[Coehd] COEHDnews -- Week of Fri, August 29, 2014

COEHDnews Week of Thu, August 28, 2014 COEHD News: KHN faculty awarded more than $650,000 in grants<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/khn_faculty_awarded_more... By Jo Ann Jones | August 27, 2014 Two faculty members from the Department of Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition (KHN) were awarded more than $650,000 in grants for their research projects. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/khn_faculty_awarded_more_... ________________________________ Theodorea Berry receives AESA Critics Choice Book award<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/theodorea_berry_receives_... By Jo Ann Jones | August 26, 2014 Dr. Theodorea Berry, associate professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching and director of the African American Studies program, was awarded the 2014 Critics Choice Book Award by the American Educational Studies Association (AESA) for her book, “The evolving significance of race: Living, learning, and teaching.” [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/theodorea_berry_receives_... ________________________________ UTSA alums fill the classrooms as San Antonio goes back to school<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/utsa_alums_fill_the_clas... By Marissa Villa | August 25, 2014 When K-12 students head back to school around the city, chances are good they may be taught by a UTSA alum. The UTSA College of Education and Human Development offers the leading teacher training program in San Antonio. It sends out 500-600 teachers into classrooms every year. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/utsa_alums_fill_the_class... ________________________________ COEHD student continues dream of becoming a teacher<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/coehd_student_continues... By Jo Ann Jones | August 25, 2014 Linda Santos never thought she would be able to come back to school. The 47-year-old mother of two always knew teaching was something she was meant to do. She had more than a decade of experience working with children in the San Antonio Independent School district. But becoming a teacher required a degree and she didn’t think she would make it through a teacher preparation program; that is, until she came to The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/coehd_student_continues_d... ________________________________ UTSA to host Aug. 26 conference on unaccompanied-minor border crisis<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/utsa_to_host_aug._26_con... By Olivia Lopez | August 22, 2014 The UTSA Mexico Center, in collaboration with the UTSA College of Public Policy and the St. Mary’s University Center for Legal and Social Justice, will host a conference, “Central American Young Migrants and the Border Crisis: Causes and Response,” on Tuesday, Aug. 26 to discuss the factors fueling the recent influx of unaccompanied minors from Central America and the legal, policy and social responses to this humanitarian crisis. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/utsa_to_host_aug._26_conf... ________________________________ [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/newspaper.png] All News stories<http://education.utsa.edu/news/> Research/Grants/Awards: VPR Weekly Awards Recap 08/18/14 – 08/22/14 Principal Investigator Co-PI College/Department Project Title Sponsor Award Amount RSC Meizi He Zenong Yin, Erica Sosa COEHD-Kinesiology Health & Nutrition Building a Healthy Temple Cancer Primary Prevention Program Amongst Hispanics Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) $573,095 EDU Erica Sosa Sara Oswalt COEHD-Kinesiology Health & Nutrition Evaluation of Health Education Curriculum and Campaign City of San Antonio Metropolitan Health District $40,000 EDU Erica Sosa Sarah Ullevig COEHD-Kinesiology Health & Nutrition Evaluation Services of Sodium Reduction Initiative City of San Antonio Metropolitan Health District $50,000 EDU Contact Us Byron Spencer<mailto:byron.spencer@utsa.edu> Sr. Communications Specialist COEHD Office of the Dean The University of Texas at San Antonio T: 210.458.7396 Jo Ann Jones<mailto:Joann.Jones@utsa.edu> Communications Specialist COEHD Office of the Dean The University of Texas at San Antonio T: 210.458.4486 Marissa Villa<mailto:Marissa.Villa@utsa.edu> Multimedia Editor III Office of University Communications and Marketing The University of Texas at San Antonio T: 210.458.4937 External Media: Place Your Bets<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/08/22/unsettled-ed-tech-... By Carl Straumsheim | August 22, 2014 (INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION) -- Can the billion-dollar ed-tech industry, flush with funds from venture capital firms, keep up its record-setting investment pace, or is it setting itself up for a massive crash? [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/08/22/unsettled-ed-tech... ________________________________ The Legacy Of Francisco Cigarroa<http://tpr.org/post/source-legacy-francisco-cigarroa> By PAUL FLAHIVE | August 25, 2014 (TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO) -- Last week was a busy one for Dr. Francisco Cigarroa, former chancellor of the University of Texas System. On Monday he found out he won the Julio Palmaz Award for innovation in health care and biosciences, and on Thursday the University of Texas replaced him, confirming his successor, Admiral William McRaven. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://tpr.org/post/source-legacy-francisco-cigarroa> ________________________________ What Freshmen (Don’t) Know<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/08/26/beloit-releases-an... By Scott Jaschik | August 26, 2014 (INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION) -- Students heading into their first year of college this year were generally born in 1996. During their initial weeks of kindergarten, this years class of freshmen were upset by endlessly repeated images of planes blasting into the World Trade Center. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/08/26/beloit-releases-a... ________________________________ Don’t Email Me<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/08/27/sake-student-faculty... By Carl Straumsheim | August 27, 2014 (INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION) -- A faculty member at Salem College bans students from emailing her. The goal: increasing student-faculty interaction. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/08/27/sake-student-facu... ________________________________ Crowdfunding the path to college<http://www.marketplace.org/topics/education/learningcurve/crow... By Annie Baxter | August 27, 2014 (NPR MARKETPLACE) -- More students are banking on the generosity of strangers to foot their bills. When Salina Vang begins her studies at the University of Minnesota-Duluth next week, loans and scholarships will cover most of her expenses. To cover the rest, she launched a fundraising campaign on the website GoFundMe, which allows users to pull in donations from friends, family and strangers. