by kaylasharp | Mar 30, 2015 | Faculty Laurels, Newsmakers
Kristina DePue, a COE assistant professor of counselor education, has been named the 2015 Outstanding Addictions and Offender Educator by the International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors. COE Counselor Education Professor Harry Daniels told judges...
by kaylasharp | Mar 24, 2015 | Faculty Laurels, Newsmakers
A Celebration of Life service for retired school psychology Professor Emeritus Thomas Oakland will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 28, at Trinity United Methodist Church in Gainesville. Everyone is welcome to attend and a reception will follow the service. The...
by kaylasharp | Mar 17, 2015 | Newsmakers, Spotlights
Michael Hudson-Vassell always liked puzzles. Last summer, the UF College of Education doctoral candidate was awarded the chance to work with the Florida Legislature to solve puzzles of public policy. Hudson-Vassell was the only summer intern selected for the Office of...
by kaylasharp | Mar 9, 2015 | Newsmakers, Press Releases
(Thomas Oakland, a beloved and world-renowned professor of school psychology at the UF College of Education from 1995 until his retirement in 2010, was killed on Wednesday, March 4, when, Gainesville police allege, a local man set Dr. Oakland’s house on fire...
by kaylasharp | Mar 9, 2015 | Faculty Laurels, Newsmakers, Press Releases
The University of Florida College of Education has named assistant professor of higher education Dennis Kramer to the new position of co-director of its UF Institute of Higher Education (IHE)—an appointment college officials say “further strengthens the institute’s...
by kaylasharp | Mar 4, 2015 | Faculty Laurels, Newsmakers
Put simply, Kristen Apraiz – recently named the COE’s Undergraduate Teacher of the Year — makes lasting impressions in the classroom. “After completing seven semesters at the University of Florida, [Dr. Apraiz] is one of the best professors I’ve ever had,”...