COE Professors Contribute Articles to New Georgia Encyclopedia
    Several College of Education professors have contributed articles to The New Georgia Encyclopedia (NGE). Teacher Education, written by Shawn Glynn and Denise Muth, profiles Georgia's teachers, describes teacher certification, and outlines the roles played by the Education Coordinating Council and the Board of Regents. Public Education, written by Denise Mewborn, describes the history, students, demographics, options, and curriculum of Georgia's PreK-12 school system. Derrick Alridge pens two articles -- one on African-American educator/leader Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise Speech and a second on African-American educator/historian/sociologist and activist W.E.B. Du Bois in Georgia. Ronald Butchart writes about Freedmen's Education during Reconstruction and Susie King Taylor, the first African American to teach openly in a school for former slaves in Georgia in 1862.

Staff Members Receive Financial Training

Oliver Elected to State Board

Campbell Receives Grant to Study Autism

Exercise Prgms Receive ACSM Endorsement

First Grads of Comm-Tech College Doc Prgm

League Hosts Democratic Learning Institute

LPSL Receives $1.068 Million Grant

College: 10 Yrs Focus on Diversity in Practice

NSF Program Director Julia V. Clark to Visit Thursday

UGA Partners in $10 Million NSF Grant to Promote Engineering Education

Ferrara Moderates Pre-Olympic Symposium in Greece

Olympic Athletes and Jet Lag: Prof Says More Research Needed
   
COE Students, Grad Heading To 2004 Olympics

Staff Members Receive Training on New Financial Template

Oliver Elected to Board of State Multicultural Education Group

Campbell Receives Grant to Study Student Attitudes Toward Autism

Exercise Degree Programs Receive ACSM Endorsement

First Three Graduate Innovative Community-Technical College Doctoral Program
 
League of Professional Schools Hosts Democratic Learning Institute
   
LPSL Receives $1.068 Million Grant to Integrate Technology into Teaching
  
College Honors Seven Distinguished Alumni With Special Awards

College Marks 10 Years of Focus on Diversity in Practice

20 NE Georgia Teachers  Selected As Summer Fellows for  Red Clay Writing Project
  
Huberty Receives Fulbright Grant to Egypt
 
Science Ed Receives Fulbright Partnership Grant To Expand Work in Philippines
  
'Gentlemen on Move' Prog Receives Award

'Father of Creativity' Paul Torrance Dies at 87

Library Fire Touches COE Faculty, Students

Teachers, Students Visit Virtual Gorilla Program

Teachers, Students Visit Virtual Solar System

Math Education Center Hosts Summer Institute

Program Prepares Bilingual Certified Teachers

GSBA Commendation for CCSD-UGA Partnership

110 Educators Join in Latino Achievement Prog

$1.1 Mil NSF Middle School Algebra Grant

Learning How to Live in the Real World

Building Cultural Bridges in the Athens Community

Lomax Receives National Award for Book on Early Black Baseball
 
Researchers: No Link Between Participation In Gymnastics, Body Image
 
Clees Awarded Fulbright Grant to Ireland
 
UGA to Help Lead $35 Million Statewide Effort to Improve Math, Science Education

Dual Degrees To Be Offered By Colleges Of Education, Arts & Sciences

Researchers Find Caffeine Reduces Muscle Pain During Exercise
  
COE PAWS To Offer Wireless Access This Fall

Center for Latino Achievement Names First Two To Receive Graduate Assistantships
 
'Father of Creativity' Paul Torrance Dies at 87

Library Fire Touches COE Faculty, Students
 
Researchers Bring Virtual Gorilla Program To Barrow, Gwinnett Teachers, Youngsters
   They’ll be knuckle-walking and twirling and foraging for food. It’s a jungle out there – at least, it will be for a group of Barrow County youngsters participating in the Virtual Gorilla (VGOR) Summer Camp July 21-25.
     More than a dozen middle school-aged children from the Winder Boys & Girls Club and Winder-Barrow Middle School will get a rare opportunity to experience first-hand what it is like to design “a gorilla” through a virtual reality program run by University of Georgia education researchers at the camp to be held at the middle school.

U.S. News: Online Master's In Adult Ed Among Best

Researchers Bring Virtual Solar System To Gwinnett Teachers, Students
 
New Math Education Center at UGA Hosts First Summer Institute
 
New Program to Prepare Bilingual Paraprofessionals to Become Certified Teachers
 
COE Receives GSBA Commendation for Partnership With Clarke Schools
 
110 Georgia Educators To Participate in New Center for Latino Achievement Program

Faculty Receive $1.1 Million NSF Grant To Study Teaching, Learning of Algebra in Middle School

Two Dozen Students To Represent Georgia At International Future Problem Solving Conference

COE Associate Dean George Hynd Named Education Dean At Purdue
 
COE to Offer Bachelor's in Science, Special Education at Gwinnett

Ed Psychology to Participate in Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate

$1.4 Million NSF Grant Funds 'Science Behind Food' Program

300 to Compete in Georgia Future Problem Solving Bowl April 25-26
 
Speech & Hearing Clinic To Provide Screenings At Special Olympics

School Counseling Recognized As Pioneer In Reform

UGA Hosting Gifted Education Training For Korean Teachers

Kilpatrick Named National Academy of Science Associate
 
Clinic Shows Magic In Working With Children With Disabilities

On any given Tuesday night in a downstairs gym at the University of Georgia’s Ramsey Center, you can find a little bit of magic taking place.
More than a dozen Athens area kids between the ages of 2 and 14 are spread out across the gym floor – some  sitting, some lying on mats – each doing a different kind of light exercise under the guidance of their designated UGA student.
The one thing they have in common is that they are all children with disabilities. Some have physical impairments, others cognitive impairments. Most have spent years in hospital and rehabilitation facilities. Their school experiences are often described as lonely and tortured. They face ridicule daily from classmates who are neither kind nor understanding of their handicaps.
 

