Dr. Calvin Johnson, former chair of UALR’s Department of Teacher Education, has been named interim chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
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Dr. Angela Sewall, dean of UALR’s College of Education, has been named the at-large member of the executive committee of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education.
Dr. William E. Garner, associate professor of rehabilitation counseling in the Department of Counseling, Adult and Rehabilitation Education, has been elected vice president of the Southwest Region National Rehabilitation Association (SWNRA).
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Henry Anderson, a graduate of the UALR College of Education’s Educational Administration Program, has been named to the “20 to Watch in 2012” list published by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette’s Three Rivers Edition.
According to the Pulaski County Special School District site, Anderson, the first-year principal at Jacksonville High School, is making improvements at the school to raise student achievement.
Read more about Anderson and the prestigious award at the Pulaski County Special School District site.
Dr. Karina R. Clemmons, assistant professor of teacher education, published an article with Colleen Sheehy, assistant professor of teacher education at the University of Indianapolis, in the latest issue of The Science Teacher.
The authors provide three engaging projects science teachers can use to help students develop environmental consciousness and global awareness using young adult literature and technology.
The journal is a publication of the National Science Teachers Association.
Students participating in the three-year-old Arkansas Advanced Initiative for Math and Science Inc. (AAIMS) effort to increase Advance Placement (AP) scores posted a 32 percent overall increase in qualifying scores in math, science, and English this year.
UALR Professor Ann Robinson, the president of the National Association of Gifted Children, made the case recently for advocating gifted and talented programs nationwide at the Hormel Foundation’s Symposium on Gifted Education in Austin, Minn.
Two UALR experts on STEM Education have been appointed to serve on the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) State Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Team.
Legislators, policy-makers, STEM experts, teachers, administrators and university professors will gather for a summit Tuesday, May 17, sponsored by UALR to discuss Project STEM Starters, a research and development program aimed at developing more inquiry-based science instruction in Arkansas elementary schools. STEM stands for Science Technology Engineering Mathematics.
Melanie Thornton, associate director of the Disability Resource Center, has received the Arkansas Distinguished Advocate Award from the Arkansas Chapter of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired.