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Two University of Georgia College of Education graduate students—Tobie Bass Trudeau and Lindy Johnson—received the 2013 Bulldog Vision Award for their work in creating an inaugural international conference in language literacy education.

Out of 692 student organizations on the UGA campus, one Bulldog Vision Award is given each year by the H. Gordon and Francis S. Davis Student Organization Achievement & Recognition (SOAR) Award program to a student or group that has demonstrated outstanding leadership and vision. The award recognizes a student or group that has helped their organization and community envision the future, identify paths to success, and implement their vision for the betterment of their organization and community.

Johnson, a third-year doctoral student from Provo, Utah, and Tobie Bass Trudeau, a second-year doctoral student from Columbus, both majoring in language and literacy education, were recognized for conceptualizing and creating the Journal of Language and Literacy Education (JoLLE)’s inaugural national conference last spring.

The pair focused the first JoLLE Conference on the theme of Activist Literacies. More than 120 people participated in the conference with presenters coming from Australia, Canada and across the United States. The conference was deliberately linked to community organizations and activists from outside the scholarly community, and included classroom teachers and K-12 students.

The two visionaries also collaborated to create the Spring issue of JoLLE. They reviewed submissions, designed and produced an online issue that represented and perpetuated the rich flow of ideas and interactions that happened during the 2013 JoLLE “Activist Literacies” Conference. The issue will be published in May and will feature three keynote speakers from the JoLLE Conference. It will also include reflections from practicing members of the local community and selected papers from the many breakout sessions at the conference.

Johnson taught high school English in Boston Public Schools before coming to UGA. Her research focuses on helping teachers integrate new media literacies into their classrooms. Currently, she serves as Principal Editor of JOLLE.

Trudeau served as co-conference chair at the JoLLE 2013 Spring Conference.

The award was presented at the group’s annual award dinner April 10.