Education
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April 11, 2013 | Events on Campus
UGA to host service-learning workshop for area educators May 6
An introductory, interactive workshop on service-learning for area educators will be held May 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education. The workshop will offer ways to make curriculum more relevant and engaging to students and help students make a difference in the community.
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April 10, 2013 | Events on Campus
UGA College of Education to hold teacher workshops on poverty, reading at UGA Gwinnett
Two workshops for area educators-one focusing on effective teaching methods to reach students from poor and working-class families and the other on high-quality reading instruction and literacy contexts for all children-will be hosted by the University of Georgia College of Education May 2-3 at the UGA Gwinnett Campus in Lawrenceville.
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April 9, 2013 | Events on Campus
UGA Griffin to host Bionic Educator Conference April 26
The proliferation of technology and social media is changing the way educators teach, how students learn, and the way teachers, students and parents communicate. Educators must learn what technology is available while also learning how to integrate these technologies for instruction in today's standards-based classrooms.
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April 8, 2013 | Events on Campus
UGA Graduate Student Association holds 13th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference
The University of Georgia Graduate Student Organization will host the 13th annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference April 12 from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on the first floor of the Tate Student Center.
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April 8, 2013 | General News
NCATE review panel recommends UGA College of Education maintain its accreditation
An outside review panel has recommended that the University of Georgia College of Education maintain its accreditation by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.
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April 3, 2013 | Honors & Awards
Pandora Yearbook honors 2013 outstanding senior leaders
The University of Georgia's Pandora Yearbook honored 14 students as its 2013 outstanding senior leaders during a banquet on March 26 at the Tate Student Center.
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April 2, 2013 | Events on Campus
UGA College of Education to host Spanish for non-Spanish speakers workshops April 26, 29
Two one-day workshops—the first designed to enhance a teacher's ability to comprehend and to work effectively with Spanish-speaking students and their families, and the second on learning Spanish by reading children's books—will be hosted by the University of Georgia College of Education on April 26 and 29.
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April 1, 2013 | Events on Campus
Leading expert on creativity Keith Sawyer to deliver 2013 Torrance Lecture April 18
R. Keith Sawyer, one of the nation's leading scientific experts on creativity, will discuss group creativity and the power of collaboration in the 2013 E. Paul Torrance Lecture on April 18 at 6 p.m. in Room S151 of the Lamar Dodd School of Art on the University of Georgia campus.
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March 29, 2013 | Events on Campus
Russell Library to host First Person Project Interview Day April 19
The next interviews for the First Person Project, a new oral history series documenting the experiences of everyday Georgians, are set for April 19 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. in the Richard B. Russell Building Special Collections Libraries at the University of Georgia.
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March 29, 2013 | General News
Terry College and Tull School of Accounting maintain accreditation
The University of Georgia Terry College of Business and its Tull School of Accounting have maintained accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
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March 29, 2013 | Events on Campus
UGA hosts 65th Georgia Science and Engineering Fair
More than 800 Georgia middle and high school students competed March 21-23 in the 65th Georgia Science and Engineering Fair at the Classic Center in downtown Athens.
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March 28, 2013 | Honors & Awards
Sixth UGA School of Law grad selected to clerk for U.S. Supreme Court in nine years
University of Georgia School of Law graduate Andrew A. Pinson has been selected to serve as a judicial clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for the October 2013 term. Pinson's appointment makes him the sixth Georgia Law graduate in nine years to be selected for this prestigious post.
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March 28, 2013 | Honors & Awards
Georgia Law secures win at regional round of ABA Appellate Advocacy Competition
The University of Georgia School of Law captured first place at the regional level of the American Bar Association Law Student Division National Appellate Advocacy Competition, which took place in Boston earlier this month.
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March 28, 2013 | Research News
UGA science education faculty ranked among best nationally in research productivity in 2000s
University of Georgia College of Education faculty members were ranked among the most productive faculty in science education research published during the first decade of the 21st century, according to a study in the March 2013 edition of the Journal of Education and Learning.
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March 28, 2013 | Events on Campus
Expert on race, gender and sport management Ketra Armstrong to give lecture April 3
Ketra L. Armstrong, a nationally recognized scholar on race, gender and the social psychology of managing, marketing and participating in sports will present the annual Clifford Lewis Scholar Lecture April 3 at 3:30 p.m. in Room S151 of the Lamar Dodd School of Art on the University of Georgia campus.