May 20, 2022
This year’s ceremony to celebrate the achievements of Auburn University’s students with intellectual disabilities, or EAGLES, included everything from laughter and tears of joy, to standing ovations and surprise scholarships and endowments. Held May 6 at the Auburn Alumni Association headquarters on College Street, the 2022 awards luncheon was a festive and well-attended affair that had […]
April 27, 2022
Julia Sizemore, a fitness, conditioning and performance student, will serve as Auburn University’s College of Education student marshal at the university’s spring 2022 commencement ceremonies. Sizemore, who is also an Army ROTC cadet, won’t be going far after graduation – she plans to commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army National Guard, as well […]
April 26, 2022
School of Kinesiology student Eric Marin was named the Presidential Award honoree for the College of Education at the 2022 President’s Award ceremony. Marin will graduate this spring with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science. Marin is from Birmingham, Alabama, and has been named to the Dean’s List from fall 2018 through fall 2021. […]
April 12, 2022
Six School of Kinesiology students were among 64 students who took home awards for their research and creative scholarship posters and oral presentations during the recent “Auburn Research: Student Symposium.” Nearly 440 undergraduate and graduate students from Auburn University’s main campus and Auburn University at Montgomery participated in the annual symposium, which gives students an […]
School of Kinesiology doctoral candidate Mariana Bacelar has been named one of Auburn University’s Outstanding Doctoral students for 2021-2022. Bacelar conducts research under the guidance of Dr. Matthew Miller, associate professor and director of the Performance and Exercise Psychophysiology Lab, or PEP Lab. “This is an unmatched honor and I feel very humbled to have […]
Dr. Leslie Cordie, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology (EFLT), recently returned from her second visit to the Caribbean nation of St. Kitts – Nevis where she was serving as a Fulbright U.S. Scholar. For her Flex Fulbright award, Dr. Cordie worked with colleagues at her host institution, Clarence Fitzroy […]
April 11, 2022
The Auburn University Reading Center will offer individualized Summer Reading Tutoring during June and July for children who are not yet reading accurately and fluently. Summer 2022 will be the 23rd year for the program. The program begins June 1 and concludes July 20, with holidays on June 20, June 27, and July 4. Tutoring […]
April 7, 2022
While pregnant with her first child last year, Donielle Fagan decided to write a love letter of sorts to her son in the form of a children’s book. Fagan, a doctoral candidate in Auburn University’s College of Education, was thinking of a way to help children learn how to deal with their emotions. With her son, […]
Auburn University’s College of Education is joining forces with the College of Sciences and Mathematics’ Department of Mathematics and Statistics and other state institutions to address the shortage of mathematics teachers in Alabama. Using $3.2 million in funding provided by the National Science Foundation’s Noyce Scholarship Program, Auburn is partnering with Tuskegee University, Alabama State University, the Alabama Math, Science and Technology Initiative, […]
April 5, 2022
The North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity School awarded School of Kinesiology doctoral candidate Emily Munn the 2022 Outstanding Student Paper Award for Motor Development. Munn’s dissertation study measured the effects of an adapted Zumba intervention on functional mobility and cardiorespiratory fitness in adults with disabilities. For her project, Munn […]
March 28, 2022
School of Kinesiology Associate Professor Melissa Pangelinan, director of the Pediatric Movement and Physical Activity Lab, has been awarded a grant from Autism Speaks. The award is part of the Norma and Malcom Baker Recreation Grants program, which helps fund non-profit and for-profit organizations that serve people with autism, their caregivers and families, teachers, therapists, […]
March 14, 2022
Auburn University’s EAGLES have a new “nest” to call home. The College of Education program—designed to give students with intellectual disabilities a complete college experience while helping them achieve their employment and independent living goals—recently opened a completely renovated facility that will help its students soar to new heights. Equipped with classrooms, a technology center, […]
February 28, 2022
Recent Auburn University alumnus and fourth-generation graduate Bowen “Bo” Plagge has signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox. “Attending Auburn has been a family tradition, and I have orange and blue blood to prove it, but graduating and one day playing in the Majors has been a lifelong dream for me,” Plagge […]
February 21, 2022
Kinesiology doctoral candidate Oluwagbemiga (‘Gbenga) DadeMatthews won the Rapid Research Race at the 2022 Southeast – American College of Sports Medicine annual conference held Feb. 17-19 in Greenville, South Carolina. The Rapid Research Race was developed in 2017 to present a broad scope preview of ongoing research being conducted by faculty and doctoral students in […]
February 16, 2022
David Marshall, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor of Educational Research in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology, has recently published a new book entitled COVID-19 and the Classroom: How Schools Navigated the Great Disruption. Published by Lexington Books an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield, the book explores the COVID-19 pandemic and its […]
February 15, 2022
Kinesiology doctoral student Braxton Linder was selected to be a trainee for the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Center for Clinical and Translational Science’s Predoctoral Clinical/Translational Research Program. As a 2022-2023 CCTS TL1 trainee, Linder will spend 12 months in an immersive program where he will develop projects focused on reducing health disparities and/or diseases […]
February 7, 2022
On the weekends, you can find Sophia Groth at a gymnastics meet – either in Auburn Arena or on the road. During the week, she’s working to stick the landing on her vault and perfecting her floor routine. But when she’s not tumbling her way into the hearts of Auburn fans, she is working to […]
February 1, 2022
