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Apr 29, 2008, 17:34:00
The College of Education at the University of Georgia honored five graduates for their career achievements and community leadership with distinguished alumni awards at its annual Spring Celebration on Monday, April 28 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
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Apr 9, 2008, 13:00:00
Kyung Hee Kim, assistant professor of teacher education at Eastern Michigan University, became the first education faculty member to receive the prestigious Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Research I Award from EMU. Kim, (Ph.D. ’05, Gifted and Creative Education) was recognized for her excellence in teaching, scholarly activity and service to the university. She is one of the youngest faculty members ever to receive the award. Kim will join the faculty of The College of William and Mary in Virginia this fall. See Focus EMU Online story.
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Mar 12, 2008, 14:48:00
The Madison County Chamber of Commerce honored AP Calculus teacher Joy King (BSEd '93) as STAR teacher, reports the Feb. 28, 2008, issue of the Main Street News.
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Feb 28, 2008, 13:12:00
Patrick O'Connor, a professor in kinesiology and co-director of the UGA Exercise Psychology Laboratory, Tim Puetz (PhD '06), and former UGA student Sara Flowers have co-authored the study, "A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effect of Aerobic Exercise Training on Feelings of Energy and Fatigue in Sedentary Young Adults with Persistent Fatigue," in the Feb. 2008 issue of the journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.
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Feb 27, 2008, 13:42:00
Virginia Carson (BSEd '69), currently vice president for academic affairs at Georgia Highlands College in Rome, has been named interim president of South Georgia College, reports the Feb. 26, 2008, issue of the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer.
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Feb 27, 2008, 13:26:00
Oconee County school board member and Gwinnett County teacher Tommy Malcom (BSEd '00, MEd '01) announced his state Senate bid to run against state Sen. Bill Cowsert, R-Athens, in the Republican primary for Senate District 46, reports the Feb. 27, 2008, Athens Banner-Herald.
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Feb 26, 2008, 08:38:00
Beverly Barnhart (EdS '79), the founder of Richmond County's magnet school program was honored Feb. 9, 2008 in Atlanta with the first Woodruff Arts Center Lifetime Achievement Award. In the late 1970s, Barnhart helped establish C.T. Walker Traditional Magnet, A.R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet and John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet, where she served as the nationally recognized school's first principal for 19 years. The story is reported in the Feb. 9, 2008 issue of The Augusta Chronicle (Registration required).
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Feb 12, 2008, 15:15:00
Mike Healy (EdD '01) recently earned teacher certification in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction from the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare and Society at the University Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Mass. Healy has taught the MBSR program for seven years at UGA's Georgia Center for Continuing Education and at Athens Regional Medical Center's Mind Body Institute.
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Feb 6, 2008, 13:07:00
Derrick Floyd (BSEd, '05) and Robert Hill, an associate professor in lifelong education, administration, and policy, received 2008 President’s Fulfilling the Dream Awards for community service, reports the Jan. 28, 2008, issue of Columns.
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Jan 25, 2008, 14:19:00
Tracey D. Ford (EdD ’02), former director of the African American-Cultural Center at UGA, has been named director of the Center for Academic Excellence at North Carolina A&T State University, reports a news brief in the Jan. 25, 2008 Diverse Issues in Higher Education. (Second article from top)
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Jan 24, 2008, 15:27:00
Homer High School principal Ron Keffer (MEd '84, EdD '91) announces his retirement at the end of this, his eighth year in the post, a story reports in the Jan. 23, 2008 edition of the Homer News.
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Jan 15, 2008, 10:57:00
Deborah Dillon, (PhD '85) has been named to hold the Guy Bond Chair in Reading at the University of Minnesota. One of the nation's leading reading-education scholars, Dillon was recognized with the College's 2004 Lifetime Achievement Alumni Award, an honor given to senior alumni who demonstrate outstanding success in the diverse fields of academia, healthcare, business or government.
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Dec 17, 2007, 13:47:00
Alumna Maryn Vance, (BSEd '01) is featured in a Dec. 17, 2007 story in the Athens Banner-Heraldabout Hope Haven clients finding energy, inspiration at the program she leads called Dancefx.
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Dec 11, 2007, 14:23:00
Cordell Wynn (EdS '71, EdD '73), who retired as President of Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Al., a decade ago, is featured for his community work at the age of 80 in Dec. 8, 2007, issue of The Tuscaloosa News.
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Dec 5, 2007, 17:05:00
Alps Road Elementary School educator Judith Green (MEd '79) is named Clarke County Schools' Teacher of the Year, reports a story in the Dec. 5, 2007 issue of the Athens Banner-Herald.
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Nov 7, 2007, 14:22:00
Alumnus Sammy Smith is one of two candidates campaigning for a seat on the Gainesville City School Board, reports a story in the October 27, 2007 edition of The Gainesville Times. Smith beat Eric Oliver in the race, according to reports in the Nov. 7 Gainesville Times.
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Nov 5, 2007, 17:28:00
Wesley Huff, a police lieutenant in the University of Georgia Police Department, who earned his master of education degree in human resource and organizational development from UGA in August 2007, was awarded the 2007 Edward T. and Sarah Laurent Kassinger Scholarship.
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Oct 18, 2007, 13:18:00
Catherine P. Vistro-Yu, who earned her master's and doctoral degrees in math education from UGA, was named one of the Philippines' Ten Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS), reports the Oct. 18, 2007, edition of The Manila Times.
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Sep 26, 2007, 14:22:00
Anna Wiley Cox, who earned a bachelor's degree in English education from UGA, has been named the 2008 Clayton County Teacher of the Year, reports a story in the Sept. 19, 2007, Clayton News Daily.
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Sep 18, 2007, 14:18:00
Sharon Horne (Ph.D. ’98), an associate professor of counseling psychology at the University of Memphis, received the Denmark-Reuder Award for International Gender Research from the Division of International Psychology at the 115th annual conference of the American Psychological Association last month.
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Sep 18, 2007, 11:30:00
Mary Frances Early, who received a master's degree in music education from UGA, were among the first black graduates who were recently honored by the university at the beginning of Diversity Days 2007, reports a story in the Sept. 18, 2007 Red and Black.
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Sep 11, 2007, 10:47:00
Steve McDaniel, who earned his master's degree in educational leadership from the College of Education, is featured in a story in the Aug. 27, 2007, edition of the Gainesville Times.
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Aug 22, 2007, 13:07:00
Keith Cotroneo, who received his master's, specialist, and doctoral degrees from UGA, becomes president of Marshall Community and Technical College Sept. 1, reports the Aug. 21 Huntington (W.Va.) Herald-Dispatch.
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Aug 22, 2007, 10:57:00
Alumna Jacqueline Huffman, marketing coordinator at North Gwinnett High School, has been named the 2007-08 Georgia Marketing Teacher of the Year by the Georgia
Marketing Education Association (GMEA).
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Aug 21, 2007, 15:12:00
Rachel Stokely Horkan, a high school mathematics teacher at Jones County High School, was recently named one of 14 beginning educators across the state to receive a Georgia Power New Teacher Assistance Grant.
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