COE Faculty Profile
Malcolm Butler, assistant professor of science education, is featured in the February 14 edition of Columns, UGA's faculty and staff newspaper.




New Book Offers Suggestions For Fixing Schools
Top education experts, elected officials, business and community leaders, teachers, principals, elementary and secondary students and parents discuss the dangerous shortcomings of current state and federal policies and offer suggestions for what can be done to improve the nation’s public schools in a new book edited by University of Georgia emeritus professor Carl Glickman.

Faculty Profile
Georgia Calhoun, professor of counseling, is featured in the March 22 issue of UGA's faculty/staff newspaper Columns.

FACULTY FEATURE
Rose Chepyator-Thomson, an associate professor in physical education and sport studies, is featured in the March 2003 edition of Georgia Magazine.





CAMPUS CLOSEUP
Freida Thornton, program specialist/ partnership liaison in early childhood education, was featured in a Campus Closeup in the March 31 edition of Columns.






FACULTY PROFILE
Juanita Johnson-Bailey, an associate professor in adult education, who teaches about and researches gender and race issues is currrently studying the experiences of UGA's African-American graduate students over the past 40 years.





Letters of a Sea Island Plantation Wife
As the wife of a frequently absent slaveholder and public figure, Anna Matilda Page King (1798-1859) was the de facto head of a Se Island plantation. Anna collects more than 150 letters to King’s husband, children, parents and others. The book is edited by Melanie Pavich-Lindsay, a doctoral student in UGA’s department of social foundations of education.
 * The Anna King Project

Alridge Speaks at Clark Atlanta University
    Derrick Alridge, an assistant professor of social foundations, was the featured speaker at Clark Atlanta University's 34th annual Writers Workshop Conference April 10.

Martha Allexsaht-Snider, an associate professor in elementary education, was interviewed for a story that aired June 28 on  Georgia Public Radio  about The Xalapa Experience, a cultural immersion course that allows UGA teacher students and working teachers to spend three weeks in Mexico. Hear the interview.

Student's exhibit focuses on St. Simon's plantation
A multimedia installation, co-created by COE doctoral candidate Melanie Pavich-Lindsay, using historical artifacts and contemporary art to explore the 19th century slave community at  Retreat Plantation on St. Simons Island was exhibited over the summer at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center.
 
 
 
 
 

Good Reads
Lynne Schrum, an associate professor in instructional technology and Gwen Solomon, director of TechLearning.com, have co-written a book titled Connect Online: Web Learning Adventures which was published in May 2002 by Glencoe McGraw-Hill.
 
 
 
 

Trio Raises Record $12,788
For American Cancer Society
A team of three College of Education employees raised a record $12,788 for the American Cancer Society at Oglethorpe County’s Relay for Life.
Lavonia Daniels, Dianne Fields and Jacquee Rosumny began raising money last fall through pizza sales at the college. The team won trophies for Most Money Raised and Best Team Spirit during May 3-4 event at Oglethorpe County High School’s track in Lexington.

Trail Blazer
Sigrid Kennebrew, who made a conscious decision to attend a traditionally white institution, is about to earn her third degree from UGA -- a doctorate in counseling -- at the tender age of 27. Story in Georgia Magazine.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Campus Closeup:
Carolyn Taylor, data collections coordinator in the Dean's Office, is featured in the Campus Closeup in the March 4 edition of Columns.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Good Reads
Book Examines Intercountry Adoptions
Intercountry Adoption from China, written by COE professor Jay Rojewski and his wife, Jacy, is a detailed look at the post-adoptive views, actions and experiences of a national sample of families with children from China toward acknowledging their adopted child's Chinese cultural heritage and the issues they face together as a multicultural family.

Faculty Profile
  Rob Branch, professor and department head of instructional technology, says there's more to learning than meets the computer screen in a faculty profile that appeared in Columns January 14.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The College of Education was one of 43 regionally accredited colleges and universities making U.S. News and World Report's list of those offering graduate programs in education online in the magazine's Oct. 15 edition. The College offers a masters of adult education in the School of Leadership and Lifelong Learning. * More details

Arthur (Andy) Horne, professor in counseling and human development services, was one of three national experts interviewed Sept. 24 on "Voices in the Family," a weekly show on award-winning National Public Radio station WHYY in Philadelphia on the topic of "Dealing With the Bullies in our Schools and Families." Hear interview.

Father of Creativity
Distinguished Professor Emeritus Paul Torrance thought IQ tests were an inappropriate way to gauge true intelligence. So he devised methods of testing creativity now employed the world over. See his story in the March 2001 edition of Georgia Magazine online.
Documentary on Paul Torrance Airs on GPTV
 
 
 

Campus Closeup:
Kristi Leonard, assistant director of the COE's Office of Information Technology, is featured in the Campus Closeup of the Sept. 17 edition of Columns.
 
 
 
 
 
 

Good Reads:
Professor Studies How Students Communicate
Written by assistant professor of Language education Betsy Rymes, Conversational Borderlands is about a unique school, City School in Los Angeles, and the community that evolved there.
 
