Subscribe<http://eepurl.com/bckAEX> | Archive <http://us9.campaign-archive1.com/home/?u=136171bc13e56eae0ccfa44e1&id... | Online Version<http://education.utsa.edu/coehdnews/2016_COEHDnews/> Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser<http://education.utsa.edu/coehdnews/2018_coehdnews>;. [COEHDnews] <http://www.facebook.com/UTSACOEHD><http://twitter.com/intent/follow... COEHDnews -- Week of Fri, December 15, 2017 Spotlight COEHD commencement ceremony set for Sunday, Dec. 17<http://education.utsa.edu/spotlight/article/coehd_commencement_cere... [Commmencement-web-banner-spring2017.jpg] The College of Education and Human Development will participate the second UTSA Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, Dec. 17 at 4 p.m. The ceremony will take place at the Alamodome and will feature commencement speaker the Honorable Ron Nirenberg, mayor of San Antonio. For more information or to live stream the ceremony, visit http://www.utsa.edu/commencement<http://www.utsa.edu//commencement/gra...;. ________________________________ COEHDnews More than 150 students inducted into teaching profession<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/more_than_150_studen... by JO ANN JONES, COEHD| Pub: 12/14 [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/5776/dsc_5648__preview.jpg]The College of Education and Human Development's Office of Teacher Education Services inducted more than 150 students into the profession of teaching at the Fall 2017 Teacher Induction Ceremony on Thursday, December 14. <http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/more_than_150_students_inducted_in... [Facebook]<https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer... [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... ELPS doctoral student selected as an Archer Fellow<http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/elps_doctoral_student_se... by JO ANN JONES, COEHD| Pub: 12/14 [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/5773/screen_shot_2017-12-14_at_1... Gray Parker, doctoral student in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, was selected as a 2018 Archer Fellow and will participate in the Archer Center’s Summer 2018 Graduate Program in Public Policy. <http://education.utsa.edu/news/article/elps_doctoral_student_selected_as_... [Facebook]<https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer... [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... 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[http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - JPL 3.02.38 FEB 22 National Latino Children’s Literature Conference<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/national_latino_chi... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] DT Campus - TBD FEB 23 Texas Association for Literacy Education Conference<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/texas_association_f... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Other - West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas MAR 05 Assessment Language Proficiency in Spanish (ALPS)<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/assessment_language_prof... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - JPL 3.02.38 MAR 31 Bilingual Target Language Proficiency Test Workshop<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/bilingual_target_lang... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Main Campus - JPL 3.02.38 [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/rowdy_close.png] Upcoming Conferences FEB 22 National Latino Children’s Literature Conference<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/national_latino_chi... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] DT Campus - TBD FEB 23 Texas Association for Literacy Education Conference<http://education.utsa.edu/events/detail/texas_association_f... [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/clock.png] [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/globe_earth.png] Other - West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/rowdy_close.png] External News Three Months In, New UTSA President Lays Out Vision For Downtown Campus<http://tpr.org/post/three-months-new-utsa-president-lays-out-vi... by CAMILLE PHILLIPS - TPR | Pub: 12/14 As students at The University of Texas at San Antonio cram for finals week, Taylor Eighmy is preparing for a test of his own: the launch of a major initiative to expand the university’s downtown campus. Updates on university’s strategic initiatives, December 2017<http://www.utsa.edu/today/2017/12/story/StrategicPlanupdate12-13-... by COURTNEY CLEVENGER - UTSA Today | Pub: 12/14 In an email sent today to UTSA faculty and staff, President Taylor Eighmy today announced three new operational initiatives to advance UTSA as San Antonio’s university of the future. Additionally, Eighmy provided updates on the presidential and strategic initiatives underway to support the university’s