COE Researchers Help Kids Explore Virtual Solar System

COE Receives $894,000 Grant to Prepare More Educators To Teach Children With Autism

State's Top Policy Makers Visit Clarke-UGA Partnership School

$10.3 Million Grant To Create Center To Improve Mathematics Teaching

Former Faculty Member Leaves COE $1.7 Million

UGA-Clarke School Partnership
Art Prof Works With Gaines School Elementary Students

Artist and University of Georgia professor of art Joseph Norman visited with students at Gaines Elementary School on Thursday, October 3 as part of an ongoing project in the dynamic UGA-Clarke County Schools Partnership.
Norman’s visit is part of a program in which UGA art education students in Pamela G. Taylor's class teach weekly at Gaines School.  The project gives Gaines School teachers much needed staff development time, offers additional arts experiences for the elementary students, and provides valuable experience for future art teachers.
 
 

UGA Disability Services Plan Training Workshops

Glass Named OIT Director

Fall Faculty Meeting 2002

Quick Glance: COE welcomes 21 new faculty members.

Hammett Named Bamford-Lahey Scholar

Fitness Level May Predict Women's Hypertension Risk
 
Winstead Named Coordinator of Torrance Center for Creativity

Greene Named Director for COE's Undergrad Program at Gwinnett
Elinor Greene has been named to direct the UGA College of Education's new undergraduate degree program being offered at the Gwinnett University Center beginning this fall.
The COE's instructional psychology, training and technology degree program is one of three new undergraduate programs UGA is offering iin Gwinnett, which have previously included graduate degree programs, continuing education classes and certificate programs.
 
 
 

Scholarship Fund Created For Late COE Graduate

Australian Fulbright Scholar To Study Technology in Learning at COE
Jan Herrington has always been fascinated by technology, and has learned a lot about educational practice since she began teaching high school English in rural Victoria, Australia more than 25 years ago. But while eager to assess the potential of technical advances, she is adamant that “there is no point perpetuating bad teaching with new technologies.”
“We have learned much in recent years about how people learn best, and I am keen to apply that knowledge to the use of technologies to promote deep and lifelong learning skills,” says Herrington, a senior lecturer in the School of Communications and Multimedia at Edith Cowan University in Perth. She will have a new opportunity to explore the question in depth when she spends four months this fall at the UGA College of Education under a 2002 Fulbright Professional Award.

Students Start 11-Month School Year In Clarke-UGA Partnership

Natalie Straughter has had children in the Clarke County School District for more than a decade. But this year, things are different.
By the time Straughter’s daughter, Danielle, started her junior year at Cedar Shoals High School on Aug. 8, her son, third-grader Charles had already been in class for a full week at Gaines Elementary.
Charles is one of nearly 1,000 Clarke elementary school students who are now the focus of the partnership between the Clarke County School District and the University of Georgia. As part of the partnership, two schools – Gaines and Chase Street elementary – were selected as community learning sites and began a modified year-round school calendar while all other Clarke schools are following their traditional calendar.

Attendance poor on first day -- Athens Banner-Herald Story

Gifted Education Hosted Training for Korean Teachers
A contingent of Korean educators went back to school a week this summer on the University of Georgia campus to learn how to train their teachers in gifted education.
The visit, July 29 - August 2, was a result of the Republic of Korea’s new regulations under which ordinary high schools can be transformed into special schools for gifted students. Busan Science High School in Busan has been designated to become the nation’s first science high school for the gifted and talented. It is scheduled to open in March of 2003.
 
 
 

Majors Named to NCTE Research Committee

Researchers Bring Virtual Gorilla to Life at Zoo Atlanta

They’ll be knuckle-walking and twirling, swinging from trees and foraging for food. It’s a jungle out there – at least, it was be for the kids attending a special Zoo Atlanta program earlier this month.
Twenty-four youngsters attending a Zoo Atlanta summer day camp July 22-26 got a rare opportunity to experience first-hand what it is like to “be a gorilla” through a virtual reality program run by University of Georgia education researchers.

UGA Gets $3.5 Million Goizueta Grant to Improve Hispanic Education

OIT Director Bob Hart To Host 9/11 Memorial Service
 
Bender Records Textbook for Blind

William N. Bender, associate professor in special education, experiences digitally recording his book “Learning Disabilities Characteristics, Identification and Teaching Strategies,” at Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D) Georgia Unit in Athens recently.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

11 Named Houle Scholars For Adult, Continuing Ed Research
Eleven Cyril O. Houle Scholars, representing three regions of the world, will receive financial awards of up to $40,000 each over the next two years in support of their research in adult and continuing education, the College of Education announced today.
 

McLaughlin Receives Fulbright, Rotary Grants
Middle School Head To Expand Mexico Project
H. James McLaughlin, associate professor and head of the middle school education program in UGA's College of Education, has been selected to be a Fulbright Scholar for 2002-03 to conduct research and teach at two universities in Mexico. McLaughlin will be based in Xalapa in the Mexican state of Veracruz from January to July 2003.
McLaughlin and his colleagues have forged an innovative three-week cultural immersion program for UGA students and practicing teachers over the past four years. He will use the award to expand UGA's partnership with the Universidad Veracruzana, two other universities in Xalapa, and public schools in the state.
 

Dudley Remains in Critical Condition
UGA Distinguished Research Professor Gary Dudley remained in critical condition Thursday, according to a St. Mary's Hospital spokesman.
One of UGA’s top bio-health researchers, Dudley was critically injured in a head-on car collision in Oconee County Tuesday morning in which a Watkinsville mother and her two children were killed.
 
 
 
 

Top Researcher in Critical Condition After Tragic Car Accident

COE Grad Programs Rank 23rd
Five Programs Rated in Top 10 of their Field
The UGA College of Education is listed among the nation's top graduate schools in the latest rankings from U.S.News & World Report's 2003 edition of  “America's Best Graduate Schools.”
The College’s graduate programs are ranked 23rd overall out of 187 education schools.  The COE is ranked among the top 15 public schools in the nation and third in the Southeast, along with Vanderbilt University and the University of Virginia.
* Education Rankings
* Specialty Rankings
  US News Rankings
 

Bothe Receives $1.07 Million NIH Grant To Study Children's Stuttering
A College of Education researcher has been awarded a $1.07 million National Institutes of Health grant to study the standards of measurement, treatment and recovery of stuttering in preschool-age children.
The speech disorder affects as much as 5 percent of preschool children between the ages of  3-5. About 1 percent of adults stutter. The disorder is more prevalent in males than females by about 4 to 1 in adults.
Anne Cordes Bothe, an associate professor in the department of communications sciences and disorders, was awarded the five-year grant by the National Institute for Deafness and other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), a division of the NIH.
 
