[Coehd] COEHDnews -- Week of Fri, August 26, 2016

Subscribe<http://eepurl.com/bckAEX> | Archive <http://us9.campaign-archive1.com/home/?u=136171bc13e56eae0ccfa44e1&id... | Online Version<http://education.utsa.edu/coehdnews/2016_COEHDnews/> education.utsa.edu<http://education.utsa.edu/> [COEHDnews] [Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/UTSACOEHD> [Twitter] <http://twitter.com/intent/follow?source=followbutton&variant=1.0&... [YouTube] <http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK6pHBcRJJXKzUyLAxgBgcw?sub_confirmation=... [RSS Newsfeed] <http://education.utsa.edu/news/rss_2.0> COEHDnews -- Week of Fri, August 26, 2016 Spotlight COEHD welcomes class of 2020<http://education.utsa.edu/spotlight/article/coehd_welcomes_class_... [14124973 1159316967447644 2223377251636301732 o] The College of Education and Human Development welcomed hundreds of new students, part of the Class of 2020, during the major exploration event on Monday, Aug. 22. The event was part of UTSA's Roadrunner Days and featured opening remarks from Dean DelliCarpini and a scavenger hunt for prizes. To view more photos of the event, click HERE<https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1159316907447650.107374...;. [Facebook]<https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer... [Twitter] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?url=http://ed... [Email] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?url=http://educ... [Print] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/print/offer?url=http://educ... [Favorites] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/favorites/offer?url=http://... ________________________________ COEHDnews MAS professor authors book on schizophrenia<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/mas_professor_aut... by JO ANN JONES, COEHD| Pub: 08/22 [Josiemendez-negrete]Dr. Josie Méndez-Negrete, professor in the Consortium for Social Transformation’s Mexican American Studies (MAS) program and the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, recently authored a book on her family’s experience with schizophrenia. The book was published in July of 2015 by the University of New Mexico Press. [Facebook]<https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer... [Twitter] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?url=http://ed... [Email] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?url=http://educ... [Print] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/print/offer?url=http://educ... [Favorites] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/favorites/offer?url=http://... UTSA researchers identify key to better mental health treatment for children<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/utsa_researchers_ident... by UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS| Pub: 08/22 [Villarreal2]School-community collaboration is a critical key to helping youth receive proper mental health treatment, according to Victor Villarreal and Felicia Castro-Villarreal, UTSA educational psychology faculty. [Facebook]<https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer... [Twitter] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?url=http://ed... [Email] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?url=http://educ... [Print] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/print/offer?url=http://educ... [Favorites] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/favorites/offer?url=http://... EDP professor publishes book on education policy<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/edp_professor_publishes_... by JO ANN JONES, COEHD| Pub: 08/22 [Sharonnichols]Dr. Sharon Nichols, associate professor in the College of Education and Human Development’s Department of Educational Psychology, recently edited a book on 21st century education policy. The book was published this August by Information Age Publishing. [Facebook]<https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer... [Twitter] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?url=http://ed... [Email] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?url=http://educ... [Print] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/print/offer?url=http://educ... [Favorites] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/favorites/offer?url=http://... ________________________________ Announcements Work-study Student Needed Immediately<http://education.utsa.edu/awards_announcements/article/wor... Office of Senior VP for Downtown and Academic and Faculty Support If you are looking for a great learning experience and needing a solid Letter of Recommendation, then we are the place for you. Stop by the UTSA Downtown Campus (Frio Street 4.450) or call 210-458-2709 or send your resume to If you are looking for a great learning experience and needing a solid Letter of Recommendation, then we are the place for you. Stop by the UTSA Downtown Campus (Frio Street 4.450) or call 210-458-2709 or send your resume to Judith Quiroz <judith.quiroz(a)utsa.edu&gt; to apply. You must be Financial Aid Work Study Eligible. Undergraduate and graduate students are welcome to apply. ________________________________ Events Calendar AUG 30 Info Session: Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/info_session_ph.d._in... