Welcome to the EduGator News Stream–featuring ALL the latest news from ALL across the College, as the news breaks. To view Press Releases and other news categories separately, see menu links in left column.
UF awarded $3.5 million to help improve social, emotional behavior of schoolchildren
UF researchers will study the effectiveness of a promising curriculum to help thousands of kindergarten and first grade students at risk for emotional and behavioral probl ...Read More
Wednesday Update for September 21, 2016
[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Please do not reply to this email. Necessary contact information is included in each announcement Wednesday Update for September 21, 2016 *Please send announcements for the COE Wednesday Newsletter to ss.update@coe.ufl.edu by 2pm on the Tuesday prior; confirmation [&hel ...Read More
Wednesday Update for September 14, 2016
[av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Please do not reply to this email. Necessary contact information is included in each announcement Wednesday Update for September 14, 2016 *Please send announcements for the COE Wednesday Newsletter to ss.update@coe.ufl.edu by 2pm on the Tuesday prior; confirmation [&hel ...Read More
College Welcomes New Faculty
The UF College of Education appointed a half-dozen professors to the college’s full-time faculty this year. Read our mini-profiles to get acquainted with our new fac ...Read More
International group installs COE professor as president-elect
TESOL International, the world’s largest organization of educators committed to advancing English language teaching for non-English speaking students, has installed Ester de Jong, a UF COE professor and school director, as its president-e ...Read More
UF Foundation selects education professor for research award
Education professor Mary Brownell says the $25,000 UF Foundation Term Professorship Award will allow her to develop ways of improving the practices of new teachers and interns, especially for teaching students with disabilit ...Read More
Alumni Update: Paige Schuler
Paige Schuler, a 2013 UF master’s graduate in elementary education, has received a 2016 Excellence Award in teaching from Success Academy Charter Schools of New York City. Schuler was selected from among 1,400 faculty members at 34 Success Academy schools [&hel ...Read More
School psychology professor wins second Mensa research award
UF school psychology Professor John Kranzler has received the 2016 Award for Excellence in Research from Mensa International ...Read More
COE alumna Stacy Ellis named new UF Baby Gator director
After conducting a national search, the University of Florida has named a College of Education alumna as the new director of Baby Gator Child Development and Research Centers at UF. Deciding the best candidate was already on staff, the university [&hel ...Read More
UF awarded $10M to personalize online math learning
The UF College of Education is assembling top faculty researchers from multiple fields to seek solutions in two critical areas of 21st century education – personalizing online math instruction and adapting educational technology for students with visual impairm ...Read More
Nepali PhD candidate cited for promoting global engagement
Doctoral candidate Uttam Gaulee, a native of Nepal, has scaled some impressive peaks as he has pursued a doctorate in higher education administration at the UF College of Educat ...Read More
Dissertation proposal on police in schools earns Noble UF fellowship
The bottom line: To move forward, we must look back. That’s the foundation for UF College of Education doctoral candidate Kenneth Noble’s award-winning dissertation proposal. The UF Center for Humanities and Public Sphere, which promotes and funds research programs of UF [&hel ...Read More
School finance leader named 2016 Distinguished Alumnus
After four decades working behind the scenes at many Florida school districts, Henry Boekhoff is in the spotlight as the winner of the college's Distinguished Alumni Aw ...Read More
UF Anderson Scholars program honors 17 ProTeach students–most ever!–plus 2 faculty mentors
Seventeen COE ProTeach elementary education students have been named UF Anderson Scholars for their outstanding academic performances during their first two years at UF—the most education students to receive the award in recent memory. Two education faculty members—Mary Ann Nelson [&hel ...Read More
Anita Zucker Center co-director honored for leadership, impact on behavioral disorders
Maureen Conroy, co-director of the University of Florida Anita Zucker Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies, has received the 2016 Outstanding Leadership Award from the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders. CCBD, a division of the Council for Exceptional Children, presents [&hel ...Read More
Sampson to receive honorary degree in Finland
UF College of Education alumnus Jim Sampson was selected to receive an honorary degree from a leading educational university in Finland. ...Read More
Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Dennis Gallon
Congratulations to Dr. Dennis Gallon (Ph.D ’75)! < ...Read More
Spring 2015 Courses in Moodle and Canvas
For the following two semesters (Spring 2015, Summer 2015), the College of Education will be running both Moodle and Canvas online course sites concurrently. This means that some of your courses may appear in either or both of the online [&hel ...Read More
Canvas: Best Practices
Q: Where can I find guides for Best Practice or copyright? A: Head to teach.ufl.edu. From there, hover over the Instructional Resources menu to view options for the UF Standards and Markers of Excellence or Copyright gu ...Read More
Canvas: Adding Files at a User-Level
Q: How do I add files at a user-level versus at a course-level? Why would I want to? A: Adding files at a user-level allows you to access the same file across courses without having to re-upload it in each [&hel ...Read More