 
 

Castenell Participates In White House Conference On Preparing Teachers
Louis A. Castenell, Jr., dean of UGA's College of Education, joined 150 of the nation's top education experts participating in a White House Conference on Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers hosted by First Lady Laura Bush in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 5.

The conference website includes...
* a 25-page policy book on the President's initiative --
"A Quality Teacher in Every Classroom"
* remarks by the President & First Lady
* a dozen presentations by teachers, school administrators,
scholars, professors, & others

Professor's Program Aims to Build Excellence in Young Men

Education professor Deryl Bailey is a man on the move.
   "Can't talk now, gotta meet my guys at the Classic Center," he responded when contacted recently. "We're helping the Georgia School Counselor Association get ready for their annual conference."
Bailey's "guys" are 15 young African-American high school students whom he tutors, mentors, challenges and cajoles into striving for excellence in school, work, play and appearance.

COE Graduate Programs Ranked 22nd in Nation
Five Programs in Top 10 of their Field

The University of Georgia College of Education is listed among the nation's top graduate schools in the latest rankings from U.S. News & World Report's 2002 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools." The magazine uses a combination of factors such as reputation, student selectivity, placement success, faculty resources and research activity to rank graduate schools.

Castenell To Serve On ACE Board
Louis A. Castenell Jr., dean of the College of Education, has been appointed to serve on the board of directors of the American Council on Education (ACE).
ACE is a comprehensive association of the nation's colleges and universities dedicated to analysis of higher education issues and advocacy on behalf of quality higher education and adult education programs. 

300 Students to Compete in Georgia Future Problem Solving Bowl
More than 30 academic teams from schools throughout Georgia will compete for state championships in the 28th annual Georgia Future Problem Solving Bowl to be held in Athens April 19-20.
The event will involve more than 300 student participants and their teachers who have earned the chance to compete at the state level for Team Championships or who have already won Scenario Writing and Community Problem Solving components of the program.
 
 

Clarke School-UGA Partnership to Receive Grant

CORE Concert Dance Company Presents Spring Collection 2002 March 6-9
One of the hottest tickets in Athens is to any CORE Concert Dance Company show; in fact, it's next to impossible to get a ticket the day of a show.
Artistic Director Bala Sarasvati, and the dancers in CORE have been able to successfully bring modern, new and challenging work onto the stage. Sarasvati has achieved this through a consistent stream of acclaimed visiting artists, working with other artistic departments within the university, and by constantly bringing unique ideas and experiences out of the student dancers with whom she works.
Spring Collection 2002 is no exception.

COE Program Helping Teachers Attain National Board Certification
The College of Education has launched a model support program this fall to assist 30 Northeast Georgia schoolteachers in attaining National Board Certification (NBC) -- a year-long professional development process widely considered a benchmark for accomplished teachers.
"These National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) become the change agents in schools. I've seen it. I'm sold on it. It's raising the standards and bringing along others by example," said Peg Graham, an associate professor of language education and head of the pilot program.

A Special Preview

From the Old World charm of Italy to the vast natural beauty of Kenya to the diverse cultural history of Mexico, students in the College of Education are taking advantage of new opportunities to study abroad in record numbers.
Eleven COE faculty members, with assistance from the UGA's Office of International Development, currently lead five study abroad programs in England, Italy, Kenya, Peru and Mexico.
This fall, the COE's annual magazine will feature articles written by faculty directors of three of these Study Abroad programs. In the meantime, we invite you to enjoy the essays of two students who participated in the Study Abroad program in Kenya last spring:

* Marla Scott
* Tara Bryant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Clarke School-UGA Partnership Proposes Extending School 20 Days

A proposal to extend the school year of two Clarke County elementary schools by 20 days is the first in a series of recommendations expected from a landmark partnership between UGA, Clarke Schools and the Athens-Clarke community that aims to improve student achievement.
Four calendar options for Chase Street and Gaines elementary schools were unveiled at a public forum Oct. 4. All feature a shorter summer vacation with more breaks interspersed throughout the school year. Each option calls for 200 school days each year instead of the180 mandated by the state.
 
 

COE Donates to Adult Literacy

The University of Georgia College of Education recently donated $1,300 raised at a charity auction to an Athens adult literacy group.
The College made the donation to the Athens Reaching Every Adult Learner (R.E.A.L.) organization during the group's annual Commemorative Luncheon held Sept. 13 at the Holiday Inn.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Katie Turner Memorial Fund Helps Hearing-Impaired Children

A memorial fund to honor late College of Education graduate student Katie Elizabeth Turner has raised more than $18,000 to provide hearing aids and assisting devices to needy children treated at the Audiology Clinic in the department of communication sciences and disorders.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Grandpre Named Director of Student Services
The University of Georgia College of Education has appointed Edward (Ed) Grandpré new director of student services.
"Ed brings a wonderful combination of skills, experience and style to the College," said Jeri Benson, associate dean for academic affairs. "I look forward to working closely with him in implementing improvements in that office."
For the last 20 years, Grandpré has worked in various student affairs areas, including campus housing, Greek affairs, student organization advising, leadership development, judicial affairs and academic support programs.

UGA Looks at 'The Power of Latinos for a Stronger Georgia'

Superintendents of three Georgia school districts, whose Hispanic student populations are expanding by 20 percent or more each year, spoke about the challenges they face in providing educational services to all children during UGA's conference on "The Power of Latinos for a Stronger Georgia." Louis Castenell, dean of UGA's College of Education, served as moderator of a panel that included Dennis Fordham, superintendent, Hall County Schools; Judith Gilliam, associate superintendent for instruction, Gainesville City Schools; Allene Magill, superintendent, Dalton City Schools and member, University System of Georgia Board of Regents; and Alvin Wilbanks, superintendent, Gwinnett County Schools.
See the Athens Banner-Herald story.

