Dean Good (center) with Tony Domenech (left) and Lee Pinkoson
COE alumni & supporters and Alachua County school board members & leaders had the opportunity to meet the new College of Education dean, Dr. Glenn Good, during a reception hosted at John and Pat Carlson’s home (BAE ’73) and co-hosted by Tony (MED ’79) and Lynn (Med ’78) Domenech on Wed, Oct 26, 2011.
Photos can be found on this Flickr set.
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
10-26-11
Brian Dassler (COE 2002 graduate)
COE graduate Brian Dassler (MEd “02, English Education) and David Colburn of UF’s Reubin Askew Institute co-authored a guest opinion column in the St. Petersburg Times urging policymakers not to embrace virtual schooling—especially for-profit virtual schools—as a cure-all for problems in public education.” Dassler is principal of a KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) High School in New Orleans.
Courtney Howard (PHD ’03, Curriculum Instruction) was recently hired as director for the Center for Partnerships to Improve Education at the College of Charleston in South Carolina. Prior to this position, Howard spent seven years in the School of Education at Claflin University (Orangeburg, SC) as teacher education faculty member (2004-2011), Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment (2008-2010), and Interim Dean (2010-2011)
Todd Haydon, a 2008 UF doctoral graduate in special education, is one of two recipients of the second annual Ted Carr Initial Research Award, presented by the international Association for Positive Behavior Support.
Haydon is an assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of Cincinnati. His research involves examining classroom management strategies that modify classroom environments (general education and self-contained classrooms) in order to decrease problem behavior and increase academic outcomes for students with emotional behavioral disorders.
The Carr award is named after a founding member of APBS. Haydon will be honored in March, 2012, at the APBS 9th international conference.
The EduGator Nation spreads far and wide, even Ankara, Turkey.
Our latest international update comes from Cagdas Kockan (MED ’01, Math. Ed.) who currently works as a civil engineer at the Disaster and Emergency Management Office of Ankara, Turkey. He previously worked as a research assistant at the Gazi University Kirsehir Education Faculty between 2002-2007 and held a position at the Directorate of Public Works and Settlement Office of Kırsehir, Turkey.
Todd Haydon, a 2008 UF doctoral graduate in special education, is one of two recipients of the second annual Ted Carr Initial Research Award, presented by the international Association for Positive Behavior Support. Haydon is an assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of Cincinnati.
Michelle (Thompson) Donice (Higher Ed Admin ‘05), a 2005 Ph.D. graduate in higher education administration and a former Holmes Partnership Scholar, published her debut novel, The Other Side of Through, in June. The author explores one woman’s painful search for self against the backdrop of her crumbling marriage and a steamy affair that makes her want to leave it all behind. Available now at Amazon and Barnes & Noble (http://www.plenarypublishing.com/).
Donice in 2005 was one of three UF recipients of the prestigious Holmes Scholarship, which recognizes advanced-degree students of color for their character, academic standing and career goals in education. She previously graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s in communications from Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Beach. She lives in Ormond Beach with her husband and children and teaches English and creative writing.
She says she wrote The Other Side of Through after hearing so many women talk about marital issues.
