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Subscribe<http://eepurl.com/bckAEX> | Archive <http://us9.campaign-archive1.com/home/?u=136171bc13e56eae0ccfa44e1&id... | Online Version<http://education.utsa.edu/coehdnews/2016_COEHDnews/> Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser<http://education.utsa.edu/coehdnews/2018_coehdnews>;. [COEHDnews] <http://www.facebook.com/UTSACOEHD><http://twitter.com/intent/follow... COEHDnews -- Week of Fri, December 01, 2017 Spotlight COEHD professor emeritus named president of literacy organization<http://education.utsa.edu/spotlight/article/coehd_profess... [23755095 10210686147534534 1771329167607962252 n] Dr. Roxanne Henkin, professor emerita from the Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching and director emeritus of the San Antonio Writing Project, was recently named the president of the Whole Language Umbrella, an international literacy organization within the National Council of Teachers of English. (Pictured are literacy scholar Dr. Ken Goodlam (L) with Dr. Roxanne Henkin (R). Photo courtesy of Dr. Henkin). ________________________________ COEHDnews Tools for battling holiday weight gain<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/tools_for_battling_holiday... by JENNIFER REHA, DIETETIC STUDENT| Pub: 11/28 [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/5721/shutterstock_157931921__pre... Program in Dietetics student, Jessica Reha, shares her tips and tricks for how to combat weight gain during the holiday season. <http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/tools_for_battling_holiday_weight_... [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... COEHD honors undergraduate students at luncheon<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/coehd_honors_undergrad... by JO ANN JONES, COEHD| Pub: 11/27 [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/5718/24059629_1622296127816390_6... of Education and Human Development Dean, Dr. Margo DelliCarpini, honored freshman, sophomore, and dietetics students in the college that were on the Dean's and President's Lists, and Honor Roll at the Fall 2017 Dean's List Luncheon. <http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/coehd_honors_undergraduate_student... [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... UTSA, Whataburger collaborate to provide free mental wellness services for Sutherland Springs area<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/utsa_whataburger_collabora... by KARA SORIA, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS| Pub: 11/27 [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/5709/340hands__preview.jpg]To provide support to Sutherland Springs and surrounding communities as they go through the process of healing after the November 5 shooting tragedy, Whataburger has pledged $150,000 to support counseling and wellness services. <http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/utsa_whataburger_collaborate_to_pr... [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... Submit a Story <mailto:coehdcomm@utsa.edu> View all News <http://education.utsa.edu/news/> Announcements COEHDnews wants to hear from you!<http://education.utsa.edu/awards_announcements/article/coehdnews_... Faculty, staff, alumni, COEHDnews subscribers – We want to know about your travels! If you traveled abroad this year, we would like to hear about it and even highlight COEHD’s influence with photos. Just take a few minutes and answer a few questions, submit your photo or story, and help us tell the story of COEHD Abroad! Photo/story submission: https://utsa.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eY8c7Zr1pWrcQct Deadline: December 15, 2017 BBL Faculty Candidate<http://education.utsa.edu/awards_announcements/article/bbl_f... Please join the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies for their second faculty candidate research presentation: Olesya Kisselev Ph.D. Candidate Pennsylvania State University Tuesday, December 5, 2017 6-7pm. Main Campus, NPB 1.126 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY WORKS JOURNAL<http://education.utsa.edu/awards_announcements/article/undergr... The Undergraduate Research Journal is accepting articles based on undergraduate research projects for its next issue. Submissions for consideration are due December 22nd, 2017. Contact Dr. Rosalind Horowitz at rosalind.horowitz@utsa.edu<mailto:rosalind.horowitz@utsa.edu> if you have questions. Further information is available from the Office of Undergraduate Research at http://research.utsa.edu/UG_Journal/index.html Submit a Story <mailto:coehdcomm@utsa.edu> View all Announcements <http://education.utsa.edu/awards_announcements/> Educator App of the Week Video Editor AndroMedia | [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/VEAM.png] Create your music video with great filter effects in seconds... Edit your Vine,Facebook and Instagram videos with powerful editor tools. 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[http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 12:00 - 2:00 pm [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - John Peace Library, 3.02.38 - COEHD Computer Lab DEC 05 Instructional Technology Workshops: SKETCH-UP<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/instructional_techno... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 9:00 - 11:00 am [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - John Peace Library, 3.02.38 - COEHD Computer Lab DEC 05 Principals & School Attorneys: Attaining a Shared Understanding<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/principals_schoo... