Subscribe | Archive | Online Version education.utsa.edu COEHDnews -- Week of Fri, June 30, 2017 Spotlight UTSA to host Chicana/Latina studies journal The College of Education and Human Development's Mexican American Studies Program will once again serve as the home for Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal for Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social. The journal will be under the direction of Drs. Sonya Alemán and Liliana Saldaña, associate professors in the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies.       COEHDnews COEHD names interim department chair for Bicultural-Bilingual Studies by JO ANN JONES, COEHD| Pub: 06/28 The UTSA College of Education and Human Development has named Dr. Patricia Sánchez, associate professor and co-director of PIVOT for Academic Success, as the new department chair for the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies.      Meet a Roadrunner: Alums turn friendship into unique fitness business by ERIKA BRUNO, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS| Pub: 06/28 Meet Sam Noyola ’13 and Danny Rubalcaba ’13. These alums and best friends are helping the community get fit thanks to their degrees from UTSA.      MAS hosts annual Social Studies Teachers Academy by JO ANN JONES, COEHD| Pub: 06/26 The College of Education and Human Development's Mexican American Studies program hosted the 2017 MAS Social Studies Teachers' Academy June 19-23, 2017 at the Institute of Texan Cultures.        Submit a Story  View all News  Announcements AERA 2018 Annual Meeting proposals due this July The American Educational Research Association will be in New York City next year, April 13 - 17, 2018. The call for proposals theme is “The Dreams, Possibilities, and Necessity of Public Education.” All proposals are due by July 24, 2017, at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. For more information, visit: http://www.aera.net/Events-Meetings/Annual-Meeting/2018-Annual-Meeting-Call-for-Paper-and-Session-Submissions Thesis Defense:  Jennifer Rodriquez The Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching proudly announces the thesis defense of: Jennifer Rodriguez Thesis Title: Factors Impacting Retention and Attrition of Teachers in Title I Schools Monday, July 3rd at 11:00 a.m.,  Main Campus - Main Building 2.220 Thesis Chair: Dr. Zaid Haddad Committee Members: Dr. Crystal Kalinec-Craig Dr. Candace Gann Presentation is open to the public   Submit a Story  View all Announcements  Events Calendar JUL 10 Summer Bridging Institute  9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.  DT Campus -  Frio Street Building AUG 03 8th Annual Texas Higher Education Symposium  8 am - 5 pm  Other -  Austin, Texas OCT 01 2017 TACUSPA Fall Annual Conference  8 am - 5 pm  Other - Renaissance Richardson, 900 E. Lookout Drive, Richardson, Texas 75082 OCT 19 Texas AEYC 53rd Annual Conference  7:00 a.m.  Other -  Hyatt Regency San Antonio, 123 Losoya St, San Antonio, TX 78205 NOV 15 2017 UCEA Annual Convention  8 am - 5 pm  Other -  Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel in Denver, CO MAR 23 National Latino Children’s Literature Conference  8 a.m. - 5 p.m.  DT Campus -  Upcoming Conferences AUG 03 8th Annual Texas Higher Education Symposium  8 am - 5 pm  Other -  Austin, Texas OCT 01 2017 TACUSPA Fall Annual Conference  8 am - 5 pm  Other - Renaissance Richardson, 900 E. Lookout Drive, Richardson, Texas 75082 OCT 19 Texas AEYC 53rd Annual Conference  7:00 a.m.  Other -  Hyatt Regency San Antonio, 123 Losoya St, San Antonio, TX 78205 External News 7 resources for teaching the solar eclipse by  BEN SMITH AND JARED MADER - ISTE | Pub: 06/29 Where will you be on August 21, 2017? If you are lucky enough to be in the path of the solar eclipse, we hope you plan to take some time to view this extraordinary and rare phenomenon.  Every Senior At This Struggling High School Was Accepted To College by  KATE MCGEE & ACACIA SQUIRES - NPR | Pub: 06/29 When Trayvon McKoy moved to Washington, D.C., from Maryland about two years ago, he'd never played drums before in his life. Then, when he enrolled at Ballou High School, he says he didn't have much choice.  