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September 25th , 2013

·         School Psychology doctoral student, Tori Foster, selected by SPY faculty to receive the McBee Award, presented by the Athens Area Psychological Association.

o   “Many years ago when Louise McBee retired from the legislature AAPA decided to honor her long and distinguished service to UGA, the field of psychology, and women in the profession, by establishing a modest monetary award to a female representative of each of the psychology training programs at UGA.  These three young women will be recognized and given their gift at the annual legislative breakfast on December 6. It is the hope of AAPA that each student can use the gift to help support her research or professional development.”

September 18th 2013

  • Associate Professor and Coordinator of the School Psychology Program, Dr. Amy Reschly, co-authored a paper on grade retention which appeared in the Journal of School Psychology. The paper summarizes history of grade retention, offers solutions to the practice, and relates the construct to her work in student engagement. Interest in the paper from the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC) offered Dr. Reschly an opportunity to share her research with a larger community interested in the grade retention issue. This AJC piece can be found at  http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/get-schooled/2013/aug/07/uga-researcher-our-choices-are-not-only-retention-/

August 27th, 2013

  • Dr. Michele Lease awarded Distinguished Research Mentor Award.
    • “This award is in recognition of your significant experience providing research mentoring for doctoral students and your on-going active engagement in apprenticeship relationships. The Distinguished Research Mentors will provide the College of Education a community of practice and leadership for the engagement in scholarship around the topic of doctoral research mentorship and future doctoral education preparation.”—Excerpt from award letter from the COE Dean’s Office.
  • Dr. Laura Lu inducted into the CTL Lilly Teaching Fellows Program.
    • “At its core, the CTL Lilly Teaching Fellows Program strives to improve the university’s instructional mission. Through its support of new tenure-track faculty, the program seeks to provide Lilly Fellows with opportunities to strengthen their teaching skills and develop their ability to appropriately balance teaching with the research and service roles required by a research university…While building on the instructional skills and interests of a new faculty, the program also builds a strong, unique network of instructors who show passionate support for the program even after their term has ended.”—Excerpt from The University of Georgia Columns—August 26, 2013

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