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College of Education faculty members Elaine Adams and Jimmy Williamson were named 2013 Educators of the Year for their respective divisions at the Georgia Association for Career & Technical Education Annual Summer Conference.

University of Georgia College of Education faculty members Elaine Adams and Jimmy Williamson were named 2013 Educators of the Year for their respective divisions at the Georgia Association for Career & Technical Education Annual Summer Conference.

Adams, an associate professor in the department of career and information studies, was recognized as Georgia Marketing Education Association’s Educator of the Year.

Adams teaches instructional strategies, assessment, human resource applications, and community and work-based learning. Her research focuses on pre-service and in-service teacher development, instructional strategies and academic community learning. Adams received her Ph.D. in vocational and technical education from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She joined the UGA faculty in 1996.

Williamson (BS ‘86, MEd ‘90, PhD ‘99), an academic professional associate in the department of career and information studies, was recognized as the Georgia Health Science Technology Association’s Educator of the Year.

Williamson teaches and administers the College’s alternative teacher certification program. This program serves career professionals that are transitioning to teaching Career and Technical Education in grades 7-12. Williamson received his Ph.D. in instructional technology from UGA. He joined the UGA faculty in 2001.

The awards recognize career and technical educators who provide significant contributions to professional associations and career and technical education programs for youth and adults.

The two UGA faculty members were among 23 career and technical educators honored during the July 2013 conference in Atlanta.

The article titled, “Teacher beliefs and technology integration,” was published in the January 2013 issue.  Co-authors included Min Kyu Kim (PhD ’12), Chianjug Lee (PhD ’13), recent doctoral graduates in career and information studies; Karen Demeester, director of the Program Evaluation Group, all in the UGA College of Education; and  J. Michael Spector, a professor of learning technologies at the University of North Texas.

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Each of the Summer 2013 Innovative Instruction Faculty Grants provides $5,000 for faculty to improve teaching and learning through innovative instructional projects, such as redesign of course curricula and materials, integration of new techniques or pedagogical strategies for a course, or exploration of a new instructional technique. The projects also focus on faculty improving instruction in high-demand courses (large lecture classes, courses involving multiple sections, general education courses, etc.), as well as those that integrate instructional technology.

“This is the second year these instruction grants have been funded to faculty, and once again, the selection process was extremely difficult, due in large part to the overwhelming number of submissions and the overall quality of the proposals,” said Laura Jolly, vice president for instruction. “This year’s submissions demonstrated further interest in technology to enhance the student learning experience, as well as interests in supporting current campus initiatives. This is strong evidence of the faculty’s commitment to improving teaching and learning and expanding beyond traditional instruction methods.”

Each of the 92 proposals was reviewed by three faculty members outside the college from which the proposals were submitted. The 26 projects, which included 40 faculty across the university, receiving grants were:

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  Emuel Aldridge, New Media Institute, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication: “Coding and Merit Badges: New Components for NMIX 4110 (New Media Production)”

