ANNOUNCEMENTS

Students Needed to Work on Long-Term SELF Design Studio Project

The SELF Desgin Studio staff is looking for up to 4 SOE students who will be here over the next year or two to work on a long term project.  The studio will be working on developing a brain controlled interface; in other words, create a device that you wear on your head, reads your brain waves and allows you to control other objects with your thoughts.  Please visit this link for more information:  http://mashable.com/videos/3573180727001

Interested students can email makeuncg@uncg.edu to express interest in working on the project.

 

Emergency Management Plan

In light of recent tragedies on college campuses across the nation, please refer to http://emg.uncg.edu/ to review several emergency management plans.

 
 

Farewell

Dodie Booton accepted a new job in CASA and started this week. She was with the SOE for four years and contributed greatly to the positive culture we have today.

The position has been posted on UNCG JobSearch.

 
 

SPAHE in Student Affairs Cancer Foundation’s Paladin Challenge

UNCG SPAHE is once again entered into the Student Affairs Cancer Foundation’s Paladin Challenge.  UNCG took first-place in the Paladin Challenge last year and are looking to defend their title during this year’s competition.

The Student Affairs Cancer Foundation (www.sa-cancerfoundation.org) is dedicated to serving Student Affairs professionals with cancer or members of their immediate family affected by cancer.  As part of their fundraising efforts, the Foundation sponsors the Paladin Challenge where they challenge graduate programs in student affairs/college student personnel administration/higher education to raise money for the Foundation.  The Student Affairs Cancer Foundation hope that by providing grants of $750 to qualified patients and family members that the patients will be able to spend more energy on the fight to get well and less energy on worrying about money.

The UNCG M.Ed. graduate students in Higher Education are preparing to defend their title as well as raise at least $750.  If you would like to support this cause as well as the graduate students of the Higher Education program, you can do so by going online (http://www.sa-cancerfoundation.org/donate.html) to make your donation and indicating that you’d like credit for your donation to be given to the UNCG Paladin Challenge group.

 

Give to SECC Online

You can now give to SECC online at secc.uncg.edu. The ePledge system is the easiest way to participate in the campaign. UNCG hopes to raise more than $200,000 for charities across the Triad and the state through this year’s campaign. Individuals who wish to opt out can follow the link in the SECC emails they receive each week. Employees will continue to receive email reminders until they participate.

 

Alumni Awards Update: Now Anyone May Nominate a Deserving Candidate Online

This year, we are opening up Alumni Awards nominations not only to our faculty, but to students, alumni, community members, and anyone who knows an alumna or alumnus who is deserving of one of our four awards. The form will be open until March 4 and the winners will be invited to the School of Education’s Commencement on Friday, May 6. If you have any questions, please contact Laura Caroline Spell at lcspell@uncg.edu. The nomination form can be found here.

 

Call for Stuffed Animals in the SELF Design Studio

The SELF Design Studio staff is asking for donations of new or gently used stuffed animals to make Frankenplushes with SOE students. Donations will be accepted through October 15.

 

SELF Design Studio to Exhibit at Charlotte Mini Maker Faire

The SELF Design Studio will be an exhibitor at the Charlotte Mini Maker Faire on Saturday, October 10 at the Discovery Place. Read more about the exhibit and the faire here: http://cltmakerfaire.org/1629

 

CDLC Research Fellowship Application

Due Friday, November 6

 

Call for Faculty Research Award Nominations

As in the past we will have two faculty research awards, the Distinguished Research Scholar (only assistant professors are eligible) and Distinguished Senior Research Scholar (only associate and full professors are eligible).  This year’s award ceremony will be Friday, April 22 from 9-12.  As part of this ceremony, we will hear from last year’s recipients: Wayne Journell, Laura Gonzales and Dale Schunk. Deadline for nominations is Monday, November 30th.

 

RTI University Scholars Program Application for 2016-17 Academic Year

RTI International is one of the world’s leading research institutes, dedicated to improving the human condition by turning knowledge into practice. The RTI University Scholars Program provides support—one-half of each Scholar’s salary and fringe—for distinguished academic researchers to spend scholarly leave time at RTI International, actively collaborating with our experts. The goal of the program is to foster collaboration and catalyze opportunities for externally funded, joint projects in the future.

General Qualifications

The ideal applicant is an academic faculty member with a commitment to collaboration and a strong research record in one of the following fields:

• Health and pharmaceuticals
• Education and training
• Surveys and statistics
• Advanced technology
• International development
• Economic and social policy
• Energy and the environment
• Laboratory testing and chemical analysis

 

2016-2017 Eligibility and Priority Areas

For the 2016-2017 Academic Year, the program is open to faculty from Duke University and UNC’s sixteen university campuses. Priority areas are:

• Data science
• Education and workforce development
• Energy and resource management
• Food and agriculture
• Health, including Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs)

 

Working Environment

RTI provides a stimulating environment for individual and collaborative research. Scholars are expected to serve most of their residency at our headquarters in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park, but may serve a portion of their time in any of our U.S. regional or international offices. Successful applicants will be provided with a temporary laptop, workspace, RTI email address, and access to IT support, conference rooms, and a reference library.

