by kaylasharp | Feb 5, 2015 | Alumni Accolades, Alumni Notes, Newsmakers
David Fields, a 2008 M.Ed. graduate in social studies education, has been named the Clay County (Fla.) School District’s Teacher of the Year. Fields has been teaching advanced placement U.S. history and American government at Orange Park High School for the past seven...
by kaylasharp | Feb 4, 2015 | Newsmakers, Spotlights, Student Laurels
Just as she maintained perfect equipoise on the balance beam during a stellar career as a Florida Gator gymnast, UF elementary education master’s student Mackenzie Caquatto has remained centered as an athlete, big sister, teaching intern and role model. “Growing up,...
by kaylasharp | Jan 29, 2015 | Faculty Laurels, Newsmakers
The world’s largest nonprofit organization representing professional counselors has awarded College of Education professor emerita Mary Ann Clark with one of its highest honors. Clark, a full-time UF faculty member in counselor education from 2000-2014, will be...
by kaylasharp | Jan 28, 2015 | Faculty Laurels, Newsmakers, Student Laurels
Seven COE ProTeach undergraduates have been named UF Anderson Scholars for their outstanding academic performances, and three faculty members have been recognized for mentoring several of the honored students. Anderson Scholar certificates are given campuswide by the...
by kaylasharp | Jan 9, 2015 | Alumni Accolades, Awards, Faculty Laurels, Newsmakers, Student Laurels
College of Education alumna Amber Benedict (PhD ‘14, special education) will head for San Diego this spring to receive the prestigious Student Research Award for Qualitative Design from the Council for Exceptional Children’s Division for Research. The council is the...
by kaylasharp | Jan 8, 2015 | Faculty Laurels, Newsmakers
Griff Jones, a clinical associate professor of science education at the University of Florida College of Education, has been selected as an Entrepreneurship Faculty Fellow by the UF Warrington College of Business Administration’s Center for Entrepreneurship and...