Professor Jared Russell, Assistant Director of the School of Kinesiology and Director of Diversity for the College of Education, was selected to receive the Distinguished Service Award given by the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education, or NAKHE. The Distinguished Service Award is given to a person who has been a member of NAKHE continuously […]
January 27, 2022
Two School of Kinesiology students received scholarships from the National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation. Hillary Holmes was chosen for two scholarships – the NSCA Foundation Women’s Scholarship and Jerry Martin Scholarship – while Kyle Wasserberger is a recipient of the Challenge Scholarship. The foundation awards scholarships to National Strength and Conditioning Association members who […]
Auburn University’s College of Education online graduate programs are among the nation’s best, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2022 Best Online Program rankings released Jan. 25. The College of Education is ranked No. 14 overall “best” among colleges of education. For online programs for veterans, the College of Education achieved a “best” national designation at No. 4. […]
December 17, 2021
Marnii Peel, a student in the Collaborative-Special Education Teacher Education Specialist program in Auburn University’s College of Education, will kick off the new year with a unique distinction: she passed her National Board Certification for Professional Teaching before she even completed her degree. “Although Auburn’s Ed.S. program in special education is aligned with the National […]
December 16, 2021
Auburn University is ranked in the top 25 in the country for primary institutions attended by the Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service, or PTCAS, applicants. PTCA is a service of the American Physical Therapy Association and allows applicants to use a single application and one set of materials to apply to multiple Doctor of Physical […]
December 15, 2021
While Gretchen Oliver is known both nationally and internationally as the leading researcher in softball pitching and injury prevention, the work she does with her students earned her Auburn University’s Provost Award for Faculty Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring. Oliver, a professor in the College of Education’s School of Kinesiology, has mentored more than 70 […]
December 10, 2021
AUBURN, Ala. – Sarah Megan Finnorn from Mobile has been selected as the student marshal for the College of Education in Auburn University’s fall 2021 commencement ceremony, scheduled for Dec. 10-11. Finnorn will graduate with a degree in Science Education and excelled in the program during her time on the Plains. “I chose science education […]
December 3, 2021
The School of Kinesiology’s faculty members not only excel in teaching and research – they also represent the school through their service in various leadership roles in industry organizations. Below, read about the roles held by the Kinesiology faculty. Jared Russell, Professor and Assistant Director of the School of Kinesiology and Director of Diversity for […]
December 2, 2021
This fall, following years of tradition, the Truman Pierce Institute welcomed outstanding seniors from Loachapoka High School to the Auburn campus for L.E.A.D. Days. Under the leadership of TPI’s new director Dr. Jason Bryant, the L.E.A.D. acronym has been modified to better reflect the purpose of the outreach project. “Learners Exploring Academic Dreams” better reflects […]
November 18, 2021
While the attention of the state’s football fans will turn to the Iron Bowl next week, a group of 50 student veterans will be putting the rivalry aside as part of Operation Iron Ruck. Held annually since 2018, Operation Iron Ruck is a 151-mile march from Bryant Denny Stadium to Jordan Hare Stadium. This year’s […]
November 16, 2021
Kinesiology doctoral candidate Kyle Wasserberger recently defended his dissertation, after studying and researching under the guidance of Professor Gretchen Oliver in the Sports Medicine and Movement Lab. His hard work has paid off – upon graduating in December, he is moving to Seattle, Washington, where he has accepted a full-time employment offer with Driveline Baseball […]
November 15, 2021
Kamden Strunk, associate professor in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology, recently published an article in Inside Higher Ed. Entitled “Equity and Justice in Teaching Quantitative Methods,” the article states that while methods are often considered value-free and unbiased, instructors must recognize how classroom practices can reinforce oppressive ideologies and […]
November 1, 2021
On October 13, 2021, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed forming a new partnership between the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) and the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology within the AU College of Education. The memorandum, signed by Mr. Joseph Johnson, DAU Chief of Staff, and Provost Bill Hardgrave, provides a formal path […]
October 5, 2021
“Almost Twins” is the new children’s book by fourth-year EAGLES student Anna Moates and COE early childhood education graduate and EAGLES WINGS mentor Anna Penland. The book was featured at several events during Homecoming festivities in Auburn. “Almost Twins” shows the friendship between the two authors, and demonstrates that while having a disability may make […]
October 1, 2021
Mayor Ron Anders joined nearly two dozen EAGLES students on campus to sign a proclamation declaring October 1 to be Down Syndrome Day in Auburn. EAGLES is Auburn’s program for students with intellectual disabilities. The proclamation also recognized October 2021 as Down Syndrome Month in the City of Auburn “to encourage all citizens to work […]
September 9, 2021
Jeff Reese, head of the College of Education’s Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling, has been named as a 2021-22 Provost Fellow at Auburn University. The appointment is part of the SEC Academic Leadership Development Program. Over the course of the academic year, Reese will learn more about the work of administrative colleagues on […]
September 3, 2021
For the 33rd consecutive year, the Auburn University College of Education hosted the World Affairs Youth Seminar (WAYS). The seminar is the oldest educational outreach camp at Auburn University, and one of Auburn’s very few non-STEM related academic camps. The camp receives financial support from the Sunrise Rotary Club, which has been part of the […]
An Auburn University multidisciplinary project focused on the infamous “Bloody Sunday” civil rights event that occurred in Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 1965, is the recipient of an award as part of $28.4 million in humanities grants recently announced by the National Endowment for the Humanities, or NEH. Leslie Cordie, an associate professor in the […]
