ANNOUNCEMENTS/EVENTS
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
Blue & Gold Kickball Game
The UNCG Staff Senate and Faculty Senate invite you to the 3rd annual UNCG Blue & Gold Kickball Game, on April 14th, 2015 at 6:00 PM in the UNCG Baseball Stadium. This year, the event will feature family-friendly activities, food trucks and fun!
Attend with your family & friends and enjoy the game – admission is free and parking will be free in the Walker Avenue parking deck.
Spread the word — talk to fellow UNCG faculty and staff about the event, tweet or post on Facebook using the hashtag #uncgkickball
“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.
Faculty 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.
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).
RECENT FACULTY PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
Nicole Dobbins, Teresa Little and Stephanie Kurtts (SES) recently presented their work from the School of Education makerspace project, supported by Project ENRICH, at the National Technology and Social Science Conference in Las Vegas, NV. Their presentation, Using a Makerspace to Encourage Entrepreneurism in Middle School Students: Connecting Instruction, Creativity and Engagements, shared the project design, goals, and outcomes from the project.
Rebecca Morris (LIS) presented a Session for Interaction and Engagement at the iConference in Newport Beach, CA on March 26. This year’s conference theme was Create, Collaborate, Celebrate. Rebecca’s session was entitled, Draw My Life: Creative Reflections through Stick Figure Storytelling. You can view the slides here: https://www.haikudeck.com/p/UlFXBbilnS/-draw-my-life-creative-reflection-through-stick-figure-storytelling
Rebecca also presented at the ASCD Annual Conference in Houston, TX on March 21, with a session entitled, How to Maximize Your School Library for Student Learning. Check out the slides here: https://www.haikudeck.com/p/PWnDaqNW0z/how-to-maximize-your-school-library-for-student-learning
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.