News

COE alumnus David C. Mosely (BSED '65, MED '72) has been appointed to Albany Technical College's Board of Directors, reports a September 16 *Albany Herald* story.

​The new school year kicks off a renewed effort at the UGA College of Education to stay in touch with you, our alumni. This means more than keeping you informed with the College's latest research projects or the statistics of our newest freshman class. Of course those are important — but instead, we are reaching out to our graduates in order to share your accomplishments.

The *Stateline* story featuring Bud Cooper, a kinesiology researcher whose work led to a new Georgia High School Association policy to protect athletes from heat illness in 2012, appears in the September 16 *Huffington Post.*

A multidisciplinary team of University of Georgia faculty, led by four College of Education faculty, is partnering with the Clarke County School District this fall to provide a new after-school enrichment program aimed at improving the children's health and stimulating their learning in reading and mathematics, says a September 14 *Athens Banner-Herald* story.

Andrew Izsák, a professor in the College of Education who conducts research on the mathematical reasoning of middle grades teachers and has developed several innovative courses for pre-service teachers, is featured in the UGA home page's Focus on Faculty this week.

College of Education alumnus Kevin Jones (BSED '89) started this fall as new principal of Winston Dowdell Academy, the Coweta County School System's alternative high school, reported a September 14 *Newnan Times-Herald* story.

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*.