GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Cirecie West-Olatunji, an associate professor of counselor education at the University of Florida’s College of Education, has been elected president of the American Counseling Association, the nation’s largest counseling professional organization. She will serve one year as president-elect beginning July 1 and will start a one-year term as the group’s 62nd president on the […]
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When Patricia Snyder, who heads the University of Florida’s Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies, recently received the Mary McEvoy Service to the Field Award from the international Division for Early Childhood, she cherished both the recognition and the associations with McEvoy and previous award recipients. The McEvoy award annually recognizes a community member, […]
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SAVE THE DATES: March 23-31. That’s when the Performing Arts Center at P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School will be presenting the musical, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” Spelling Bee features another super-talented cast of students from PKY’s award-winning Performing Arts program and promises to be another P.K. Yonge landmark […]
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UF education alumna Margaret Rosenberger (BAE ’49, MEd ’52), a fifth-generation Florida native and a 1939 graduate of P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School, has been writing poetry since she was 10. Now, at 90, she is looking to publish her latest book of poetry, “A Guide: Ways to Succeed,” to sway troubled elementary students away criminal […]
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Gainesville Sun 2-09-12 Mary Brownell (special education) Special education professor Mary Brownell was quoted in the Gainesville Sun in an article about the recent decision to free some states, including Florida, from some of the dictates of the No Child Left Behind Act. Brownell was quoted as saying, “We are very concerned about schools watering […]
GAINESVILLE, FL — In August of 2006, UF’s College of Education lost two of its most involved and beloved graduate students, but their memory lives on in a scholarship created by donations from their mother, friends, faculty and fellow students. The college’s counselor education program has about 150 students, but they all felt the loss […]
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EdWeek.com 2-08-12 Catherine Cavanaugh (education technology) Catherine Cavanaugh in Education Technology was quoted in EdWeek.com’s article addressing lack of research in online education. The article discusses the lack of knowledge about the field. Cavanaugh spoke about the success of online higher education and the lack of information and research about K-12 online education.
GRAHAM CENTRAL newsletter / Bob Graham Center for Public Service website 2-07-12 Elizabeth Washington (civics education) A profile of COE civics education professor Elizabeth Washington graces the back cover of the Spring 2012 edition of Graham Central, the newsletter of the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at UF. The profile identifies Washington as one of […]
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Independent Florida Alligator 1-31-12 Don Pemberton (Florida Master Teacher Initiative) The Independent Florida Alligator quoted Lastinger Center director Don Pemberton in an article about a $6-million federal grant awarded to expand the center’s Florida Master Teacher Initiative in Miami-Dade County.
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South Florida’s UF in Your Neighborhood 1-30-12 Lastinger Center for Learning The Lastinger Center for Learning was featured in the South Florida edition of UF in Your Neighborhood, a booklet produced by the UF Foundation. The edition serves the Miami-Dade area and begins with a one-page feature on how “improving teacher practice and student achievement […]
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Professor elected president of nation’s largest counseling association
GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Cirecie West-Olatunji, an associate professor of counselor education at the University of Florida’s College of Education, has been elected president of the American Counseling Association, the nation’s largest counseling professional organization. She will serve one year as president-elect beginning July 1 and will start a one-year term as the group’s 62nd president on the […]
Early-childhood service award has special meaning for Patricia Snyder
When Patricia Snyder, who heads the University of Florida’s Center for Excellence in Early Childhood Studies, recently received the Mary McEvoy Service to the Field Award from the international Division for Early Childhood, she cherished both the recognition and the associations with McEvoy and previous award recipients. The McEvoy award annually recognizes a community member, […]
Performing Arts students to stage ‘Spelling Bee’ musical comedy at annual spring show
SAVE THE DATES: March 23-31. That’s when the Performing Arts Center at P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School will be presenting the musical, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” Spelling Bee features another super-talented cast of students from PKY’s award-winning Performing Arts program and promises to be another P.K. Yonge landmark […]
UF-PKY alumna, 90, still has plenty to teach children—through poetry
UF education alumna Margaret Rosenberger (BAE ’49, MEd ’52), a fifth-generation Florida native and a 1939 graduate of P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School, has been writing poetry since she was 10. Now, at 90, she is looking to publish her latest book of poetry, “A Guide: Ways to Succeed,” to sway troubled elementary students away criminal […]
GAINESVILLE SUN: Mary Brownell (special education)
Gainesville Sun 2-09-12 Mary Brownell (special education) Special education professor Mary Brownell was quoted in the Gainesville Sun in an article about the recent decision to free some states, including Florida, from some of the dictates of the No Child Left Behind Act. Brownell was quoted as saying, “We are very concerned about schools watering […]
Memory of brothers killed in car crash lives on with mother’s gift to UF
GAINESVILLE, FL — In August of 2006, UF’s College of Education lost two of its most involved and beloved graduate students, but their memory lives on in a scholarship created by donations from their mother, friends, faculty and fellow students. The college’s counselor education program has about 150 students, but they all felt the loss […]
EDUCATIONWEEK.COM: Catherine Cavanaugh (education technology)
EdWeek.com 2-08-12 Catherine Cavanaugh (education technology) Catherine Cavanaugh in Education Technology was quoted in EdWeek.com’s article addressing lack of research in online education. The article discusses the lack of knowledge about the field. Cavanaugh spoke about the success of online higher education and the lack of information and research about K-12 online education.
GRAHAM CENTRAL newsletter: Elizabeth Washington (School of Teaching and Learning)
GRAHAM CENTRAL newsletter / Bob Graham Center for Public Service website 2-07-12 Elizabeth Washington (civics education) A profile of COE civics education professor Elizabeth Washington graces the back cover of the Spring 2012 edition of Graham Central, the newsletter of the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at UF. The profile identifies Washington as one of […]
INDEPENDENT FLORIDA ALLIGATOR: Don Pemberton (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Independent Florida Alligator 1-31-12 Don Pemberton (Florida Master Teacher Initiative) The Independent Florida Alligator quoted Lastinger Center director Don Pemberton in an article about a $6-million federal grant awarded to expand the center’s Florida Master Teacher Initiative in Miami-Dade County.
South Florida’s UF IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD: Lastinger Center for Learning
South Florida’s UF in Your Neighborhood 1-30-12 Lastinger Center for Learning The Lastinger Center for Learning was featured in the South Florida edition of UF in Your Neighborhood, a booklet produced by the UF Foundation. The edition serves the Miami-Dade area and begins with a one-page feature on how “improving teacher practice and student achievement […]