• Charles Byrd, Germanic and Slavic Studies, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences: “Integrating Student Videography and eLC-New in Elementary Russian I and II”
• Ike Choi, career and Information Studies, College of Education: “Developing A Mobile Peer Evaluation Tool for Any Classroom”
• Christy Desmet, Ron Balthazor and Sara Steger, English, Franklin College: “Digital Barn Raising for a Peer Review Platform”
• Ellen Evans, kinesiology, College of Education: “KINS 2500:  Exercise Is Medicine: A General Education Course Proposal”
• Kamal Gandhi, forest biology, Warnell School of Forest Resources: “Enhancing & Digitizing the Forest Pest and Pathogen Collection at UGA”
• Jennifer Gay, health promotion and behavior, College of Public Health; and Laurel Murrow, GRU/UGA Medical Partnership: “Bridging the Gap between Public Health and Medical Education at UGA”
• Allison Haley, Simon Platt and Marc Kent, small animal medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine: “Development of an Internet Based, Interactive Canine Neurology Teaching Model”
• Kelsey A. Hart, James N. Moore, large animal medicine; Robert M. Gogal, Veterinary Biosciences and Diagnostic Imaging; Ira G. Roth, small animal medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Sun Joo (Grace) Ahn, advertising/public relations, Grady College: “Interactive Tools for Enhancing Instruction of Veterinary Diagnostic Skills”
• DeLoris Wenzel Hesse, cellular biology, Franklin College: “Improving Assessment Techniques for a Large Enrollment Human Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory Class”
• Mary Hondalus and Sreekumari Rajeev, infectious diseases; Brad Gilleland and Chris Herron, Educational Resources Center, College of Veterinary Medicine: “Incorporation of Computer Animated and Interactive Laboratory Learning Modules and Clinical Case Workup for Enhancement of Veterinary Student Engagement and Retention of Veterinary Microbiology”
• Shelley Hooks, pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences, College of Pharmacy: “Active Learning and Assessment in Pharmacology Instruction”
• Imi Hwangbo, sculpture, Lamar Dodd School of Art: “A New Model for Technology in the Art Foundations Classroom”
• Sonia Janis and Mardi Schmeichel, educational theory and practice, College of Education: “Learning to Teach Social Studies in Authentic Settings”
• Kyle Johnsen and Hillary Tanner, College of Engineering: “Mobile Immersive Learning Environments for Engineering”
• Nadia Kellam, College of Engineering: “3D Printing and Maker Learning Communities in the First Year Mechanical Engineering Program: Encouraging Retention and Professional Identity Development”
• Fanbin Kong, food science and technology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences: “Using Flipped Learning to Improve Food Engineering Course at the University of Georgia”
• Paula P. Lemons, biochemistry and molecular biology, Franklin College: “Reinvigorating BCMB 3100 with Case Studies and Flipped Class Sessions”
• Richard Morrison, organic chemistry, Franklin College: “Development of a Library of Guided-Inquiry Clicker Exercises for Sophomore Organic Chemistry”
• Marisa Anne Pagnattaro, legal studies, Terry College of Business: “Apple Inc.’s Global Business Strategies: Balancing Law, Ethics and Human Rights”
• Julie Velásquez Runk, anthropology, Franklin College: “Fostering Interaction, Local Engagement, and Diverse Perspectives in ANTH 3541 Anthropology of Eating”
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  Kristin Sayeski, communication sciences and special education, College of Education: “Addressing Dyslexia: Instructional Strategies for Teaching Reading”

• Janice Simon, art history, Lamar Dodd School of Art: “American Art and the Environmental View”
• Alan E. Stewart, counseling and human development, College of Education; and John Knox, geography, Franklin College: “Collaborative Research in Atmospheric Science: Probability Forecasting—Perception of the Probability of Precipitation”
• Brock Tessman, international affairs, School of Public and International Affairs: “Creating Conversations Outside the Classroom: A Cloud-based, Multimedia, Student-led Approach”
• Zion Tsz-Ho Tse and William Kisaalita, College of Engineering: “Do-It-Yourself Approach for Learning Engineering Physiology.”

The conference will focus on how schools systems can use the system for blended and online learning of Common Core standards.

A one-day interactive conference designed to enhance participants’ understanding of Moodle, a free learning management system, and how school systems can use it for a variety of learning purposes, will be hosted by the University of Georgia College of Education on Friday, July 19 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education.

The Southeast Moodle Mini Moot Learning Management System for K-12 Conference, which will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., will focus on how schools systems can use the system for blended and online learning of Common Core standards, organizing a 1:1 initiative or flipping a classroom.

Area school administrators, curriculum directors, technology coordinators and teachers are encouraged to attend this conference to learn practical, personal perspectives on how to initiate, implement and maintain Moodle for a variety of purposes and audiences.