August 30, 2021
On Wednesday, August 18, Chancellor Jimmy H. Baker announced the appointment of Dr. Chris Cox as interim president of Northwest-Shoals Community College. Cox has more than 24 years of higher education administration experience and currently serves as special assistant to the chancellor at the Alabama Community College System. Prior to his role at ACCS, Cox […]
August 26, 2021
School of Kinesiology Assistant Professor Kristina Neely and co-investigator William Murrah, associate professor in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology, were awarded $50,000 for a study called “Inhibitory Motor Control in Adults with ADHD.” The first $25,000 is part of a new pilot internal awards program – The Research Support […]
August 25, 2021
This summer, the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art on the Auburn University campus has been hosting an exhibition titled “Crafting America.” The exhibit, organized by the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, features works in ceramics, fiber, wood, metal, glass, and other unexpected materials. It presents a diverse story of […]
August 18, 2021
The education realm has been one of the sectors most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, as educators, administrators, parents and students had to scramble to adjust to policies and guidelines put in place in the interest of public health. Faced with numerous obstacles from a variety of angles, educators have had to find creative ways […]
August 17, 2021
Enya Granados, a Master’s student in Science Education in the Auburn University College of Education, has been named the 2021 Outstanding New Biology Teacher by the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT). She will be honored with other NABT Awardees at the NABT Professional Development Conference being held in Atlanta in November. Granados starts each […]
August 10, 2021
Under the leadership of Principal Investigator Kamden Strunk of the College of Education, and two former COE professors – Antonio Duran and Ryan Schey – Auburn recently hosted 28 scholars of queer and trans studies in education. The conference was sponsored by the AERA Small Research Conferences Grant Program. Its purpose was to bring together […]
August 5, 2021
Ja’Lia Taylor wants to make a difference in people’s lives, and she’s using her time at Auburn to do so. Taylor, a special education doctoral candidate in the College of Education and master’s student in the Raymond J. Harbert College of Business, recently formed the Young Professionals in Training program at Auburn as a mentoring […]
August 4, 2021
Auburn University has been awarded $10 million from the National Science Foundation, or NSF, to lead a national research effort to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, education among students with disabilities. The grant will support a five-year program that will grow as it progresses, says Overtoun Jenda, assistant provost for special projects […]
August 3, 2021
Abigail Cramer from Windermere, Florida, has been selected as the student marshal for the College of Education in Auburn University’s summer 2021 commencement ceremony, scheduled for Aug. 6-7. Cramer is receiving her Bachelor of Science degree in exercise science and plans to attend medical school and pursue a career in sports medicine after graduation. She […]
July 22, 2021
The College of Education at Auburn University is hosting an accreditation visit by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) on December 5-7, 2021. Interested parties are invited to submit third-party comments to the evaluation team. Please note that comments must address substantive matters related to the quality of professional education programs offered, […]
July 19, 2021
Cassie Boze, an IT specialist in the College of Education’s Learning Resources Center, was named a Spirit of Excellence winner in June. This is the second month in a row the award has been won by an LRC employee. Boze took an unusual route to develop her expertise in and love of technology. “I was […]
July 15, 2021
Auburn University School of Kinesiology incoming doctoral student Mason McIntosh was selected for the prestigious National Institutes of Health Graduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement, or NIH G-RISE, Fellowship at Auburn University. The AU G-RISE Fellowship for 2021-2022 will provide a $25,833 stipend, per academic year, from the AU G-RISE grant from NIH. McIntosh […]
July 13, 2021
Jane Barton Moore, Ph.D., who served the College of Education for 27 years as a professor in the School of Kinesiology, passed away this week. We wanted to remember Jane by looking back five years ago to when she was presented with the Auburn Alumni Association’s 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award. The college hosted a reception […]
July 7, 2021
Elena Aydarova, an assistant professor in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology, has been selected as a 2021 National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation Post-doctoral fellow. The award provides funding and professional development to early-career researchers whose projects address critical issues in the history, theory, or practice of formal or informal […]
June 29, 2021
Professor Theresa McCormick, who most recently served as Associate Dean, Academic Affairs and Certification Officer, is retiring. Her last day will be July 1. Following an 11-year career as a fifth-grade classroom teacher in Crossville, Alabama, McCormick served two years as Teacher-in-Residence instructor while she earned her Ph.D. at the University of Alabama. Following her […]
June 17, 2021
In what is becoming a College of Education tradition, four students who are part of the college’s Music Education program have been named quarterfinalists for the 2021 Music Educator Grammy award. Three of the nominees are graduates of the program, and one is a current student. The Music Educator Award was established to recognize current […]
June 16, 2021
Kelli Howell, administrative support associate in the College of Education’s Learning Resources Center, has been named a Spirit of Excellence winner by the Auburn University Office of Human Resources. Howell came to the LRC in August of 2014. “I was born in Alabaster in Shelby County,” Howell said. “It’s booming now as a suburb of […]
June 9, 2021
On June 1, the EAGLES Program welcomed Stephanie Mendez Willis as its Independent Living Coordinator. Willis, who is originally from Miami, Florida, completed both her undergraduate and graduate degrees at Appalachian State University in North Carolina. She has more than nine years of experience as a Speech-Language Pathologist serving clients in a wide variety of […]
May 25, 2021
Bruce Gladden, the Humana-Germany-Sherman Distinguished Professor in Auburn’s School of Kinesiology, was honored last month with the 2020 Honor Award from the Environmental and Exercise Physiology Section of the American Physiological Society. The award recognizes a previous or current primary member of the section who is 60 years of age or older and has made […]
May 20, 2021
Historic prestigious five-year training grant is first ever for university Auburn University has been awarded a prestigious $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, to broaden participation in the sciences for traditionally underrepresented students and diversify the pool of scientists earning doctoral degrees in the biomedical sciences. The five-year training award—a […]
May 6, 2021
Dulce Gomez, a doctoral student in Auburn University’s School of Kinesiology, will be expanding her research experience this summer with the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Training (MHRT) Program sponsored by the University of Miami’s School of Nursing. The 13-week program pairs students with international mentors designed to help students pursue research careers in […]
May 3, 2021
The Auburn University Reading Center will offer individualized Summer Reading Tutoring during June and July for children who are not yet reading accurately and fluently. Summer 2021 will be the 22nd year for the program. The program begins June 2 and concludes July 19, with holidays on June 23 and July 5. This summer the […]
April 20, 2021
Saigim Garcia, from Canton, Georgia, has been named the Graduation Marshal for the College of Education’s spring 2021 graduating class. Majoring in Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, Garcia has a passion for working with people with intellectual, physical, and developmental disabilities, as well as advocating for those who cannot advocate for themselves. “To say I am […]
April 16, 2021
Elena Aydarova, assistant professor of social foundations in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology, has earned another recognition for her book Teacher Education Reform as Political Theater: Russian Policy Dramas. Along with two previous accolades, the book recently received the Outstanding Book Award from the Society of Professors of Education. […]
April 12, 2021
College of Education alumnus Matthew Martindale felt more than just new job jitters when he took over as director of the Pride of Shelby County Marching Band. His predecessor had served the program for more than 20 years, and the music education graduate now found himself leading the oldest, albeit smallest, band in Shelby County. […]
April 5, 2021
Carol Rhoden (née Smith), a two-time School of Kinesiology graduate, published a children’s book about overcoming challenges she faced as a child. Rhoden was a female athlete who was bullied by her male peers, lost her mother in high school, and became the first person in her family to graduate college. Released in February 2021, […]
March 31, 2021
Elaine Prust, longtime lead administrative assistant in the College of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Teaching, is retiring. She joined the college in 1990 and has been here ever since. “I was born in Louisville, Kentucky, but when I graduated from high school my dad left his job at the gas company and began a […]
March 16, 2021
Two recent College of Education graduates, Alli Bracewell and Stephanie Wood, have been recognized by Auburn University for excellence in advising. Bracewell is a two-time graduate of the college (Early Childhood Education; Higher Ed Administration). She is a student success coordinator for Auburn Online and won the Outstanding New Advisor Award. Wood is an Elementary […]
Auburn University Provost Bill Hardgrave has announced the names of faculty who have been awarded promotion, tenure or both for 2021, along with the names of those approved for clinical, lecturer or research titles. Here are those in the College of Education who were named: Associate Professor with Tenure Brian McCabe, Special Education, Rehabilitation and […]
Megan Burton, associate professor of elementary education in the College of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Teaching, was recently featured on the acclaimed Reinventing School podcast. The episode was called The Math Equation, and was hosted by Howard Blumenthal, creator and producer of the PBS television series, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? Blumenthall, a Peabody […]
March 15, 2021
The Rev. Dr. Frederick Douglas Reese, who died in 2018, has been honored by his native city. The City of Selma has declared that March 15 will be known as “F.D. Reese Day.” Reese was the leader of the Teacher’s March, a little-known but pivotal event in civil rights history that led directly to the […]
March 9, 2021
English is by far the most commonly-spoken language in the world. Approximately 20 percent of the world’s population speaks English — that’s 1.5 billion people – though only about a quarter of those speak English as their first language. English has become the most commonly studied language in the world and is officially the language […]
Auburn University School of Kinesiology graduate student Eric Finley was awarded an outreach grant from The Biomechanics Initiative. The Biomechanics Institute annually hosts an International Biomechanics Day to promote biomechanics to elementary, middle and high school students. This year, the organization hosted a grant competition to provide financial support to universities and organizations that host […]
March 8, 2021
Graduate students at Auburn University enrolled in the spring course “Methods in ESL Listening and Speaking” invite you to participate in a four-part English as a Second Language (ESL) online community English conversation course. The broad topic is sustainability, and graduate students will develop a series of lessons to span four weeks on specific topics […]
February 22, 2021
School of Kinesiology Associate Professor Danielle Wadsworth and graduate student Katie Spring were elected as board members for the Southeast-American College of Sports Medicine, or SEACSM. Wadsworth will serve as president-elect and Spring will serve as the student representative. The American College of Sports Medicine, or ACSM, advances and integrates scientific research to provide educational […]
