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[http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/IMG_0165.JPG] The Academy for Teacher Excellence, a center housed within the College of Education and Human Development, was recognized for its recent achievements by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics at a special ceremony on Thursday, February 18. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/IMG_0163.JPG] Dr. Lorena Claeys accepted the honors on behalf of ATE, which was named a Bright Spot in Hispanic Education and successfully answered the Initiative's 25th Anniversary Call to Action with its Summer Bridging Institute. Alejandra Ceja, executive director, and Jaqueline Cortez Wang, senior advisor, presented the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics honors. Share: [Facebook] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?url=http://e... [Twitter] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?url=http://ed... 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Cultural Contrasts in Latin America<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001liQfFqVXYdpdDSasd4sgj2BaqGCo-BA... (workshop, presented by professors from UTSA and Texas State) Share: [Facebook] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer?url={awards_... [Twitter] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/twitter/offer?url=%7Btitle_... [Email] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?url=%7Btitle_pe... [Print] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/print/offer?url=%7Btitle_pe... [Favorites] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/favorites/offer?url=%7Btitl... Events Calendar FEB 28 Honoring Texas Military Members Exhibit - Ongoing<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/honoring_texas_militar... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mon - Sat; Noon - 5 p.m. Sun. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Institute of Texan Cultures - 801 E. Cesar E. Chavez Blvd., San Antonio, TX 78205 FEB 29 Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/martin_luther_king_jr.... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 3:00 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - University Center Retama Auditorium FEB 29 Master of Arts in Education Information Session<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/master_of_arts_in_educ... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Downtown Campus - Durango Building, Room 3.110 MAR 01 2016 Women’s History Month Opening Program<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/2016_womens_history_mo... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 2:00 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - University Center, Retama Auditorium (2.02.02) MAR 01 Campus Checkpoint: Student Veteran Association<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/campus_checkpoint_... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - University Center, Denman Room, 2.01.28 MAR 05 12th Annual Storytelling Festival<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/12th_annual_storytell... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - Main Building External News [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/EXTERNAL.jpg] <http://education.utsa.edu/> She thought she was coming in for a typical day at school. She couldn’t have been more wrong&#<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHH6oQl9z5k> by Kleenex, YouTube | 02/25 A Caring Chorus - We all have a voice inside, and the best teachers help us find it. One group of students took the time to recognize their chorus teacher with a performance she’ll never forget. Hayden Peek aims to tackle obesity with supermarket receipt graphics<http://www.dezeen.com/2016/02/18/hayden-peek-nutritional-grap... by , de zeen magazine | 02/25 Supermarket receipts could introduce graphics showing nutritional information to help solve the "obesity epidemic", proposes UK designer Hayden Peek. Mind Controlled Prosthetic Arm Moves Individual Fingers<http://neurosciencenews.com/finger-movement-prosthetic-bmi-366... by Johns Hopkins Medicine, NEUROSCIENCE NEWS | 02/25 Physicians and biomedical engineers from Johns Hopkins report what they believe is the first successful effort to wiggle fingers individually and independently of each other using a mind-controlled artificial “arm” to control the movement. Are there differences in how speakers of other languages hear music?<http://neurosciencenews.com/language-music-neuroscience-3721/> by Federica Sgorbissa – SISSA, NEUROSCIENCE NEWS | 02/25 Researchers investigate whether speaking a different native language has an effect on how we hear music. Genetic Counselling Could Help Psychiatric Patients<http://neurosciencenews.com/schizophrenia-genetic-counselling... by Staff Writer, NEUROSCIENCE NEWS | 02/25 A new University of British Columbia study shows that genetic counselling helps patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and similar conditions understand and cope with their illness. The study is among the first to show the value of genetic counselling for psychiatric illnesses, demonstrating that it can help patients understand the cause of their illness, the genetic component and how they can protect their mental health going forward. Ve said, xe said: A guide to gender-neutral language<http://college.usatoday.com/2016/02/25/gender-neutral-terms/> by Greta Bjornson, USA TODAY College | 02/25 The college experience has started to change in small but profound ways for non-binary students — those who don’t identify strictly as female or male — as administrations push to make students across the gender spectrum feel more comfortable on campuses by adopting more inclusive language. Silicon Valley’s economic divide starts in preschool<http://www.marketplace.org/2016/02/17/education/silicon-vall... by Deepa Fernandes, NPR Marketplace | 02/25 Two different worlds in early education, divided by a freeway State Poet Laureate to hold workshop at Central Middle School<http://www.themonitor.com/mvtc/education/state-poet-laureate-to... by Michael Rodriguez, Mid-Valley Town Crier | 02/25 Acclaimed author Dr. Carmen Tafolla will lead a poetry reading and writing workshop at Central Middle School this week. Tafolla, an associate professor at the Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies with the University of Texas at San Antonio’s College of Education and Human Development, who in 2015 was named the State Poet Laureate, will also give a motivational speech in addition to donating books to the school’s library. Study In Your PJs? What A High School ‘Work From Home Day’ Looks Like<http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/02/23/466460375/study-in-your... by ANYA KAMENETZ, NPR Ed | 02/25 No alarm. No school bus. No problem. Thanks to a school's laptop program, everyone takes a virtual lesson. Fixing A Broken Freshman Year: What An Overhaul Might Look Like<http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/02/25/466454645/fixing-a-brok... by BYRD PINKERTON, NPR Ed | 02/25 Most people who drop out of college drop out the first year, and, so far, interventions haven't done much to change that. Now, campuses are coming together to try something new. Edgewood Board Members Resign Citing Fear and Discord<http://tpr.org/post/edgewood-board-members-resign-citing-fear-... by JOEY PALACIOS, STEVE SHORT & SHELLEY D. KOFLER , TPR Texas Public Radio | 02/25 Three members of the Edgewood Independent School District board resigned Friday with some of them saying they feared for their safety. The Texas Education Agency began investigating Edgewood ISD in January following complaints that the school board is dysfunctional. Publications Mexicanness and Social Order in Digital Spaces: Contention among Members of a Multigenerational Tran<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences M. Sidury Christiansen | Bicultural-Bilingual Studies Christiansen, M. S. (2015). Mexicanness and Social Order in Digital Spaces: Contention among Members of a Multigenerational Transnational Network. