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Nov 3, 2009, 11:49:00 Alumna Freida Hill (MEd '82, EdD '92), deputy commissioner of the Technical College System of Georgia, has been chosen by the Alabama State Board of Education as chancellor for the state's two-year college system, reports the October 30, 2009, Mobile Press-Register. The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
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Oct 8, 2009, 11:17:00 Garner Dewey (Ph.D. '04), who received his doctorate in occupational studies from UGA's College of Education, has been named associate dean for Appalachian State University’s College of Fine and Applied Arts, effective Jan. 1, 2010.
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Oct 7, 2009, 16:38:00 A graduate student, Vetrece Jefferson, and a recent graduate, Carrie Davis, in mathematics education at the University of Georgia at Griffin were recently named Teachers of the Year at their respective schools.
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Fox
Sep 30, 2009, 15:43:00 Connie Fox has been appointed acting associate dean at the Northern Illinois University College of Education. Fox received her doctorate in physical education with emphases in curriculum, measurement, and educational administration from UGA in 1984.
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Sep 29, 2009, 14:02:00
After retiring as a presbyterian minister and a counseling psychologist, Ted W. Hagen, II (PhD '87) has begun a new career in pharmacy education. After serving at the University of Appalachia College of Pharmacy as the Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Institutional Effectiveness, he has moved to Huntington, West Virginia, to help start a comprehensive pharmacy education center, from Pharm Tech to PharmD. Presently he is the Director of Admissions and faculty member of the first accelerated Pharmacy Technician degree program in the region.
Sep 15, 2009, 10:35:00 Adam Gray (BSEd '05) created the first chapter of Mu Alpha Theta, a mathematics honor society, at Boston's Monument High School to help combat the school's low graduation rate. Gray's story was posted on September 9, 2009, on CNN.com.
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Kahrs
Sep 10, 2009, 17:43:00 Kahrs named National Middle School Principal of Year Sheila Kahrs, principal of Haymon-Morris Middle School in Winder and an alumna of the University of Georgia College of Education, has been named 2010 Middle School Principal of the Year by the National Association of Secondary School Principals.
Aug 17, 2009, 15:52:00 LaKeisha Gantt, a graduate student in the Counseling Psychology Program, encouraged Antonio Rittenberry, a Clarke Central High School student to return to school after dropping out last year. Antwawn Sheats (MEd '07), a School Counseling Program alumnus, Jolie Daigle, an assistant professor in the Professional School Counseling Program, and Gantt are quoted in an August 17 Athens Banner-Herald article featuring Rittenberry.
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Lawrence
Aug 17, 2009, 09:58:00 David Lawrence (BSEd '91, MEd '98) plans to use his Paddle Georgia excursion experience to enhance his science curriculum at Oconee County's new High Shoals Elementary School, reports the August 12 issue of the Athens Banner-Herald.
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Aug 11, 2009, 15:32:00 Two College of Education graduates are finalists for the 2010 MetLife/NASSP National Middle Level and High School Principal of the Year awards. Sheila Kahrs (EdD ’92), principal of Haymon-Morris Middle School in Winder, is one of three finalists for the National Middle Level Principal of the Year. Steven Miletto (EdD '09), principal of R. L. Osborne High School in Marietta, is one of three finalists for the National High School Principal of the Year.
Jul 7, 2009, 13:38:00 Beth Farokhi (EdD '78) announced on July 7 she will run in the 2010 Democratic race for Georgia State School Superintendent, reports WRBL-TV (Columbus). Farokhi earned her doctorate in higher education.
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Corvey
Jun 23, 2009, 13:56:00 Rebecca Corvey has been named associate vice president for academic affairs at Macon State College, effective July 1. Corvey is currently dean of MSC's School of Nursing and Health Sciences. She earned her EdD in adult education in 2003.
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Feldman
May 18, 2009, 12:31:00 Kimberly Feldman (MEd '00) has been named Howard County Teacher of the Year. Feldman teaches ninth-grade English at Oakland Mills High School in Columbia, Maryland.
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May 11, 2009, 16:15:00 David S. Young has published his first book, Skits, Raps, and Poems for the School Counselor. Young earned his Ed.S. in 2004.
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Tenenbaum
May 6, 2009, 11:09:00 President Barack Obama will nominate Inez Moore Tenenbaum (BSEd '72, MEd '74), South Carolina’s former two-time school superintendent, to head the troubled Consumer Product Safety Commission, reports the May 6 edition of The New York Times.
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Apr 28, 2009, 15:28:00 College of Education honors four with Distinguished Alumni Awards
The College of Education honored four graduates for their career achievements and community leadership with distinguished alumni awards at its annual Spring Celebration on Friday, April 24 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
Nov 5, 2008, 12:21:00 Jeanie Daniel Duck (BSEd '67), a former senior partner with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and one of the consulting profession's most accomplished women, has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from Consulting magazine, the industry's flagship publication, reports Market Watch.
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Hyles
Oct 30, 2008, 13:07:00 Columbus attorney Stephen Hyles (BSEd '77, JD '80), a former city councilman who ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 1994, is challenging controversial and longtime Municipal Court Judge Haywood Turner in the November election.
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Oct 27, 2008, 12:59:00 Lee D’Andrea (BSEd ’76) is named the new superintendent for Anderson School District 4, reports The Anderson (S.C.) Independent-Mail.
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Guy
Sep 23, 2008, 15:16:00 Mark Guy (PhD '93), an associate professor of elementary education and science education at the University of North Dakota, recently received the UND Foundation Award for Individual Excellence in Teaching. Guy has been on the UND faculty for 15 years.
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