COEHDnews Week of Fri, November 20, 2015 ________________________________ [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/facebooknews.png]<https://www... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/twitternews.png] <https://twitter.com/UTSACOEHD> [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/rss.png] <http://education.utsa.edu/news/rss_2.0> COEHD Recent News Honors College Dean and COEHD professor Richard Diem retires after 40 years of UTSA service<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/honors_college_dean_and... ________________________________ by Nicole Duff, Student, UTSA Honors College | November 18, 2015 Full Story<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/honors_college_dean_and_c... [Richarddiem] After 40 years of service to UTSA, Richard A. Diem has retired. Lauded for being one of the main catalysts behind the formation of the UTSA Honors College, Diem’s career includes 13 years of service as dean of the Honors College in addition to time as a professor of education. VIEW ALL NEWS<http://education.utsa.edu/news/> Awards, Announcements, & Recognition Land trains sports and exercise psychology students at FSU ________________________________ Dr. William Land | Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition During homecoming week, Dr. William Land, assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition and lab supervisor for the UTSA Human Performance Laboratory, visited Florida State University in Tallahassee to train members of the Sport and Exercise Psychology Lab on their new motion analysis system. Dr. Land is a Florida State University alumnus (M.S. '07, Ph.D. '10 Sport Psychology). If you know of someone in the college that deserves recognition, please EMAIL US<mailto:coehdcomm@utsa.edu> the following information: Name | Department | Honor or Award | Organization Presenting Research Awards & Submittals COEHD Faculty Research Awards 2015-1016 ________________________________ $5,000 ________________________________ The Intersection of Language Awareness and Ideology among in-service Teachers of Emerging Bilinguals Bicultural-Bilingual Studies Awarded PI: Kristen Lindahl Bicultural-Bilingual Studies CI: Kathryn Henderson Bicultural-Bilingual Studies COEHD Faculty Research Awards 2015-1016 ________________________________ $5,000 ________________________________ The Influence of Action-Effect Priming on Bilateral Transfer Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition Awarded PI: William Land Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: COEHD Faculty Research Awards 2015-1016 ________________________________ $4,931 ________________________________ Helping Students to Maintain Appropriate Behaviors in the Absence of Restrictive Behavior Interventi Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Awarded PI: Candace Gann Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: COEHD Faculty Research Awards 2015-1016 ________________________________ $5,000 ________________________________ The role of work in the experiences of Latinos at an Hispanic Serving Institution Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Awarded PI: Anne Marie Nuñez Educational Leadership and Policy Studies CI: COEHD Faculty Research Awards 2015-1016 ________________________________ $4,500 ________________________________ Growth Through Pain: Predictors of Post-Traumatic Growth in Military Personnel Counselling Awarded PI: Chastity Hope Bell Counselling CI: National Institutes of Health (NIH) R01 ________________________________ $3,570,024 ________________________________ Y-Fitkids: An Integrated Approach to Obesity Prevention and Fitness in Y Afterschool Program Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition Submitted PI: Zenong Yin Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Meizi He, David Akopian Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) ________________________________ $5,017 ________________________________ Project Proposal for Doing Math at the DoSeum: Leveraging an Interactive Children’s Museum to Teach Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Submitted PI: Cyrstal Kalinec-Craig Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Spencer Foundation ________________________________ $49,999 ________________________________ The meaning of work in college opportunity: Experience of first-generation Latino STEM majors Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Submitted PI: Anne-Marie Nuñez Educational Leadership and Policy Studies CI: Research, Awards, and Submittals are provided by your COEHD Research Service Center. Juliet Ray, RSC Director | Jesse Hernandez CRA, Sr. Research Award Coordinator External News U.S. Colleges See A Big Bump In International Students<http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/11/18/456353089/u-s-colle... ________________________________ by EDITOR | November 19, 2015 Full Story<http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/11/18/456353089/u-s-colleges... A new report backed by the State Department found a 10 percent jump in students coming to the U.S. for higher education. SBOE: School Boards Can’t Hire Just Anyone as Superintendent<http://www.texastribune.org/2015/11/18/sboe-school-boar... ________________________________ by Kiah Collier | November 19, 2015 Full Story<http://www.texastribune.org/2015/11/18/sboe-school-boards-cant-h... The State Board of Education on Wednesday rejected a rule change that would have allowed school boards to hire anyone they wanted as superintendent — even if the candidate had no public education experience. UT System to Require Interviews with Minority Candidates<http://www.texastribune.org/2015/11/05/push-diversity-ut-sy... ________________________________ by Matthew Watkins | November 19, 2015 Full Story<http://www.texastribune.org/2015/11/05/push-diversity-ut-system-... Chancellor Bill McRaven said Thursday he will require that a woman or minority candidate be interviewed for every high-level position at the UT System's 14 universities and medical schools. Does It Pay To Pay Teachers $100,000?<http://tpr.org/post/does-it-pay-pay-teachers-100000> ________________________________ by RYAN SCHUETTE | November 19, 2015 Full Story<http://tpr.org/post/does-it-pay-pay-teachers-100000> We're brought up to believe our teachers are modern-day saints. Just look at how we portray them in the movies and on TV. From Dead Poets Society's iconic Mr. Keating to resourceful LouAnne Johnson in Dangerous Minds, we reinforce time and again that teaching is a noble calling. These teachers are heroes, we're told. It's hard to imagine them even thinking about money. Mexico Center is accepting applications for Mexico-related research fellowships<http://www.utsa.edu/mexicocenter/fellowship.html> ________________________________ by | November 18, 2015 Full Story<http://www.utsa.edu/mexicocenter/fellowship.html> The UTSA Mexico Center offers an Educational Research Fellowship that provides financial assistance for student/faculty research projects on Mexico-related topics that need time in Mexico to do field work or consultation at a university or research center. The student grants are funded by the “Carlos and Malu Alvarez International Study Fund.” The fund pays for student travel to Mexico, food and lodging, local travel, and supplies/materials needed to complete the project (i.e. data sets for quantitative analysis, transcribers/recorders for fieldwork, etc.) VIEW ALL NEWS<http://education.utsa.edu/news/> Faculty Publications Oral language: The genesis and development of literacy for schooling and everyday life ________________________________ Roslind Horowitz | Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Research-based practices for teaching Common Core literacy Horowitz, R. (2015). Oral language: The genesis and development of literacy for schooling and everyday life in P. D. Pearson & E. H. Hiebert (Eds.). Research-based practices for teaching Common Core literacy. (pp. 57-75) New York and London: Teachers College Press, Columbia University and Newark: Delaware, International Literacy Research Association. 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