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Why are all these people smiling?
A major federal initiative, Project FOCUS, which launched in 2010 to improve the transition to college for those with intellectual disabilities, brought 10 new Wildcats to campus -- and, boy, were they nervous! Find out why here.
DO HAPPY TODAY
Celebrate happiness in Tucson with Do Happy Today (DHT) on March 20, International Happiness Day. DHT promotes activities, events, and resources that increase personal and community happiness.
DHT is an all-volunteer collaborative community effort led by Community Renaissance, a locally owned community development business. "We want to celebrate the many bright spots of Tucson," said College of Education graduate Anita Fonte. She received a doctorate in Language, Reading & Culture in 1996 and is the principal of Community Renaissance. "Based on well-being research for global Gross National Happiness, DHT focuses on four key goals to build upon our happiness, and we believe one can improve upon the happiness and well-being of individual lives and our community through deliberative positive actions."
DHT events began February 28 with an online 21-day Mindfulness Challenge. For all the details and events, go to the official Do Happy Today site.
STUDENTS MEET WITH LEGISLATORS
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School psychology students met with
Senator Katie Hobbs (center)
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School psychology students traveled to Phoenix to meet with three senators and a state representative. Student Isoken P. Adodo said, "It was an enlightening, frustrating, and somewhat encouraging discussion. Many of the legislators we spoke to were sympathetic to our frustrations of the state's actions that show a complete lack of regard for education from K-12 to the graduate level."
PEOPLE
Dean's Office
 Dean Marx and Associate Dean Renee Clift wrote an op ed, Proposed Teacher Prep Regulations Go Too Far, which appeared in the Arizona Daily Star.
Disability & Psychoeducational Studies
 Professor Sheri Bauman wrote an op ed, Start Thinking About College Before High School, which appeared in the Arizona Daily Star. In addition, Bauman wrote a piece for Women's E-News on the U.S. Supreme Court and violent social media threats, as well as another op ed, Homophobic Bullying Can Be Deadly, which appeared in mysanantonio.com.
Educational Psychology
 Assistant Professor of Practice Heidi Burross was featured in an article in the Arizona Daily Star about Tucson Unified School District's proposal to add seventh- and eighth-graders to Sabino High School grade levels.
Graduate student Samantha Pickens earned a spot on the United States diving team for the 2015 world championships after winning the 1-meter title at the USA Winter National Championships in Columbus, Ohio. Read more here.
Educational Policy Studies & Practice
Professor Jeff Milem and Assistant Professor Nolan Cabrera wrote a response to Arizona Republic columnist Doug MacEachern's op ed about ethnic studies. Their response, Bias on Ethnic Studies? Look in the Mirror, appeared in the Arizona Republic.
MacEachern's article was in response to the research done by Dean Marx, Milem, and Cabrera, which was published in the American Educational Research Journal.
Several outlets reported on the study, including:
KPCC radio in Southern California
The Huffington Post
Doctoral student Christine Nelson is one of six awardees of the 2015 Louise Foucar Marshall Foundation Graduate Dissertation Fellowship. Selection was based on "the topic, methodology, and potential contribution" of her dissertation, American Indian College Students as Native Nation Builders: Tribal Financial Aid as a Lens for Understanding the Paradox of College-Going Messages.
 Department Head and Professor Gary Rhoades was quoted in an article about nontenure-track faculty in Inside Higher Education.
Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies
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Students Charles Silverman, Camila Hervey, Analisa Medina,
Emily Van Horn, and Sara Guyer attended the
National Collegiate Leadership Conference.
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Two Literacy, Learning & Leadership students won high honors for one of their two presentations at the National Collegiate Leadership Conference, one of the largest student-run leadership conferences in the country. Spencer Brickell and Hunter Williams won a Top 3 Student Program Award for their presentation, Framing Leadership. Students Michelle Galambos and Stephanie Choi also presented. Here's more about the conference.
Doctoral student Kari Chew (Chickasaw) is one of six awardees of the 2015 Louise Foucar Marshall Foundation Graduate Dissertation Fellowship. Selection was based on "the topic, methodology, and potential contribution" of her dissertation, Chikashshanompa' Kilanompohóli Bíyyi'ka'chi [We Will Always Speak the Chickasaw Language]: Considering the Vitality and Efficacy of Chickasaw Language Reclamation.
Professor and Associate Dean Renee Clift received the 2015 Hans Olsen Distinguished Teacher Education Award from the Association of Teacher Educators for her important contributions to the preparation of teachers.
College of Education alumnus Tim Knorr, who now is a first-year teacher in Phoenix, was named Teacher of the Month from the Breyer Law Office Teacher Appreciation Program. Knorr says, "I cannot thank the UA College of Education elementary program, as well as the Rodel Foundation, enough for the inspiration and motivation that undoubtedly led to this accomplishment. The UA has such amazing teachers who always encouraged me to seek excellence. I would not be where I am today without the strong foundation I received through the College of Education."
Taylor Lawrence, president of Raytheon Missile Systems, wrote an op ed about inspiring tomorrow's engineers and gave a shout-out to our Teachers in Industry program in the Arizona Daily Star.
 Alumna Brianna Maxwell, who graduated in 2007 and was the College of Education Outstanding Senior, is the 2015 Rodel Exemplary Teacher. Maxwell also has a master's degree from our educational leadership program. She will mentor six of our Rodel Promising Student Teachers. Read more in the Arizona Daily Star.
 Teachers College at Columbia University will recognize Professor Luis Moll with the College's Medal for Distinguished Service, the college's highest honor, at its May 2015 convocation ceremony. The award committee noted Moll's groundbreaking research of the rich knowledge resources that exist in poor Latino families and communities. He joins a remarkable group of previous awardees, including Coretta Scott King and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Doctoral student and Teacher-In-Residence Donna Rishor received the 2015 Robert E. Stevenson Memorial Scholarship from the Association of Teacher Educators. This scholarship is awarded to one graduate student nationwide each year. Next year, she will work full time in the Sunnyside School District as a district-wide math facilitator.
 Alumna Stephanie Parker Slater, who received a doctorate in 2010 in Teaching & Teacher Education, was named Woman Physicist of the Month by the American Physical Society.
Until next month,
Dean Ronald W. Marx
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