February 5, 2021
Are you interested in helping support students in gaining independent living skills and promoting inclusion throughout Auburn University’s campus and community life? The EAGLES Program, housed in the Auburn University College of Education, is now hiring Level 1 WINGS male resident assistants. EAGLES is a comprehensive transition program (CTP) for students with intellectual disabilities. The program […]
February 1, 2021
Maegan Grace Ford of Evergreen, Alabama, has been invited to be a scholar in the competitive 2021 David L. Clark National Graduate Research Seminar in Educational Administration and Policy. Ford is a doctoral student in the 2018 Administration of Elementary and Secondary Education Cohort. Her research focuses on “Relationships among racialized stressors, self-care, and leader […]
January 27, 2021
Auburn University’s online graduate programs are among the nation’s best, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Best Online Program rankings released Jan. 26. The College of Education was one of just three colleges named in the rankings. Online programs that received “best” designations include the Harbert College of Business’ overall graduate programs at […]
January 26, 2021
Melvin K. Smith, longtime Special Events Coordinator at Auburn University’s Career Center, and three-time College of Education graduate, has announced his retirement. His last day on the job will be January 29, 2021. “I have always been told that you will know when it is time to retire,” Smith said when announcing his retirement. “Well, […]
January 4, 2021
Two students from Auburn University’s School of Kinesiology – Kyle Wasserberger and Kevin Giordano – were selected by the National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation to receive scholarships. Wasserberger was selected by the National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation to receive a Challenge Scholarship for 2020. The program awards $2,000 to NSCA members seeking either […]
December 16, 2020
Five College of Education AgriScience Education graduate students recently presented papers at the 78th annual Professional Agriculture Workers Conference (PAWC) which is hosted by Tuskegee University. This year marked the first-ever virtual conference. As a part of the conference, the Tuskegee chapter of Gamma Sigma Delta, an honor society for students in Agriculture and related […]
December 15, 2020
Out of nearly 2,000 initial nominees, Justin Antos, who earned both his Education Specialist (Ed.S.) and Ph.D. in Music Education from Auburn University, has advanced to be named one of ten finalists. The Music Educator Award recognizes current educators who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the field of music education and who […]
December 14, 2020
Fifty-six years after first walking onto the Auburn University campus, Harold Franklin strode across the stage to be honored as part of the fall commencement ceremony at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday morning. The 88-year-old Sylacauga, Alabama, resident—who integrated Auburn as the university’s first African American student in 1964—received a copy of the Auburn Creed and […]
December 11, 2020
Over the past several weeks, the Auburn Center for Evaluation (ACE) has signed contracts totaling more than $420,000. This continuing growth underscores the Center’s mission of providing evaluation services to local, state-wide, and international clients. The Auburn Center for Evaluation is based in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology in the College of […]
December 10, 2020
The year 2020 will long be remembered – mostly for all the wrong reasons – as a year like no other. In addition to the COVID 19 pandemic and the tumultuous presidential contest, the country was caught up in a wave of reckoning over issues of social justice, brought to the forefront by the killing […]
Sarah-Grace Jones of Madison, Mississippi, has been selected as a Student Marshal for the College of Education in Auburn University’s Dec. 12 commencement ceremony. Sarah-Grace will be receiving a B.S. degree in Exercise Science from the School of Kinesiology in Auburn’s College of Education. Following graduation, she will be moving to Birmingham to pursue a […]
December 9, 2020
Jeffrey Fairbrother, Ph.D., began his tenure as dean in the Auburn University College of Education on October 1, 2020, succeeding Betty Lou Whitford, who recently retired after ten years in the position. Fairbrother grew up in the coastal areas of Los Angeles County in California, living in Palos Verdes and San Pedro. Like many others […]
December 8, 2020
Retired Army General Lloyd Austin, an Auburn University trustee and College of Education counseling graduate, has been nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to serve as Secretary of Defense according to major news outlets. In his last assignment prior to his retirement four years ago, the four-star general led the Central Command. The Central Command consists […]
December 7, 2020
For more than 31 years, Bruce Gladden has been conducting research in Auburn University’s School of Kinesiology, and the results of his work have been studied and recognized internationally. Gladden, the director of the Muscle Physiology Lab and the Humana-Germany-Sherman Distinguished Professor of Education, is the recipient of the Creative Research and Scholarship Award. The […]
November 20, 2020
Elena Aydarova, an assistant professor of social foundations in the Auburn University College of Education, has received another distinction for her recent book. Teacher Education Reform as Political Theater: Russian Policy Dramas, published by SUNY University Press, was recently named as a 2020 Critics’ Book Choice Award recipient from the American Educational Studies Association. In […]
The Auburn Alumni Association Board of Directors has approved the creation of the Dr. Josetta Brittain Matthews Memorial Endowed Scholarship to support Auburn University’s goal of promoting diversity, equity and inclusion among its student body, which is key to its educational mission. The scholarship will provide support to undergraduate students whose financial need makes attendance at […]
November 10, 2020
College of Education professors Kamden Strunk and Antonio Duran, along with Garry Morgan and AJ Kam, have developed a series of workshops to educate faculty on how to better support and affirm trans students on the Auburn campus. Garry Morgan is a staff member at the Office of Inclusion and Diversity (OID) and is a […]
November 4, 2020
