Articles by Julie Sartor
| May. 2 2012 |
UGA College of Education recognizes outstanding facultyThe University of Georgia College of Education recognized several outstanding faculty members, an academic adviser and an Honors student at its annual Spring Celebration Luncheon recently held at the UGA Hotel and Conference Center at the Georgia Center. |
| Apr. 5 2012 |
UGA College of Education offers social networking workshopThe University of Georgia College of Education will offer a workshop on social network theories and methods May 3-4 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel. |
| Apr. 3 2012 |
Exercise can help when chronic illness gets you down, UGA study findsSuffering from a chronic illness can drain a person's quality of life, but add in depression, and the results are debilitating. A new study from University of Georgia researchers shows that exercise training can reduce depression symptoms in patients with a chronic illness. |
| Mar. 14 2012 |
UGA education dean joins Lady Gaga, Oprah to raise awareness of bullyingUGA College of Education Dean and Distinguished Research Professor Arthur "Andy" Horne joined pop star Lady Gaga and Oprah Winfrey in Boston for the Symposium on Youth Meanness and Cruelty held last month on the Harvard University campus. |
| Jan. 25 2012 |
UGA College of Education offers Poverty in Schools workshop Feb. 24The University of Georgia College of Education will offer a workshop on effective teaching methods to reach students from poor and working-class families for teachers, administrators, counselors and teacher educators on Feb. 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel. |
| Jan. 24 2012 |
UGA College of Education professor Linda Campbell receives APA Presidential CitationLinda Campbell, director of the University of Georgia's Center for Counseling in the College of Education, has received a Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association. |
| Jan. 19 2012 |
College of Education study finds exercise reduces anxiety in womenApproximately 3 percent of the U.S. population suffers from excessive, uncontrollable worry that reduces their health and quality of life. The condition, known as Generalized Anxiety Disorder, is difficult to overcome and is accompanied by a host of physical symptoms, including fatigue, muscle tension, irritability and poor sleep. However, a new University of Georgia study shows that regular exercise can significantly reduce anxiety symptoms in patients with GAD. |
| Jan. 18 2012 |
College of Education alumna Lembeck named 2012 Georgia Superintendent of the YearEmily Lembeck, superintendent of Marietta City Schools and an alumna of the University of Georgia College of Education, has been named the 2012 Georgia Superintendent of the Year by the Georgia School Superintendents Association. |
| Jan. 4 2012 |
UGA College of Education offers workshop on statistical package RThe University of Georgia College of Education will present a workshop on the statistical package R, a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics, Jan. 23 - 24 from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. each day in room 143 of UGA's River's Crossing. |
| Nov. 11 2011 |
UGA College of Education introduces new online degree in reading educationThe University of Georgia College of Education will offer a new online master's degree in reading education with an emphasis on new and digital literacies. The department of language and literacy education is accepting applications until June 30 for the fall 2012 cohort. |
| Oct. 17 2011 |
UGA Gwinnett Campus to house new master’s program in sport management and policyThe University of Georgia College of Education will offer a new master's degree in sport management and policy at the UGA Gwinnett campus, starting in summer 2012. The department of kinesiology is now accepting applications for the program. |
| Jun. 28 2011 |
UGA reading education professor Bob Fecho pens book on classroom writingUniversity of Georgia reading education professor Bob Fecho recently published a book titled Writing in the Dialogical Classroom: Students and Teachers Responding to the Texts of Their Lives with the National Council of Teachers of English. |
| Jun. 13 2011 |
UGA’s Spector reelected as editor of top educational technology research journalJ. Michael Spector, a professor in the University of Georgia's College of Education, has been reelected for a fourth three-year term as development editor of the top-rated journal in the field of instructional design and technology. |
| Jun. 8 2011 |
UGA’s first Michael J. Hendrickson Memorial Scholarship awardedUniversity of Georgia student Michael Hendrickson dreamed of running a youth camp before he was tragically struck down by meningitis in December 2007. |
| May. 26 2011 |
UGA College of Education recognizes outstanding faculty, Honors studentThe University of Georgia College of Education recognized several outstanding faculty members, an academic adviser and an Honors student at its annual recognition celebration held recently at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. |