COEHD Recent News
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by Courtesy
of WOAI news/Ticket 760 Sports Radio | January 22, 2015
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Remember all those New Year’s resolutions you boldly made four weeks ago, when you were stuck between the punch and the mistletoe. News radio 1200 WOAI’s Michael Board says this is the week that most of us give up on our resolutions. In fact, Facebook, which
tracks things like when people check in at the gym, says this is the ‘week that New Year’s Resolutions go to die.’
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by Jo
Ann Jones, COEHDnews Editor | January 22, 2015
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Anna Rado, Holocaust survivor and San Antonio resident, spoke with more than 100 eighth graders at David Lee “Tex” Hill Middle School in the North East Independent School District on Thursday, January 8, 2015. The event marked the culmination of the student’s
studies on the Holocaust.
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by Mark
Langford, Associate Director of Strategic Communications | January 07, 2015
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The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has selected The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to receive its prestigious Community Engagement Classification, recognizing the university’s commitment to serving the local community.
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by Michelle
Mondo, UTSA Sombrilla | January 07, 2015
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Sophomore goalkeeper Emma “Bubba” Makela, a Mukilteo, Wash., native, has been guarding the net since she was 5 years old
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by Jo
Ann Jones, COEHDnews Editor | December 11, 2014
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The Office of Teacher Education and the College of Education and Human Development (COEHD) inducted more than 200 students teachers into the profession of teaching during a special ceremony on Wednesday, December 10.
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by Marissa
Villa, University Communications | December 11, 2014
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Meet Evelyn Hlebik. When she graduated from high school, her grandmother made copies of her diploma, folded them into paper airplanes and made them fly.
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Awards, Announcements, & Recognition
Intensive English Program releases new E-Brochure
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| ESL Services / Bilingual-Bicultural Studies
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The Office of ESL Services has just completed a online E-Brochure for the Intensive English Program (IEP), featuring 12-pages of interactive and informational materials. http://utsa.mkttracker.com/index.php?t=u-10
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Corey Benson awarded the Outstanding New Professional Award
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Corey Benson | Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
(Alumni)
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National Association of School Personnel Administrators (NASPA)
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Corey Benson, ELPS alumni, was awarded the Outstanding New Professional Award from the National Association of School Personnel Administrators' (NASPA) LGBT Issues Knowledge Community. Each year, NASPA recognizes the outstanding contributions of members who
are transforming higher education through exceptional programs, innovative services, and effective administration. NASPA's Excellence Awards cover eleven categories crucial to the success of students and the continued growth of the student affairs profession.
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Angelica Tello to receive ACA’s Courtland C. Lee Multicultural
Excellence Award
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Angelica Tello | Counseling
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American Counseling Association (ACA)
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The American Counseling Association (ACA) is awarding Angelica Tello the Courtland C. Lee Multicultural Excellence Scholarship Award. The award is presented to a graduate student in counselor education whose dedication and academic work demonstrate excellence
in the theory and practice of multicultural counseling.
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Dr. Gerald Juhnke to receive the David K. Brooks Distinguished
Mentor Award
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Dr Gerald Juhnke | Counselling
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American Counseling Association (ACA)
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The American Counseling Association (ACA) is awarding Dr. Gerald Juhnke the David K. Brooks Distinguished Mentor Award. The award recognizes the invaluable influence of a professional mentor and salutes the ACA member whose actions adhere to this special type
of teaching which David Brooks supported throughout his career.
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Recognizing Faculty, Staff & Students
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We are proud of the accomplishments of COEHD faculty, students, and staff, but unfortunately we cannot write a full-feature article on every award or achievement that takes place. We would still like for everyone to know about these accomplishments so we have
added a section to the weekly COEHDnews for Awards, Announcements and Recognition. If you know of someone in the college that deserves recognition please forward:the individuals name, department, what the honor was, and organization that gave the award.
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Latest Research Awards & Grants
Contact Us
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Ann Jones
COEHDnews Editor/Writer
Communications Specialist
COEHD Office of the Dean
UTSA
T: 210.458.4486
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Spencer
COEHDnews
Sr. Communications Specialist
COEHD Office of the Dean
UTSA
T: 210.458.7396
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Villa
University
Communications
Multimedia Editor III
University Communications
UTSA
T: 210.458.4937
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External News
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by Elliot
Ratzman | January 23, 2015
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(INSIDE HIGHER ED) - Elliot
Ratzman shares the commandments he gave his students this semester. (Elliot Ratzman is assistant professor of religion at Temple University.)
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by Ben
Miller | January 22, 2015
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(THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION) - Comcast
might be the most-hated company in America. Even in an industry that generally rates poorly with consumers, it still regularly fares worse on consumer-satisfaction measures than any other company except Time Warner Cable, which it is in the process of trying
to acquire.
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by Canisius
College | January 22, 2015
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(MEDICAL NEWS) - Physical
and cognitive rest are traditionally what doctors prescribe for patients who suffer sport-related concussions. But a new approach to treating post-concussion syndrome may actually help athletes get back in the game quicker, according to Karl Kozlowski, PhD,
assistant professor of kinesiology at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY.
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by HealthDay
News | January 22, 2015
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(TOPIX) - Annual health
care expenses are substantially higher for smokers and the obese, compared with nonsmokers and people of healthy weight, according to a report published online Dec. 24 in Public Health . In fact, obesity is actually more expensive to treat than smoking on
an annual basis, the report author concludes.
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by Amy
Scott | January 22, 2015
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(NPR MARKETPLACE) - Schools
could be overwhelmed by the President's plan to make tuition free.
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by Claudio
Sanchez | January 22, 2015
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(NPR) - Right off the bat,
the president touted the fact that more kids are graduating from high school and college than ever before. "We believed we could prepare our kids for a more competitive world," he said in Tuesday's State of the Union speech. "And today, our younger students
have earned the highest math and reading scores on record."
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by Anya
Kamenetz | January 22, 2015
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(TPR NEWS) - It seems self-evident
that parents, empowered by choice, will vote with their feet for academically stronger schools. As the argument goes, the overall effect should be to improve equity as well: Lower-income parents won't have to send their kids to an under-resourced and underperforming
school just because it is the closest one to them geographically.
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