[Coehd] COEHDnews - Week of Friday, May 27, 2016

Subscribe<http://eepurl.com/bckAEX> | Archive <http://us9.campaign-archive1.com/home/?u=136171bc13e56eae0ccfa44e1&id... Trouble Reading? Online Version<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> [COEHDnews]<http://education.utsa.edu/> UTSA College of Education and Human Development COEHDnews -- Week of Fri, May 27, 2016 <http://www.facebook.com/UTSACOEHD> <http://twitter.com/intent/follow?source=followbutton&variant=1.0&... <http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK6pHBcRJJXKzUyLAxgBgcw?sub_confirmation=... <http://education.utsa.edu/news/rss_2.0> Spotlight: UTSA, COEHD celebrates Dean Betty Merchant<http://education.utsa.edu/SPOTLIGHT/article/utsa_coehd_celebr... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/DSC_0305.JPG] The UTSA and COEHD community gathered on Tuesday, May 24 to celebrate Dr. Betty Merchant for her many years of service as Dean of the College of Education and Human Development. To view photos of the celebration, click HERE.<https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1101495419896466.10737... Share: [Facebook] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?url=http://e... [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 [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/coehd_logo_coehdnews.jpg] <http://education.utsa.edu/> UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures to offer free admission to active duty military this summer<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/utsa_institute_of_texan_... [Itclandscape] by COURTNEY CLEVENGER, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONSPublished: 05/26 The University of Texas as San Antonio (UTSA) Institute of Texan Cultures is one of more than 2,000 museums across America that will offer free admission to military personnel and their families this summer in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Blue Star Families and the U.S. Department of Defense. Share: [Facebook] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?url={awards_... [Twitter] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?url=%7Btitle_... [Email] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?url=%7Btitle_pe... [Print] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/print/offer?url=%7Btitle_pe... [Favorites] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/favorites/offer?url=%7Btitl... Awards & Announcements COEHD undergrad tutors receive Northside ISD award | Northside Independent School District COEHD undergrad tutors of ELLs (English Language Learners) was awarded a 2016 Campus Partner-of-the-Year Award for their service to the students at Valley Hi Elementary School in the Northside Independent School District. Share: [Facebook] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?url={awards_... [Twitter] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?url=%7Btitle_... [Email] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?url=%7Btitle_pe... [Print] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/print/offer?url=%7Btitle_pe... [Favorites] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/favorites/offer?url=%7Btitl... Events Calendar JUN 13 La Plaza De Lectura Summer Reading Camp<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/la_plaza_de_lectura_summe... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Downtown Campus - Buena Vista Building 3.350 (La Plaza de Lectura) JUN 20 2016 MAS Social Studies Teachers’ Academy<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/2016_mas_social_studie... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] All Day [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Institute of Texan Cultures - 801 E. César E. Chávez Blvd., San Antonio, Texas 78207 JUL 11 Summer Bridging Institute 2016<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/summer_bridging_institute... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Downtown Campus - TBD JUL 26 Accelerated Academy Training<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/accelerated_academy_t... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] TBD [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] TBD - TBD AUG 02 Creating a Comprehensive and Powerful Literacy Plan<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/creating_a_comprehensive_... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] TBD [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] TBD - TBD AUG 02 College Bridging Series 2016<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/college_bridging_series_2... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 12:00 - 3:30 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Downtown Campus - Buena Vista Building, 1.318 External News [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/EXTERNAL.jpg] <http://education.utsa.edu/> Brexit Fears<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/05/27/british-universit... by Jack Grove, Times Higher Education | 05/27 Some British universities report that faculty job candidates don't want to commit until after the vote on the European Union. Building ELLs’ Literacy Early Is Crucial<http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2016/05/11/building-ells-lit... by Corey Mitchell, Education Week | 05/26 At a time when the value of play is a raging debate in early education, Liliane Vanoy has an almost singular focus for the prekindergarten students enrolled in her school. Vanoy says the word three times for emphasis: vocabulary, vocabulary, and vocabulary. 