News

Madison Brett (BSEd '14), who received her bachelor's in early childhood education in May, will compete in the 2014 Miss Georgia Pageant in Columbus June 18-21. Brett won the title of Miss Conyers in February, reported a June 9 story in the Swainsboro News.

Peter Smagorinsky writes a followup piece to last week's column in the Atlanta Journal Constitution on whether colleges prepared students to be work-ready.

Thomas Baker III was among the experts featured in a June 9 feature in Wallet Hub on the impact of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Championship in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

A June 8 ABC News report titled, "14 bad habits that drain your energy," cited a 2013 UGA College of Education study by researchers in the Department of Kinesiology.

Randy Kamphaus (PhD '83), Distinguished Research Professor in the department of counseling and psychological services at Georgia State University, has been named dean of the University of Oregon College of Education, it was announced June 6.

College of Education Distinguished Research Professor Peter Smagorinsky writes a followup piece to last week's column in the _Atlanta Journal Constitution_on whether colleges prepared students to be work-ready. This June 9 article focuses on the cost and the value of a college education.

Five of the top poets in Georgia will read and discuss the poetic craft during the third annual Seat in the Shade: A Poetry Reading Series June 19-20 and 24-26 at Hendershots in downtown Athens. The series, which was founded and is hosted by Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, a professor of language and literacy education at the University of Georgia College of Education, will feature poets on June 19 and 20 at 5 p.m.; and June 24-26 at 7 p.m.

Peter Smagorinsky, UGA Distinguished Research Professor, writes about whether college courses can equip graduates to arrive a new job ready to go in the June 4 Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Cindy Bazell (BBA '02, MEd '08, EDS '09), who teaches business education courses at Brookwood High School in Gwinnett County, was recently named top teacher in her field by the Georgia Marketing Education Association.

Billy Hawkins, an associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology, is quoted in a May 31 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story on "clustering," a term that describes situations in which 25 percent or more of an athletic team are in the same major.