Auburn University College of Education graduate Joshua “Brock” Nolin has taken over as the superintendent of Tallassee City Schools. Nolin had been serving as acting superintendent since July. Previously, he was assistant superintendent and Federal Programs and Special Education coordinator for the past four years at the central office level. Prior to that time, he […]
School of Kinesiology doctoral student Dulce Gomez won a Women of Distinction Award from Auburn University’s Office of Inclusion and Diversity. Gomez received the Graduate Student Award. The awards honor women who demonstrate exemplary leadership abilities, lead with heart, create innovative solutions to the world’s most challenging problems, and inspire and uplift the entire Auburn […]
Michael Roberts, School of Kinesiology associate professor and director of the Molecular and Applied Sciences Laboratory, was recently awarded $77,632 from Compound Solutions for a study on nutritional supplements. Compound Solutions represents and distributes unique, patented nutraceutical ingredients that improve the health and performance of individuals. Roberts’ contract with Compound Solutions is for two studies. […]
October 30, 2020
A total of 25 music teachers from 24 cities across 16 states have been announced as GRAMMY music educator semifinalists, and one of them is an Auburn grad. Justin Antos, who teaches at Dwight D. Eisenhower High School in Blue Island, IL, has been named as one of the semifinalists not only for his impressive […]
October 27, 2020
Two School of Kinesiology faculty members were honored as part of Auburn University’s annual Faculty Awards program. Bruce Gladden, the Humana-Germany-Sherman Distinguished Professor in Kinesiology, is the recipient of the Creative Research and Scholarship Award in the Sciences, Medical Sciences, Engineering and Agriculture category. “I feel incredibly honored to receive this award,” Gladden said. “I […]
October 26, 2020
Kerry Palmer, Ph.D., who earned his doctorate at Auburn in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology, has been named the new dean of the College of Education at Troy University. “The most important thing we do at Troy University is serve our students. The second most important thing we do is hire good […]
October 21, 2020
Jill Meyer, Ph.D., LCPC, CRC, Associate Professor and Director of Counselor Education in the Auburn University College of Education, has been named as the Principal Investigator (PI) for a pair of U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) grants worth more than $3 million. The ultimate goal of both grants is to increase the […]
October 16, 2020
Since the founding of the EAGLES Program, many alumni, parents and community members have displayed an outpouring of support for its students, providing more than $500,000 in philanthropic support. But three individuals, intimately understanding the expenses of the program, wanted to do more to help. Thus, the Eagles Foundation was born, a separate nonprofit that […]
October 14, 2020
State Rep. Joe Lovvorn, who represents Auburn in House District 79, recently visited the Warrior Research Center (WRC) in the College of Education’s School of Kinesiology. The lab is directed by JoEllen Sefton, Ph.D. While there, Lovvorn presented a check from his state discretionary fund to support the center’s research involving firefighters, soldiers, and other […]
October 9, 2020
Marilyn E. Strutchens, Ph.D., was appointed Interim Head of the Department of Curriculum and Teaching in Auburn University’s College of Education on July 1, 2020, with the position officially starting on July 27. Dr. Strutchens is an Emily R. and Gerald S. Leischuck Endowed Professor, and Mildred Cheshire Fraley Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Education. She […]
October 7, 2020
Auburn University’s Presidential Task Force for Opportunity and Equity was created to address racial inequities and foster greater inclusion within the university. Included in the task force’s membership is College of Education Professor Dr. Melody Russell. As the task force establishes an enterprise-wide Diversity, Education and Inclusion (DEI) and Training program for students, faculty and […]
October 6, 2020
Elena Aydarova, an assistant professor of social foundations in the Auburn University College of Education, was recently named as a 2020 Critics’ Book Choice Award recipient from the American Educational Studies Association. Her book, entitled Teacher Education Reform as Political Theater: Russian Policy Dramas, was published by SUNY University Press. This competitive national award recognizes […]
September 30, 2020
The statistics speak for themselves – Black Americans are more likely to die from health conditions than non-Hispanic White Americans. Some of those conditions include heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and stroke. Two researchers in Auburn’s School of Kinesiology are working to learn more about the health disparities faced by African Americans in hopes […]
September 21, 2020
The EAGLES Program at Auburn University is a comprehensive postsecondary transition opportunity for students with intellectual disabilities aged 18-26. Through either a two-year or four-year residential program, EAGLES students work to become contributing members of society by combining university classes, on- and off-campus employment, volunteer experiences, and on-campus collaborations. The program is comprised of five […]
September 10, 2020
Leslie A. Cordie, associate professor of adult education, and affiliate faculty with University Writing, has been awarded a Council for International Exchange of Scholars, or CIES, Fulbright Research Scholarship to the West Indies. The award is in support of an educational enhancement project to be conducted in 2021. “I will work with both faculty and […]
September 9, 2020
Jada Kohlmeier, professor of secondary social studies education, and Steven Brown, professor of political science, were awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grant in the amount of $175,00.00 for Citizens Fighting for Civil Rights: The Places, Faces, and Cases that Changed a Nation. Kohlmeier is well-known for leading the World Affairs Youth Seminar, now […]
September 3, 2020
At the conclusion of the Fall 2020 Panhellenic recruitment week, each of the young women of the College of Education’s EAGLES program made history as the first group of students with intellectual disabilities at Auburn University to accept a bid and join sororities. They have been welcomed with open hearts and arms, demonstrating another facet […]
August 11, 2020