Harriette Austin Writers Conference Draws Record 470 Hopeful Authors
The 8^th annual Harriette Austin Writers Conference, presented by the College of Education, drew a record 470 aspiring authors July 21 to meet and have their work critiqued by national book agents, editors, publishers and best-selling writers.
Penny Mickelbury, who was one of the first black students at UGA and the first black reporter for the Athens Banner-Herald, was one of more than 30 authors at the conference, the third largest in the country. Mickelbury, who has published several novels, was featured in the Athens Banner-Herald's coverage of the conference in their Sunday, July 22 edition.
 
 
 

Fecho Elected To National English Education Panel
Bob Fecho, a faculty member of UGA's College of Education, was recently elected to the executive committee of the Conference on English Education (CEE), a constituent group for teacher educators within the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
Fecho, an assistant professor in reading education, researches critical literacy, adolescent literacy, teacher research, and social aspects of literacy. He has been co-investigator in projects receiving more than $350,000 in research, teaching and outreach grants since joining UGA's faculty in 1998.

Castenell to Lead Diversity Efforts at UGA
Dean Castenell has agreed to serve as Acting Associate Provost for Institutional Diversity, a senior administrative position reporting directly to Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Karen Holbrook. In that role, he will provide leadership in developing a coordinated campus-wide program to support equity and diversity in UGA's student body and workforce. He will direct efforts to improve existing programs and institute new strategies and initiatives for the recruitment and retention of minority students, faculty and staff. 

Atlanta Journal Constitution story

Athens Banner Herald story

Athletic Training Receives Accreditation

Taking another step toward becoming a national leader in sports medicine, the University of Georgia's athletic training program has earned full accreditation just 18 months after opening the program. 
UGA is one of only two such qualified programs in Georgia, along with Valdosta State University, and three other Southeastern Conference universities: Alabama, Florida and South Carolina. There are about 125 accredited athletic training programs nationwide.
 
 
 

Ferrara Receives NATA's Highest Honor
Michael Ferrara, director of the University of Georgia's athletic training program and an associate professor in exercise science, has been named recipient of the 2001 Sayers "Bud" Miller Distinguished Educator Award from the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA).
The award recognizes individuals who exemplify excellence in the field of athletic training education. It is the highest honor NATA bestows on athletic training educators.

Athletic Training Program Hosts 18 Students From Japan

Challenge on Campus July 16-20 for Middle, High School Students
An exciting, new summer program offers middle and high school students a chance to participate in research alongside University of Georgia professors and graduate students in several areas of interest from physics and astronomy to archaeology and ecology.
The three-hour Challenge on Campus classes will be held on the UGA campus July 16-20. Enrollment will be limited to seven students per class. Tuition is $150 per student for the week. There is an additional materials fee for the Challenge of Campus: Art. Classes must have a minimum enrollment of five students.

Alridge Awarded $50,000 Fellowship
Derrick P. Alridge, assistant professor in social foundations of education, has been awarded a National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2001-2002 academic year. 
The $50,000 award is granted annually to outstanding scholars to pursue critical education research projects. This year, 30 fellows were selected from a pool of more than 200 scholars of education at the postdoctoral stage. As a fellow, Alridge will work on an ongoing intellectual history project which examines the educational thought of W. E. B. Du Bois.

Butchart Receives Award For Research
Ron Butchart, professor in social foundations of education, has received an award from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University to conduct research this summer at the Schlesinger Library in Cambridge, MA.
Butchart is studying the teachers who taught among the freed slaves from the beginning of the Civil War to the end of Reconstruction (1861-75). He is creating a database that tracks the lives of every teacher he can find.

SMILE!  You're a Graduate

College of Education students in counseling and human development services gather for a group photo for family and friends outside the Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall at UGA's Performing Arts Center after the COE's Convocation May 11. 

Glickman Recognized For Work
Carl Glickman, a University Professor and chair of the Program for School Improvement at the University of Georgia, recently received awards from national, state and UGA education organizations in recognition of his work.
 

Watkins Named Director of SLLL
Karen Watkins, professor of adult education, has been named director of the UGA College of Education's School of Leadership and Lifelong Learning, effective July 1, 2001. She has served as interim director of the school for the past several months.

COE Honors Faculty Accomplishments
The UGA College of Education held its first-ever faculty celebration April 27 to honor the accomplishments of its faculty members over the past year and those retiring after this academic year. More than 100 faculty and staff members attended the reception in the patio area at River's Crossing.
See the Faculty Celebration Slide Show
 

Professors Named Co-Editors of Top Research Journal
Two University of Georgia education professors have been named co-editors of Reading Research Quarterly, one of the most important and widely circulated international research journals in the field of education.  David Reinking, professor and department head of reading education, and Donna Alvermann, research professor in reading education, 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.
 
 

Seven Houle Scholars Named for 2001
Seven Cyril O. Houle Scholars, representing three regions of the world, will receive financial awards of up to $40,000 each over the next two years in support of their research in adult and continuing education.
The group of scholars selected for the awards, made possible by a W.K. Kellogg Foundation grant to the department of adult education, includes four Americans, an Ecuadorian, a Dominican and a South African.

Mathematics Education To Work With Top Korean University

Two top-ranking officials from one of Korea's leading universities in educational technology and teacher training  visited the College of Education April 25 in connection with a five-year agreement to jointly develop educational and research programs in those fields.
The international partnership with Kongju National University, developed by the mathematics education department, calls for faculty and student exchanges, study abroad, collaborative research programs, seminars, workshops, and service programs.

See the KNU Visit to UGA Slide Show

Shepherd Center, UGA Launch Research Initiative
Shepherd Center, the country's largest hospital for brain and spinal cord injuries, and the University of Georgia have launched a biomedical research and education initiative to benefit people with central nervous system injuries and illnesses.
The initiative formalizes a relationship that has been growing over several years, according to Gary Dudley, director of the Muscle Biology Laboratory in the School of Health and Human Performance of UGA's College of Education.

