Tracy Hughes, Emergency Planning Coordinator for the Galveston County Office of Emergency Management and full-time student of American Public University was presented with the 2010 Emergency Management Student Award given by the Emergency Management Association of Texas.

This award recognizes and honors the student making the greatest contribution to the emergency management profession in Texas during the past year.  Tracy Hughes began taking courses at APU in August 2008, one month before Hurricane Ike made landfall in Galveston County.  While working tirelessly through the response and long-term recovery of this storm, she continued with classes making the Dean's List every session.  In addition to work and her studies, Tracy is a member of the Golden Key International Honour Society, the Epsilon Pi Phi Emergency Management Honor Society and a recipient of the 2010 Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.  Tracy is on track to complete her degree in Emergency and Disaster Management from American Public University in November 2010.

Tracy Hughes joined the Galveston County Office of Emergency Management in 2004.  The Office of Emergency Management is responsible for the development and implementation of a comprehensive emergency program for Galveston County.

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