Subscribe<http://eepurl.com/bckAEX> | Archive <http://us9.campaign-archive1.com/home/?u=136171bc13e56eae0ccfa44e1&id... Trouble Reading? Online Version<http://education.utsa.edu/news/2015_COEHDnews_Resp2/> [COEHDnews]<http://education.utsa.edu/> UTSA College of Education and Human Development COEHDnews -- Week of Fri, May 06, 2016 <http://www.facebook.com/UTSACOEHD> Follow on Facebook <http://twitter.com/intent/follow?source=followbutton&variant=1.0&... Follow on Twitter <http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK6pHBcRJJXKzUyLAxgBgcw?sub_confirmation=... Follow on YouTube <http://education.utsa.edu/news/rss_2.0> Follow on RSS Spotlight: Saldivar-Hull receives 2016 University Excellence Award<http://education.utsa.edu/SPOTLIGHT/article/saldivar_hull_receiv... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/13063158_10154142574949096_16893...] Dr. Sonia Saldivar-Hull, director of the Women's Studies Institute and professor of English, received the 2016 President’s Distinguished Diversity Award in the faculty/staff category. She was presented with the award during a special ceremony on Thursday, April 14 at the UTSA Main Campus. 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... [Email] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/email/offer?url=http://educ... [Print] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/print/offer?url=http://educ... [Favorites] <https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/favorites/offer?url=http://... COEHDnews [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/coehd_logo_coehdnews.jpg] <http://education.utsa.edu/> Omnicron Chi chapter of Kappa Delta Pi inducts record number of new members<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/omnicron_chi_chapter_of... [13131231 573125839525133 931833088115153703 o] by MISTY SAILORS, DEPARTMENT OF INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING AND TEACHINGPublished: 05/02 Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), International Honor Society in Education, is pleased to announce that 23 new members were invited and inducted into its membership through the Omicron Chi of the University of Texas at San Antonio. This brings the total number of inductees into the chapter to a record of 51 during the academic school year, 2015-16. 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... 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Chávez Blvd., San Antonio, Texas 78207 External News [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/EXTERNAL.jpg] <http://education.utsa.edu/> Two area teachers win Trinity Prize for excellence<http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/education/article/Two-area... by Alia Malik, San Antonio Express-News | 05/05 Carol Marie Hudson’s job satisfaction comes from seemingly small moments in her kindergarten classroom. She feels pride when children who didn’t believe they could write start forming their letters, bolstered by their teacher’s support. ‘Nuestra Historia’ Exhibit Tells the Stories of Early Bexar County<http://therivardreport.com/nuestra-historia-our-history-spain-i... by Lea Thompson, The Rivard Report | 05/05 Nuestra Historia – Our History: Spain in Bexar County, a new exhibit developed by the Bexar Heritage and Parks Department and the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures, focuses on 17th and 18th century Spanish exploration, and the diverse exchange of cultures that led to present-day Bexar County. Colleges Help the Faculty Adapt Teaching for Foreign Students<http://chronicle.com/article/Colleges-Help-the-Faculty/236363... by Karin Fischer, Chronicle of Higher Education | 05/05 Jay Newell’s introductory advertising course is a large lecture class, but the Iowa State University professor prides himself on keeping students interested and engaged. And so he was puzzled a few years ago when he noticed a knot of students who appeared checked out, unresponsive, bored. Why wasn’t he getting through to them? he wondered. Superintendents Say STAAR Testing Doesn’t Measure Up<http://tpr.org/post/superintendents-say-staar-testing-doesnt-measur... by Louisa Jonas, TPR | 05/05 Nearly 50 superintendents in the Houston area sent a letter to the Texas Commissioner of Education, Mike Morath, complaining about multiple problems with the State of Texas Assessments and Academic Readiness, or STAAR standardized test. Districts in the San Antonio area have also complained. Study abroad program renews travel opportunities to Mexico for UTSA students, faculty<http://www.utsa.edu/today/2016/05/utsa-mexico.html> by Jesus Chavez, UTSA Today | 05/05 