Session topics will include:

• Introduction to Moodle
• Installing, updating, and backing up
• Site, category, and course organization
• K-12 innovative uses
• Professional development

Speakers for this conference include:

• David Millians, Moodle Administrator and technical support specialist in the UGA Educational Technology Center, based in the College of Education;
• Moodle PD providers
• K-12 Moodle users

Registration cost for the conference is $125 which includes conference materials, two refreshment breaks, lunch and a parking pass. Registration deadline is July 5. The conference is sponsored by the UGA Educational Technology Center.

For more information and to register, visit: www.coe.uga.edu/events.

Cornileus

Tonya Cornileus (PhD ’10, M.Ed. ’04), vice president of learning and organizational development at ESPN, was featured in the March 2013 issue of Chief Learning Officer magazine.

Cornileus is responsible for the global learning, talent management and organizational development strategies for ESPN employees around the world. She also serves as an advisor to senior management at ESPN on all matters pertaining to organizational development.

She earned her doctorate in Adult Education/HR & Organizational Development and her master’s degree  in Human Resources and Organizational Development, both at the University of Georgia.

Cornileus will be doing an interactive video conference at Atlanta’s Organizational Change Alliance on May 18 titled, “Establishing an OD Practice at ESPN.”

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“Race, Place and Health:  Tackling the Fundamental Causes of Disparities”

David R. Williams, internationally recognized as a leading social scientist focused on social influences on health, will speak as part of the Race, Class, Place and Outcomes Speaker Series at the University of Georgia.

Williams is the Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health and professor of African and African-American Studies and of sociology at Harvard University.

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David R. Williams, internationally recognized as a leading social scientist focused on social influences on health, will speak on Monday, March 18 as part of the Race, Class, Place and Outcomes Speaker Series at the University of Georgia.

Williams, the Florence Sprague Norman and Laura Smart Norman Professor of Public Health and professor of African and African-American Studies and of sociology at Harvard University, will deliver a talk titled, “Race, Place and Health:  Tackling the Fundamental Causes of Disparities,” from 1:30-3 p.m. in Room 250 of the Miller Student Learning Center.

Before coming to Harvard, Williams was the Harold Cruse Collegiate Professor of Sociology, a Senior Research Scientist at the Institute of Social Research and a professor of epidemiology in the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health. He began his academic career as a faculty member at Yale University where he held appointments in both sociology and public health for six years.

Williams holds an MPH degree from Loma Linda University and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan.

He is internationally recognized for his research which has enhanced the understanding of the complex ways in which race, racial discrimination, socioeconomic status and religious involvement can affect physical and mental health. The Everyday Discrimination scale that he developed is currently one of the most widely used measures to assess perceived discrimination in health studies.

He is the author of more than 250 scholarly papers in scientific journals and edited collections and his research has appeared in leading journals in sociology, psychology, medicine, public health and epidemiology. He has served on the editorial board of 12 scientific journals and as a reviewer for over 60 journals. According to ISI Essential Science Indicators, he was one of the Top 10 Most Cited Researchers in the Social Sciences during the decade 1995 to 2005. The Journal of Black Issues in Higher Education, ranked him as the Most Cited Black Scholar in the Social Sciences in 2008.

He was elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007. He received one of the inaugural Decade of Behavior Research Awards, and was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences in 2001.

Williams has been involved in the development of health policy at the national level in the U.S. He has served on the Department of Health and Human Services’ National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics and on seven committees for the Institute of Medicine including the committee that prepared the Unequal Treatment report. He has held elected and appointed positions in professional organizations, such as the American Sociological Association, the American Public Health Association, and Academy Health. He also served as a member of the MacArthur Foundation’s Research Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health. Williams has also played a visible, national leadership role in raising awareness levels of the problem of health disparities and identifying interventions to address them. From 2007 through December 2009, he served as the staff director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Commission to Build a Healthier America. This national, independent and nonpartisan health commission was focused on identifying evidence-based non-medical strategies that can improve the health of all Americans and reduce racial and socioeconomic gaps in health.