Mujer Unveiled by  MICHELLE MONDO - Sombrilla | Pub: 06/29 Maribel Valdez Gonzalez is the face of a movement. The San Antonio middle school teacher and UTSA alumna has become an avatar on Facebook and Twitter. Her image wallpapers mobile phones and actual buildings. Thousands carried a poster bearing her image as they took to the streets during the Women’s March in January, the largest protest in recent American history.  “Digital divide” taking on new meaning at schools by  ALIA MALIK - San Antonio Express-News | Pub: 06/29 Classroom technology is like bacon, Lisa Casas told about 200 teachers Wednesday at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, where the nation’s largest education technology gathering was winding down.  24-hour fitness challenge to help raise money for kinesiology scholarships at UTSA by  SBG SAN ANTONIO  - News 4 WOAI | Pub: 06/27 Alio Fitness Club is planning a 24-hour fitness challenge next month to not only get your heart pumping, but also help college students.  Why a 73-year-old Traveled 585,000 miles for a Degree from OLLU by  BEKAH MCNEEL - The Rivard Report | Pub: 06/26 Janet Dellaria traveled roughly 585,000 miles by plane and car in pursuit of her doctoral degree. On Wednesday, those miles culminated in a public defense of her dissertation at Our Lady of the Lake University. She is 73 years old, and now, she says, the adventure continues.    Publications Working with English Language Learners in the Mainstream English Language Arts Classroom… DR. MARGO DELLICARPINI - Bicultural-Bilingual Studies | Teaching English Language Arts to English Language Learners: Preparing Pre-service and In-service Teachers: 01/20 DelliCarpini, M. & Gulla A.N. (2016). Working with English Language Learners in the Mainstream English Language Arts Classroom Through Collaboration and Two-Way Content-Based Instruction. In L.C. de Oliveira & M. Shoffner (Eds.), Teaching English Language Arts to English Language Learners: Preparing Pre-service and In-service Teachers (pp. 79-105). London, England: Palgrave Macmillan.   Research Externships for Teachers 17-18 Alamo Workforce Development Inc Awarded:   $8,000    Other Academics PI:   Lorena Claeys  Other Academics CI:       UTSA/Charles Butt Scholars Program (CBS) Raise Your Hand Texas Foundation-Raising Texas Teachers Submitted:   $736,000    Bicultural-Bilingual Studies PI:   Belinda Flores  Bicultural-Bilingual Studies CI:   Carmen Fies, Lorena Claeys  Other Academics  Roadrunner Reader Newcomer Reading Camp Dollar General Literacy Foundation Awarded:   $3,000    Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI:   Misty Sailors  Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI:       Improving Literacy through Affinity Groupings Dollar General Literacy Foundation-Youth Literacy Submitted:   $2,720    Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI:   Alicia Villarreal  Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI:   Jeffrey Halley  Other Academics  CAMP Powerup American Diabetes Association of San Antonio Submitted:   $2,625    Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI:   Summer Wilmoth  Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI:   Meixia Pan   Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition  Stepping Up to SOAR: Strategies for Online Academic Reading Oregon University Submitted:   $26,800    Other Academics PI:   Lorena Claeys  Other Academics CI:       Supplement to Bruce and Billie Ballengee Research Fellowship Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center at Cedar Submitted:   $14,709    Educational Leadership and Policy Studies PI:   Amaury Nora  Educational Leadership and Policy Studies CI:           Select Language ▼ Jo Ann Jones COEHDnews Editor/Writer T:   210.458.4486  Byron Spencer COEHDnews Editor T:   210.458.7396  Jesus Chavez University Communications Media Relations T:   210.458.4937  © Copyright (c) 2015 UTSA College of Education and Human Development. 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