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 5:15 - 6:45 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] DT Campus - Durango Building, La Villita Room 1.116 DEC 06 Hour of Code<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/hour_of_code> [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - Main Building, Ground Floor Breezeway DEC 06 Instructional Technology Workshops: SMARTBOARD BASIC<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/instructional_technology... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 1:30 - 2:30 pm [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - John Peace Library, 3.02.38 - COEHD Computer Lab DEC 06 Instructional Technology Workshops: SMARTBOARD NOTEBOOK SOFTWARE<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/instructional_technol... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 3:30 - 6:00 pm [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - John Peace Library, 3.02.38 - COEHD Computer Lab [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/rowdy_close.png] Upcoming Conferences FEB 22 National Latino Children’s Literature Conference<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/national_latino_chi... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] DT Campus - TBD FEB 23 Texas Association for Literacy Education Conference<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/texas_association_f... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Other - West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/rowdy_close.png] External News UTSA students creating video games for injured veterans<http://www.utsa.edu/today/2017/11/story/GamesforVets.html> by JOANNA CARVER - UTSA Today | Pub: 11/30 John Quarles, associate professor of computer science at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), is taking a new approach to his students’ final projects in his video game development class this semester. He’s partnered with local non-profit Gamerz 4 Vets, which aims to rehabilitate injured veterans through gaming, and asked his students to create a video game specifically tailored to a disabled veteran. Saving Lives Via Text Message<https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/11/26/565744226/saving-li... by ANYA KAMENETZ - NPR | Pub: 11/30 Elisheva Adler was 20 years old, sitting in pajamas in her childhood bedroom in Long Island, the first time she saved someone's life via text message. Adler had just started volunteering as a counselor for Crisis Text Line. The 4-year-old nonprofit provides free crisis intervention through a medium that is increasingly favored by young people: texts. Using the code 741741, counselors have exchanged more than 50 million messages with people who are facing issues from stress at school to self-harm. Out of those exchanges have come thousands of "active rescues" where first responders are called to a scene. Pay your UTSA parking citation with a toy donation<https://www.utsa.edu/today/2017/11/story/toysfortickets.html> by SARA FLORES - UTSA Today | Pub: 11/30 The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is kicking off the holiday season with Toys for Tickets. In partnership with the UTSA Student Government Association and the Elf Louise Christmas Project, Campus Services is hosting the donation drive as part of its Citation Donation Days. Now through Friday, Dec. 1, customers can receive 50 percent off one outstanding parking citation with the donation of a children’s toy. Toys must be new, non-violent and a minimum $5 value. UTSA conducts climate survey to assess campus diversity and inclusiveness<http://www.utsa.edu/today/2017/11/story/diversity-survey... by UTSA TODAY - UTSA Today | Pub: 11/27 To obtain valuable information about the university environment and to inform future initiatives to improve diversity and inclusiveness, UTSA has issued a climate survey to faculty and staff. The survey, which remains open through Monday, Dec. 11, will serve as a baseline for measuring the university’s progress. New center will focus UTSA partnerships with ISDs<http://www.expressnews.com/news/education/article/New-center-will... by SILVIA FOSTER-FRAU - San Antonio Express-News | Pub: 11/27 The Institute for P-20 Initiatives, the oddly-named arm of the University of Texas at San Antonio in charge of its involvement with local school districts, once was spread across departments and campuses with no central location. UTSA, Whataburger provide free recovery services to Sutherland Springs community<http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/utsa-whataburger-provi... by SBG SAN ANTONIO - News 4 San Antonio | Pub: 11/27 The University of Texas at San Antonio and Whataburger are teaming up to provide free mental wellness services to the Sutherland Springs community following a mass shooting at a local church. Whataburger pledges $150k for Sutherland Springs mental wellness effort<http://www.kens5.com/news/local/whataburger-pledges-150k-for-su... by KENS - KENS | Pub: 11/27 UTSA and Whataburger will work together to provide free mental wellness services for the Sutherland Springs community in the wake of the mass church shooting. Organizations Mobilize to Sustain Mental Health Services in Sutherland Springs<https://therivardreport.com/organizations-join-forces-to-susta... by ROSEANNA GARZA - The Rivard Report | Pub: 11/27 Three weeks after Devin P. Kelley fatally shot 26 people at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs and injured more than 20, counselors and other mental health professionals continue their work to help survivors and community members cope with trauma and grief. ________________________________ Publications What we can do to advance reading achievement ROSALIND HOROWITZ - Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching | The achievement gap in reading. Complex caues, persistent issues, possible solutions: 11/16 Horowitz, R. & Samuels, S. J. (2017). What we can do to advance reading achievement. In R. Horowitz & S. J. Sanuels (Eds.). The achievement