Four University of Georgia graduates have been recognized for their career achievements and community leadership with 2011 Distinguished Alumni Awards from the UGA College of Education at its annual Spring Celebration April 21 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.

Crystal Apple Award

Carsillo

Pamelia Carsillo, a retired art teacher from Kennesaw Mountain High School, received the 2011 Crystal Apple Award, an honor given to alumni in K-12 education who have made a significant impact on student, school or school district performance.

Carsillo (BFA ‘79, EdD ’96), of Kennesaw, was named 2010-11 Cobb County School District Secondary Art Teacher of the Year, 2006 Georgia Commission on the Holocaust Distinguished Educator of the Year, 2003 Fulbright Memorial Scholar to Japan, and 2002 Georgia Art Education Association Secondary Art Teacher of the Year. She earned National Board Certification in 2001.

Professional Achievement Awards

Lembeck

Bockman

Elizabeth (Betsy) Bernard Bockman, principal of Atlanta Public Schools’ Inman Middle School, and Emily Lembeck, superintendent of Marietta City Schools, received 2011 Professional Achievement Awards, given to alumni in the midpoint of their careers who have demonstrated significant achievements in their fields.

Bockman (MEd ’84, EdS ‘92), of Atlanta, was recognized for her strong and exceptional leadership as a principal. She received Outstanding Principal Honors from the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement in 2007 and 2008 and the Atlanta Families’ Principals Award for Excellence in Education in 2005.

Lembeck (EdD ‘95), of Marietta, has been a finalist for Georgia Superintendent of the Year for the past three years. She has served in the UGA College of Education’s  Education Policy Advisory Group since 2007 and participated in the Fulbright German-American Superintendent Seminar in 2004.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Fore

Robert Fore, associate dean for academic affairs and for continuing medical education and professor of internal medicine at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga, was recognized with the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding success and significant impact in his field.

Fore (EdD ’76), of Chattanooga, is also Emeritus Director of the Georgia Center for Oncology Research and Education.

Additional leadership positions that Fore has held include Associate Executive Director of the Florida Medical Association, Executive Editor of the Journal of the Florida Medical Association, and Associate Dean for Graduate & Continuing Medical Education and Professor of Medical Education at Mercer University School of Medicine.

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Dean Andy Horne (L) with professor and head of the Department of Elementary and Social Studies Education Ronald Butchart, winner of the 2011 Aderhold Distinguished Professor Award. COE Photo by Julie Sartor

The University of Georgia College of Education recognized several outstanding faculty members, an academic adviser and an Honors student at its annual Spring Celebration Luncheon April 21 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.

Aderhold Distinguished Professor

Ronald Butchart, professor and head of the department of elementary and social studies education, received the college’s highest honor when he was named the Aderhold Distinguished Professor for exemplary contributions in teaching, research and service.

Butchart is the author of Schooling the Freed People: Teaching, Learning, and the Struggle for Black Freedom, 1861-1876, published in 2010. The book is a result of a three-year study he began in 2006 with a $318,775 grant from the Spencer Foundation.  Butchart scoured the archives of all of the freedmen’s aid organizations, as well as the archives of every Southern state, to compile a vast database of over 11,600 individuals who taught in Southern black schools between 1861-76.

Butchart has an adjunct faculty appointment in the UGA department of history and is an affiliate of the UGA Institute for African American Studies.

The Aderhold Distinguished Professor holds the title for one academic year and receives discretionary funds for one year, a one-time cash award, or a combination of the two. Only professors with five years or more on the UGA faculty are eligible.

Other faculty awards included:

Jones

Ira Aaron Award for Teaching Excellence

Stephanie Jones, an associate professor in the department of elementary and social studies education, received the Ira E. Aaron Award for Teaching Excellence and Collegiality. Only full-time tenured faculty members are eligible for this award. The awardee receives an instructional grant.

Allen

Carl Glickman Faculty Fellow

Lewis Allen, an academic professional in the department of elementary and social studies education, received the Carl Glickman Faculty Fellow Award, which recognizes distinguished accomplishments and potential for future contributions of faculty in fulfilling the mission of the university through teaching, research and service. Awardees receive a cash award and a grant for professional development.

Oliver

Russell H. Yeany, Jr., Research Award

J. Steve Oliver, professor and associate head of the department of mathematics and science education, received the Russell H. Yeany, Jr., Research Award, which recognizes a tenure-track faculty member’s outstanding cumulative research. It includes a cash award and a grant for professional development.

