fixtures and equipment for esports renovations to Mill Creek Hall.