The first cohort of UTSA students to travel to Mexico since 2010 recently returned from a weeklong education trip to Mexico City. Eight faculty-led study abroad programs will visit Mexico this year to study everything from political science and global affairs to cross-cultural medicine to culture and civilization in Latin America. The expansion comes as a result of strengthened academic partnerships between UTSA and 26 Mexican institutions, centers and government entities. Publications Targeting conversational skills with digital storytelling in EFL CIEX Journ@l M. Sidury Christiansen | Bicultural-Bilingual Studies Koelzer, M. & Christiansen, M. S. (2016). Targeting conversational skills with digital storytelling in EFL. CIEX Journ@l, 2(2), 5-11. Digital Storytelling: Using Different Technologies for EFL MEXTESOL Journal M. Sidury Christiansen | Bicultural-Bilingual Studies Christiansen, M.S. & Koezler, M. (2016). Digital Storytelling: Using Different Technologies for EFL. MEXTESOL Journal, 40(1). Papers are never finished, just abandoned: The role of written teacher comments in the revision… Journal of Response to Writing M. Sidury Christiansen | Bicultural-Bilingual Studies Christiansen, M. S. & Bloch, J. (2016). Papers are never finished, just abandoned: The role of written teacher comments in the revision process. Journal of Response to Writing, 2(1), 6-42. http://journalrw.org/index.php/jrw/article/view/32 ‘¡Hable bien m’ijo o gringo o mx!’: Language ideologies in the digital… International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism M. Sidury Christiansen | Bicultural-Bilingual Studies Christiansen, M. S. (2016) ‘¡Hable bien m’ijo o gringo o mx!’: Language ideologies in the digital communication practices of transnational Mexican bilinguals. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. doi: 10.1080/13670050.2016.1181603 http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/tFNCiPeeXqNSBAPdXYUx/full Research Awards & Submittals Measuring Stage of Change for Academic Distress Hogg Foundation Submitted: $21,330 Educational Psychology PI: Kara Styck Educational Psychology CI: Promoting Outcome-Based Wellness, Empowerment, and Recover (POWER) Hogg Foundation Submitted: $22,000 Counselling PI: Hope Bell Counselling CI: Catherine Somody Counselling Autonomic Neural Regulation During Recovery from Severe Burn San Antonio Medical Foundation Submitted: $198,899 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: William Cooke Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Donovan Fogt Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition Expanding and Disseminating the Building a Healthy Temple: A Summer Obesity Prevention Program… Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Submitted: $158,712 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: Meizi He Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: CultuRemix! Innovating Teaching and Learning Through Remixing IDEA Submitted: $10,000 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Vittorio Marone Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Autonomic Regulation and Neurocognitive Function in PTSD San Antonio Life Sciences Institute (SALSI) Submitted: $49,992 Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition PI: William Cooke Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition CI: Donovan Fogt Kinesiology, Health and Nutrition Applied Behavior Analysis Clinic TRICARE Submitted: $177,726 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Lee Mason Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Electronic Client Data Intake Project The Trull Foundation Submitted: $15,495 Counselling PI: Catherine Somody Counselling CI: EI: Opening Doors to Underrepresented Students: A Computer Science Graduate Certificate Program… National Science Foundation Submitted: $1,249,304 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Timothy Yuen Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Maria Arreguin-Anderson; Guadalupe Carmona-Dominguez; Matthew Gibson Other Academics Project Behave UTSA VP for Research - GREAT Submitted: $20,000 Educational Psychology PI: Leslie Neely Educational Psychology CI: Candace Gann Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching 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 Recommended for you College of Education and Human Development - UTSA - University of Texas at San Antonio<http://m.addthis.com/live/redirect/?url=http%3A%2F%2Feducation... education.utsa.edu <http://www.addthis.com/website-tools/overview?utm_source=AddThis%20Tools&... 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