Georgia
Governor Zell Miller -- known nationally as "the education governor" returns
to his alma mater, the University of Georgia, as a Distinguished Professor
of Higher Education and the first holder of the Philip H. Alston Jr. Chair
after his term of office ends in January, 1999.
February 4, 1999
New
Year Brings Administrative Changes
A new Associate Dean
and a new School Director mark a series of key leadership changes in the
College effective Jan. 1, 1999. On that date, Sylvia M. Hutchinson moved
from the position of Associate Dean of the College, the latest in a series
of leadership roles for her, to accept a new post with UGA's Institute
of Higher Education. Donald O. Schneider, director of the School of Teacher
Education, was named interim associate dean to replace Hutchinson.
(See
related article: AssociateDean
Hutchinson Moves to Institute of Higher Education.)
Associate
Dean Hutchinson Moves to Institute of Higher Education
Effective January 1, 1999, Sylvia M.
Hutchinson resigned from the position of Associate Dean of the College,
the latest in a series of leadership roles for her, to accept a new post
with UGA's Institute of Higher Education.
New
Year Brings Administrative Changes
A new Associate Dean and a new School
Director mark a series of key leadership changesin the College effective
Jan. 1, 1999. On that date, Sylvia M. Hutchinson moved from the position
of Associate Dean of the College, the latest in a series of leadership
roles for her, to accept a new post with UGA's Institute of Higher Education.
Donald O. Schneider, director of the School of Teacher Education, was named
interim associate dean to replace Hutchinson.
(See
related article:Associate
Dean Hutchinson Moves to Institute of Higher Education.)
Torrance Center
Announces Spring Challenge Explosions
- The College's Torrance Center for Creative Studies is calling all four
year old through 8th grade student challengers to their art and science
workshops to be held in Aderhold Hall on Saturday, March 20 and Saturday,
April 10. Deadline for applications is Wednesday, March 3, 1999.
"Learning
Culture in Botswana and Malaysia: Telling Our Stories"
Fulbright assignments
in Botswana and Malaysia offered Michelle Commeyras and Sharan Merriam
an opportunity to learn to live in new ways in relation to time, information,
community and space
Promotion
& Tenure Workshops
Workshops for faculty who may go up
for tenure, promotion, or both will be coming up in February.
February 4, 1999
Using
Word and WordPerfect to Create Web Pages
A seminar and demonstration by Greg Ashley, UCNS. Thursday, February
4, 12:30, Room 275 Journalism. If you want to learn how to use these
word processing packages to create Web pages or if you have questions.
January 29, 1999
Georgia
Teacher of the Year,
Andy Baumgartner, will be speaking to Phi Delta Kappa on Thursday, January
28 at the Georgia Center. (See related article UGA
grad named finalist for U.S. teacher of the year.)
January 26, 1999
MCTF
Seminar Focuses on 1960s Baseball Star
Michael Lomax, assistant professor of P.E. and Sports Studies, will make
a presentation analyzing 1960s baseball star Curt Flood's quest for equal
opportunity to compete within organized baseball and American society.
The presentation will be made at 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at G-23
Aderhold.
January 26, 1999
Your
Web Class, Is it really interactive?
A live internet webcast from the great state of Texas.
- Many examples
of online interactivity
- Discussion of
what actually constitutes interactivity; does it increase learning?
- Evaluating and
assessing your interactive components
Jan. 26, 1999, 2:30pm-4:00pm
(Eastern Time). Check out their faculty
page.
January 22, 1999
Dr.
Martin Luther King Holiday Events
Campus activities scheduled Jan. 14-22 for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Holiday Celebration.
January 10, 1999
Aging
and Performance Lab to Host Open House Jan. 10
Researchers in the Ramsey Center-based
Human Performance Aging and Physical Performance Laboratory are seeking
participants for a new research study and will host an Open House on Sunday,
Jan. 10 from 2-4 p.m.
C. Thomas Holmes, head of the department
of educational leadership, was quoted on the front page of the Jan. 22
issue of the New
York Times in an article on social promotion that was alsopicked up
by The International Heralde newspaper in France.
John Dayton, associate professor
of educational leadership, was quoted in a Jan. 11 Associated Press article
on a sexual harassment case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. (See
the whole article.)
Michael Hannafin,
director of the COE's Learning and Performance Support Laboratory is quoted
in the current issue of Wired
Magazine in a story about computers designed
for and marketed to preschoolers.
Cool Stuff
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.
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 tole 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.
On the Wire
States
Not Holding Schools Accountable Most
states have yet to follow through on threats to get tough about results,
according to Education Week survey.
Hot Topics
Portch
Proposes Online Degree ProgramOnline
bachelor's and master's degrees to be aimed at students who dropped out
of college.
Ross
to Receive Walter B. Hill Award
Sally Hudson Ross to receive 1999 Walter
B. Hill Award for Public Service and Outreach.
UGA
Prof Named GA Special Ed Leader of Year
G-CASE honors Bill Swan, professor
of educational leadership, with their highest award for his self-less time
and work with special education administrators throughout the state. But
schoolchildren in Georgia and throughout the nation may be the ones who
benefit most from all of his hard work.
Teachers
Putting InTech Training to Use in Classroom
Clarke County teachers say that Georgia's
13 technology instruction centers are making a big difference in how they
are using computers the state has so heavily invested in throughout its
public schools.
Millenium
Commission Envisions The Next Century
College aims
for the 'next great college of education'
UGA’s College
of Education is undertaking a grassroots effort to redefine its vision,
mission and goals for the beginning of the next century. There are no state
or federal requirements forcing this reconsideration--the college is simply
determining, through a broad-based ratification process, what it wants
to be.
COE
Ranks High Nationally
Again this year, graduate programs
of the College of Education have ranked among the best in the nation, according
to U.S. News and World Report magazine.
COE
Faculty / Staff Excellence Recognized
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.
Regional
Electronic Campus Now On-Line
Fall semester marked another historic
development in education in the southeast. The Southern Regional Education
Board (SREB), the official accrediting organization of which the State
of Georgia is a member, began full operation of its Southern Regional Electronic
Campus (SREC) on the World Wide Web.
Research
Targets Teen Smoking
As a national debate continues on how
to reduce adolescent tobacco use, a study being conducted by College of
Education researchers this fall aims to provide important new information
that will be used to develop a program to help teens kick the harmful habit.
Show Me
the Money
Grants,
assistantships, scholarships, stipends, notices & deadlines.
Awards,
Honors
Harrington
Addresses NAPEHE Conference Wilma
Harrington delivered the 33rd Amy Morris Homans lecture Jan. 8 at the annual
conference of the National Association For Physical Education in
Higher Education in San Diego, Calif.
January 21, 1999
D.
Keith Osborn Faculty Senate Teaching Award, &
Outstanding
Teaching Award (Honor's Day)
Thursday, January 21 is the deadline
for all nominations for two teaching awards:
The
Lighter Side
January 11, 1999
STUDLY
SCIENTISTS SOUGHT - STUDMUFFINS OF SCIENCE
The call has gone out for auditions
for the Studmuffins of Science calendar for Y2K. Karen Hopkin reports that
she is "looking to stage a promotional event in conjunction with the AAAS
meeting in Anaheim later this month . . .
