ANNOUNCEMENTS/EVENTS

Teacher Supply Warehouse Drive – Through Wednesday, February 18

UNCG Staff Senate and three student groups, the Teacher Education Student Association (TESA), the UNCG Teaching Fellows and Kappa Delta Pi, are combining efforts to help restock the Teacher Supply Warehouse operated by the Guilford Education Alliance. The Teacher Supply Warehouse allows Guilford County teachers to “shop” for much needed classroom supplies. All items in the warehouse are donated by the community.

Please consider donating the following items for the drive running from January 19^th through February 18^th:

• Copy paper
• Scissors
• Tissue
• Post-it notes
• Wet wipes
• Colored ink pens
• Hand sanitizer
• Colored pencils
• Calculators
• Notebook paper
• Paint (large size acrylic)

A Green box is located in the School of Education on the first floor in the Mailroom. If you have questions, email Ciara Marable jcmarabl@uncg.edu.

 

CLDC Speaker Series: Talkin’ Tar Heel and Educating the Educated: Linguistic Diversity in the University Backyard –Thursday, February 19

Triad Teacher Researcher Conference – Proposals due Friday, February 20

Proposals for the Triad Teacher Researcher Conference at UNCG on April 29 are due February 20 at midnight. This conference is for ALL educators at ALL levels. Please encourage your undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students to submit, along with community members. If you have questions or special needs, please email Amy Vetter at amvetter@uncg.edu. Visit our website at: triadteacherresearcher.weebly.com.

 

Anti-Bullying Workshop – Sunday, February 22

View and discuss the award-winning documentary, Bully, in SOEB 114 from 4-7 p.m. on February 22.

littleBits Presentation and Discussion in the SELF Design Studio – Monday, February 23

Interested Faculty and staff are invited to participate in an exciting opportunity for our SELF Design Studio and the Transforming Teaching through Technology grant. Join usMonday, February 23 in the SELF Design Studio (room 307) when Michael Hageloh of littleBits will be visiting us to share ideas for a partnership with UNCG. We will begin at 10:00 am with Michael’s presentation, followed by an open discussion/brainstorming/roundtable session about possibilities for research, teaching and learning until about12:30.  Come for the entire program or just drop in.  Coffee, snacks and treats provided!

As an introduction, Michael recommends that we watch this TED talk by the founder and CEO of littleBits, Ayah Bdeir:

http://www.ted.com/talks/ayah_bdeir_building_blocks_that_blink_beep_and_teach?language=en

Please email Christina O’Connor if you plan to attend.

 

SOE Alumni Awards – Nominations due Wednesday, February 25

Nominations are now open for this year’s SOE Alumni Awards. If you have any nominations for the four awards, please fill outthis form no later than February 25. As a reminder the awards are: Early Career Award, Distinguished Career Award, Outstanding Achievement Award, and Distinguished Service Award. Descriptions of each award may be found on the form. Please include the nominee’s name and your detailed criteria for the nomination.

 

Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar, Prof. David Schmidtz – February 23-24

We are pleased to announce that Prof. David Schmidtz, founding director of the Center for the Philosophy of Freedom and Kendrick Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona, will be visiting ​UNCG February 23^rd and 24^th as a Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar. ​

​P​lanned events​ include​:

• ​Monday, Feb. 23rd at noon, Prof. Schmidtz will offer a research colloquium for faculty at 12:00 noon in the Macdonald Room, Curry building.   For this presentation, he will give a paper on “Feasibility in Theory and Practice”.  It will be a “brown bag” lunch with beverages provided.

• Monday evening, Feb. 23rd at 7:00 PM, there will be a talk on “Markets in Education” that is open to the public in 136 Petty​ (off College Avenue)​.  Professor Schmidtz is co-authoring a book on the ethics of for-profit education and he will be presenting on this topic.

• At 3:30 on Tuesday, Prof. Schmidtz will present a student seminar/lecture on the topic of justice.  It will be held in Ferguson 322 in conjunction with Bas van der Vossen’s Philosophy of Law class.

​Faculty and students are welcome to attend.

For more information about any of these events, please contact Bas van der Vossen at b_vande2@uncg.edu or the Philosophy Department/Maggie at 334-5059.

 

Faculty First Summer Scholarship Support Awards – Applications due Friday, February 27

Learn more at research.uncg.edu/faculty-first.

