Evan has also worked extensively in the area of science education. He developed and taught graduate level courses on Tropical Meteorology targeted towards K-12 teachers for 7 years, developed and teaches an oceanography course named OCEANS for middle school students created and authored a science section for a children's magazine for three years, and created a Severe Weather Poster for NOAA that was distributed nationally to 50,000 teachers by the National Science Teacher Association that is seen by an estimated 10,000,000 children per day. Forde, a Toastmaster International certified communicator has spoken to greater than 30,000 school children through presentations about his oceanographic and academic careers. He has been the subject of museum exhibits, including a display in the Great Explorations section of the Staten Island Children's Museum, been featured in a number of periodical articles, numerous science text books and a multitude of other books and publications on prominent African American scientists.
In addition to his scientific
career, Forde has served as a PTA President, a church trustee, Scoutmaster, youth basketball
coach, church webmaster, Sunday School and youth ministry teacher, neighborhood Crime Watch
chairman and in numerous other roles
that have fostered youth and improved his community. He has a host of career and community
awards that include being named NOAA's Environmental Research Laboratories EEO Outstanding
Employee, South Florida's Federal Employee of the Year
(Service to the Community category), a Congressional Commendation,
NOAA Research Employee of the Year, and had
February 10, 2009 named in his honor by the City of North Miami, and
April 21, 2009 proclaimed Evan B. Forde Day by Miami-Dade
County, Florida. In 2010, the Miami-Dade County School Board issued a proclamation honoring Forde's
contributions to Dade students citing his ongoing efforts to enhance public education throughout
the
community. Forde was recently named as the recipient of the NOAA Administrator (Under Secretary of
Commerce) Administrator Award for 2011 for "...outstanding
communication of NOAA science,
sharing the joy of science with students, and helping to foster a science-literate society”.
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