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Jul 3, 2006, 09:48:00 Dunn Receives International Research Award
Merrily Dunn, an associate professor in the department of counseling and human development services, has received the Research and Publication Award from the Association of College and University Housing Officers International.
McCullick
Jun 21, 2006, 17:35:00 McCullick Receives National Award for Work in PE
Bryan McCullick, an associate professor of kinesiology, has received a national award for his work in the field of health and physical education.
May 26, 2006, 11:41:00 When the Supreme Court declared the doctrine of "separate but equal" to be unconstitutional, it affirmed a number of fundamental educational ideals. And some of those ideals, William G. Wraga argues, have implications beyond the specific issue of racial segregation in the schools. Wraga, a professor in the education administration and policy program, is author of the lead article in the February 2006 Phi Delta Kappan.
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Apr 13, 2006, 15:55:00 UGA to recognize academic excellence at Honors Day April 26
The University of Georgia will pay tribute to its best students, teachers, advisers and mentors, including several at the College of Education at the annual Honors Day program April 26.
Alvermann
Apr 13, 2006, 10:10:00 Alvermann Receives Career Achievement Award from International Reading Association
Donna Alvermann, a Distinguished Research Professor in the College of Education's department of language and literacy education, has been awarded the 2006 William S. Gray Citation of Merit by the International Reading Association (IRA) for her outstanding contributions to the field of reading education.
Paisley
Apr 5, 2006, 10:15:00 Paisley Receives National Counseling Award
Pamela O. Paisley, professor and head of the school counseling program in the College of Education, has received the 2006 'Ohana Honors Award from the Counselors for Social Justice (CSJ).
Thornton
Mar 28, 2006, 16:24:00 Thornton Receives Outstanding Advisor/Mentor Award
Frieda Thornton, a student advisor in the College of Education, and Sidney Thompson, a faculty member in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, will receive the 2006 Outstanding Advisor/Mentor Award.
Feb 7, 2006, 16:41:00 Powell Receives National Award for Leadership, Advocacy of Youth Camps
Gwynn Powell has been a camper, counselor, lifeguard and administrator of youth camps since she was eight years old. Now, she is being recognized nationally for her leadership and dedication to advancing those camps.
Dec 8, 2005, 11:44:00 Smagorinsky Edits Third Volume in Landmark Series
Research on Composition: Multiple Perspectives on Two Decades of Change, edited by Peter Smagorinsky, professor in the department of language and literacy education, includes a chapter entitled, “Teacher Research in Writing Classrooms,” cowritten by Bob Fecho and JoBeth Allen, also professors in language and literacy education, and Claudia Mazaros and Hellen Inyega.
Cervero
Nov 29, 2005, 16:50:00 Cervero Receives Prestigious 2005 ACHE Leadership Award
Professor of adult education Ronald Cervero has received one of higher education's most honorable lifetime achievement awards for his leadership in adult and continuing education.
Oct 26, 2005, 11:23:00 Rose Chepyator-Thomson, an associate professor of physical education and sport studies, gave the keynote address at the annual North American Society for the Sociology of Sport conference in Winston-Salem, NC, October 26-29.
In her address, Globalization, Sport Participation, and Environment, Chepyator-Thomson's address explained the ways in which globalization impacts global capitalism, promotes displacement of sports bodies/participants, and determines who journeys temporarily or permanently to take part in transnational sports competitions for personal and social development goals. She showed how these processes operate through information technology to influence market forces in the packaging and selling of movement codes in global environments, and function via internet technology to produce identities that oscillate between the real and imagined in sports participation in the cyberspace game environment.
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Oct 7, 2005, 15:44:00 The Discourse of Character Education: Culture Wars in the Classroom, written by Language and Literacy Education professors Peter Smagorinsky and Joel Taxel, is reviewed by Julie Stewart in the TC Record.
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Jul 6, 2005, 11:29:00 Jo Blase, a professor in the Department of Workforce Education, Leadership, and Social Foundations, was the keynote speaker for New Zealand’s Biennial Conference for Principals and School Executives held in Rotorua, New Zealand, June 15-17, 2005.
Blase’s keynote speech was titled, “Straight Talk About the Slowest Revolution in Leadership: Connecting Pedagogy and Administration for School Success,” and compared research on quality teaching from around the world, but with special regard to Pakeha, Asian, Maori, and Pasifika students.
Blase also conducted two workshops for school administrators while in New Zealand. The conference was sponsored by the New Zealand Ministry of Education.
Jul 1, 2005, 15:53:00 Edward Delgado-Romero, an associate professor in Counseling and Human Development Services, published an article entitled, "Race and Ethnicity in Empirical Counseling and Counseling Psychology Research: A 10-Year Review," in the July 2005 issue of The Counseling Psychologist.
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Lewis Allen
May 9, 2005, 11:35:00 Allen Shares Work in Georgia Schools With Educators in Estonia, Latvia
Lewis Allen, co-director of the League of Professional Schools, spoke to educators in Estonia and Latvia last month about the League of Professional School's work with Georgia public schools.
Mar 14, 2005, 16:04:00 Chepyator-Thomson Speaks at Ithaca College Rose Chepyator-Thomson, an associate professor of physical education and sport studies, opened a lecture series at Ithaca (NY) College on March 14 celebrating Women's History Month with a talk titled, "Women and Sports."
Nov 30, 2004, 16:11:00 Paul Schempp, director of UGA's Sport Instruction Research Laboratory, will be among the featured presenters at the ninth biennial Teaching & Coaching Summit of the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) Dec. 8-12 at the PGA Learning Center in PGA Village, Port St. Lucie, Fla.
The Summit theme, "The Power of the Individual Instructor," explores the state of today's game and the power that reaches from instructors to individual students. Instructors will explain what it takes to connect to students in order to empower their own games and explore what can done to enhance one's teaching skills using today's technology.
Schempp, a professor in kinesiology who has spent the past decade studying how the best teachers help students learn, will make a presentation titled, "Traits That are Common to Great Instructors."
Nov 23, 2004, 16:26:00 Lynch Speaks at UNESCO Conference on Vocational-Technical Teachers Richard Lynch, a professor of occupational studies in UGA's College of Education, recently represented the United States at a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) international conference on the qualifications of vocational and technical teachers.
Feb 21, 2004, 13:08:00 Rose Chepyator- Thomson, associate professor of physical education and sport studies, was the keynote speaker at the Institute for the African Child's Sports, Youth and Africa Symposium held Feb. 21, 2004, at Ohio University.
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Oct 27, 2003, 13:15:00 Bailey a Panelist at National Conference on Postsecondary Attainment Deryl Bailey, an assistant professor of cross-cultural counseling at UGA’s College of Education, was an invited panelist at a national conference titled Double the Numbers: Post Secondary Attainment and Underrepresented Youth Oct. 23-24 in Washington, D.C.
Sep 27, 2003, 13:21:00 Bailey on Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference Panel Deryl Bailey, associate professor in counseling and human development services, was an invited panelist at the Congressional Black Caucus’ 33rd Annual Legislative Conference September 24-27 in Washington, D.C.
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