Chepyator-Thomson

Faculty Diversity Award

Jepkorir (Rose) Chepyator-Thomson, a professor in the department of kinesiology, received the Faculty Diversity Award.  This award recognizes faculty members whose research, teaching and/or service promotes a more diverse local, university and/or global community.  It includes a cash award.

Tolley

Donald O. Schneider Award for Mentoring

Beth Tolley, a lecturer in the department of elementary and social studies education, received the Donald O. Schneider Award for Mentoring. This award recognizes excellence in mentoring of University of Georgia students. Awardees receive an allowance for professional travel or development.

Samuelsen

D. Keith Osborn Award for Teaching Excellence

Karen Samuelsen, an assistant professor in the department of educational psychology and instructional technology, received the Faculty Senate D. Keith Osborn Award for Teaching Excellence. Awardees receive an instructional grant.

Carr

Others recognized at the luncheon were:

Martha Carr, Aderhold Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology, and Research Fellow of the UGA Institute of Behavioral Research, who received UGA’s William A. Owens Creative Research Award. (See video of Carr talking about her research.)

Smagorinsky

Peter Smagorinsky, a professor of language and literacy education, who was named a UGA Distinguished Research Professor. (See article on OVPR site)

Campbell

Jonathan Campbell, an associate professor in the department of educational psychology and instructional technology, who received the Outstanding Teaching Award for the university’s Honors Day on April 13.

Carter

Priscilla Carter, an academic advisor in the department of kinesiology, who was named the college’s Outstanding Undergraduate Academic Advisor. The awardee receives a cash award.

Parker

Rebecca Parker, of the department of kinesiology, who received the Outstanding Honors Student in the College of Education Award. The award includes a membership to a professional organization or a journal subscription. Parker was honored at the Honors Banquet on April 13.

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University of Georgia education professor Laura Bierema has published the first book on organization development theory and practice from a critical feminist perspective.

The book titled, Implementing a Critical Approach to Organization Development, is aimed at educators and human resource development professionals who are implementing change on individual, group and organization levels.

“The book adopts a critical perspective that attempts to hold the tensions of doing change work in the midst of competing goals, values and intentions in the foreground,” said Bierema, a professor of adult education/ human resource and organizational development in the College of Education.

The book also is the first organization development book written specifically for professionals that provides a “Critical Action Research Model” through a range of interventions and strategies.

Bierema

The text is the most recent title in the Professional Practices Series from Krieger Publishing Co. The series provides information and strategies on how to make practice more effective for professionals and those they serve. Books are written from a practical viewpoint and provide a forum for instructors, administrators, policymakers, counselors, trainers, instructional designers and other related professionals.

Bierma’s book provides an introduction to organization development theory and practice and addresses the inherent challenges in mitigating competing interests in the process.  It argues that the world is in trouble, and prevailing organization practices are creating more debt, exploiting workers, disenfranchising marginalized groups, polluting the world, exploiting natural resources, perpetuating wars and deepening poverty.  The book provides a framework and strategies for those committed to practicing responsible organization development that challenges the system, promotes equity and improves the status quo.

Bierema joined the UGA faculty in 2000. She received her doctorate in adult education from UGA, and a master’s degree in labor and industrial relations and a bachelor’s degree in human relations, both from Michigan State University.

For more information about Bierma and the College of Education, see www.coe.uga.edu.

Smagorinsky

Two University of Georgia College of Education faculty members and two graduate students were nationally recognized for their work by the American Educational Research Association at its annual meeting in New Orleans earlier this month.

Peter Smagorinsky, a UGA Distinguished Research Professor of English Education, was selected as an Outstanding Reviewer for his work in 2010 for the Review of Educational Research.

Smagorinsky has been recognized often during his prolific career for his work not only in reviewing, but also for his research, publications and teaching.

Earlier this year, he received the 2011 SAGE Citation for Excellence in Reviewing for his work on behalf of the journal, Written Communication. He previously received the Outstanding Reviewer Award three times from the AERA (2006-08) for his work in the Educational Researcher and was named an AERA Fellow in 2010.

McCullick

Bryan McCullick, a professor of physical education, has been elected to serve as Chair-Elect of the Research on Learning and Instruction in Physical Education special interest group. His three-year term begins this year.

McCullick, graduate coordinator of UGA’s health and physical education teacher education program, was one of only three scholars to serve on a prestigious National Association for Sport and Physical Education committee which made recommendations on changes in master’s programs for physical education teachers across the nation, based on current research on outcome-based education.

