Special ed. alumni cited for early research success

by kaylasharp | Feb 2, 2016 | Alumni Accolades, Alumni Notes, Awards, Newsmakers

A pair of College of Education alumni have been selected for prestigious national honors from the Council for Exceptional Children for their outstanding research. Brian Boyd won the 2016 Distinguished Early Career Research Award and recent graduate Elizabeth Bettini...

UF doctoral student leads Florida elementary school with nation’s top-rated STEM program

by kaylasharp | Jan 25, 2016 | Alumni Accolades, Awards, Newsmakers, Press Releases

A UF College of Education Ph.D. candidate is in the national education spotlight for leading a Pinellas County elementary school honored for having the nation’s top U.S. STEM program. Kristy Moody, principal of Jamerson Elementary in Pinellas County, accepted the STEM...

Associate Dean Adams honored for outstanding mentoring of minority PhD students

by kaylasharp | Jan 13, 2016 | Awards, Faculty Laurels, Newsmakers

Thomasenia Adams, science education professor and associate dean for research at UF’s College of Education, has received a statewide honor for outstanding mentoring of minority doctoral students.The award comes from the Florida Education Fund (FEF), a nonprofit...

FSU honors UF’s inquiry scholar Nancy Dana with distinguished alumni award

by kaylasharp | Dec 16, 2015 | Awards, Faculty Laurels, Newsmakers

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — University of Florida College of Education Professor Nancy Dana has been honored with a 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Florida State University College of Education, where she received her doctorate in childhood education in 1991....

Leite and Collier win best paper award

by kaylasharp | Dec 8, 2015 | Awards, Faculty Laurels, Newsmakers, Student Laurels

A research paper by Associate Professor Walter Leite and doctoral candidate Zachary Collier won the most distinguished award in the Florida Educational Research Association’s annual advanced educational research paper competition. The College of Education scholars won...

Doctoral candidate awarded KDPi scholarship for second straight year

by kaylasharp | Oct 6, 2015 | Awards, Newsmakers, Student Laurels

Natalie Ridgewell, a doctoral candidate at the University of Florida College of Education, was recently awarded the prestigious international C. Glen Hass Laureate Scholarship for Instructional Leadership for the second straight year. Kappa Delta Pi International...