SOE Staff Award – Nominations due Monday, March 2

The recipient of the UNCG School of Education (SOE) Staff Excellence Award will exemplify the core values and behaviors of the SOE staff assembly. The recipient will be announced on Reading Day Spring 2015. The recipient will receive $500.

You can nominate more than one person. You need to fill out one form for each person you want to nominate. You can find the form here.

Your nominations must be submitted by March 2, 2015. We greatly appreciate your nominations.

The 2015 UNCG SOE Staff Excellence Award Committee includes Maggie Becker, Karen De Naples, and Cheryl Greenberg. The committee members are not eligible to be nominated this year.

 

Mentoring/Advising/Supervising (MAS) Awards – Nominations due Monday, March 2

View criteria and nomination form here: MAS Award nomination 2015

 

 

Yopp Distinguished Speaker Series, Dr. Elham Kazemi – Monday, March 23

The TEHE Mathematics Education Faculty are delighted to welcome Dr. Elham Kazemi to UNCG on Monday, March 23, 2015.  She will give two talks as part of the Yopp Distinguished Speaker Series in Mathematics Education — a research talk (11 am – 12:30 pm) and a connecting-research-and-practice talk (5 – 6:30 pm).  The afternoon talk is intended for the broader community so please invite interested educators from the community.  Details about the talks are included in the flyer.

We hope that you will be able to join us for these events!

Vicki Jacobs, Kerri Richardson, and Holt Wilson

 

SOE Scholarships – Applications due Wednesday, April 1

 

Birth-Kindergarten Initial Licensure Program Grant Funding Opportunity– Applications due Wednesday, April 1

2015 Chinese New Year Acrobatic Performance – Tuesday, February 24

The Greensboro Chinese Association is sponsoring an Acrobatic performance at NC A&T State University Harrison Auditorium from 7-9pm on February 24, 2015 to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Tickets can be purchased from 2-6pm on Feb. 1, 8, & 22 in the School of Education building at UNCG (ticket is $10 per person).

 

COMMENCEMENT INFORMATION

Commencement Guide Available Online

The SOE’s 2015 Commencement information is available online here. Information about summer graduates, registration, and guests and much more has been posted. 

 

Faculty and Student SOE Commencement Registration – Opens Thursday, February 19

All faculty who plan to participate in the School of Education Commencement should fill out the Faculty RSVP Commencement Form. Please RSVP your participation interest no later than Thursday, April 23.

Students graduating in May or August interested in participating in the Ceremony will need to complete the SOE Commencement Student Registration Form by Friday, April 3 for inclusion in the printed program. PLEASE NOTE: Doctoral students need to have defended by Friday, April 3 in order to have their names listed in the May Commencement program. If Doctoral students defend before SOE Commencement, but after April 3, they are still allowed to walk in the SOE Commencement ceremony, however their names will not be listed in the Commencement program.

 

Student Speakers for SOE Commencement

We are currently seeking nominations for student speakers for the 2015 SOE Commencement ceremony. Please submit names of nominated student speakers to Laura Caroline Spell at lcspell@uncg.edu. Students should be prepared to submit proposed remarks no later than March 27 to lcspell@uncg.edu. Remarks should be no longer than 600 words in length.

RESEARCH

SOE Research Awards Ceremony – Friday, April 10

The Research Awards Ceremony this spring will be held on April 10, from 9-12 p.m. in Room 224 SOEB.  The format will be similar to that of last year’s ceremony. We will have a video of faculty and graduate students talking about their research, three-minute thesis talks from the top graduate researcher from each department, as well as short presentations by last year’s faculty research award recipients, Dr. Holt Wilson and Dr. DiAnne Borders.  The ceremony will conclude with Dr. Wilson and Dr. Borders will handing out the research awards for this year’s recipients.

 

Nominations open for 2015 Undergraduate Research Mentor Award – Deadline Friday, March 6

The Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creativity Office (URSCO) requests nominations of outstanding UNCG faculty mentors for the Thomas Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. The faculty member must have mentored at least two UNCG undergraduate students in research or creative inquiry. The 2015 Thomas Undergraduate Research Mentor Award will be presented during the 9th Annual Carolyn and Norwood Thomas Undergraduate Research and Creativity Expo, which will be held on April 7.  This honor will include a plaque and $1,000 to support activities related to research or creative inquiry as it involves undergraduates during the following academic year. See more at: http://research.uncg.edu/spotlight/call-nominations-outstanding-undergraduate-research-mentors/ – sthash.c0EaMxkI.dpuf

 

 

TECHNOLOGY

SOE Technical Support and Website Update Procedures

SOE TECHNICAL SUPPORT

As of July 1, Bob Englert and Doug Taylor, Technical Support Analysts from the Bryan School, are assisting SOE with technical support requests.

