COEHD Recent News
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by Jo Ann Jones,
COEHDnews Editor | October 29, 2014
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The College of Education and Human Development’s Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies (BBL) has established a new registered student organization, Texas Foreign/Second Language Education.
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by Jo Ann Jones,
COEHDnews Editor | October 22, 2014
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Dr. Patricia Sánchez, associate professor in the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, was awarded $2,000 from DOCUmation for her academic achievements. She will receive the award from Scott Woolfolk, DOCUmation chief executive officer, at a special on-field
presentation during The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) versus the University of Texas at El Paso football game on Saturday, October 25.
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by Jo Ann Jones,
COEHDnews Editor | October 22, 2014
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The UTSA Office of Teacher Education Services received an award of recognition for continued support from the San Antonio Area Personnel Administrators (SAAPA). The award was presented to the Office of Teacher Education Services during the October SAAPA luncheon.
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by Mexican American
Studies Program | October 21, 2014
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The UTSA Mexican American Studies Program will host a two-day symposium, “Decolonial Epistemologies: Identity, Memory, and Belonging in Education” from October 24-25, 2014.
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Awards, Announcements, & Recognition
Tafolla nominated as candidate for Texas Poet Laureate
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Dr. Carmen Tafolla | Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
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Dr. Carmen Tafolla, Associate Professor of Practice in the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, was nominated as a candidate for Texas Poet Laureate
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400 COEHD students invited to join Phi Kappa Phi
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Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
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More than 400 COEHD students were invited to join the UTSA chapter of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious all-discipline honor society. Both graduate and undergraduate students were selected to join based
on their outstanding academic achievements.
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Jacqueline Parsons honored for community service at White House
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Jacqueline Parsons | Department of Counseling
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Rotary International District 5840
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Dr. Jacqueline Parsons, adjunct professor in the College of Education and Human Development’s Department of Counseling, was honored for her service to the community at the White House on Tuesday, Oct. 7 during Rotary Day 2014. She was one of 10 women who received
Rotary International’s Women of Action award by the Obama Administration.
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ELPS doctoral student to participate in ASHE seminar
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Alvin Curette | Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
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Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
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Alvin Curette, doctoral student in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS), was selected to attend the 2014 Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Graduate Student Policy Seminar. The seminar is part of the ASHE annual
conference, which takes place in Washington D.C., Nov. 19-22.
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Latest Research Awards & Grants
Department of Education
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$2,584,850
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Sustainable Support System for Student Success (S5) | (Academy for Teacher Excellence)
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Principal Investigator: Lorena Claeys
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Co-Investigator: Margarita Machado-Casas, Guadalupe Carmona
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City of San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
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$ 50,000
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Evaluation Services of Sodium Reduction Initiative | (Kinesiology, Health, & Nutrition)
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Principal Investigator: Erica Sosa
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Co-Investigator: Sarah Ullevig
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City of San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
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$ 40,000
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Evaluation of Health Education Curriculum and Campaign | (Kinesiology, Health, & Nutrition)
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Principal Investigator: Erica Sosa
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Co-Investigator: Sara Oswalt
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Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)
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$ 573,095
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Building a Healthy Temple Cancer Primary Prevention Program Amongst Hispanics | (Kinesiology, Health, & Nutrition)
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Principal Investigator: Meizi He
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Co-Investigator: Zenong Yin, Erica Sosa
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Contact Us
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COEHD Office of the Dean
The University of Texas at San Antonio
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COEHDnews
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COEHD Office of the Dean
The University of Texas at San Antonio
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Multimedia Editor III
University Communications
The University of Texas at San Antonio
T: 210.458.4937
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External News
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by Julie Newberg
| October 30, 2014
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New research findings from a team of prevention scientists at Arizona State University demonstrates that a family-focused intervention program for middle-school Mexican American children leads to fewer drop-out rates and lower rates of alcohol and illegal drug
use.
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by Chuck Bednar
| October 30, 2014
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Antioxidant-rich naturally occurring dietary compounds found in cocoa could help reverse age-related memory decline in otherwise healthy older adults, claims research led by Columbia University Medical Center and published Sunday in the journal Nature
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by Anya Kamenetz
| October 30, 2014
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Amid all the remembrances today of Robin Williams and the tributes to his many famous roles, among the most commonly invoked are not one, but two memorable portrayals of great teaching.
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by Eric Westervelt
| October 30, 2014
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Today, NPR Ed kicks off a yearlong series: 50 Great Teachers. We're starting this celebration of teaching with Socrates, the superstar teacher of the ancient world. He was sentenced to death more than 2,400 years ago for "impiety" and "corrupting" the minds
of the youth of Athens.
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by Joey Palacios
| October 30, 2014
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This was not a happy gathering. The Citizens to be Heard portion of the Alamo Colleges board meeting, late Tuesday night, lasted more than an hour. And nearly every one of the three-minute speaking slots belonged to a frustrated student.
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by Amy Scott
| October 30, 2014
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Half of new principals leave in their third year on the job. Heather Wolpert-Gawron has been teaching for eleven years at Jefferson Middle School in San Gabriel, Calif. During that time, she says, the school has had about ten principals.
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