Professor Margaret Flores, Ph.D., BCBA-D, coordinator of the Special Education program in the College of Education’s Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling, worked over the summer with colleagues in the recently-formed Special Education Equity Working Group. The group’s membership includes Peggy Shippen, Kelly Brumbeloe Schweck, Alexcia Moore, and Christine Drew. All are faculty in […]
August 4, 2020
For the 33rd consecutive year, the Auburn University College of Education hosted the World Affairs Youth Seminar (WAYS). The seminar is the oldest educational outreach camp at Auburn University, and one of Auburn’s very few non-STEM related academic camps. The camp receives financial support from the Sunrise Rotary Club, which has been part of the […]
July 30, 2020
School of Kinesiology doctoral student Dulce Gomez has been selected as one of the participants in the American Physiological Society 2020 Teaching Experiences for Bioscience Educators, or TEBioED, Fellows. The six-month fellowship runs from late July 2020 to January 2021, with monthly online assignments, virtual workshops and weekly virtual meetings with a mentor. The fellowship […]
July 13, 2020
School of Kinesiology graduate student Hillary Holmes was awarded a Student Grant-in Aid award from the American Society of Biomechanics. The Student Grant-in Aid award supports student members pursuing biomechanics research by offering a source of research funding. The $2,000 grants are distributed on a competitive basis and are intended to offset the costs directly […]
July 9, 2020
James Satterfield, Ed.D., is the new department head in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology. His first official day on the job was July 1. “This has been a great move,” Satterfield said. “I am really blessed with the kind of family I have because they can shift on a […]
June 19, 2020
School of Kinesiology Professor Michael Brown will represent Auburn University at the Southeastern Conference’s COVID-19 Webinar “A Pandemic in Our Communities—Health Disparities, Health Inequities and Possible Solutions.” The event is set for Wednesday, June 24, from 1-3 p.m. The COVID-19 webinar will comprise of medical and public health, along with community leaders to discuss the […]
June 17, 2020
Dr. Susan Slear, an alumna of the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology, was the recipient of the 2019 American Educational Research Association (AERA) Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership Special Interest Group’s (LTEL-SIG) Robert Kottkamp Outstanding Dissertation Award. She was also named the EFLT’s Outstanding Graduate Student of the year […]
June 11, 2020
Three graduates of the Auburn University College of Education’s Music Education program are on the Grammy Music Educator of the Year quarterfinalist list. Alex Shive (BME), Justin Antos (Ph.D.), and Nathan Johnston (MED), all made the cut. The Music Educator Award was established to recognize current educators (kindergarten through college, public and private […]
May 26, 2020
Kaitlin Lyons, who graduated from Auburn University with her Ph.D. in Kinesiology in May 2020, received the Honorable Mention honor for the 2020 American Kinesiology Association National Doctoral Student Award. Lyons was selected as a finalist from all of the local AKA Doctoral Scholars nationwide for her distinguished academic and leadership record. “I am very […]
May 19, 2020
Three School of Kinesiology faculty members will be conducting research projects using funding from Auburn University’s Intramural Grants Program. Assistant Professor Austin Robinson, Professor JoEllen Sefton and Associate Professor Danielle Wadsworth are conducting research projects that received grants through the program. Robinson said he feels “honored and fortunate” after winning two Intramural Grants this year. […]
May 13, 2020
The College of Education’s Music Education program will be well represented at the upcoming National Association for Music Education (NAfME) national conference. Several faculty members, students, and alumni will be key participants at the Orlando event this fall. COE professor Jane Kuehne and Dr. Shane Colquhoun (Ph.D. Alum) will present a session entitled “Changing How […]
May 6, 2020
Dwayne White, a second-year doctoral student in the Counselor Education program in the College of Education’s Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling (SERC), was recently awarded with the Doctoral Graduate Student Award from Chapter VII of the Alabama Counseling Association. White also won recent national recognition, including the National Board of Certified Counselors Minority […]
April 30, 2020
This spring, the College of Education proudly presented awards to our alumni, faculty, staff, and students for their outstanding academic, research, and outreach achievements, as well as for their exemplary contributions to their respective fields. Alumni Awards Each year, graduates of the College of Education who have made outstanding contributions to the profession or the […]
April 24, 2020
Sean Durham, an associate professor in the College of Education, has co-published an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that points to the potential positive outcomes of schools and programs for young children being shuttered because of the coronavirus. Children, he writes, now have the time and freedom to follow their own instincts and interests. With […]
April 21, 2020
Auburn University College of Education graduate Matthew Summerlin has been awarded a James Madison Memorial Foundation Fellowship, which assists teachers earning a Master’s degree with a focus on Constitutional studies. Named for the nation’s fourth president, the fellowship will fund up to $24,000 toward Summerlin’s graduate studies in American History. Although the fellowship would allow […]
April 17, 2020
Five undergraduate students conducting research with the School of Kinesiology were selected to receive College of Education Undergraduate Research Fellowships, totaling $12,000 for research projects. The recipients are Molly Cassidy, Abby Cramer, Daisy Hansana, Ali Northcutt, and Derrick Stephen. “It is so inspiring watching our undergraduate students developing into trained investigators and realizing the value […]
April 10, 2020
Two Auburn University students recently received honors at the Southeast Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine’s annual meeting. Ryleigh Randall, a junior from Anniston, Alabama, received a First Time Presenter Award—a travel grant that allowed her to attend the conference and present her research to others in the field. “It was a great […]
April 7, 2020
