COEHDnews Week of Thu, August 21, 2014 Recent News: Belinda Flores to present at White House Initiative on Education Excellence for Hispanics webinar<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/belinda_flores_to_prese... By Jo Ann Jones | August 18, 2014 The White House Initiative on Education Excellence for Hispanics will host its monthly webinar on Wednesday, August 20th at 2pm EDT/11am PDT. This month’s subject is Hispanic Teacher Recruitment and will include presenter Dr. Belinda Flores, Chair of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies for The University of Texas at San Antonio’s (UTSA) College of Education and Human Development (COEHD). [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/belinda_flores_to_present... ________________________________ Five Questions with Laura Rendon<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/five_questions_with_laur... Courtesy of the Educational Policy Institute | August 18, 2014 Laura Rendon grew up in the barrios of Laredo, Texas. From there, she began her journey to academia through community colleges and institutions around the United States. Today she remains one of the most respected scholars on educational opportunity in the nation. Dr. Rendon will be our opening keynote at the Retention 2014 Student Success Symposium in San Antonio this September 30, 2014. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/five_questions_with_laura... ________________________________ Dennis Davis receives 2014 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/dennis_davis_receives_20... By Jo Ann Jones | August 13, 2014 If you peek through the classroom window during one of Dennis Davis’ lectures, you just might find him standing on a desktop or frantically moving among his interdisciplinary studies students. It may be slightly unconventional, but it is all part of his efforts to bring his lessons to life. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/dennis_davis_receives_201... ________________________________ Meet a Roadrunner: UTSA-proud alumnus leads Texas’ fourth largest ISD<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/meet_a_roadrunner_utsa_prou... By K.C. Gonzalez | August 13, 2014 Meet Brian T. Woods Ed.D. ‘12. This UTSA alumnus is superintendent of Northside Independent School district, the largest school district in San Antonio and the fourth largest in the State of Texas. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/meet_a_roadrunner_utsa_pr... ________________________________ Theodorea Berry named director of AAS program<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/theodorea_berry_named_d... By Jo Ann Jones | August 11, 2014 The University of Texas at San Antonio College of Education and Human Development has named Dr. Theodorea Regina Berry, associate professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching, as director of the African American Studies (AAS) Program. The AAS program is housed in the college’s Consortium for Social Transformation. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/theodorea_berry_named_dir... ________________________________ [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/newspaper.png] All News stories<http://education.utsa.edu/news/> Research/Grants/Awards: Recognition You Deserve<http://research.utsa.edu/files/PressRelease/Shared_Credit_Poli... UTSA Research is working towards ensuring everyone on a project gets the credit they deserve with its new Shared Credit Policy. This policy improves faculty collaboration across departments, disciplines, and colleges while ensuring everyone involved on a grant is fairly represented. More>>><http://research.utsa.edu/files/PressRelease/Shared_Cr... ________________________________ Showcase Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=16233010&msgid=8... The fall semester is the perfect time to get students involved in the Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry Showcase. This showcase highlights the fantastic work students are involved in from the arts to the sciences. Contact Donovan Fogt for more details. Video>>><http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=16233010&a... ________________________________ Funding for Undergraduate Research <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=16233010&msgid=86485&ac... The Office of Undergraduate Research is offering scholarships for students across ALL disciplines, but these students need your help. In order to be eligible, students must have a faculty mentor. Become a faculty mentor and encourage undergraduate research. More>>><http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=16233010&am... ________________________________ VPR Weekly Awards Recap 08/11/14 – 08/15/14 Principal Investigator Co-PI College/Department Project Title Sponsor Award Amount RSC Sedef Doganer William Dupont COA/Center for Cultural Sustainability State of San Antonio Heritage Resources San Antonio Convention and Visitors Bureau $29,979 DTC Edwin Barea-Rodriguez Gail Taylor COS/Biology Program of Exemplary Mentoring (PEM) Program Grant Alfred P. Sloan Foundation/NACME $60,000 SCI Fidel Santamaria Nicole Wicha, Todd Troyer COS/Biology BRAIN EAGER: Analyzing and Modeling Power-Law Behaviors in Neuroscience National Science Foundation $300,000 SCI John Quarles COS/Computer Sciences CAREER: Measuring and Reducing Cybersickness in Virtual Reality Physical Rehabilitation (Supplement) National Science Foundation $4,410 SCI Dakai Zhu COS/Computer Sciences CSR: Small: Collaborative Research: Dependable Real-Time Computing on Heterogeneous Chip Multiprocessor Systems National Science Foundation $230,000 SCI Dhiraj Sardar COS/Physics and Astronomy Oxide and Metal Nanoparticles-The Interface Between Life Sciences and Physical Sciences (PREM Bridge Funding) National Science Foundation $87,500 SCI 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: Jim Jeffords, influential Senator on education issues, dies<http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/18/politics/jim-jeffords-dies/index.ht... By Staff Report | August 20, 2014 (CNN) -- The former U.S. Senator Jim Jeffords, the moderate Republican best known for his 2001 switch to the Democratic Party that swung control of the Senate, died Monday. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/18/politics/jim-jeffords-dies/index.h... ________________________________ Physically fit kids have beefier brain white matter than their less-fit peers<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-08/uoia-pfk081414.ph... By Diana Yates | August 20, 2014 (EUREKALERT) -- A new study of 9- and 10-year-olds finds that those who are more aerobically fit have more fibrous and compact white-matter tracts in the brain than their peers who are less fit. "White matter" describes the bundles of axons that carry nerve signals from one brain region to another. More compact whi [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-08/uoia-pfk081414.ph... ________________________________ Study finds range of skills students taught in school linked to race and class sizeDaniel Fowler |<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-08/asa-sfr081214.php> By Staff Reporter | August 20, 2014 (AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION) -- Pressure to meet national education standards may be the reason states with significant populations of African-American students and those with larger class sizes often require children to learn fewer skills, finds a University of Kansas researcher. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-08/asa-sfr081214.php... ________________________________ College athletes with abusive coaches more willing to cheat<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-07/apa-caw070714.php... By American Psychological Association | August 20, 2014 (AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION) -- Male athletes in high-profile sports most likely to cheat to win, study says. College athletes who have abusive coaches are more willing to cheat in order to win than players with more ethical coaches, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association and based on surveys from almost 20,000 student athletes at more than 600 colleges across the country. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-07/apa-caw070714.php... ________________________________ Professors struggle to adapt as students forego books<http://www.marketplace.org/topics/education/learningcurve/profes... By Annie Baxter | August 20, 2014 (NPR MARKETPLACE) -- Expensive text books are being purchased less, to the detriment of learning. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://www.marketplace.org/topics/education/learningcurve/profes... ________________________________ Building a school with a future<http://www.marketplace.org/topics/education/learningcurve/build... By Adriene Hill | August 20, 2014 (NPR MARKETPLACE) -- How to design a school that will still be functional in 30 years. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://www.marketplace.org/topics/education/learningcurve/buildi... ________________________________ Pre-K 4 SA’s Final Two Centers Prepare To Open<http://tpr.org/post/pre-k-4-sas-final-two-centers-prepare-open> By RYAN LOYD | August 20, 2014 (TPR) -- The East education center, off Eisenhauer Road, is one of two new centers opening this fall. Construction workers hurried up and down the halls this week, carrying drills and popping in and out of classrooms. They are on a deadline of the year to finish up the final two Pre-K 4 SA centers in the program. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://tpr.org/post/pre-k-4-sas-final-two-centers-prepare-open> ________________________________ Are International Students Satisfied?<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/08/20/new-survey-o... By Elizabeth Redden | August 20, 2014 (INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION) -- Those studying in other countries are broadly satisfied but satisfaction levels vary by country of origin. Large numbers of students from any one nation can inhibit integration, survey finds. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/08/20/new-survey-offers... ________________________________ Surge of Indian Grad Students<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/08/21/new-report-int... By Elizabeth Redden | August 21, 2014 (INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION) -- New report on international admissions at U.S. graduate schools shows continued growth, driven by big increases in Indian students and despite modest drop in applications from China. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/08/21/new-report-intern... ________________________________ If you give a kid an iPad…<http://www.marketplace.org/topics/education/learningcurve/if-you... By Annie Baxter | August 21, 2014 (NPR MARKETPLACE) -- As iPads and other technologies make their way into more classrooms, unforeseen consequences are also on the rise. There's the need for more IT workers. There's the need for bigger security budgets. And now, there's this: The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education over a policy that lets some kids take their school-issued tablets home, while others cannot. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/news-read.png] Full Story<http://www.marketplace.org/topics/education/learningcurve/if-you... ________________________________ Upcoming Events: [Roadrunner Days Intended Major Exploration]<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/roadrunner_days_i... Roadrunner Days Intended Major Exploration<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/roadrunner_days_in... Mon, August 25, 2014 Time: 3 - 4:30 p.m. Location: Main Campus Building: Main Building, Ground Floor [Can We Talk? Surviving Impossible Odds with Jessica Buchanan]<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/can_we_talk_survivin... We Talk? Surviving Impossible Odds with Jessica Buchanan]<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/can_we_talk_survivin... Can We Talk? Surviving Impossible Odds with Jessica Buchanan<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/can_we_talk_surviving... Tue, August 26, 2014 Time: 5 - 8:30 p.m. Location: Institute of Texan Cultures Building: 801 E. Cesar Chavez Blvd., San Antonio, Texas 78205 [First Day of Classes - Fall 2014]<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/first_day_of_classes_fal... First Day of Classes - Fall 2014<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/first_day_of_classes_fall... Wed, August 27, 2014 Time: All Day Location: Main Campus and Downtown Campus Building: All Buildings [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: TBD [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 [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.