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A SAWS variance will also be required to operate outdoor commercial fountains during drought stages 1 - 4. For additional information on UTSA’s compliance with the drought restrictions, contact the Facilities Service Center at 458-4262. For more on SAW’s announcement or for a schedule of watering days and additional information on Stage 1 restrictions please visit: http://www.saws.org/latest_news/NewsDrill.cfm?news_id=3459 and http://www.saws.org/conservation/droughtrestrictions/StageOne.cfm. COEHD alumna named to Texas literacy association board<http://education.utsa.edu/awards_announcements/article/coehd_alu... Dr. Kelli Bippert, alumna from the Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching, was recently elected as an at-large member of the Texas Association for Literacy Education's Board. 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Colleges Tackle the Retention Problem with Emerging Tech<https://edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2018/05/colleges-tackle... by DAVE DOUCETTE - EdTech Magazine | Pub: 05/24 Artificial intelligence and data analytics empower higher ed leaders to give students timely guidance. As ‘13 Reasons Why’ Returns, Schools Try To Help Students Who Are Thinking Of Suicide<https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/05/16/607066609/as-13-rea... by ANYA KAMENETZ - NPR | Pub: 05/23 School officials have issued warnings to parents ahead of the second season of the Netflix drama "13 Reasons Why," which premieres this week. The first season, which centered on the suicide of a high school student, triggered cautions from the National Association of School Psychologists. Netflix has responded to concerns by adding PSA-style messages filmed by the cast and putting up a web site with links to resources. Education Department Launches ‘Top-To-Bottom’ Review Of Teachers’ Grant Program<https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/05/22/605248637/education... by CHRIS ARNOLD & CORY TURNER - NPR | Pub: 05/23 It's a financial nightmare for public school teachers across the country: Federal grants they received to work in low-income schools were converted to thousands of dollars in loans that they now must pay back. UTSA Graduate School Dean named Provost of Bowie State University<http://www.utsa.edu/today/2018/05/story/GraduateSchoolDean.... by UTSA TODAY - UTSA Today | Pub: 05/22 Bowie State University today announced the selection of DeBrenna LaFa Agbenyiga, UTSA Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School, as its next Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. NEISD partners with UTSA for dual-credit program<https://www.expressnews.com/news/education/article/NEISD-partn... by LAUREN CARUBA - San Antonio Express-News | Pub: 05/22 Under a partnership the University of Texas at San Antonio, students in their junior and senior years at MacArthur University Prep, or MacUP for short, will be able to earn up to 24 college credit hours by taking classes at UTSA’s downtown campus. They will pay about $200 a semester for classes that would cost them closer to $13,000 as university students. UTSA Academic Affairs updates progress on task forces to advance undergraduate studies, other areas<http://www.utsa.edu/today/2018/05/story/VPAA-taskforces.html> by REBECCA LUTHER - UTSA Today | Pub: 05/21 As the spring semester comes to a close, the UTSA Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs shares the following updates on task forces initiated in the past year by Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs C. Mauli Agrawal. ________________________________ Publications Cross-lagged models of mathematics achievement and motivational factors among Hispanic and non… GUAN SAW - Educational Psychology | Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences: 04/24 Saw, G. K., & Chang, C. -N. (2018). Cross-lagged models of mathematics achievement and motivational factors among Hispanic and non-Hispanic high school students. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 40(2), 240-256. Research Postdoctoral Research on Indic Culture and Literacies<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Infinity Foundation Submitted: $233,880 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Kalpana Iyengar Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: IDRA/UTSA Research Partnerhsip<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Department of Education Thru Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) Awarded: $95,000 Educational Leadership and Policy Studies PI: Enrique Aleman Educational Leadership and Policy Studies CI: Encarnacion Garza, Evangeline Aguilera, Curtis Brewer, Mariela Rodriguez, Juan Nino Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Intent to Continue Editorship of the Journal of Literacy Research Volumes 52-54<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Literary Research Association Submitted: $102,900 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Misty Sailors Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: The World’s Fair as Contested Space: Educational Practice and Utopian Visions at Hemisfair ‘68<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Submitted: $20,000 Educational Leadership and Policy Studies PI: Abraham Deleon Educational Leadership and Policy Studies CI: FANH Academy for Teaching Excellence Service Learning Community<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Submitted: $998,265 Other Academics PI: Lorena Claeys Other Academics CI: Norma Guerra Educational Psychology Closing The Education Gap For Hispanic Students With A Online Masters Degree Program In Community…<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Submitted: $274,999 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Meizi He Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Erica Sosa, Sarah Ullevig, Liset Leal-Vasquez Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition ________________________________ [https://d2q0qd5iz04n9u.cloudfront.net/_ssl/proxy.php/http/education.utsa....] <http://www.facebook.com/UTSACOEHD><http://twitter.com/intent/follow... 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