ANNOUNCEMENTS/EVENTS
SOE Scholarships – Applications due Wednesday, April 1
Birth-Kindergarten Initial Licensure Program Grant Funding Opportunity– Applications due Wednesday, April 1
Funding is available through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs for qualified students in the BK:ILP who wish to gain specialized experience in early intervention and early childhood special education. Ten spaces are available for the first cohort, beginning Fall 2015.
The grant will provide full tuition support and a stipend to assist in covering program expenses for selected students. With this support, students will:
- Complete the BK:ILP course of study
- Complete an additional one credit hour Seminar in Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education
- Participate in expanded field experiences in early intervention and early childhood special education
- Participate in professional and peer mentoring and induction activities
- Complete a service obligation after graduation.For further information about this grant funding opportunity contact Kimberly Terry, Project Coordinator, at kmtrogdo@uncg.edu. For further information about the program contact Dr. Margaret Gillis at mcgillis@uncg.edu.
UNCG SOE Alumni Awards – Friday, April 10
Come congratulate the four 2014-15 SOE Alumni Awards winners at 3 p.m. on April 10 in the TRC! Refreshments and drinks will be provided.
Early Career Award: Zhan Shu, Ph.D ‘10
Distinguished Career Award: Patty Fagin, Ph.D. ‘01
Distinguished Service Award: Pat Whitley Sickles, BA ‘65
Outstanding Achievement Award: Joe Jordan, Ph.D. ‘06
“Project Runway” star Justin LeBlanc Presentation and Q&A – Friday, April 24
Save the Date! On April 24, 2015, Justin LeBlanc, will be coming to UNCG to share his experiences as a fashion designer, as one of the finalists on the TV show “Project Runway” and of his growing up years being a deaf person. LeBlanc is a native of Raleigh, NC and teaches at NC State University. Starting at 1:00 pm in the School of Education Building, he will give a one-hour presentation followed by a one-hour Q&A session and then a Meet and Greet with refreshments. This event is being sponsored by the School of Education and the Consumer, Apparel and Retail Studies program in the Bryan School of Business.
North Carolina Science Festival – Saturday, April 25
Triad Teacher Researcher Conference – Wednesday, April 29
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.
2015 TASH Regional Conference – Friday and Saturday, May 15-16
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.
SOE Commencement Name Readers
If you are interested in being a name reader at the SOE Commencement ceremony, please contact Laura Caroline Spell (lcspell@uncg.edu) at your earliest convenience.
Faculty and Student SOE Commencement Registration Now Open
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. If your defense date is after April 3, please note the date of your defense on your registration.
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.
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.
- All web updates and additions must be approved by your department chair or manager. Once approved, complete and submit the form below.
- Faculty/staff needing content changes on the website will need to complete a request using the following form: SOE Web Update Request Form
- Accompanying attachments and image files should be sent to soeweb@uncg.edu by the requestor.
- 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
Senior Sydnie Dale has been selected to receive a Student Excellence Award. She will be celebrated at the 53rd Student Honors Convocation, Tuesday, April 28th 2015, at 7:00 p.m.
WHAT’S NEW
Congratulations to the Department of Counseling and Educational Development!
The 2016 U.S. News and World Report rankings have been released and the CED Counseling program is ranked #2 nationally. This is the highest ranking the programs have ever achieved!
Faculty and Staff Headshots
If you have not had a headshot taken for our SOE directory page, please do so as soon as possible, no matter if you’ve been here 10 years or 10 days. Getting a headshot at University Relations is free and easy – just fill out the online headshot request form. Once you receive your picture, please forward it to Laura Caroline Spell (lcspell@uncg.edu).
Group Counseling at UNCG SHS – Spring 2015
For more information, visit shs.uncg.edu/cc.