CEHD Insider - January 2018College, Student, Alumni News, and Special Events

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ELEOD Represents CEHD at KASS ConferenceCEHD was an event sponsor at the 2017 Kentucky Association of School Superintendents (KASS) Winter Conference. Dr. Kyle Ingle, Assistant Chair and Associate Professor, and Dr. Detra Johnson, Assistant Professor, both in the Department of Educational Leadership, Evaluation and Organizational Development (ELEOD), coordinated

networking efforts and coverage for the CEHD booth at the conference. The KASS conference was held in Lexington in December. Drs. Harrie Buecker, Liaison for School and District Partnerships, and Blake Haselton, Clinical Associate Professor, also attended the conference and met with visitors at the CEHD booth. Dean Ann Larson gave opening remarks and introduced the keynote speaker. Dr. Angela Newcomb, pictured above, is a graduate of the Ph.D. program in Educational Leadership and Organizational Development an Adjunct Professor in ELEOD and Principal at Oldham County High School.

Longerbeam and Hirschy Receive ACPA GrantDrs. Susan Longerbeam, Associate Professor, and Amy Hirschy, Assistant Professor, in the Department of Counseling and Human Development, received a $10,000 grant from the American College Personnel Association (ACPA). The award is for their project, "Contribution of Student Affairs Preparation Programs to Undergraduate Student Success: Influences of Mentoring on Campus Racial Climate and Sense of Belonging."

HSS Faculty Selected as MVPsErica Walsh, a reporter with UofL's Office of Communications and Marketing, asked members of the Cardinal women's basketball team who were their favorite faculty members. Ms. Walsh wanted to know who they believe helps them succeed in school and life. Myisha Hines-Allen, senior forward and Sports Administration major, stated that Dr. Meg Hancock, Interim Department Chair for Health and Sport Sciences (HSS), and Gin Presley, HSS Instructor, were her favorites. Arica Carter, junior guard and Exercise Science major, shared that Jessica Gibb, HSS Instructor, was her favorite. Each faculty member was recognized at the women's basketball game on

December 5th. Read more...

Possël and Immekus on UofL Today Radio ShowDr. Patrick Pössel, Professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Development, and Dr. Jason Immekus, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership, Evaluationand Organizational Development, were guests on Mark Hebert's UofL Today Radio Show in December. The topic of discussion was their research on students' attitudes towards teachers. Listen to the show...

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McCubbin to Serve as KPA DelegateDr. Lali McCubbin, Associate Professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Development, was nominated to serve as a Kentucky Psychological Association (KPA) Diversity Delegate. She will attend the Practice Leadership Conference in

Washington, D.C. that will be held in March.

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Happy New Year!

Left to right: Detra Johnson, Dean Larson, Angela Newcomb, and Blake Haselton

Bergman Appointed as CCAFDr. Matt Bergman, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership, Evaluation and Organizational Development, was appointed as a Complete College America Fellow. Established in 2009, Complete College America is a national non-profit that works with states and consortia to significantly increase the number of Americans with quality career certificates or college degrees and to close attainment

gaps for traditionally underrepresented populations.

ELEOD's Center for Economic Education to Host Guest Speakers in 2018The Department of Educational Leadership, Evaluation and Organizational Development's (ELEOD) Center for Economic Education will host a series of guest speakers during 2018. The Center most recently hosted Dr. W. Carson Byrd, Assistant Professor of UofL's Pan-African Studies. He spoke about his book, "Poison in the Ivy: Race Relations and the Reproduction of Inequality on Elite College Campuses."

Retraction: It was reported in the December issue of the Insider that Deans Ann Larson and Mary John O'Hair, UK College of Education, had presented at the UCEA conference. However, they were unable to attend the conference. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused.

Windhorst and HSS Students Present at KAHPERD

Chris Bayens, Shane Cunningham, McKenzie Clifford, Andrew Garcia, Ilmir Giyeli, Brent Welch, and Blaine Whitehouse, students in the Master of Arts in Teaching in Health and Physical Education program, and Cody Windorst, Instructor in the Department of Health and Sport Sciences (HSS), presented at the Kentucky Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (KAHPERD) conference, which was held in November. The students presented three different activities and Assessments: 1) Brain Breaks, 2) Use of Plickers in Health and Physical Education, and 3) Introduction of Tchouckball, an international invasion game that is gaining popularity in U.S. public schools.

Shuck Elected to AHRD BoardDr. Brad Shuck, Associate Professor in ELEOD, was elected to a three-year term on the Board of the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD). Founded in 1993, AHRD is a global organization made up of, governed by, and created for the Human Resource Development (HRD) scholarly community of academics and reflective practitioners. In addition, Dr. Shuck and

Kobena Osam, a doctoral student in ELEOD, and their co-authors published a paper on the definitions and muddling of employee engagement, which was picked up by SAGE's Management INK. Read more...