Callaway Receives 2001 Staff Award for Excellence

See the Staff Awards Slide Show
Angela Callaway, office manager for the department of special education, has received the College of Education's 2001 Staff Award for Excellence.
UGA's First Lady Mary L. Adams presented a plaque and a $1,200 cash award in ceremonies April 18 at the State Botanical Gardens. The first runner-up, Deborah Rogers, budget analyst for the School of Leadership and Lifelong Learning, was awarded $750 and the second runner-up, Anita Miller, senior administrative secretary for the School of Teacher Education, received $300.

COE Faculty, TAs Recognized For Teaching Excellence

Several College of Education faculty members and graduate teaching assistants were among those recognized for excellence in teaching at UGA's Honors Day 2001 on April 11.
Judith Priessle, professor and department head in social foundations of education, has been named the 2001 Aderhold Distinguished Professor at the College of Education for exemplary contributions in teaching, research and service.

Kleiber Named Director of School of Health and Human Performance
Doug Kleiber, professor and head of the recreation and leisure studies department, has been appointed director of the College of Education's School of Health and Human Performance.
Kleiber, who has been department head of rec and leisure studies since joining the UGA faculty in 1989, will begin his new duties as school director on July 1, 2001.
 
 

COE Graduate Programs Ranked Among Best 
The University of Georgia College of Education is listed among the nation's top graduate schools in the latest rankings from U.S. News & World Report's 2002 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools." The magazine uses a combination of factors such as reputation, student selectivity, placement success, faculty resources and research activity to rank graduate schools.
UGA tied with Boston College and the University of Maryland at 22nd - up four positions from last year. Five programs - elementary education, secondary education, vocational/technical, counseling/personnel services, and curriculum/instruction - are ranked in the top 10.
 
Castenell Begins AACTE Chair Duties

Louis A. Castenell, dean of UGA's College of Education, began his duties this month as chair of the board of directors of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
Castenell assumed the top leadership post of the largest and most recognized national organization of colleges and universities that prepare the nation's teachers at its 53rd annual meeting held earlier this month in Dallas. He succeeds Roderick Davis of Virginia Commonwealth University.
 
 

UGA to Work with Top Dutch IT Program
The University of Georgia has signed a five-year international cooperative agreement with the University of Twente in the Netherlands -- which boasts one of the world's top instructional technology programs -- to jointly develop educational and research programs in that field.
The agreement, developed by the department of instructional technology in UGA's College of Education, calls for faculty and student exchanges, study abroad, collaborative research programs, seminars, workshops, and service programs.
 

UGA, Clarke Schools Announce Collaboration

Partnership Q&A
Athens Daily News/Banner-Herald story
Atlanta Journal Constitution story
The University of Georgia and the Clarke County School District Thursday announced a major agreement to improve student learning through the creation of partnership schools.
The new initiative is historic in its comprehensive approach to bringing together the university, local schools and community for education renewal. It is the first such collaboration in the state.
 

UGA-FVSU Doctoral Program Sees First Graduates

Math Education Program Pairs Teacher Students with Mentor Teachers

Profs to Develop Video, CD-ROM to Teach Skills to   Students with Disabilities

Stahl To Direct $5 Million Project To Improve Reading Fluency

Labbo Directs $5.5 Million Project to Improve Children's Reading

 

Education Reform

Barnes Urges End to Social Promotion

Summary of the Education Reform Act

Complete, amended version of the text of HB 1187

Webcast of Barnes' education reform address

Analysis by Carl Glickman of Barnes' Plan

Carl Glickman's School Reform Plan

 

Hynd  to Speak at ADHD Workshop
COE associate dean for research George Hynd will review the most recent neurobiological research on ADHD and learning disabilities at a workshop hosted by UGA's School Psychology Clinic in Athens March 14.
 

Glickman, Williams to Speak at ASCD Conference

COE faculty, staff and students are invited to  hear UGA education professor Carl Glickman and Deputy State School Superintendent Peyton Williams speak on Thursday, March 1 at the 2001 Georgia Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Spring Conference at the Georgia Center.

Hoy Named Director of SPS
Cheri Hoy, a professor in special education, has been appointed director of the School of Professional Studies at UGA's College of Education.  "Dr. Hoy brings with her outstanding achievements in scholarship, teaching and service. She has served as a Faculty Administrator in Faculty Matters in the college for the last several years and is a former department head," said Dean Louis Castenell.
 
 

Georgia Teacher Academy Feb. 23-24

Two COE Faculty on ARCHE Panels

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Teachers Learn First-Hand in Mexico Project

Castenell Named To National Teaching Standards Board

Researcher Studies Teen Smoking

Tallman Wins Fulbright For Internet Courses in Botswana

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QUIG Conference Focuses on Social, Economic Justice
More than 250 scholars from across the nation and around the world gathered at the University of Georgia Jan. 12-14 to discuss issues of social and economic justice at the 14th annual Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies.
The international conference, which drew faculty members and graduate students from such countries as Canada, Israel, Australia and Ireland,was hosted by the Qualitative Interest Group (QUIG), based in UGA's College of Education.

GSTEP Program Gets Under Way

Associate Dean for Educator Partnerships Mike Padilla speaks to UGA faculty, Clarke County school teachers and business partners at a Dec. 8 meeting to kick off the Georgia Systemic Teaching Education Program (GSTEP). About 60 people attended the first meeting of the five-year, collaborative project aimed at "reinventing" teacher education. With a $6.49 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education and state and partner donations of $7 million a year, the collaborative effort with Fort Valley State and Valdosta State universities will be a $41 million project over the five-year period.

Dean Castenell: Clarke Schools Can Be Best in Nation
Clarke County can have the best schools in the nation if the university and the county work together, education dean Louis Castenell told UGA faculty members, students and members of the Athens community attending a University Roundtable dinner Nov. 1. Castenell joined Lewis Holloway, superintendent of Clarke County Schools and Carol Williams, a member of the State Board of Education in the panel discussion at the Georgia Center. 

- - - CANCELLED - - - National Violence Experts to Speak at Safe Schools Summit Dec. 14-15
Dozens of teachers, administrators and support staff, many from Georgia schools, are expected to attend the Safe Schools Summit 2000 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Dec. 14-15 to learn the latest techniques on preventing violence and how to respond effectively if a schoolwide crisis does occur.
Three nationally recognized experts in school safety will share their experiences dealing with aggressive and violent behavior and talk about how to prevent violence, from planning through implementation. - - - CANCELLED - - -

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Students To Have Open Forum with Dean, Associate Dean Nov. 9
                                                All College of Education students will get a chance to ask any question they want of Dean Louis Castenell and Associate Dean Jeri Benson in a "Discourse with the Deans" forum scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 9 from 2-3 p.m. in Room G-23 in Aderhold Hall. 