5 Mental Health Tips for Graduating College Students<http://themighty.com/2016/05/mental-health-advice-for-college... by Andrew Lorenz, The Mighty | 05/26 Graduation can be a difficult and scary time for anyone, especially the one in five college students facing a mental health issue. According to Dr. Perry Francis, a counselor trainer at Eastern Michigan University and member of the American Counseling Association, leaving the “protective bubble” of college education can lead to changes in almost every aspect of a young person’s life. These changes can cause stress and anxiety to rise, making mental health issues harder to deal with. Can you spell these often misspelled words?<http://college.usatoday.com/2016/05/26/can-you-spell-these-ofte... by Ashley May, USA Today College | 05/26 Brush up on your spelling just in time for the Scripps National Spelling Bee, happening this week near Washington, D.C. Hundreds of contestants, who can spell everything from scherenschnitte to pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, will be going after the title of champion. While they know more dictionary words than your English teacher, there are quite few the rest of us usually forget. BRAUCHLE ES KINDERGARTEN TEACHER WINS 2016 TRINITY PRIZE<http://nisd.net/news/articles/61445> by Northside ISD, Northside ISD News | 05/25 Carol Hudson, a kindergarten teacher at Brauchle Elementary School, was named a winner of the 2016 Trinity Prize for Excellence in Teaching. She was chosen from 19 educators nominated by each area school district in recognition of outstanding performance in public education. All nominees were honored April 29 during a ceremony at Trinity University. Calvin Lambert, a Navy JROTC instructor from Uvalde CISD, was also named a Trinity Prize winner. Discussing Past Suicide Attempts, Cincinnati President Aims to Lessen Stigma<http://chronicle.com/article/Discussing-Past-Suicide/236573?cid... by Jack Stripling, The Chronicle of Higher Education | 05/24 Santa J. Ono, president of the University of Cincinnati, made some strikingly candid remarks at a mental-health fund-raising event on Saturday night, telling an audience that he had attempted suicide on two separate occasions, first in his teens and again in his late 20s. Ed Commissioner Appoints New Board, Superintendent For Edgewood Schools<http://tpr.org/post/ed-commissioner-appoints-new-board-superin... by SHELLEY KOFLER, TPR Texas Public Radio | 05/24 State Education Commissioner Mike Morath has named five new board members to manage the troubled Edgewood Independent School District. He’s has also appointed a new district superintendent familiar with schools in Bexar County. Publications Targeting conversational skills with digital storytelling in EFL CIEX Journ@l M. Sidury Christiansen | Bicultural-Bilingual Studies 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 MEXTESOL Journal M. Sidury Christiansen | Bicultural-Bilingual Studies 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… Journal of Response to Writing M. Sidury Christiansen | Bicultural-Bilingual Studies 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… International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism M. Sidury Christiansen | Bicultural-Bilingual Studies 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 Awards & Submittals Building a Healthy Temple Diabetes Self-Management Support Programin Hispanic Faith Community… American Diabetes Association Submitted: $598,071 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Meizi He Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Erica Sosa, Daniel Sass, Summer Wilmoth Other Academics Applied Behavior Analysis Clinic (ABA Clinic) San Antonio Area Foundation Awarded: $25,760 Educational Psychology PI: Leslie Neely Educational Psychology CI: Building a Healthy Temple Diabetes Self-Management Support Pilot Program Bank of America- Joni Elaine Templeton Trust Submitted: $8,867 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Meizi He Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Education Access and Experiences of Black Immigrant Children in Post Apartheid in South America Spencer Foundation Submitted: $49,999 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Bekisizwe Ndimande Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Attenuating cancer cachexia using natural interventions Institute Integration of Medicine and Science (IIMS) Submitted: $49,959 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Donovan Fogt Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Darpan I. Patel, Pratap Kumar Other Academics Phosphorus metabolism and nutrient supplementation in skeletal muscles Institute Integration of Medicine and Science (IIMS) Submitted: $49,948 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Donovan Fogt Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Geoffrey Clarke Other Academics Sarabia Family Counseling Center Support Specialist Funding Broadway Bank-Jack H. and William M. Light Charitable Trust Submitted: $9,999 Counselling PI: Catherine Somody Counselling CI: CONTACT US College of Education and Human Development One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249 education.utsa.edu<http://education.utsa.edu/> <http://education.utsa.edu/> Jo Ann Jones<mailto:Joann.Jones@utsa.edu> COEHDnews Editor/Writer T: 210.458.4486 Byron Spencer<mailto:byron.spencer@utsa.edu> COEHDnews Editor T: 210.458.7396 Jesus Chavez<mailto:Jesus.chavez@utsa.edu> University Communications Media Relations T: 210.458.4937