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 5 - 6:30 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - University Center, Willow Room 2.02.12 SEP 10 SAWP Super Saturday Series<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/sawp_super_saturday_ser... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 9:00 am - 12:00 pm [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] DT Campus - Frio Street Building, 1.512 SEP 17 USAID Book-A-Thon<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/usaid_book_a_thon> [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 9:00 am - 12:00 pm [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] DT Campus - Buena Vista Building, 1.338 SEP 24 Military Life Talks at UTSA<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/military_life_talks> [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 9:00 - 11:00 am [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus, - Buena Vista Bldg., Aula Canaria 1.328 NOV 03 El Mundo Zurdo Conference 2016<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/el_mundo_zurdo_conference... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 8:00 am - 5:00 pm [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Downtown Campus - TBD NOV 12 Military Life Talks<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/military_life_talks1> [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 9:00 - 11:00 am [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Downtown Campus - Buena Vista Bldg., Aula Canaria [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/rowdy_close.png] External News School lunch ideas that make the grade<http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/sc-back-to-schoo... by ANDREA GUTHMANN - Chicago Tribune | Pub: 08/25 Kids back in school means parents are back on lunch duty. Trying to cook up a healthy school-lunch routine that satisfies both kids and parents can be a challenge. Lunch is an important time for kids to refuel in the middle of a busy school day. Yet, seeing how much of their lunch kids throw out on a daily basis could make you lose your appetite. Embattled STAAR Test Vendor Facing $20 Million Fine<https://www.texastribune.org/2016/08/23/embattled-staar-vendor-fa... by KIAH COLLIER - The Texas Tribune | Pub: 08/25 The Texas Education Agency is penalizing the New Jersey-based company that develops and administers the state's controversial STAAR tests — to the tune of $20.7 million — over widespread logistical and technical issues reported with the spring administration, Education Commissioner Mike Morath announced Tuesday. Unique opportunities offered for students of smallest school district in Bexar County<http://www.ksat.com/education/unique-opportunities-offered-for-... by ASHLY CUSTE - KSAT 12 | Pub: 08/25 The smallest school district in Bexar County is growing it's student body and its curriculum, which means more opportunities for Somerset ISD students. Over the last few years, Somerset ISD has put $500,000 INTO Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Labs for its students. This year, the district is going to expand it's reading program. “Somerset ISD has a unique partnership with UTSA that we call the Roadrunner Reader Program. We're looking forward to implementing it district wide. Last year, we started it with our primary campuses and this year, we're going to take that initiative and spread it district wide,” Hinojosa said. East Dallas High School Plants, Nurtures College Dreams<https://www.texastribune.org/2016/08/23/bryan-adams-first-day/> by NEENA SATIJA - The Texas Tribune | Pub: 08/25 With just more than an hour to go before Krystal Morrow's bright, colorful classroom filled on Monday with fresh-faced kids ready to start the new school year, the 13-year teaching veteran was furiously texting students who left months ago. Diverse group of researchers comes to UTSA from prestigious institutions<https://www.utsa.edu/today/2016/08/newfaculty.html> by KC GONZALEZ - UTSA Today | Pub: 08/25 This fall, 40 new tenured and tenure-track faculty members join the Roadrunner family. The new professors come to The University of Texas at San Antonio from prestigious institutions around the nation and world. UTSA Libraries has the resources to fulfill your every academic need<http://www.utsa.edu/today/2016/08/knowyourlibrary.html> by RYAN SCHOENSEE - UTSA Today | Pub: 08/25 The start of a fresh semester can be a daunting time filled with parking wars, walking in on the wrong class, and keeping track of a planner’s worth of new assignments. 