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Columns::September 24, 2001

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Carl Glickman, former University Professor and chair of the Program for School Improvement in the College of Education,

Sharon Nickols

received awards from national, state and UGA education organizations in recognition of his work.
Glickman, who retired in June, received the Distinguished Research Award for a history of contributions to research by the Instructional Supervision Special Interest Group of the American Education Research Association.
He also received the Quality Educational Leadership Career Award from the Georgia Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. He also was named Outstanding Faculty Member of the College of Education for the year 2000-2001 by UGA’s Kappa Delta Epsilon, an education student honor society.

Sharon Y. Nickols, dean of the College of Family and Consumer Sciences, is an honorary member of the Georgia Association of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America.
There are 200 FCCLA chapters in Georgia, made up of students who are currently enrolled in a family and consumer sciences course or who have had one in the past.

David Reinking

Donna Alvermann

Nickols also is president-elect of the American Association for Family and Consumer Sciences.

David Reinking, professor and department head of reading education, and Donna Alvermann, Research Professor in reading education, have been named co-editors of Reading Research Quarterly, one of the most widely circulated international research journals in the field of education.
Reinking and Alvermann accepted a six-year appointment as co-editors of the 12,000-circulation, peer-reviewed professional journal committed to scholarship on questions of literacy among learners of all ages. Their responsibilities will include managing all aspects of the journal’s operation, including the selection of a review board, soliciting manuscripts, processing the review of manuscripts and supervising editorial assistants.

Stephen Scheer, a photographer and associate professor in the Lamar Dodd School of Art, has been named winner of a 2001 Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
This year’s winners include 183 scholars, artists and scientists selected from more than 2,700 applicants for awards totaling approximately $6.5 million. Decisions are based on recommendations from the Foundation’s Board of Trustees.
Scheer’s Guggenheim project involves architectural photography in New York City, documenting the impact large buildings have on small communities.

Kudos recognizes special contributions of staff, faculty and administrators in teaching, research and service. News items are limited to election into office of state, regional, national and international societies; major awards and prizes; and similarly notable accomplishments.

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