ANNOUNCEMENTS
Alumni Awards Nominations
Due Friday, September 4
Nominations are now open for this year’s SOE Alumni Awards, which will be held on Friday, October 16. If you have any nominations for the four awards, please fill out this form no later than September 4. 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, your name, and your detailed supporting information for the nomination.
CDLC Research Fellowship Application
Due Friday, November 6
Greensboro Chinese School
Greensboro Chinese School will start on Sept. 13 this year. Registration starts at 1pm on Sept. 13 in the School of Education lobby at UNCG (1300 Spring Garden Street). For more information, please visit: http://www.gcanc.org/gca_school.html.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Laser Printer Open Session in the SELF Design Studio
Thursday, September 3 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
On Thursday, all SOE students are invited to the SELF Design Studio to make their own laser cut name badge to use for school visits, campus events, or any other time appropriate. Please email makeuncg@uncg.edu.
Newbery Award Winner to Speak in EUC
Monday, September 14 at 7 p.m.
Yopp Distinguished Speaker Series in Mathematics Education
Monday, September 14
The TEHE Mathematics Education Faculty are delighted to welcome Dr. Judit Moschkovich to UNCG on Monday, September 14, 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
Literacy Design Collaborative Visit
Thursday, September 17 at 1 p.m.
The UNCG School of Education is organizing a conversation with Suzanne Simons from the Literacy Design Collaborative (www.ldc.org). Suzanne will share resources from the Literacy Design Collaborative that support elementary, middle and secondary content area teachers. She is interested in how they might be used with K-12 teacher candidates across grades and content areas.
The Literacy Design Collaborative is a teacher-created instructional design system that transforms educator practice through the use of online tools and resources that facilitate collaboration, content development, and professional learning to effectively implement College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) in K–12 classrooms.
Please help us welcome Suzanne and join us on Thursday, September 17th at 1pm. Light refreshments will be served. If you have any questions about this event, please contact Jennifer Mangrum (jrmangru@uncg.edu).
Symposium on Music Teacher Education Keynote Address
Thursday, September 17 at 7 p.m.
On Thursday, September 17, Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, the Kellner Family Endowed Professor in Urban Education and Faculty Affiliate in the Departments of Educational Policy Studies and Afro American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will present a keynote address, titled “The Social Justice Foundations of Hip-Hop” at the 2015 Symposium on Music Teacher Education.
The event will take place at 7:00 PM in the Recital Hall of the Music Building and will be followed by a reception in the Recital Hall Atrium. All School of Education faculty members and students are welcome to attend as guests of the Symposium.
Asian Autumn Festival
Saturday, October 3 at 11 a.m.
TECHNOLOGY
Discontinuation of Support for Bootcamp on Apple Devices
See the new blog post here: http://itsnews.uncg.edu/2015/08/26/discontinuation-of-support-for-bootcamp-on-apple-devices/
Canvas and IT Workshops Open for Sign Up
SOE IT Fall 2015 Canvas and Instructional Technology workshops are now available for sign ups – including in person and self directed training. For more information, and link to the sign ups, check out this blog post: http://uncgsoeit.blogspot.com/2015/08/soe-it-workshops-fall-2015.html
Instructional Technology Tools Course Available
SOE Instructional Technology has created an Instructional Technology Tools Course in Canvas. This resource is designed for instructors who are interested in implementing more technology in their classroom and pedagogy. This course is asynchronous, available to anyone with a UNCG email address, provides no certification or degree credit, and is voluntary.
Here is the enrollment link: https://uncg.instructure.com/enroll/3DYPH7
FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Prof. Svi Shapiro (ELC) who is now on phased retirement will spend part of the fall semester as a visiting scholar in New Zealand. He will lecture at two universities, the University of Waikato in Hamilton and the University of Auckland.
ALUMNI ACCOMPLISHMENTS
CED
Laurelyn Dossett, songwriter, award-winning performer, and a master’s alum of CED, is the cover feature story of the September 2015 issue of 1808: Greensboro’s Magazine. Stories feature Laurelyn’s music studio and her collaboration with Rhiannon Giddens (member of the Carolina Chocolate Drops).
Laurelyn and Rhiannon will perform at Songs of Hope and Justice, A Fabric of Freedom Concert, a pre-concert for the National Folk Festival to be held in downtown Greensboro Sept. 11-13.
See Laurelyn and Rhiannon perform Thursday, Sept. 10, 7 pm, at The Railyard at South End, 120 Barnhardt, along with Alice Gerrard, an 81-year-old icon, Django Haskings of Durham; Molly McGinn; and others. It’s free! Story: https://www.facebook.com/1808greensboro/photos/pb.1529698500593869.-2207520000.1440956704./1708735299356854/?type=1&theater
These 2015 CED PhD graduates have started their first counselor education positions this fall:
Dr. Melissa Fickling – University of Memphis
Dr. Tamarine Foreman – Ohio University
Dr. Stephen Hebard – University of Alabama – Birmingham
Dr. Bradley McKibben – University of Alabama
Dr. Jodi Tangen – North Dakota State University
Dr. Kate Wachtel – University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Dr. Alwin Wagener – Lamar University
LIS
Laura Brown, a recent LIS graduate, accepted a full time position as the Adult Services Librarian at the Granville County Public Library. Link for story: http://lis.uncg.edu/success-for-recent-graduate-laura-brown/