KATC Conducts First Responder TrainingThe Kentucky Autism Training Center (KATC) is providing training to police, fire, and emergency medical services about the special needs of individuals with Autism during an emergency. Over 600 first responders have participated in the training thus far. All firefighters were trained by the end of 2017 and police officers will be trained during 2018. See more about this story in:U.S. News Best StatesWTVQBowling Green Daily News

Leach to Serve as APA Vice ChairDr. Mark Leach, Chair and Professor in the Department of Counseling and Human Development, will serve as Vice-Chair of the Ethics Committee Task Force for the American Psychological Association (APA). The Task Force is charged with developing the next iteration of the code of ethics for psychologists.

MISE Faculty Publish ArticlesDr. James Chisholm, Associate Professor in the Department of Middle and Secondary Education (MISE), and Andrea Olinger, Assistant Professor in the UofL College of Arts & Sciences' Department of English, published "'She's Definitely the Artist One': How Learner Identities Mediate Multimodal

Composing," in Research in the Teaching of English, the flagship research journal for the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Their article is a discourse analysis that explores the collaborative multimodal composing practices of three 12th grade students as they co-composed paintings in response to their literary readings.

Dr. Chisholm, along with Dr. Ashley Shelton Arnold, MISE Instructor, and Dr. Caroline Sheffield, Department Chair for MISE, published, "Mediating Emotive Em-pathy with Informational Text: Three Students' Think Aloud Protocols of Gettysburg: The Graphic Novel," in the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. Their article reveals how constructing inferences between

visual and linguistic sign systems mediated eighth-grade students' emotive empathy--a central, if limited component of historical thinking.

Dr. Arnold was recognized at the winter commencement ceremony with the Graduate Dean's Citation Award. The award is given by the School of Graduate and Interdisciplinary Studies in recognition of superior accomplishment in the student's graduate studies beyond the achievement of a high-grade point average.

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Student NewsDevon Roberts, a student in the Educational Leadership and Organizational Development (ELOD) Ed.D. program, was selected to receive the 2018 School Superintendents Association (AASA) Educational Administrative Scholarship Award. The award is $2,500 and Devon is also invited to attend the 2018 AASA National Conference on Education where he will be honored during the general session. The conference will be held in Nashville, TN in February.

Jeanne Guerrero, a doctoral student in the ELOD Ph.D. program, will present in April at the College Board's 2018 Prepárate: Educating Latinos for the Future of America conference. The conference will be held in Los Angeles, CA. Her paper is titled, "Adelante! Improving Rural Hispanic Students Transition to College."

Highlights from 2017

February 2017ELEOD was awarded again the U.S. Army's Cadre and Faculty Development Course (CFDC), now called the Master Educator Course (MEC) program. The program was launched in 2015 and the department has received to date over $2 million from the U.S. Army.

March 2017Dr. Denise Cumberland, Assistant Professor in ELEOD, was selected as a UofL Top Four Faculty Favorite.

April 2017Students and faculty in the Department of Counseling and Human Development presented at the 2017 American Counseling Association National Conference that was held in San Francisco, CA.

May 2017Winners of the 2017 Grawemeyer Award in Education, Drs. Diana Hess and Paula McAvoy with President Greg Postel, Marion Hambrick, and Charlie Leonard.

June 2017Graduates of the Minority Teacher Recruitment Project (MTRP) and JCPS educators of color were honored at the Educators of

Color Celebration, which was held at the University Club. Several organizations worked together to make this event possible.

January 2017Dr. Ann Herd, Assistant Professor in ELEOD, was named the 2017 Nystrand-Offutt Scholar by the Nystrand Center of Excellence in Education.

July 2017In May, June and July, 78 CEHD students participated in International Learning Experiences in the countries of Belize, Ireland, Portugal, and Poland. They were accompanied by faculty from ELEOD, HSS, ECPY, Teaching and Learning departments, and staff in the Education Advising Office.

August 2017Kelsie Worrell, B.S. in Health and Human Performance with a track in Exercise Science, won two national championships at the 2017 U.S. Nationals and World Championship Trials. At the 2017 FINA World Swimming Championships, Worrell and her teammate set a world record in the 4x100 Mixed Medley Relay Prelims.

September 2017CEHD launched the Teaching and Learning Pathways Program in collaboration with the Kentucky Department of Education. The program allows high school students the opportunity to earn college credits towards a teaching degree. Several schools in surrounding districts have signed on to the program.

October 2017Mrs. Claudia Corcoran, M.Ed. Elementary Education, was named the 2017 UofL Alumni Fellow in Education. In addition to the Corcoran's international philanthropic work, they have supported student scholarships for the CEHD International Learning Experiences in Ireland.

November 2017Several CEHD staff were among those honored at the University's Annual Staff Recognition Luncheon for years of service. The following staff have over 150 years of combined service: 25 years - Erica Camp, Patty Grimes, Paula McGuffey; 20 years - Dhiane Bradley, Delsie Essig, Donna Oakes (Retired), Dorothy Vittitow; 15 years - Drew Foster; 10 years - Melody Halbleib.

December 2017Drs. Terry Scott, Amy Lingo, and Ginevra Courtade, all with the Department of Special Education, were awarded a $4.5 million grant from the Kentucky State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) in partnership with the Kentucky Department of Education through the U.S. Department of Education.

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