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Nathan Jenkins, an assistant professor of kinesiology in the University of Georgia College of Education, has been selected to receive a 2014 New Investigator Award from the American College of Sports Medicine.

Wendy Ruona, an associate professor in lifelong education, administration, and policy, was recently elected as Incoming President of the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD). She will serve a six-year term—two years each as Incoming President, President and Former President.

UGA Distinguished Research Professor Peter Smagorinsky writes about Maynard Jackson High School special education teacher Elisha Gray in the April 7 Atlanta Journal Constitution.

A group that included College of Education Dean Craig Kennedy, Associate Dean for Academic Programs Laura Bierema and Director of the Office of School Engagment Janna Dresden visited the COE's partners at the University of Glasgow (UofG) in Scotland in March 2014.

Karen E. Watkins, professor and associate head of the lifelong education, administration, and policy department in the University of Georgia College of Education, has been inducted into the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD) Scholar Hall of Fame.

Billy Hawkins, a professor in kinesiology, writes in a March 28 New York Times op-ed that success may not be what it seems in relation to a recent regional National Labor Relations Board ruling that football players at Northwestern University can unionize and collectively bargain.

With the demand for STEM education increasing in today's workforce, the College of Education's Department of Career and Information Studies has established a partnership with one of the leading robotics education companies in South Korea.

With the demand for STEM education increasing in today's workforce, the University of Georgia College of Education's Department of Career and Information Studies has established a partnership with Roborobo Co., Ltd., one of the leading robotics education companies in South Korea.

Two outstanding Georgia educational administrators—Wanda Creel and Glenn Pethel—were recognized for their distinguished service to the field of supervision and leadership by the University of Georgia College of Education's educational administration and policy program on March 21 at Rivers Crossing.