A front-page story in the March 25 Athens Banner-Herald features Tom Koballa, who recently received the 2006 Outstanding Mentor Award from the Association for Science Teacher Education.

JoBeth Allen, professor of language and literacy education, and her highly successful writing retreat for doctoral students in the North Georgia mountains is featured in the March 21 Red and Black.

Michael Hannafin, professor and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Technology, was quoted in a story on students and high-tech advances in the March 12 Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Cecil Fore, an assistant professor of special education, is quoted in a March 10 Athens Banner-Herald story on a state Department of Education report that says Clarke County special ed teachers need more training.

Gwynn Powell , assistant professor of recreation and leisure studies, is quoted in a story on summer camps reaching out to kids abroad in the March 8 Newark (NJ) Star-Ledger.

Language and literacy education professor JoBeth Allen's retreat for doctoral students working on their dissertations is featured in the March 6 edition of Columns.


UGA's first annual Conference on Black Issues in Higher Education received extensive coverage on both the front and back pages in the February 20 issue of Columns, UGA's faculty staff newspaper.

Bryan McCullick, an associate professor of kinesiology, writes a forum article in the February 9 Athens Banner-Herald on the importance of time for exercise in public schools.

An article in the February 3 Centre (State College, PA) Daily mentions Jay Rojewski, professor and head of the workforce education, leadership and social foundations department, as co-editor of the book, Diversity in America: Visions of the Future -- Real Issues of Real People.