SE Literacy Consortium 2000

Nearly 100 teachers, parents, teacher educators, business and community leaders met to discuss efforts and determine research needs at the Southeast Literacy Consortium conference Sept. 28-30 at UGA. Above, Bill Brozo, of the University of Tennessee speaks to the audience. At right, Georgia State School Superintendent Linda Schrenko makes opening comments. Below, COE faculty members Linda Labbo and David Reinking (front L) listen to panel.

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Straight From The Source

Members of Jay Bernhardt's undergraduate Community Health class enjoyed a couple of unusual guest speakers recently -  health promotion scholars Larry Green of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta and his wife Judith Ottoson of Georgia State University - authors of the textbook used in the class.

COE Hosts Prospective Minority Students
A half dozen minority high school students got a first-hand taste of what college life is like at the University of Georgia during the College of Education Triple E Summer Workshop.
The group of rising juniors and seniors, mostly from the Atlanta metro area, learned about four specific academic programs - one from each of the College's four schools: teacher education, health and human performance, professional studies, and leadership and lifelong learning.
 
 

Actress Wendy Henry to Deliver 2000 Torrance Lecture Oct. 21
Actress Wendy Feder Henry will deliver the 2000 E. Paul Torrance Lecture at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21 at the University of Georgia's Tate Center Reception Hall.
Henry, an original participant in Torrance's 22-year longitudinal study, expresses herself through writing, theatre, music, art, dance and humor. She is a professional actress who was a master class student of the Tony-winning actress Uta Hagen. She earned her masters in acting from Brandeis University, where she remained as an artist-in-residence, performing, directing and teaching undergraduates.
Documentary on Torrance to Air on GPTV Oct. 29

U.S. News Ranks Five COE Programs in Top 10 Nationally
Three Programs Rank in Top 5
The UGA College of Education graduate programs in secondary teacher education, counseling, and vocational/ technical education rank in the Top 5 in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2001 rankings of America's Best Graduate Schools. In addition, the magazine ranked the College's programs in elementary teacher education, and curriculum and instruction 7th in the nation, bringing the total to five COE graduate programs ranked in the Top 10 nationally.

Padilla Named Associate Dean for Educator Partnerships
Striving to help all Georgia public schools achieve excellence, the College of Education has created UGA's first associate dean position devoted exclusively to developing partnerships between the university, and schools and teachers across the state.
The College's first associate dean for educator partnerships will be Michael Padilla, former interim director of the School of Teacher Education.
 
 

Hendren wins 2000 Staff Award for Excellence
Becky Hendren, a senior secretary in the language education department, was honored recently with the University of Georgia College of Education’s 2000 Staff Award for Excellence.
The award carries with it a plaque, a certificate and a cash award of $1,000.
Six other staff members were also honored for their dedication, hard work and commitment to excellence – representing each of the college’s four schools and one college-wide.
The college also honored 24 other staff members for their years of dedication, hard work and commitment to excellence.

Planting Seeds

Tiffany McQueen, a master's student in the COE's department of counseling and human development services, plants seeds recently with 4-year-olds Sanqwan Allen and Sangora Allen at UGA's McPhaul Center. The center was one of the stops on the Child Watch 2000 tour, a chance for community leaders to get an up-close look at local children's issues. (Photo by Rebecca Breyer/Athens Daily News)

Hayes Wins Fulbright to Help Begin Japan Counselor Program
University of Georgia education professor Richard Hayes has won a Fulbright grant to collaborate with Japanese educators in the development of a school counselor preparation program in Japan over the next two years.
Hayes, head of the College of Education's department of counseling and human development services, will be working with faculty from the University of Tokyo and personnel from their partner schools when he goes to Japan this fall.

Randi Stanulis Wins Russell Teaching Award
As one of the key players in the reform of early childhood education, Randi Stanulis has helped to significantly change how teachers learn to teach at the University of Georgia.
And now, she gets UGA's official thanks and recognition for her good work.
Stanulis, an associate professor of elementary education, was one of three UGA faculty mnembers to receive the Richard B. Russell Undergraduate Teaching Award for 2000.
James E. Coverdill of sociology and J. Clark Wolf of philosophy joined her in receiving the coveted awards for instruction.
* COE Grad Students Win Teaching Honors

InterMath Project Uses WWW To Revitalize Teaching and Learning

Doctoral student uses teacher experience to design InterMath curriculum

Computer technology and the Internet will make middle school mathematics "come alive" and could revolutionize the way the subject is both taught and learned, say researchers at the University of Georgia and the Georgia Institute of Technology who are working together to develop such a program.
The five-year, $1.8 million UGA-led collaboration known as InterMath could help bridge the transition to meaningful reform in a subject area long considered a major stumbling block for students, the researchers say. The project is funded by a National Science Foundation grant.
 

Castenell Named To Professional Teaching Standards Board
Louis Castenell Jr., Dean of the College of Education, has been named to the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Castenell was one of 15 new members elected to the board of directors of the prestigious national education reform organization at its annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
Castenell's appointment is particularly significant in light of recent state efforts to encourage Georgia teachers to seek National Board Certification. The state offers teachers funding for application fees and salary increases upon successful completion of the process.
Dean Castenell to serve on Oconee County Schools' Cultural Awarness Committee.
 

COE Grad is 1999 National Teacher of the Year

Oglethorpe Virtual Folklore Museum Wins Smithsonian Award

COE Students at Oxford

Georgia Legislature Passes Education Reform Measure
Gov. Roy Barnes' A-Plus Education Reform Act of 2000 was passed by the Georgia Legislature March 15 after changes were ironed out in House and Senate conference committees. Barnes' Education Reform Commission will continue to meet on middle school issues, school construction and funding all the goals established in HB 1187.