Porcaro

David Porcaro, a Ph.D. candidate in the Learning, Design and Technology program, received the Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award for his dissertation titled, “Omani Undergraduate Student Reactions to Collaborative Knowledge Building: A Design Research Study.”   He received a certificate and a $300 award.

Schmeichel

Mardi Schmeichel, a doctoral candidate in social studies education, was honored with the Outstanding Graduate Student paper by the Research in Social Studies Education special interest group. She was recognized for her paper titled, “Feminism, Neoliberalism, & Social Studies,” which was published in the Winter 2011 edition of Theory and Research in Social Education. The paper examines the ways in which women and feminism were described and positioned in a social studies education magazine from the 1980s. She received a $500 scholarship towards her AERA travel expenses.

Lewis

UGA Chapel

John Lewis, a U.S. representative and civil rights activist, will deliver the 2011 Mary Frances Early Lecture on April 19 at 4 p.m. in the University of Georgia Chapel. The 11th annual lecture honors Mary Frances Early, the first African-American to earn a degree from UGA, and her legacy at UGA.

“We are truly honored to have Congressman Lewis speak at this year’s Mary Frances Early Lecture,” said Maureen Grasso, dean of the UGA Graduate School. “His life-long commitment to diversity and achieving equality for all people continues to inspire our work today.”

Lewis first rose to prominence as a civil rights leader in the 1960s. Since then, he has worked in public service at both the state and national level for more than 30 years.

Since 1987, Lewis has represented Georgia’s 5th Congressional District, an area that includes Atlanta, in the U.S. House of Representatives. He serves on the Committee on Ways and Means and two of its subcommittees, the Subcommittee on Oversight and the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

Motivated by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Lewis became extensively involved in the civil rights movement during his twenties. In 1963, he was named the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a prominent civil rights organization, and planned lunch sit-ins, non-violent protests, and voter registration drives.

Lewis quickly turned into a national figure when he spoke alongside King at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. He was only 23-years-old at the time.

Two years later in an event deemed “Bloody Sunday,” Lewis led a group of 600 protestors from Selma to Montgomery, Ala. to demonstrate the need for equal voting rights. While crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, state police attacked Lewis and the protesters. Television coverage and images from the violent confrontation helped sway public opinion onto the side of the civil rights activists and advance the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Every year on March 7, Lewis commemorates the march’s anniversary by returning to the Edmund Pettus Bridge.

The Mary Frances Early Lecture was established in 2001 by Graduate and Professional Scholars, a minority graduate and professional student organization at UGA. The Graduate School assumed responsibility for the lecture series in 2010, working in partnership with GAPS to institutionalize it as part of UGA campus life.

The annual lecture recognizes Mary Frances Early’s dedication toward making UGA an institution of higher learning for all people. The lecture strives to demonstrate the progress that has been made in achieving her vision and identifies the work that remains to be done.

Mary Frances Early began her graduate study in 1961 in support of the first African-American undergraduates who enrolled at UGA. She graduated a year later with a master’s degree in music education.

For more information on the Mary Frances Early Lecture or the Graduate School, see http://www.grad.uga.edu/ or contact Judy Milton at 706/425-2953 or jmilton@uga.edu.

Morehead

G-5 Aderhold Hall
Jere Morehead, UGA’s senior vice president for academic affairs and provost will meet with College of Education faculty to discuss the state of UGA and answer questions.

UGA education students Sallie Holloway (L) and Will Hearn work on the wireless networkcomputer system at the Athens Nurses Clinic

In a shining example of service learning, a team of four students in a University of Georgia education class recently designed and implemented a wireless network system for the Athens Nurses Clinic (ANC) that now allows medical practitioners to share information about the clinic’s patients more rapidly and efficiently.

The project began when Paul Matthews, assistant director of UGA’s Office of Service Learning, asked College of Education assistant professor and faculty of engineering member Mativo if he would like for his class, Network Design and Administration for Workforce Education, to participate in a service learning project to help HandsOn Northeast Georgia. There were several needs identified but the one that best fit the course was the ANC project.

The ANC, one of only four free clinics in Northeast Georgia, has been providing free health care to the homeless and low-income uninsured residents in the Athens area since 1991. The clinic sees about 2,000 patients a year.

UGA students in John Mativo's Network Design and Administration for Workforce Education (L-R, standing) Sallie Holloway, Felisters Kiprono, Will Hearn. Seated: Eric Howell.