 
 
 

Fall Staff Social Celebrates America
See contest winners, photos inside

Fall Fac Celebration 2001 Slide Show

COE Staffers Get Spooky on Halloween

COE Prof Attending UNESCO Workshop
COE faculty member Robert Hill is one of a dozen international scholars invited by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to a workshop on democracy and lifelong learning Nov. 26-Dec. 1 in Kiev, Ukraine
 
 
 
 
 
Henkin Memorial Lectureship
Andy Horne, professor in counseling and human development services, is one of two national experts presenting research at the Henkin Memorial Lectureship at the University of Southern California's Rossier College of Education on Oct. 26.
 
 
 

Faculty profile
Assistant professor Derrick Alridge believes having a sense of history is crucial to understanding issues relating to African Americans and education.
 
 
 
 
 

Campus Closeup
Troy Bassett, information analyst in the dean's office, is featured in a Campus Closeup in the Nov. 13 edition of Columns, UGA's faculty-staff newspaper.
 
 
 
 
 

Documentary on Paul Torrance Airs on GPTV
A film documenting the life and work of E. Paul Torrance, Alumni Foundation Distinguished professor emeritus, was broadcast on GPTV on Oct. 29.
 
 
 
 
 

Olympian Teresa Edwards Speaks at COE
Former University of Georgia basketball star Teresa Edwards - the only American basketball player, male or female, to compete in five Olympics - spoke to a class of College of Education students recently.
 
 

Homecoming 2000 Tailgate

Nearly 100 alumni enjoyed the COE's 2000 Homecoming Tailgate on Oct. 14. See more photos courtesy of Brian Glaser, associate professor of counseling and human development services.
 
 
 
 
 

ACT Early Project Featured In UGA Research Reporter
Faculty members Andy Horne and Randy Kamphaus were featured in a story in the most recent edition of the UGA Research Reporter.
 
 
 
 

Faculty Profile
Sports sociologist Billy Hawkins studies African- American students' experiences in collegiate athletics.
 
 
 
 

COE Homecoming
Celebration 2000
Join alumni, faculty and staff at our Homecoming picnic hosted by Dean Castenell on the lawn at Aderhold Hall 2 1/2 hours before the kickoff of the Georgia-Vanderbilt game on Saturday, Oct. 14. Be sure to RSVP by October 6.
 
 
 
 

Paul Schempp  led a team of COE researchers  in helping analyze and select Golf Magazine's new list of America's Top 100 Golf Instructors. See inside story.
 
 
 
 
 

Reeves Hosts PBS Teleconference

Thomas C. Reeves recently hosted a PBS teleconference on "Exemplary Models for Web-Based Learning"
 

Reeves to Keynote Lily Conference
Thomas C. Reeves will be the keynote speaker for the 6th Annual Lilly Conference on College & University Teaching -- South, February 11-13 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education in Athens.

Education Prof Trains for Marathon Race
It's 6 a.m. Monday morning. While most of us hit the snooze button for the third time and cozy back up under the covers, Janette Hill laces up her off-white Brooks shoes with purple trim and is out the door running--literally.

Faculty Profile

Lynne Schrum focuses on distance learning and telecommunications.
 
 
 
 

Covis Welcome
Student from Japan

Karen Covi, office manager of the Dean's Office, and her husband, Bob, will welcome a "new daughter" for the 1999 school year - Yukiyo Yoshioka - a Youth for Understanding International Exchange student from Japan.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Wall Street Journal Full Text On-Line
The UGA Libraries has purchased access for on-campus use to the full-text of the Wall Street Journal on the Web! http://www.umi.com/pqdauto.

Fit For Life
Elaine Cress was one of several national experts collaborating on a new 100-page exercise guidebook published by the National Institute on Aging.
 
 
 

Athletic Training Program Up and Running at Ramsey
UGA President Michael Adams lauds academic, athletic, corporate collaboration. See related articles: On Your Mark, and New UGA lab trains the trainers
 

A New Model for Teacher Education
UGA’s College of Education is beginning a three-year project that will attempt to bring together classroom and real-life work experiences in a way that could change how teachers are taught and what they’re taught to teach. The project could better prepare students for the challenges they are likely to face in the changing workplace of the 21st century.

Faculty Profile
Lynne Schrum, associate professor of instructional technology, focuses on distance learning and telecommunications in both her teaching and her role as president of an international educators group.

Oglethorpe Folklore Project - A Service Learning Partnership
Something exciting is happening in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, something that has implications for teacher education and for local school systems all across the country. College of Education faculty and students are in the middle of a project that is redefining the educational experience for them and for 500+ students, teachers and administrators at Oglethorpe County Middle School.

A.C.T. Early Project
A project developed by three College of Education faculty members is providing a new approach to help teachers identify and assist elementary school students who are at risk for academic, emotional and behavioral problems. (See related interview with the researchers.)

Semester Conversion Brings Historic Changes
Fall 1998 brought an historic change to the College of Education, because that was the date for conversion to the semester system by all University System of Georgia colleges and universities. It means a new academic calendar, a new way of calculating credit hours, new course numbers and content, new payroll cycles, and a whole new way of thinking and planning.