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The Awesome Clubhouse @ La Escuelita serves local kids and College of Education students

Kinesiology doctoral graduate lands faculty position in Ireland

Publications in 2014 with contributions from faculty in the Department of Kinesiology.

The University of Georgia's master's degree programs in secondary education are ranked best in the nation in Graduateprograms.com's Fall 2014 Graduate Program rankings.

A study three years ago in which kinesiology researcher Phil Tomporowski and Catherine Davis of the Medical College of Georgia found that kids who took part in a regular physical activity program showed increased cognitive performance and brain function, was cited in an October 16 *Philadelphia Inquirer* story on new research that confirmed those findings.

Five College of Education graduates were recognized for their career achievements and community leadership with 2014-15 alumni awards at the college's second annual Donor Appreciation and Alumni Awards Dinner Oct. 3 at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Congratulations to this year's award winners: Whitney Myers, Ian Altman, Kimber Shelton, Tonya Harris Cornileus and Mark Slonaker.

COE professors direct an after-school activity program for Clarke County elementary students which will increase their heart rates as well as help with homework and comprehension reports a story in the October 14 *Flagpole.*

University of Georgia kinesiology researcher Jarrod Call and Georgia Institute of Technology bioengineering researcher Robert Guldberg have received a Georgia Partners in Regenerative Medicine one-year seed grant of $70,000 to study the use of stem cells to improve muscle recovery after injury.