With funding from the National Institutes of Health and the sponsorship of the World Health Organization, Williams directed the South African Stress and Health Study, the first nationally representative study of the prevalence and correlates of psychiatric disorders in sub-Sahara Africa. This study assessed the effects of HIV/AIDS, exposure to racial discrimination and torture during apartheid, on the health of the South African population. He was also a key member of the team that conducted the National Study of American Life, the largest study of mental health disorders in the African-American population in the U.S. and the first health study to include a large national sample of blacks of Caribbean ancestry. Currently, he directs the Lung Cancer Disparities Center at HSPH, one of 10 Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Williams has appeared on national television, including ABC’s Evening News, CNN, PBS, C-SPAN and the Discovery Channel. His research has been featured or he has been quoted in the national print media including the New York Times, Time, Newsweek, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Jet and USA Today. He was also a key scientific advisor to the award-winning PBS film series, Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?

Williams’ appearance as part of the RCPO Speakers Series is co-sponsored by the Owens Institute for Behavioral Research, the School of Social Work in conjunction with the Donald L. Hollowell Professorship Lecture Series, the College of Public Health, the Office of Institutional Diversity, the College of Education’s Dean’s Council on Diversity, the Department of Sociology, and the Institute for African American Studies.

Student participants in the 2013 TEAMS competition held at UGA on February 20

Student teams from two Gwinnett County Schools—Mountain View High School and Duluth Adventist Christian School—won first places in the High School and Middle School categories in the 2013 TEAMS (Tests of Engineering, Aptitude, Mathematics and Science) competition recently hosted by the University of Georgia.

Under the coaching of Billy Jones, Mountain View High won first place in their division while two Lithonia schools—Arabia Mountain High won second place and Miller Grove High won third place. Two teams—Tucker High of Stone Mountain and the Fernbank Science Center in DeKalb County—participated in Part 2 of the competition.

Duluth Adventist Christian School, coached by Jana Taylor, clinched first place in the Middle School category while Lithonia Middle School placed second and Freedom Middle School of Canton placed third. Tucker Middle School and Henderson Middle School of Jackson also participated in the competition.

In the past, the TEAMS competition featured only high school students (grades 9-12) participating in teams of four to eight members, using real-world applications of mathematics and science to solve some of the most current engineering challenges.

This year, for the first time, the TEAMS competition was opened to middle school level students as well. This year’s challenge focused on, “Engineering a Secure Cyberspace.” There were two parts: with high school students facing a 90-minute, 80 multiple choice question session and a 90-minute, open-ended, four-question session, while the middle school students had a 60-minute, 40 multiple choice question session, and a 60-minute open-ended, four-question session.

Yolanda Curtis, of Northrop Grumman awarded the 2013 Northrop Grumman Scholarship to Mountain View High School. The scholarship provides funds for team registration to the event.

Participating middle school students were treated with an hour-long robot demonstration at UGA’s Tate Center by Chi Thai, a professor in UGA’s College of Engineering, and one of the TEAMS organizers. Participants also heard several speakers during the day, including Tim Foutz, academic director of the College of Engineering; Charles Kutal, associate dean of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences; and Wanda Stitt-Gohdes, associate head of the College of Education’s department of career and information studies.

The fourth TEAMS annual event was held on February 20 and organized by Thai, John Mativo, an assistant professor in the department of career and information studies and Nancy Vandergrift, program coordinator in UGA’s Office of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Education. They were assisted by Mickey Montevideo, public relations coordinator for the college of engineering; Xue Xing, Jixian Wen and William Tyler, all graduate students in workforce education.

More than 14,000 students across the country participate annually in TEAMS competitions. Questions are aligned with national education standards. UGA is one of two sites hosting the competition in Georgia. The other site was Georgia Tech.

TEAMS competition site sponsors include: Northrop Grumman, the UGA Office of STEM Education, and the College of Education’s department of career and informational studies.

See more about TEAMS, the UGA College of Education and Northrop Grumman at the following websites:
http://teams.tsaweb.org/teams/index.html
www.coe.uga.edu/ and
www.northropgrumman.com/.

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Theme: “Meeting the 21st Century Education Challenge”

UGA Hotel and Conference Center

Visit the SBMEC website for more information and registration.

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