Everett Long, a UGA doctoral student in public health who works as ANC project director, was invited to Mativo’s class to explain about the needs of the clinic. The clinic had no networking system to allow medical practitioners to access and share patient records quickly and efficiently.

The task, therefore, was to design and implement a computer system so the clinic could begin to use a Medical Records System that was provided for them in a grant.

The UGA team—a mix of undergraduate and graduate students— which included Sallie Holloway, Felisters Kiprono, Will Hearn and Eric Howell, visited the clinic and analyzed what was needed.  Throughout the project, they consulted with both Long and Paige Cummings, the clinic manager.

The team considered alternative systems versus clinic needs.  The course materials together with student enthusiasm and knowledge helped guide the development of the network design. After only two months, the team presented the final design to the ANC and after its approval, recommended computers were purchased and the team implemented a wireless network.

The hardest part of the network design was in the selection of the hardware, group members said. Even though the clinic had been awarded a substantial grant, the design and the selection of hardware had to adequately support the operation and allow for scaling while being cost effective. In addition, they had to consider ongoing support of the network system. If the clinic could not maintain the system it would not be effective for long-term operations.

Mativo

The class (EBUS 5080/7080) is open for anyone at the university. “I have students from computer science and from the College of Business who take it also,” said Mativo, an instructor in the college’s department of workforce education, leadership and social foundations.

The ANC is located at 496 Reese St. It is a nurse practitioner-based family practice clinic. Patient visits, lab test, medications and personal hygiene kits are provided free. Acute care walk-in and first-time patients are seen at 8 a.m. Appointments begin at 9 a.m. The clinic is open four days a week, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. It is also open on designated Fridays for dental care.

“This project is an example of cooperation between the community and UGA towards bettering lives of its citizens,” said Mativo.

For more on the clinic, visit:
www.athensnursesclinic.org

In a shining example of service learning, a team of four students in a University of Georgia education class recently designed and implemented a wireless network system for the Athens Nurses Clinic (ANC) that now allows medical practitioners to share information about the clinic’s patients more rapidly and efficiently.

UGA students in John Mativo’s Network Design and Administration for Workforce Education (L-R, standing) Sallie Holloway, Felisters Kiprono, Will Hearn. Seated: Eric Howell.

The project began when Paul Matthews, assistant director of UGA’s Office of Service Learning, asked College of Education assistant professor and faculty of engineering member John Mativo if he would like for his class, Network Design and Administration for Workforce Education, to participate in a service learning project to help HandsOn Northeast Georgia. There were several needs identified but the one that best fit the course was the ANC project.

The ANC, one of only four free clinics in Northeast Georgia, has been providing free health care to the homeless and low-income uninsured residents in the Athens area since 1991. The clinic sees about 2,000 patients a year.

Everett Long, a UGA doctoral student in public health who works as ANC project director, was invited to Mativo’s class to explain about the needs of the clinic. The clinic had no networking system to allow medical practitioners to access and share patient records quickly and efficiently.

The task, therefore, was to design and implement a computer system so the clinic could begin to use a Medical Records System that was provided for them in a grant.

The UGA team—a mix of undergraduate and graduate students— which included Sallie Holloway, Felisters Kiprono, Will Hearn and Eric Howell, visited the clinic and analyzed what was needed.  Throughout the project, they consulted with both Long and Paige Cummings, the clinic manager.

The team considered alternative systems versus clinic needs.  The course materials together with student enthusiasm and knowledge helped guide the development of the network design. After only two months, the team presented the final design to the ANC and after its approval, recommended computers were purchased and the team implemented a wireless network.

The hardest part of the network design was in the selection of the hardware, group members said. Even though the clinic had been awarded a substantial grant, the design and the selection of hardware had to adequately support the operation and allow for scaling while being cost effective. In addition, they had to consider ongoing support of the network system. If the clinic could not maintain the system it would not be effective for long-term operations.

Mativo

The class (EBUS 5080/7080) is open for anyone at the university. “I have students from computer science and from the College of Business who take it also,” said Mativo, an instructor in the college’s department of workforce education, leadership and social foundations.

The ANC is located at 496 Reese St. It is a nurse practitioner-based family practice clinic. Patient visits, lab test, medications and personal hygiene kits are provided free. Acute care walk-in and first-time patients are seen at 8 a.m. Appointments begin at 9 a.m. The clinic is open four days a week, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. It is also open on designated Fridays for dental care.

“This project is an example of cooperation between the community and UGA towards bettering lives of its citizens,” said Mativo.

For more on the clinic, visit:
www.athensnursesclinic.org