10 ELL Must-Haves for the First Day of School<http://blog.tesol.org/10-ell-must-haves-for-the-first-day-of-sc... by DR. KRISTEN LINDAHL - TESOL Blog | Pub: 08/22 Students and teachers in the United States are packing up their summer gear in favor of backpacks and briefcases to get ready to go back to school. Although calendars around the world differ, the first days of a new school year or instructional cycle are crucial to setting the tone and pace for the teaching and learning that follow. ________________________________ Publications Targeting conversational skills with digital storytelling in EFL<http://education.utsa.edu/coehdnews/2016_COEHDnews/> M. Sidury Christiansen - Bicultural-Bilingual Studies | CIEX Journ@l: 05/05 Koelzer, M. & Christiansen, M. S. (2016). Targeting conversational skills with digital storytelling in EFL. CIEX Journ@l, 2(2), 5-11. Digital Storytelling: Using Different Technologies for EFL<http://education.utsa.edu/coehdnews/2016_COEHDnews/> M. Sidury Christiansen - Bicultural-Bilingual Studies | MEXTESOL Journal: 05/05 Christiansen, M.S. & Koezler, M. (2016). Digital Storytelling: Using Different Technologies for EFL. MEXTESOL Journal, 40(1). Papers are never finished, just abandoned: The role of written teacher comments in the revision…<http://education.utsa.edu/coehdnews/2016_COEHDnews/> M. Sidury Christiansen - Bicultural-Bilingual Studies | Journal of Response to Writing: 05/05 Christiansen, M. S. & Bloch, J. (2016). Papers are never finished, just abandoned: The role of written teacher comments in the revision process. Journal of Response to Writing, 2(1), 6-42. http://journalrw.org/index.php/jrw/article/view/32 ‘¡Hable bien m’ijo o gringo o mx!’: Language ideologies in the digital…<http://education.utsa.edu/coehdnews/2016_COEHDnews/> M. Sidury Christiansen - Bicultural-Bilingual Studies | International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism: 05/05 Christiansen, M. S. (2016) ‘¡Hable bien m’ijo o gringo o mx!’: Language ideologies in the digital communication practices of transnational Mexican bilinguals. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. doi: 10.1080/13670050.2016.1181603 http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/tFNCiPeeXqNSBAPdXYUx/full Research Roadrunner Diabetes Screening and Education Project<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> San Antonio Area Foundation Awarded: $30,000 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Zenong Yin Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Applied Behavior Analysis Clinic (ABA Clinic)<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> San Antonio Area Foundation Awarded: $25,760 Educational Psychology PI: Neely, Leslie Educational Psychology CI: Subaward for NASA proposal by Space Telescope Science Institute<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Space Telescope Science Institute Awarded: $163,921 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Fies, Carmen Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Madison Writing Project<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> San Antonio Area Foundation Submitted: $15,000 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Henkin, Roxanne Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Raising the reading achievement of Newcomers through family participation: The Literacy Education…<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Northside ISD Submitted: $11,994 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Sailors, Misty Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Villarreal, Alicia Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Sarabia Family Counseling Center Operationss<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> San Antonio Area Foundation Submitted: $60,800 Counselling PI: Somody, Catherine Counselling CI: Combining isoflavones and quality proteins as a dietary strategy to prevent abdominal obesity…<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> US Dept of Agriculture Submitted: $499,363 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: He, Meizi Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Zhang, John Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CAREER: STEM MUSE (STEM & Music United for Socially Just Education)<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> National Science Foundation Submitted: $648,730 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Marone, Vittorio Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Externships for Teacher<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> TX Workforce Comm 320 Submitted: $5,200 Other Academics PI: Claeys, Lorena Other Academics CI: SAWP Writing Workshop South San ISD<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Harlandale Independent School District Submitted: $9,000 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Henkin, Roxanne Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: EBH-BCBA Internships<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Empower Behavorial Health Submitted: $36,378 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Gann, Candace Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Neely, Leslie Educational Psychology Project PREP (Paraeducators Ready to implement Evidence-based Practices)<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> US Dept of Educ- Institute of Education Sciences Submitted: $399,668 Educational Psychology PI: Neely, Leslie Educational Psychology CI: ________________________________ [https://www.google.com/images/cleardot.gif]Select Language? 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