Lauren O’Hara May (MEd ’09, Early Childhood Ed) has been selected as interim assistant principal at San Jose Catholic School. She previously taught kindergarten at St. Pius V. Catholic School for four years.

Lauren graduated with her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in early childhood and special education from the University of Florida. During her college experience, she worked with the Gator football team recruiting department and gave tours to prospective students.

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Jorie Scholnik’s (MEd ’10, EDS ’10, marriage and family counseling) article, “5 Things You Should Never Do At Your Internship,” was featured July 8 on USAToday.com. In the article, Scholnik discusses certain experiences students should avoid while completing their internship for college credit. Some of the mistakes include: showing up late, missing deadlines, ignoring company culture, and never asking for feedback. She works as an assistant professor at Santa Fe College in Gainesville and as an etiquette associate at The Protocol School of Palm Beach. Scholnik has published 10 other articles in the USA Today College.

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Since earning his degree from UF, George Lange, Jr. (Ph.D ’05, Higher Ed. Admin.) had a particular career path in mind.  He believed his path would lead him to academia and law, but shortly after graduation, he had a change of heart.  Dr. Lange moved to Latrobe, PA and joined the novitiate at St. Vincent Archabbey in the summer of 2007.

During his time at St. Vincent, Lange was a research and teaching assistant for the Education Department of St. Vincent College.  He was named a field supervisor for Catholic Schools in the college Education Department in 2010.  Lange professed monastic vows in July 2011, and is now known as Brother Jeremiah Lange, O.S.B.  He serves as assistant to the director of the Oblate Program.

The University of Florida is honoring Arthur M. (Andy) Horne, a 1967 College of Education master’s graduate, with a 2013 UF Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Horne, who earned his M.Ed. degree at UF in counselor education, was feted at the college’s recent, year-end recognition banquet and will receive the award May 4 at UF’s spring commencement ceremony.
UF Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient Andy Horne poses with COE senior development director Maria Martin at the college’s recent Recognition Dinner.

UF Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient Andy Horne poses with COE senior development director Maria Martin at the college’s recent Recognition Dinner.

Horne is a dean emeritus and former Distinguished Research Professor in counseling psychology at the University of Georgia College of Education. He made his mark in education, though, long before retiring in 2012 from his five-year deanship.

Horne was already known for his nearly three decades of research on troubled families and ways to prevent and deal with male bullying and aggressive behavior in schools. Just since 1999, he received more than $7 million in federal grant support to develop and steer the Bully Busters program, designed to reduce violence and bullying in middle schools. His popular 2006 book, Bully Prevention: Creating a Positive School Climate, resulted from that project.

At UF, Horne earned bachelor’s degrees in English education and journalism (1965) before receiving his master’s in counselor education. His first teaching job was at Howard Bishop Junior High in Gainesville. He received his Ph.D. at Southern Illinois University in 1971.

Horne was on the faculty and directed training in counseling psychology at Indiana State from 1971-89 before joining the Georgia faculty, where he headed the counseling psychology department and training program before becoming dean.

Among numerous leadership posts, Horne is past president of the American Psychological Association’s division of group psychology and group psychotherapy and is the current president of the Society of Counseling Psychology. He is a fellow in numerous divisions of the APA and the American Counseling Association.