strategic vision. O’Connor football team throws teen surprise birthday party after no one showed up to first party<https://www.ksat.com/news/o-connor-football-team-throws-teen-sur... by MARIAH MEDINA - KSAT12 News | Pub: 12/13 After no one showed for Diego Hernandez's 14th birthday party, the O'Connor High School varsity football team took matters into their own hands. Diego, an 8th-grader at John Folks Middle School, had planned to have friends over Sunday to bake cookies and hang out for his birthday, but an hour before the party, Diego told his mom he was going to have to cancel – no one could make it. Completed road project makes commute to UTSA easier and safer<http://www.utsa.edu/today/2017/12/story/UTSAblvdopens.html> by UTSA TODAY - UTSA Today | Pub: 12/12 Students, faculty, staff and visitors of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) now have a smoother drive to the Main Campus. The City of San Antonio and Texas Department of Transportation have completed work on UTSA Blvd. Commencement Spotlight: Jewel Barnett ‘14<http://www.utsa.edu/commencement/spotlight/fall2017/jewel-barnett.html> by KARA SORIA - UTSA Today | Pub: 12/12 Meet Jewel Barnett ’14. When this first-generation student walks across the stage at Commencement this December, she will be celebrating both academic and personal achievements. TAMU-SA President, Former NISD Leader Picked for Tricentennial Commission<https://therivardreport.com/tamu-sa-president-former-nisd-l... by BETH FRERKING & JEFFREY SULLIVAN - The Rivard Report | Pub: 12/11 In the latest in a series of leadership changes to the San Antonio Tricentennial Commission, Mayor Ron Nirenberg on Thursday nominated Cynthia Teniente-Matson, president of Texas A&M University-San Antonio, and former Northside Independent School District Superintendent John Folks as co-chairs on the commission. ________________________________ Publications Lag Schedules and Functional Communication Training: Persistence of Mands and Relapse of Problem… BRYANT SILBAUGH - Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching | Behavior Modification: 12/04 Falcomata, T.S., Muething, C.S., Silbaugh, B.C., Adami, S., Hoffman, K., Shpall, C., & Ringdahl, J.E. (2017). Lag Schedules and Functional Communication Training: Persistence of Mands and Relapse of Problem Behavior. Behavior Modification, pp. 1-21. doi: 10.1177/0145445517741475 Research UNIDOS US/ATE Partnership- Lideres Avanzando<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> UNIDO US Awarded: $28,000 Other Academics PI: Lorena Claeys Other Academics CI: Science Education Partnership Award Program: K-3 Stem Foundations: Life Science<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> NIH through Baylor College of Medicine Awarded: $17,885 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Misty Sailors Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Investigating Stakeholder Perceptions of the CaMLA English Placement Test: A Mixed Methods Study<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Cambridge Michigan Language Assessment Submitted: $3,000 Bicultural-Bilingual Studies PI: Becky Huang Bicultural-Bilingual Studies CI: Juliet Langman Bicultural-Bilingual Studies SEE (Support and Enrichment Experiences in) Mathematics<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> State Farm Insurance Company Submitted: $3,000 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Crystal Kalinec-Craig Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Emily Bonner Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching Radical Imaginations in Literacy Teacher Education<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> Caregie Foundation Fellowship Submitted: $197,972 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Misty Sailors Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: Instructional Research Study<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> CATCH THE NEXT Submitted: $40,410 Educational Leadership and Policy Studies PI: Amaury Nora Educational Leadership and Policy Studies CI: CHS: SMALL: COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: ADAPTIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS FOR A PROLONGED EXPOSURE…<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> National Science Foundation through Kennesaw State University Submitted: $193,986 Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching PI: Lee Mason Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching CI: ESCOLAR Science Curriculum Program: Impact Study of Effectiveness<http://education.utsa.edu/research/subs_and_awards/> US Dept of Education thru University of Oregon Submitted: $250,000 Other Academics PI: Lorena Claeys Other Academics CI: ________________________________ [https://d2q0qd5iz04n9u.cloudfront.net/_ssl/proxy.php/http/education.utsa....] <http://www.facebook.com/UTSACOEHD><http://twitter.com/intent/follow... 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