 

Application Process

By January 06, 2016, applicants should submit to RTI_UnivScholarsProg@rti.org the following:

1. Brief cover letter in the body of the email
2. Proposal (PDF attachment) that

• Describes the proposed collaborative research project (maximum 1,000 words)
• Identifies the name and title of RTI host researcher
• Clearly states the proposed duration of the residency

3. Full curriculum vitae (PDF attachment, no limit on length)
4. Proposed budget in Excel, explicitly delineating the approximate amount of support requested from RTI (salary, fringe and any other costs, such as travel, if applicable)
5. Letter of support from proposed RTI collaborator(s)
6. Letter of support from applicant’s department chair.

Applications should not exceed 8 pages, excluding the applicant’s CV. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Applicants who are not selected for a given year may reapply in a subsequent year, and Scholars may apply for subsequent residencies.

 

Selection Criteria

An interdisciplinary panel of RTI staff will review submissions. Major considerations in the evaluation process are the likelihood that the period of residence will result in collaborative work of significance and alignment with RTI’s research, mission, and priorities.

 

Contact

Email Dr. Jacqueline Olich, Director, University Collaborations, RTI International jolich@rti.org with questions.

 
 
 

UPCOMING EVENTS

Day of the Dead Masks in SELF Design Studio

We will start our Day of the Dead mask projects from Oct. 1 – Oct. 31st.  It is open to all SOE students.  You will create a life-sized skull mask that you can decorate beautifully for the DOtD. We will also work on developing lesson plans and other curriculum tie-ins for this project.  Students can sign up at:  http://tinyurl.com/SOEdotd

 

 

Movie Night: I Learn America

Wednesday, October 21 at 5:30 p.m.

UNCG SOE Research Symposium 

Friday, November 13

This year’s keynote speaker is Dr. Darla Deardorff from Duke University.  Background information on Dr. Deardorff can be found at http://sites.duke.edu/darladeardorff/

More details to follow.

 
 
 
 

TECHNOLOGY

Evaluation Underway of Mac OS X El Capitan in the UNCG Environment

http://itsnews.uncg.edu/2015/09/30/evaluation-underway-of-mac-os-x-el-capitan-in-the-uncg-environment/

 

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

 
 
 

STUDENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

SES Students Funded through NLCSD

We currently have three new doctoral students in SES that are focused on Deaf Education for their studies. All three are funded scholars in the National Leadership Consortium in Sensory Disabilities (NLCSD).  NLCSD is a leadership program funded through a collaborative agreement with the US Dept of Ed, OSEP. The consortium consists of multiple universities/colleges across the US that have doctoral programs that emphasize in deaf education, blind/visually impaired, and deafblindness, one of which is UNCG. “NLCSD’s primary purpose is to increase the number of highly skilled doctoral scholars who will become leaders in administration, higher education, policy and education in order to significantly improve the interventions, services, and outcomes for children with sensory disabilities (deafness/hard of hearing, deafblindness, blindness/visual impairment), ages birth to 21.” The program has students taking their regular university plans of study as well as extra coursework and responsibilities through NLCSD. They are supported with tuition and stipend, as well as conference support and access to various consortium faculty, the Dept of Ed/OSEP professionals, and public experts working in top organizations and related associations.

This highly competitive program will fund two cohorts – the first starting this fall. This first cohort consists of ~15 scholars across the three concentration areas with ~7 in deaf education. THREE of those 7 are right here at UNCG! This is really unprecedented. Although other programs have had multiple students across cohorts; none has had three in one cohort.  To make it even more special, one of the UNCG students is Deaf (from California – originally Nigeria), another is hard of hearing (moving from Canada), and the third is hearing (an interpreter, moving here from Washington state). They have done exceptionally well thus far this year and are proving themselves nationally as well. They have also made themselves available to undergraduates in the Deaf Ed program and will be involved in upcoming activities with the local community and deaf/hard of hearing students. In fact, they gave a panel at our recent Deaf Ed Dine-in to our undergrads.

 

SES Student Awarded Scholarship to Attend the NC Department of Public Instruction 65^th Conference on Exceptional Children

Catherine Cooke’s application for the scholarship comprised of registration for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction 65th Conference on Exceptional Children has been selected as the sole UNCG application funded. Through application review, it became clear that Catherine both understands and embraces some of the foundational concepts of our teacher preparation programs — inclusive education and the use of evidence-based practices for all students. The SES faculty feel honored that Catherine would like to represent the students across our programs, and to acquire additional expertise to better serve students in the school system.

 

SES Deaf Ed Dine-In

Many of our SES undergraduates participated in the first of the year “Deaf Ed Dine-in” last week. This is a function that we hold 2-3 times per year to have Program majors from all years get together as one to meet, network, and learn something about their future profession.  In the past, we have had local teachers speak or showed some funky videos of current music performed in American Sign Language.  We’ve also had information related sessions on historical events in Deaf Education and the Deaf community.  Of course, we always tie some food into these gatherings – make your own sundaes this time!  It is our way of trying to retain our freshmen and sophomores as well as create a unified, supported PROGRAM.