 Where Are They Now?
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Sarah Slaton ('02) was named Teacher of the Year for McKamy Middle School in Lewisville, TX. The Alpha Iota Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi
was given the Achieving Chapter Excellence (ACE) Award, the highest
recognition the KDP bestows upon its institutional chapters. Drs. Marc Cutright, Bonita Jacobs, Amy Fann and Beverly Bowers of the Higher Education Program were awarded a $148,000 grant from the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation .
Dr. Gary Nye
has been named as the winner of the National Council of Professors of
Educational Administration Edgar L. Morphet Dissertation Award . Dr. Pamela Harrell and Dr. Colleen Eddy's grant for Dallas Xtreem Science and Mathematics Institutes, a Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Teacher Quality Grant, was funded for $100,000 over a two year period. Drs. Lyndal Bullock and Mary Estes received a $599,988 grant from the US Department of Education. Assistant Professor Donald Easton-Brooks, Ph. D., was recently cited in The Sydney Morning Herald in an article discussing Australia's version of the Teach for America program. Using a $260,000 grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Higher Education faculty members Dr. Marc Cutright and Dr. Bonita Jacobs organized an eight-site statewide conference to address issues of higher education transfer students. Dr. Rossana Ramirez-Boyd was
invited as the keynote speaker for the Annual Symposium on Foreign
Language Education that took place in New Orleans this summer. Dr. Cynthia Chandler,
received the American Counseling Association's 2009 Thelma Duffey
Vision and Innovation Award for her contributions to Animal Assisted
Therapy. Christina Long ('09) has been awarded the ALL KIDS CAN! award by The ARC of Dallas.
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Vol. 1, Issue 3, Fall 2009
 Welcome!
Jerry R. Thomas, Ed.D., Dean and Professor
Welcome to the continuation of our newsletter, Results!.
The 2008 - 2009 year was a successful one for us, much of it due to
friends like you! We received over $2 million in gifts this year with
commitments of over $1 million for next. External funding was
over $12 million, of which $6 million was new. Gifts are
extremely valuable but particularly so because they benefit our
students.
Enrollment remains strong with over 3500
undergraduate and 1500 graduate students. Many undergraduates
plan to become teachers/school leaders but many plan to pursue careers
in physical/occupational therapy, fitness leadership or family/child
development. Full time doctoral student enrollment continues to
increase with our greater financial support.
13 new
tenured/tenure-line faculty and 6 lecturers were hired including two
department chairs, one associate dean and the Velma Schmidt Endowed
Professor. New faculty bring exceptional leadership, scholarship
and teaching to the College.
We are happy with the progress being made and hope you will continue to support our efforts!
 America's Best!
We are proud to announce the UNT College of Education's ranking in the U.S. News and World Report 2010 edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools"!
Our graduate programs were rated 109th out of 278 in national rankings
of College of Educations reviewed. Among the public Colleges of
Education reviewed, the COE at UNT is ranked 89th overall and among the
nine public TEXAS Colleges of Education reviewed, the COE at UNT is
ranked 4th.
Among the UNT peer University Colleges of
Education reviewed, the COE at UNT is ranked 8th overall and among the
seven Texas Emerging Research University Colleges of Education, the COE
at UNT is ranked 2nd overall.
The improved rankings are due to
the hard work and leadership of our faculty and staff, as well as
excellent graduate students. Read more.
Reculturing Schools
In March of this year, Dr. Jane Huffman traveled to Taipei, Taiwan as part of the visiting Scholar Program at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU). She was invited to collaborate with leaders in their school improvement efforts. Read more.  Dr. Huffman and host professor Dr. Chen with the Visiting Scholar Program graduate students in Taiwan.
All in the Family!
At UNT's Doctoral Commencement and Hooding Ceremony on August 14, Dr.
Alice Coe received her Ph.D. hood in Curriculum and Instruction from
her mother, UNT Professor Emeritus Dr. Gloria Delaney. In
addition to earning her Ph.D. from UNT, Dr. Coe has also worked here
from 2000 - present, handling the Research and Elementary Program for the Environmental Education Initiative between UNT and the city of Dallas.
This was a special honor for Dr. Delaney, a former UNT professor of 38
years. Among her many achievements, Dr. Delaney was elected the
first female Chair of the University Faculty Senate in 1985. She
taught Health Promotion, Dance and Fencing, coached the UNT Fencing
Team and supervised Student Teachers and Community Health
Interns. She was one of the 12 founding members of the
Biofeedback Society of Texas, and also taught the Health Education
Workshop.
 
New Faculty
The College of Education is proud to present 13 new faculty members for
fall 2009. Please click here to read all about them and what
their individual talents, knowledge and skills will bring to UNT!
Read more.
From
left to right: Drs. Qi Chen, Marylyn Sines, Nancy Nelson, Lisbeth
Dixon-Krauss, Abbas Tashakkori, Gaile Cannella, Brenda Wojnowski, Tao
Zhang, Karthigeyen Subramaniam and Katherine Thomas
Bilingual/ESL Graduation Reception
To the sound of a live mariachi band, a festive brunch was held on May
16th at the Gateway Center for faculty, students and family honoring English as a Second Language
(ESL) and Bilingual graduates. 41 teacher graduates and 5 post
baccalaureate students completed their certification program.
Alumnus Juan Rangel, Board Secretary for District 8 of the Fort Worth Independent School District was the guest speaker.
From left, back row: Dean Jerry Thomas, Director of UNT's Bilingual/ESL Certification program, Dr. Rosanna Boyd and students
From left, front row: Dr. Gloria Bahamon (UNT Dallas Assistant Deputy Vice-Chancellor), Dr. Ruth Guevara (UNT Dallas), students
Thesis and Dissertation Award Reception
Each year the College of Education reviews the past year's best theses
and dissertations and awards two top honors. This year the
dissertation award went to Dr. Peggy Ceballos (Ph.D. '08), a graduate
of the Counseling and Higher Education (CHE) program. The thesis award went to Brian White (MS '08), a graduate of the Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation (KHPR) program. Read more.
From left: Dr. Allen Jackson (KHPR Chair), Brian White and Dr. Simon Driver (Major Professor) at the award reception. |
