Dean Yeany has set two simple goals for the College. They are excellence and recognition. In those terms, this has been another remarkable year for the College in the amount and quality of the external and internal recognition for excellence achieved by the faculty, staff and programs of the College. 

University Faculty Awards

Thomas G. Dyer, professor of higher education and of history, was named University Professor at UGA; Michael J. Padilla, professor of science education, received the Walter B. Hill Service Award; Shawn M. Glynn, professor of educational psychology and science education, and Judith C. Reiff, professor of elementary education, each received Josiah Meigs Teaching Awards, the University's highest teaching award; Elizabeth Pate received the Richard B. Russell Undergraduate Teaching Award. Donna Alvermann was reappointed as Research Professor of Reading Education and received the William A. Owens Award, one of three Creative Research Awards conferred by the University. Last year, Dr. Alvermann received the two highest honors from the National Reading Conference, the premier professional society for literacy researchers. It was the first time in NRC's 48-year history it conferred the two honors on one member in a single year. 

College Faculty Awards

Brenda H. Manning, professor and head of elementary education, was named Aderhold Distinguished Professor for exemplary contributions in teaching, research and service; Laurie E. Hart, associate professor of elementary education, received the D. Keith Osborn Award for Teaching Excellence; J. Steve Oliver, associate professor of science education, and Jack V. Powell, associate professor of elementary education, received the College's Excellence in Teaching Award. John P. Dayton, associate professor of educational leadership, is this year's recipient of the new Faculty Fellow Award for outstanding professional achievement. 

The Handbook of Research on School Supervision, edited by professors Gerald Firth and Edward Pajak of educational leadership, has earned for them the Instructional Supervision Distinguished Research Award from the American Educational Research Association. According to publisher MacMillan Reference USA, the book is the first comprehensive overview of the field of school supervision that examines all the roles of educational leaders -- from school superintendent and school principal to department head, team coordinator, curriculum director, instructional supervisor and others -- with chapters applicable to every educational level, from early childhood education to state education departments. 

Each year, College staff members are honored for excellence and for their outstanding contributions to the College. The highest single award, the College Staff Award for Excellence, was awarded in 1998 to Brenda Davis, office manager in the Department of Instructional Technology. The award carries with it a plaque, a certificate and a cash award of $1,000. 

In addition, the following staff members were also recognized for outstanding service to their individual units and received certificates and cash awards: Lera McManus, administrative secretary in social science education; Carolyn Howell, education program specialist in the School of Teacher Education; Mary Cash, office manager in counseling and human development; Glenda Brown, budget analyst III in the School of Health and Human Performance; and Mary Ann Barrett, director of Student Services.