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Atakan Ata, a doctoral student in the College of Education's educational administration and policy program, has been selected as one of 30 young Turkish American students to participate in the 1st Annual Turkish-American Youth Leadership Congress to be held in Washington, D.C., Oct. 9-12.

Grant-funded clinic expands educator training into community service.

"In schools that tend to be high need, high poverty, and low scoring, curriculum focuses intensely on those skills that are tested," said Sara Kajder, an assistant clinical professorin the Department of Language and Literacy Education, in a Sept. 23 *New York Times* story. "We don't test on media literacy even though those might be the most important skills that we can give kids right now."

Peter Smagorinsky, a UGA Distinguished Research Professor of Language and Literacy Education, was quoted in a Sept. 29 *EdWeek* article on the issue of education in Georgia political contests this November.

With winter forecasts predicting a return of the notorious frigid air mass famously known last year as the polar vortex, the public's reaction of dread is understandable, says Alan Stewart, a weather and climate psychologist at the University of Georgia who researches the connection between the seasons and our psyches in a Sept. 26 *Minneapolis Star-Tribune* article.

College of Education faculty member Thomas A. Baker III has been named the new Associate Editor for the Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport, a leading journal for sport law.

The late College of Education professor and department head Calfrey C. Calhoun will be inducted into the Business Education National Hall of Fame at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater on Nov. 1.

College of Education alumna Cresenda Jones has published a new book titled, "Spiritual Maturity: God's Will for Emotional Health and Healing."

College of Education doctoral graduates Selcuk Acar and Kristy Kowalske have received 2014 E. Paul Torrance Graduate Student Research awards from the American Creativity Association (ACA).

Farris Muhammad, a graduate student in the University of Georgia College of Education, has been selected as a 2014-16 Barbara Jackson Scholar by the University Council for Education Administration, reported a story in the Sept. 23 *Athens Banner-Herald*.