The Department of Education and Allied Studies makes available three competitive awards each academic year. Eligibility is limited to John Carroll University undergraduates seeking initial teacher certification. Selection is coordinated by a departmental awards committee. The department reserves the right not to award a particular prize in a given year, should the teacher education faculty make such a recommendation. Father Owens was instrumental in building teacher education at JCU into one of Ohio's premier professional programs.
Applications are available early in the spring semester.
Finalists are interviewed. He taught research and statistics, but his love was the teacher education program, where he assigned students for field placement and student teaching. Upon retirement, the Department established the Francis T. Huck Award to honor outstanding student teachers. The full-time teacher education faculty selects recipients, based on university supervisor recommendation, academic achievement, and professionalism. These awards honor Seniors for academic excellence based on their grade point averages.