by kaylasharp | Dec 12, 2014 | Alumni Accolades, Newsmakers
UF higher education administration alumna Zaria Malcolm (PhD ’11) was recently appointed vice principal of academic affairs and institutional advancement at Excelsior Community College in Kingston, Jamaica. Malcolm, a native of Jamaica, earned her doctorate at UF with...
by kaylasharp | Dec 12, 2014 | Newsmakers, Student Laurels
Douglas Whitaker, a UF doctoral fellow in statistics education, is one of 10 recipients selected as a 2014-15 fellow for the Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE), a collaboration between the National Science Foundation and the non-profit...
by kaylasharp | Dec 11, 2014 | Faculty Laurels, Newsmakers
Cecil D. Mercer, a giant in his field during his 31 years (1974-2005) on the College of Education’s special education faculty, passed away at home on Nov. 21, 2014, after a long battle with Lyme disease. He was 71. In 1998, Dr. Mercer became the first College of...
by kaylasharp | Nov 4, 2014 | Faculty Laurels, Newsmakers, Spotlights
With three major awards in less than three months, UF COE associate professor Rose Pringle is solidifying her reputation as one of the top science teacher educators around. Over a recent six-week span, she received a regional award from the Southeastern Association of...
by kaylasharp | Oct 20, 2014 | Faculty Laurels, Newsmakers, Press Releases
UF College of Education Dean Glenn Good has been appointed to the blue-ribbon International Advisory Panel for the Emirates College for Advanced Education (ECAE), a teacher education and school development center affiliated with the Abu Dhabi Education Council. Good...
by kaylasharp | Oct 16, 2014 | Faculty Laurels, Newsmakers, P.K. Yonge
Excellence – or excelencia – in education is clearly evident in the teaching and learning activities occurring in Grisell Santiago’s Spanish classroom at P.K. Yonge. And this hasn’t gone unnoticed. Florida Lt. Gov. Carlos Lopez-Cantera presented Santiago and two other...
