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College of Education alumnus Andrew Knoblich has been named the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision's (SACES) 2014 Outstanding Student Award.

College of Education alumna Stacey Miller was recently named 2014 Georgia School Counselor of the Year by the Georgia School Counselors Association (GSCA).

Farris Muhammad, a graduate student in the College of Education, has been selected as a 2014-16 Barbara Jackson Scholar by the University Council for Education Administration (UCEA).

Katherine Raczynski, a University of Georgia researcher and director of Safe and Welcoming Schools, an outreach project of UGA's College of Education, reported a shift she saw with schools taking an approach aimed at making their schools a safer and more supportive environment, rather than just responding to the bullying incident, reports a September 13 story in *The Red & Black*.

Two COE faculty members -- Jolie Daigle and April Galyardt -- were among nine University of Georgia faculty members selected to serve as 2014-15 Service-Learning Fellows.

Bud Cooper, a kinesiology researcher whose work led to a new Georgia High School Association policy in 2012, requiring all high schools to use a Wet Bulb Globe Temperature calculator to protect their athletes from becoming overheated, is featured in a September 12 story in Stateline, a publication of the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Retired faculty member and former director of information technology for the College of Education Bob Hart and his 9/11 Trail he built on his property in Athens are featured in a September 9 Macon Telegraph article.

College of Education faculty member Amy Reschly has been named editor-elect of School Psychology Review, the flagship journal of the National Association of School Psychologists. She will serve as editor-elect in 2015 and as editor in 2016.

​"In the general population, there's a misunderstanding about concussions and a lot of people don't understand what it is and how serious it is," said Julianne Schmidt, an assistant professor of exercise science in UGA's College of Education who specializes in concussion research. Schmidt is featured in a September 11 Red & Black story on athletes and head trauma.

Denise Spangler, Associate Dean for Faculty and Staff Services and a Clarke County School Board member, was quoted in a September 10 Athens Banner-Herald story about Clarke County School Superintendent Philip Lanoue.