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Sep 15, 2008, 13:41:00 College Student Affairs Graduate Wins Dissertation of the Year Award
Recent graduate C. Ryan Akers has received the Southern Association for College Student Affairs Dissertation of the Year award for 2008. This is the second consecutive year a UGA student has received the honor.
Sep 8, 2008, 10:58:00 Rec and Leisure Studies Students Raise Funds for Interplast
Students in the department of counseling and human development services’ recreation and leisure studies program recently held a unique fundraising event benefiting Interplast, an international humanitarian organization that provides free reconstructive plastic surgery for the poor in developing countries.
Smith
Sep 4, 2008, 13:31:00 Doctoral Student in Student Affairs to be Keynote Speaker at National Conference Khrystal L. Smith, a doctoral candidate in the University of Georgia’s college student affairs administration program, has been invited to be a keynote speaker at the National Association of Campus Activities Central Regional Conference in Tulsa, Okla., this October.
Aug 11, 2008, 17:24:00 Coca-Cola First Generation Scholar Plans Education Career Megan Shirley, a University of Georgia freshman from Marietta who intends to major in social studies, is one of 12 new Coca-Cola First Generation Scholars for the 2008-09 year.
Silk
Aug 6, 2008, 10:53:00 Adult Ed Doctoral Student Selected for Fulbright Fellowship Dan Silk, a doctoral student in adult education and an Athens-Clarke County police officer, is one of only two Americans selected to participate in the Fulbright Police Fellowship in the United Kingdom during the 2008-09 academic year.
Dunlap
Jul 30, 2008, 11:02:00 Rec and Leisure Studies Doctoral Student Receives National Award
Recreation and leisure studies doctoral student Rudy Dunlap has received the 2008 Leadership for the Future award from the Society of Park and Recreation Educators (SPRE).
Clift
Jul 22, 2008, 13:52:00 Rec and Leisure Student Receives NRPA Future Scholar Award
Recreation and leisure student Bryan Clift has been selected as one of four 2008 Lucille and Derby Dustin Future Scholars from the Academy of Leisure Sciences and National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA).
Jul 15, 2008, 10:17:00 Counseling Student One of Only 20 to Attend APA Summer Institute Kimber Shelton, a third-year doctoral student in counseling psychology, is one of only 20 participants in the nation selected to attend the American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program Psychology Summer Institute (PSI).
Poole
Jul 8, 2008, 11:27:00 Student Affairs Student Selected for Fulbright Seminar in Korea Leigh Poole, a doctoral student in the student affairs administration program and UGA’s associate director for Intercultural Affairs, was one of only four Americans selected to participate in the Fulbright International Education Administrators Program for Korea for two weeks in June.
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Jul 8, 2008, 10:23:00 Two Grad Students Recognized by Ed Administration Program
Two exemplary Georgia education professionals and two exceptional doctoral students in the College of Education were recently recognized by the educational administration and policy program.
Wells
Jul 7, 2008, 10:21:00 Counseling Psychology Student Receives SREB Doctoral Scholar Award
Counseling psychology student Eliza Wells has received the Doctoral Scholar Award from the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) in recognition of her outstanding scholarship and dissertation.
May 14, 2008, 09:25:00 Marietta Teacher Education Student Receives Harwell Scholarship Dyanna Buro, a senior from Marietta, majoring in early childhood education, has been awarded the 55th Paul Tappan Harwell Scholarship. She received an award of $750 and will use the money during her student teaching semester in fall 2008.
May 12, 2008, 10:18:00 Six Win Graduate Student Research Conference Prizes
Six students from four different departments won prizes in the annual College of Education's Graduate Student Research Conference held on Reading Day, April 29.
Benedict
Apr 16, 2008, 17:49:00 Lee Benedict, who will graduate with an Ed.S in Educational Psychology (Applied Cognition and Development) in May 2008, is running in the July 15 Republican primary for Georgia House District 118. The native of Newburgh, N.Y., an Iraq war veteran and a learning specialist at George P. Butler Comprehensive High School in Augusta, is challenging incumbent Ben Harbin. See story in the April 16, 2008 edition of The Augusta Chronicle.
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Frazier
Apr 16, 2008, 11:06:00 Seven COE Students Among 66 Honored for 4.0 GPA
Seven College of Education students were among the 66 UGA undergraduates receiving special recognition at the inaugural Excellence in Education and Leadership (EXCEL) Awards for maintaining a 4.0 GPA average.
Kelley
Apr 9, 2008, 11:07:00 Todd R. Kelley Receives International Technology Ed Scholarship Todd R. Kelley, a University of Georgia doctoral student in technology education, has received the Maley Technology Teacher Scholarship, the only graduate scholarship presented by the International Technology Education Association (ITEA).
Hendrickson
Mar 12, 2008, 15:29:00 The Michael J. Hendrickson Academic Support Fund, a UGA scholarship fund for students in the recreation and leisure studies program, has been launched by the parents of Michael Hendrickson, who died of meningococcal disease in Dec. 2007, reports the March 7, 2008, Athens Banner-Herald.
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Dec 11, 2007, 14:15:00 Student Affairs Students Place First, Fourth in Regional
Two teams of graduate students in the college student affairs administration program claimed first and fourth places against 20 other student teams in a case study competition at a recent regional conference.
Jones
Dec 5, 2007, 15:15:00 Graduate student and alumna, Meredith Holland Jones, died Nov. 30, 2007, after battling cancer. Jones was named the Rockdale County Teacher of the Year for 2005-2006. A scholarship fund in elementary music education has been established in her name. See Red and Black article. See Jones' CaringBridge web journal.
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Oct 25, 2007, 11:57:00 Virginia Bell and Jaqueline Shoemaker Receive PAGE Scholarships
Graduate students Virginia Bell and Jacqueline Shoemaker have received $1,000 scholarships awarded each year through the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) Foundation.
Register
Oct 2, 2007, 17:18:00 Register Receives $5,000 Grant for Death Notification Work
College of Education graduate student Brandon Register has received a $5,000 grant from the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) to expand his work in providing death notification training to rural Georgia law enforcement officers.
Gregory
Sep 28, 2007, 16:29:00 Matt Gregory, a senior in kinesiology majoring in athletic training, was featured in his hometown newspaper the Walker County Messenger on Sept. 26, 2007, for his works as an athletic trainer intern with the 2007 NFL Champion Indianapolis Colts.
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Sep 18, 2007, 13:23:00 Bell Receives APA Graduate Research Award Chris Bell, a fourth-year doctoral student in counseling psychology, has received the 2007 Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award from the Prevention Section of the Division of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association (APA).
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