See summary of the Education Reform Act

See complete, amended version of the text of HB 1187 

See webcast of Barnes' education reform address

See reply by Carl Glickman

 

The Oxford Diaries...

COE students write of their experience studying abroad: Installment II

"This place is incredible!" says College of Education student Julia Corcoran after her arrival in Oxford, England last month in a new UGA study abroad program. Corcoran, a freshman in early childhood education from Alpharetta, is one of two dozen COE students studying this semester in merry olde England. 
To find out how our students are doing, Education, the COE's online newspaper, has asked the students to tell us about their experience overseas. (See first installment).
 

Teachers Learn First-Hand in COE’s Mexico Project

Eighteen northeast Georgia school teachers spent more than two weeks this summer living and learning in neighboring Mexico. They believe the experience, offered through a new College of Education course, will help them reach a fast-growing segment of their student population – non-English-speaking Hispanics. UGA Teacher Students Say Course A Life-Changing Experience

Oglethorpe Virtual Folklore Museum Wins Smithsonian Award

A virtual museum, developed over the past year by the UGA College of Education and Oglethorpe County Middle School, uses the latest in computer technology to preserve and celebrate the rural county's culture, history and traditions.
Now, those who developed the Oglethorpe Virtual Folklore Museum can celebrate their work too. The project has recently been selected as a Laureate Award winner in the ComputerWorld-Smithsonian Innovation in Education competition. Visit the Virtual Museum. See more coverage.
 

Enhancing the UGA Experience
BFSO works to improve social, cultural and 
political environment for members of university’s black community

Jerome Morris, an assistant professor in the College of Education, is in his second year as president of the Black Faculty and Staff Organization at UGA. Columns spoke with him recently about BFSO’s goals and activities this year.

Georgia Children's Chorus Performs
The Georgia Children's Chorus, under the direction of Elizabeth Kimble, performs to a nearly full sanctuary during the holidays at First Baptist Church in Athens. The chorus, actually three separate age-based groups of singers, performed a number of Christmas favorites. Among the singers is Donovan Character (2nd row, 5th from left), son of COE staff member Kate Character.Dot Paul/Athens News Photo staff
 

Researcher Seeks Method to Move Teen Smokers Toward Quitting

Aiming to help battle a disturbing rise in teenage smoking this decade, a University of Georgia researcher is developing an intervention program for teens that she believes will prove successful where others have failed. But she'll take it one step at a time. Smoking by teens declined in the 1980s, but that trend has reversed in the 1990s. More than a third of high school students - 36.4 percent, up from 27.5 percent in 1991 - said they smoked cigarettes, according to a Centers for Disease Control study last year. But that doesn't mean teen smokers aren't trying to quit.
What the Study Found
 
 
 

Barnes Calls for Merit Bonuses, Phase Out of Teacher Tenure
Gov. Roy Barnes' new education reform plan would rely heavily on student testing and incentives for teachers to save Georgia's struggling schools.
New teachers would not receive the same job security as current teachers do, but they could receive as much as $2,000 in bonuses at schools that show strong improvement. Teachers in hard-to-fill areas such as math, science and foreign languages or who work in rural Georgia could be paid higher salaries and receive signing bonuses. Teachers in schools that fall below standards for three years could lose their jobs. Teachers also would be tested for basic competency in computers before being hired or recertified. 
* See full text of A-Plus Education Reform Act
* See Athens Daily News story
* See highlights of Barnes' Reform Plan
* See Webcast of Barnes' education reform address
* See reply by Carl Glickman
 

Tallman Wins Fulbright For Internet Courses in Botswana
Julie I. Tallman will use her experience in school librarianship and Internet-based education this fall to help a small, landlocked country near the southern tip of Africa develop ways to reach their widely scattered population areas.
Tallman has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for the 1999-2000 academic year to join faculty members at the University of Botswana in Gaborone in their efforts to establish library information services and Internet-based distance education courses.
 

Summit on School Violence
Early Intervention Key To Reducing Incidents
Three of the nation's top Safe School experts said that coordinated early intervention and more attention by educators to school safety and the mental health of students are the keys to reducing the number of violent incidents that have erupted in schools across the country over the past decade.
 
 

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Barnes Urges More Computers,
More Autonomy For Schools

Georgia schools should make better use of computers and be allowed more autonomy in their delivery of education, but they will also face more accountability, Gov. Roy Barnes said in Nov. 4 speech to College of Education students.
Although a report by a 63-member education reform commission appointed by Barnes is not due until Dec. 1, the governor made clear his opinion on what direction such reform should take to a mostly student crowd of more than 200 at a meeting of Kappa Delta Epsilon, an educational honor society, at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.

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200 Gather For Schneider Retirement Reception
About 200 friends and colleagues attended a retirement reception honoring Associate Dean Donald O. Schneider Nov. 29 at the Georgia Museum of Art. 
Schneider, who has been an outstanding teacher, scholar, administrator and leader at UGA's College of Education since 1968, will retire Dec. 31, 1999.
 
 
 

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Performing Art

Students of the UGA Ballet Ensemble, directed by Joan Buttram, associate professor of dance, recently presented a lecture-demonstration for several hundred enthusiasic middle-school students.

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1999 COE Faculty Awards

Three College of Education faculty members were presented faculty awards during the annual fall faculty meeting on Sept. 22. The recipients were: (L-R) Denise Glynn, Thomas Cooney and Deborah Tippins. Glynn, a professor of elementary education won the Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence; Cooney, a professor of math education won the Russell H. Yeany Award for Outstanding Cumulative Research; and Tippins, an associate professor in science and elementary education, won the Faculty Fellow Award.
 

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Castenell New COE Dean
Louis A. Castenell, who earned a reputation as a rising national star in higher education as dean at the University of Cincinnati College of Education, has been chosen to be new dean of UGA's College of Education.
Castenell has been dean of the Cincinnati education college since 1990. Previously he was dean of the graduate school of arts and sciences at Xavier University of Louisiana. (See related article College Bids Dean Yeany Fond Farewell and More coverage)
 

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UGA Ballet Ensemble Performance of La Bayadere

A performance by featured guest dancer Patrick Simonella of the internationally acclaimed Joffery Ballet of Chicago and fabulous costuming by Canadian designer Evan K. Ayotte highlighted the University of Georgia Ballet Ensemble's production of La Bayadere's Kingdom of the Shades and The Betrothal Celebration April 22-25.
 