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://www.marketplace.org/topics/education/learningcurve/crowdf... ________________________________ Latino Children Make Greatest Gains in NC Pre-K<http://fpg.unc.edu/news/latino-children-make-greatest-gains-nc-p... By Ellen Peisner-Feinberg, National Pre-K and Early Learning Evaluation Center | August 27, 2014 (FRANK PORTER GRAHAM CHILD DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE) -- A new summary of 12 years of research on North Carolina’s pre-kindergarten program for at-risk 4-year-olds shows that “dual-language learners” make the greatest academic progress in the program. According to the report from UNC's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute (FPG), while students in NC Pre-K advance across all spheres of learning, the program is especially beneficial for the state’s dual-language learners. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://fpg.unc.edu/news/latino-children-make-greatest-gains-nc-p... ________________________________ ‘Dirty Money’<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/08/28/research-funding... By Charlie Tyson | August 28, 2014 (INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION) -- People get furious with Cynthia Jones. Philosophy is known as the blood sport of the humanities, and Jones, an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Texas-Pan American, doesn’t shrink from conflict. But she’d been sparring not just with fellow philosophers in seminar rooms, but with people from all corners of her campus. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/08/28/research-funding-... ________________________________ Senate Education Committee Grills TEA On STAAR Writing Exam Standards<http://tpr.org/post/senate-education-committee-grills-tea-st... By RYAN POPPE | August 28, 2014 (TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO) -- State lawmakers took issue with the Texas Education Agency’s plan to keep the standard for writing component of the Texas STAARS exam at a lower level for a third year in a row. Lawmakers voiced concerns with keeping the lower standard and changing the exam while student performance remains flat. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://tpr.org/post/senate-education-committee-grills-tea-staar-... ________________________________ UT Health Science School Of Medicine Best For Hispanics In U.S.<http://tpr.org/post/ut-health-science-school-medicine-best-hispan... By EILEEN PACE | August 28, 2014 (TEXAS PUBLIC RADIO) -- The UT Health Science Center has been named by Hispanic Business magazine as the top medical school for Hispanics in the U.S. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://tpr.org/post/ut-health-science-school-medicine-best-hispa... ________________________________ Harvard hangs up its landlines<http://www.marketplace.org/topics/education/learningcurve/ha... By Jonah Newman | August 28, 2014 (NPR MARKETPLACE) -- If you want to disrupt higher education, you’ve gotta look the part. So when the team at HarvardX, the university’s online learning initiative, began setting up its new offices in Cambridge, down came the walls and the cubicles, in came the long tables and shared work spaces. And out went the landlines. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://www.marketplace.org/topics/education/learningcurve/harvar... ________________________________ Is Google’s Free Software A Good Deal For Educators?<http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/08/26/341943780/is-googles... By ANYA KAMENETZ | August 28, 2014 (NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO) -- Kaitlin Morgan says, this year, her school district is going "full Google." Morgan teaches U.S. and world history and advises the yearbook at Woodlake Union High School in California's Central Valley. At Woodlake, "full Google" means a plan to have one Google Chromebook for every two students by the spring, running Google Apps. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/08/26/341943780/is-googles-free... ________________________________ Upcoming Events: [The Bilingual Advantage: A Book Talk on New Studies in Bilingualism and the U.S. Labor Market]<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/the_bilingual_advantag... The Bilingual Advantage: A Book Talk on New Studies in Bilingualism and the U.S. Labor Market<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/the_bilingual_advantage... Thu, September 4, 2014 Time: 6 - 7:30 p.m. Location: Main Campus Building: University Center Denman Room, 2.01.28 [P-20 Summit: Parent Engagement]<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/p_20_summit_parent... P-20 Summit: Parent Engagement<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/p_20_summit_parent_... Sat, September 6, 2014 Time: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. OR 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. Location: Downtown Campus Building: [ITC Open House for Educators]<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/itc_open_house_for_... ITC Open House for Educators<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/itc_open_house_for_e... Tue, September 9, 2014 Time: 6 to 8 p.m. Location: Institute of Texan Cultures Building: Institute of Texan Cultures [Dr. Freeman Hrabowski Lecture]<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/dr._freeman_hrabowski... Dr. Freeman Hrabowski Lecture<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/dr._freeman_hrabowski_... Thu, September 25, 2014 Time: 6 p.m. Location: Main Campus Building: Main Building Auditorium, 0.104 [Literacy Education Colloquium: Literacy in a Multimodal World]<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/literacy_education_coll... Literacy Education Colloquium: Literacy in a Multimodal World<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/literacy_education_collo... Sat, October 11, 2014 Time: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Location: Downtown Campus Building: TBD [23rd Annual Texas Autism Conference]<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/23rd_annual_texas_... 23rd Annual Texas Autism Conference<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/23rd_annual_texas_a... Fri, November 7, 2014 Time: All Day Location: Corpus Christi, TX Building: American Bank Convention Center COEHDnews is produced by the Dean's Office every friday morning. News, Announcements, Upcoming Events, and Recent Events should be sent to Byron or Jo Ann as early as possibe to maximize exposure.