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 37(1), 3-22. Appearances can be deceiving: Risks interpreting data in online ethnographic research<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Perspectives on Qualitative Research M. Sidury Christiansen | Bicultural-Bilingual Studies Christiansen, M. S. (2015). Appearances can be deceiving: Risks interpreting data in online ethnographic research (pp. 437-456). In M. Lengeling & I. Mora Pablo (eds.), Perspectives on Qualitative Research. Guanajuato, Mexico: Universidad de Guanajuato Press. ‘A ondi queras’: Ranchero Identity Construction by US Born Mexicans on Facebook<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Journal of Sociolinguistics M. Sidury Christiansen | Bicultural-Bilingual Studies Christiansen, M. S. (2015) ‘A ondi queras’: Ranchero Identity Construction by US Born Mexicans on Facebook. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 19(5), 688-702. Mapping Hispanic-Serving Institutions: A typology of institutional diversity<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Journal of Higher Education Anne-Marie Nuñez, Gloria Crisp | Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Nuñez, A.-M., Crisp, G., & Elizondo, D. (2016). Mapping Hispanic-Serving Institutions: A typology of institutional diversity. Journal of Higher Education, 87(1), 55-83. Research Awards & Submittals Teacher Empowerment for Leadership and Advocacy (TELA) for English Learners (Els)<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Department of Education-National Professional Development Submitted: $2,722,667 Bicultural-Bilingual Studies PI: Lucila Ek Bicultural-Bilingual Studies CI: Margarita Machado-Casas; Lorena Claeys Other Academics Alliance for Bilingual Counseling in Schools (ABCS)<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Department of Education-National Professional Development Submitted: $2,381,390 Counselling PI: Heather Trepal Counselling CI: Elias Zambrano; Derek Robertson Counselling Sub Award Mathematics and Language, Literacy Integration (MALLI)<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Department of Education-National Professional Development-Sub Award with Santa Clara University Submitted: $839,232 Bicultural-Bilingual Studies PI: Jorge Solis Bicultural-Bilingual Studies CI: Patricia Sanchez Bicultural-Bilingual Studies Project BELLO: Building Enchanced Learning Opportunities for Els<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Department of Education-National Professional Development Submitted: $2,534,724 Bicultural-Bilingual Studies PI: Peter Sayer Bicultural-Bilingual Studies CI: Belinda Flores Bicultural-Bilingual Studies Closing the Education Gap for Hispanic Students With An Online Masters Degree Program in Community..<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> USDA Hispanic Serving Institutions Submitted: $275,000 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Meizi He Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Erica Sosa; Zenong Yin; Sarah Ullevig Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition Effects of Trunks Strenghthening program on pitching biomechanics in adolescent baseball pitchers<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) Submitted: $55,973 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Sakiko Oyama Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: 2016-2017 SEED Invitational Leadership Institute to Invest in Developing New Teacher Leaders<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> National Writing Project Submitted: $15,000 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Roxanne Henkin Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Write for Texas Travel Funds 15-17 Amendment 1<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> University of Texas at Austin Awarded: $4,000 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Roxanne Henkin Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Farm to Church Pilot Program<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> San Antonio Area Foundation Submitted: $51,473 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Meizi He Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Applied Behavior Analysis Clinic (ABA Clinic)<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> San Antonio Area Foundation Submitted: $25,760 Educational Psychology PI: Leslie Neely Educational Psychology CI: Historical Fiction Writing Project for Young Women<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Dalkowitz Charitable Trust Submitted: $5,000 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Roxanne Henkin Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Building a Healthy Temple Vacation Bible School: A Childhood Obesity Prevention Program<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Walmart Foundation Submitted: $145,115 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Meizi He Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: GEO Opportunities for Leadership in Diversity (GOLD)An IDEAS Lab Activity<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> National Science Foundation Submitted: Educational Leadership and Policy Studies PI: Anne Marie Nuñez Educational Leadership and Policy Studies CI: NWP 2016-17 Advance Institute to Scale-Up the College-Ready Writers Program - SAWP<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> National Writing Project Awarded: $20,000 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Roxanne Henkin Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Capacity Building Initiativews for Substance Abuse and HIV Prevention Services for At-Risk Racial…<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> Center for Health Care Services sub award Submitted: $20,000 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Phillip Schnarrs Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: CONTACT US College of Education and Human Development One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249 education.utsa.edu<http://education.utsa.edu/> <http://education.utsa.edu/> Jo Ann Jones<mailto:Joann.Jones@utsa.edu> COEHDnews Editor/Writer T: 210.458.4486 Byron Spencer<mailto:byron.spencer@utsa.edu> COEHDnews Editor T: 210.458.7396 Jesus Chavez<mailto:Jesus.chavez@utsa.edu> University Communications Media Relations T: 210.458.4937