 

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COE's Millennium Commission Unveils its Vision For Future

The UGA College of Education's Millennium Commission has forged a 21-page document that will serve as a blueprint to the college's future as a national and world leader in education.
Although the college is already one of the most highly recognized institutions in the nation, Dean Russell Yeany last year asked the commission of volunteer faculty, staff, retired faculty, alumni and students to envision its future by defining the college's core values and goals for the next quarter of a century.
 

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COE Professors Get
Schooled on Work World

More than two dozen University of Georgia education professors got some intensive on-the-job training recently thanks to several Athens businesses.
The faculty members spent three days in May touring Sun Trust Bank, Nakanishi Manufacturing Corp., Belk department store, Overhead Door of Georgia and Oliver Rubber, talking with workers and bosses about jobs and skills needed to perform them.
See related stories:
A New Model for Teacher Education
Scott Uses Contextual Learning Approach

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College of Education Moves Higher In National Rankings

Already in the top tier of graduate programs in education nationally, the COE moved from No. 19 to No. 18 in this year's U.S. News and World Report's annual guide, America's Best Graduate Schools. Four COE departments are in the top ten in the nation. See related articles in U.S. News and World Report and  UGA Today.

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COE's Ross Honored with Walter B. Hill Award

Sally Hudson Ross, an associate professor in language education, was one of five University of Georgia faculty members honored Monday with prestigious Walter B. Hill awards.
        The Hill award is the latest in honors for Ross who has been recognized across the state and nation for her work in public schools, her unique and powerful collaborations with teachers and her scholarly contributions which unite research, teaching and service in teacher education.

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COE Holds Sixth Annual Multicultural Conference

More than 250 faculty, staff and students attended the College of Education's sixth annual multicultural conference on April 7 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.
Carl Grant, one of the most prolific writers in the field of multicultural education and social justice, was the keynote speaker at the day-long event. In the picture above, two conference attendees discuss a COE multicultural research project that was featured during a poster session.

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UGA Prof Wins National Award
For Special Ed Leadership
Bill Swan, professor of educational leadership in the College of Education, has been selected to receive a prestigious national award honoring him for his work in the field of special education administration.
Swan was chosen as the recipient of the 1999 Harrie M. Selznick Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor bestowed by the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE), in recognition of his career-long leadership in the field. He is the first Georgian to win the award in its 14-year history. (3/12/99)

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Riley Wins National Award
For Outstanding Science Program
The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) awarded Joseph P. Riley, a professor of science education, with the 1999 Gustav Ohaus/National Science Teachers Association Award for Innovations in Elementary Science Teaching.
The award honors science teachers who have developed innovative programs in one of the following areas: new curriculum design, instructional methods or techniques, new approaches to laboratory activities, or other enhanced learning activity for students. Riley won for his innovative outreach program that helps elementary teachers improve science instruction.
 

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LD Center Hosts International
Adult Literacy Satellite Teleconference
An undiagnosed learning disability can make learning to read and write difficult, if not impossible, for adult literacy students. The ability of their teachers to identify learning disabilities and adapt teaching strategies is crucial to these students' success.
Noel Gregg, a professor of special education and director of The University of Georgia's Learning Disabilities Center will moderate two live, interactive satellite teleconferences over the next six weeks that will provide just such training.
Adult literacy and GED providers at nearly 800 sites in the U.S., Canada, British Columbia, Mexico and Puerto Rico are expected to downlink the programs that are being produced by the Ga. Center for Continuing Education in collaboration with the Public Broadcasting Service.

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Nominees Sought for Year 2000
Delta Prize for Global Understanding
Nominees are now being sought for the Year 2000 Delta Prize for Global Understanding - a new international prize recognizing efforts of individuals or groups to advance understanding and cooperation among cultures and nations.
Former President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter were chosen Feb. 24 as the recipients of the inaugural Delta Prize. The Carters will be honored at an April 27 award ceremony in Atlanta. An afternoon symposium addressing their personal efforts to further world peace as well the work done through The Carter Center at Emory University will precede the event.
Nominations for the second annual Delta Prize should be submitted by July 1, 1999.

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College Presidents Must Lead Effort 
to Improve Teacher Training, Education Chief Says

College and university presidents must play a greater role in making the improvement of teacher training a priority at their institutions, because that training is the most important issue facing public education, U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley said Tuesday, February 16  in his annual State of American Education Speech.
        Riley, speaking at California State University at Long Beach, outlined several programs that his department plans to start during the next year to foster the involvement of college leaders in improving teacher training. (February 16, 1999)

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Most New Teachers Consider Themselves Unprepared
U.S. Education Secretary Riley faults colleges & universities
Most new teachers consider themselves unprepared to meet many of the more recent demands of teaching in public schools, according to a report released by the National Center for Education Statistics, and U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley faulted the colleges and universities responsible for that lack of preparation. (January 28, 1999)

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Ga. Teacher of the Year Gives Lesson to Educators
Georgia's 1999 Teacher of the Year gave a group of instructors at Burney-Harris-Lyons Middle School some words of wisdom about education Thursday -- starting with ''once upon a time.'' Andy Baumgartner explained that the unusual introduction is necessary because it's the way he starts most of the stories he tells his kindergarten students at Augusta's A. Brian Merry Elementary School. Baumgartner graduated from UGA with a bachelor of science in education in speech and language pathology. 
See related articles:

• Georgia Teacher of the Year
• UGA grad named finalist for U.S. teacher of the year

(January 29, 1999)

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COE Inaugurates New Athletic Training Program
The inauguration of UGA's new athletic training education program and dedication of the Nova Care Athletic Training Research and Education Laboratory is scheduled for today (Tuesday, Jan. 26) in the Ramsey Center. Kent Falb, President of the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) and Head Athletic Trainer for the Detroit Lions will deliver the keynote address in Room 203-204 of the Ramsey Center at 7 p.m. (See related article: On Your Mark.)

Dean Search Committee Begins Screening
Members