Faculty and staff should email all technical support requests to SOE-TECH-L@uncg.edu and 6-TECH will be notified so an incident ticket can be created and Bob, Doug, and Sandra will be notified.

Note: The above email address should only be used to report the initial technical requests to 6-Tech and not as a direct communication method to Bob and Doug. If you have any questions, please contact Sandra Bates-Hart (smbatesh@uncg.eduor 334-3402).

 

PROCEDURE FOR PROCESSING WEB UPDATES

Note: This does not include grant funded projects.

1. All web updates and additions must be approved by your department chair or manager. Once approved, complete and submit the form below.
2. Faculty/staff needing content changes on the website will need to complete a request using the following form: SOE Web Update Request Form
3. Accompanying attachments and image files should be sent to soeweb@uncg.edu by the requestor.
4. Web updates will be made by a SOE Website Content Contributoror DCL Web Specialist. Faculty/staff will receive an email confirmation when their request has been completed.

If you have any questions, please contact Sandra Bates-Hart (smbatesh@uncg.edu or 334-3402). 

 

  

FACULTY/STAFF/STUDENT/ALUMNI ACCOMPLISHMENTS

The recipients of the 2015 Gladys Strawn Bullard Award have been selected.  Dr. Catherine Matthews (TEHE) was the faculty award recipient.

The recipients of this prestigious award are:

Faculty: Dr. Catherine Matthews, School of Education

Staff: Mr. Frederick Patrick, Facilities

Student: Ms. Natalie Hengstebeck, HDFS

The award ceremony will be held on Friday, March 27^th, from 9-11am in the EUC Auditorium.  Video vignettes will be presented at that time which will highlight each recipient’s contributions.  Please join us to celebrate their accomplishments!

 

The University of North Carolina Greensboro’s School of Education’s Master of Library and Information Studies Degree ranked among the best in the article titled “The 20 Best Online Master of Library and Information Science Degree Programs” by TheBestSchools.org.

TheBestSchools.org selected University of North Carolina Greensboro’s program based on several weighted factors, including academic excellence, course offerings, faculty strengths, and reputation, including reputation for online degree programs.

 

 

RECENT FACULTY PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS

Bree Jimenez (SES) along with her two colleagues from UNC Charlotte, were invited to present a full day preconference training at the NC Council for Exceptional Children conference on January 28th, on What’s New in Providing Access to Students following the NC Extended Content Standards? Building Foundational Skills in ELA and Mathematics while Accessing the General Curriculum 

 

Bree Jimenez and PhD candidate, Tammy Barron (SES), presented the Project MATH: Inclusive Math Education for Students on the Adapted Curriculum research findings at the NC Council for Exceptional Children conference on January 29th.

 

 

Rebecca Morris (LIS) recently presented at two conferences. On January 28, she presented the paper, “What Youth Services LIS Students ‘Know for Sure'” at the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Annual Conference in Chicago. The paper was part of the Youth Services SIG Panel, Transforming Youth Services in Library and Information Science: A Participatory Panel of Best Practices for Social Justice Action and Praxis.

She also presented a breakout session at the Journal of Language and Literacy Education (JoLLE) Winter Conference at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA on February 7. Part of the conference’s “Create Strand,” the session was entitled, “Draw My Life: Using Stick Figure Storytelling to Foster Participators and Digital Literacies.”

 

 

WHAT’S NEW

Congratulations

Congratulations to Saija Washington (Project ENRICH/TTtT) on the birth of a daughter, Roxie Mozelle.

 

Group Counseling at UNCG SHS – Spring 2015

For more information, visit shs.uncg.edu/cc.

Safety Reminder

As we begin the semester we would like to remind faculty and staff to close and lock your doors as you leave your office – even if it’s just to go down the hall. There have been a number of thefts in the recent past so please be aware and responsible for your office space.