December

C&I Doctoral Student Hassan Publishes Chapter on Education of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Qatar

Ragia H. Hassan, doctoral student of Curriculum and Instruction's book chapter titled "Education of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Qatar: Challenges and Opportunities鈥 was published in Abdulnaser Fakhro鈥檚 book 鈥淒isability鈥 published by the College of Education at Qatar University.聽

November

Creating a Positive Online Reputation: Steps to Career Success Workshop

This workshop, presented on Zoom, will provide students with practical tips for professional, successful, and effective online engagement.

October

Kalani Secures CCAMPIS Program Renewal at 亚色影库

亚色影库 has received $605,244 from the Department of Education to continue the program for the next four years (2021 through 2025).

September

Julie Ankrum Interviewed on Educational Podcast

Julie Ankrum co-wrote a chapter in the recent book, 鈥淧rinciples of Effective Literacy Instruction,鈥 to describe the types of knowledge needed to develop teacher expertise. She discusses the chapter, 鈥淭eachers as Lifelong Learners,鈥 with co-author, Aimee Morewood, in Jake Down鈥檚 鈥淭eaching Literacy鈥 podcast.

Nahar, Curriculum and Instruction Doctoral Student, Receives Peace Scholarship.

Lizoon聽Nahar, a聽doctoral student聽of Curriculum and Instruction, has been awarded a聽Philanthropic Educational Organization聽International Peace Scholarship of $12,000 for the academic year 2021鈥22.

Machado and Nahar Present on Use of Social Media and Web-based Technology to Empower Science Teachers and Students

Crystal Machado and Lizoon Nahar coauthored a chapter on using social media and web based technology to empower science teachers and students at the International Council of Professors of Educational聽Leadership.

Machado and Seifert Author Chapter on Enhancing Teachers' Technology and Cross-cultural Competence

Crystal Machado and Tami Seifert presented a coauthored paper, "Using Flipgrid and Facebook to Enhance Pre-Service and Inservice Teachers鈥 Technology and Cross-cultural Competence," at the International Association for Intercultural Education.

ALS Doctoral Student Interviewed by Association of Student Conduct Administration

Sarah Shupp, an ALS doctoral student, was interviewed for a podcast by the Association of Student Conduct Administration.

April

Ankrum Publishes on Complex Texts or Leveled Readers

An article written by Julie Ankrum (Department of Professional Studies in Education) was recently published in the Early Childhood Education Journal. 鈥淐omplex Texts or Leveled Readers for the Primary Grades? Yes and Yes!鈥 describes the current debate about the use of leveled readers during literacy instruction.聽

ALS Student Roman-Buday Successfully Defends Dissertation

Milagros 鈥淢illie鈥 Roman-Buday, a doctoral student in the Administration and Leadership Studies program, successfully defended her doctoral research study on February 17, 2021.

February

Machado and Burick Author Chapter on Sophomore Slump

Crystal Machado co-authored a paper, 鈥淲orking together to understand and mitigate the effects of the sophomore slump: Implications of a phenomenological study,鈥 published in the book 鈥淓xploring the Opportunities and Challenges of College Students.鈥

Sibert and Kerchenske Publish on Article Turf Considerations

Susan Sibert, professor, and Kenneth Kerchenske, a local high school principal, have published on considerations of using article turf on athletic playing fields.

Laverick, Paquette, and Sibert Publish on Virtual Reality in Literacy

Three faculty colleagues, professors in the Department of Professional Studies in Education, published on the use of virtual reality as a strategy to aid in comprehension lessons in Reading Improvement, a publication for reading professionals.