gap in reading. Complex caues, persistent issues, possible solutions. (pp. 200-220). London & New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis. The achievement gap in reading. Unique historical and future perspectives ROSALIND HOROWITZ - Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching | The achievement gap in reading. Complex causes, persistent issues, possible solutions: 11/16 Horowitz, R. & Samuels, S. J. (2017). The achievement gap in reading. Unique historical and future perspectives. In R. Horowitz & S. J. Samuels (Eds.). The achievement gap in reading. Complex causes, persistent issues, possible solutions. (pp. 1-19). London & New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis. International Brain Wars: Adolescent reading proficiency, performance, and achievement from a… ROSALIND HOROWITZ - Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching | The achievement gap in reading. Complex causes, persistent issues, possible solutions: 11/16 Horowitz, R. (2017). International Brain Wars: Adolescent reading proficiency, performance, and achievement from a competitive global perspective. In R. Horowitz & S. J. Samuels (Eds.) The achievement gap in reading. Complex causes, persistent issues, possible solutions. (pp. 123-147). London & New York: Routledge/Taylor & Francis. Research Evaluation of Behavioral and Emotional Screening Instruments: Implications for School-Based…<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> UTSA-College of Education and Human Development Awarded: $4,962 Educational Psychology PI: Victor Villarreal Educational Psychology CI: CITL-NEISD Professional Development Workshops<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> NorthEast Independent School District Awarded: $11,000 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Misty Sailors Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: The effects of Western diet on pregnancy outcomes and implications on offspring health<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> UTSA-College of Education and Human Development Awarded: $5,000 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Eunhee Chung Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: “Development and Testing of the Tobacco and Nicotine Consequences Scale (TANCS) to screen and…<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> UTSA-College of Education and Human Development Awarded: $4,509 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Timothy Grigsby Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: An Investigation into Systemic and Institutional Barriers to the Provision of High-Quality…<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> UTSA-College of Education and Human Development Awarded: $4,821 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Aleta Baldwin Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Mathematics and Language, Literacy Integration (MALLI) in Dual Language Settings<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Department of Education through Santa Clara University Awarded: $575,601 Bicultural-Bilingual Studies PI: Jorge L. Solis Bicultural-Bilingual Studies CI: Constructing a Latina/o Educational Pipeline in Texas: A Critical Race Analysis<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> UTSA-College of Education and Human Development Awarded: $5,000 Educational Leadership and Policy Studies PI: Sofia Bahena Educational Leadership and Policy Studies CI: Enrique Aleman; Sonya Aleman Other Academics IDRA/UTSA Research Partnership<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> US Department of Education thru IDRA Submitted: $379,719 Educational Leadership and Policy Studies PI: Enrique Aleman Educational Leadership and Policy Studies CI: Evangeline Aguilera, Curtis Brewer, Mariela Rodriguez, Juan Nino, Encarnacion Garza Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Identifying Individual Zones of Optimal Performance during Police Officer Use-of- Force Scenarios<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> UTSA-College of Education and Human Development Submitted: $4,623 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: William Land Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: L.E.A.P.S. (Learning Engineering, Acoustics, and Physics with Synthesizers)<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> UTSA-College of Education and Human Development Submitted: $5,000 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Vittorio Marone Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Treatment of Food Selectivity in Children with Autism Via Telehealth<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> UTSA-College of Education and Human Development Submitted: $4,999 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Bryant Silbaugh Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: College access and geography: The experiences of rural youth in Texas<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> UTSA-College of Education and Human Development Submitted: $5,000 Educational Leadership and Policy Studies PI: Vanessa Sansone Educational Leadership and Policy Studies CI: “The New Breed Leaders: Assistant Professors of Counselor Education and Supervision and the 2014 ACA<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> UTSA-College of Education and Human Development Submitted: $5,000 Counselling PI: Kim Lee Hughes Counselling CI: US PREP<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Texas Tech University Submitted: $200,000 Bicultural-Bilingual Studies PI: Belinda Flores Bicultural-Bilingual Studies CI: ________________________________ [https://d2q0qd5iz04n9u.cloudfront.net/_ssl/proxy.php/http/education.utsa....] <http://www.facebook.com/UTSACOEHD><http://twitter.com/intent/follow... 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