A College of Education doctoral graduate is the new president-elect of the Alabama Music Educators Association (AMEA). Dr. Rob Lyda will lead the organization over the next two years. “Dr. Lyda is an excellent Auburn City Schools music educator, an active researcher and presenter in creativity in music education, and is an important mentor for […]
April 1, 2020
Megan Burton, associate professor of elementary education in the College of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Teaching, has been named president-elect of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. Burton began her career teaching elementary students for 10 years, before becoming a professor. This experience guides her research and teaching. She has been at Auburn since […]
March 20, 2020
Auburn University School of Kinesiology Assistant Professor Austin Robinson is participating in a program sponsored by the National Institutes of Health to promote diversity among biomedical researchers. Robinson was selected for the highly competitive Program to Increase Diversity among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE) sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), […]
March 5, 2020
Bruce Gladden, the Humana-Germany-Sherman Distinguished Professor in the School of Kinesiology, was elected President-Elect of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). He will serve a three-year term as President-Elect, President, and Past-President. Gladden will begin his duties at the Board of Trustees meeting immediately following ACSM’s 67th annual meeting, May 26-30, 2020 in San […]
March 3, 2020
The Auburn Center for Evaluation (ACE) entered into an agreement with The Pew Charitable Trusts to provide an evaluation of the Legal Navigator legal assistance portal. The portal is a web-based tool for people with common legal issues like writing a will or filing an uncontested divorce. Such users will be given guidance about what […]
Kinesiology student Maddy Mayhan was selected to receive the SGA Outstanding Undergraduate Award for the College of Education. The Huntsville, Alabama, native was nominated by Academic Advisor Tina Gottesman. “Maddy came to Auburn as a freshman and participated in the Kinesiology Learning Community,” Gottesman said. “As her instructor, I was impressed with her work ethic […]
March 2, 2020
Kinesiology graduate student Sarah Brinkerhoff is the recipient of the American Kinesiology Association’s Graduate Student Writing Award. Brinkerhoff’s paper, “Words matter: instructions dictate “self-selected” walking speed in young adults” was published in Gait & Posture last year. It is a methods paper written to help inform the field on how researchers can best reliably collect […]
February 27, 2020
At the end of February, Tina Gottesman’s career as an advisor will come to an end. But, the impact she leaves behind will be felt for years to come. Gottesman has served as an academic advisor in Auburn University’s School of Kinesiology since October 2011. Her career in education began before that when she served […]
February 21, 2020
Peter Hastie, Alumni Professor and the Wayne T. Smith Distinguished Professor in Auburn University’s School of Kinesiology, was recently awarded the 2019 Exemplary Paper Award from the American Educational Research Association. The award was in the association’s Special Interest Group category on Learning and Instruction in Physical Education. The paper, “Effects of situational constraints on […]
February 18, 2020
Auburn University School of Kinesiology Assistant Professor Austin Robinson received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study racial differences in sodium and blood pressure regulation. Robinson is researching why African Americans in particular are more likely to have diminished cardiovascular function after eating high amounts of dietary sodium. He will receive $764,093 […]
February 10, 2020
Auburn University School of Kinesiology doctoral student Dulce Gomez has been named a trainee for the 2020-2021 Center for Clinical and Translational Science Predoctoral Clinical/Translational Research Program, or CCTS TL1, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The immersive program provides 12 months of protected time for fellows to develop projects focused on reducing health […]
January 31, 2020
Chris Hardman, a doctoral student in Auburn’s Adult Education program was recognized by Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall for developing an award-winning school safety plan. Hardman’s fall practicum project was to upgrade Lee-Scott Academy’s (LSA) school safety protocols. Prior to Hardman’s efforts, the school basically did not have a safety plan. Hardman not only developed and […]
January 28, 2020
Jeff Reese, Ph.D., is the new department head in the Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling in the Auburn University College of Education. He comes to Auburn from the University of Kentucky where he was a professor in counseling psychology. He had previously served on the faculty at Abilene Christian University, where he earned […]
Elena Aydarova, an assistant professor of social foundations in the Auburn University College of Education, has authored a new book entitled Teacher Education Reform as Political Theater: Russian Policy Dramas. It was published by SUNY University Press. The book situates recent Russian reforms in the context of transnational transformations in education and captures the interconnectedness […]
January 22, 2020
Brian Phillip, an IT specialist in the College of Education’s Learning Resources Center (LRC), was named by the Auburn University Office of Human Resources as the December 2019 winner of the Spirit of Excellence award in recognition of his years of outstanding service to students, faculty, and staff. Phillip, whose father was in the United […]
January 17, 2020
As has been the case for the past several years, the college’s online graduate programs are ranked among the nation’s best, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 Best Online Program rankings released Jan 14. Online programs that received “best” designations include the Harbert College of Business’ MBA program at No. 18 and its […]
January 8, 2020
Auburn University School of Kinesiology student Emily Munn was recently selected for the Albert Schweitzer Fellowship. She will spend the next 15 months developing and implementing service projects that address the root causes of health disparities in under-resourced communities. As she pursues her doctoral degree in motor development, Munn researches how cognitive functioning is affected […]
December 18, 2019
The Molecular and Applied Sciences Laboratory, directed by Dr. Mike Roberts in the School of Kinesiology, recently completed a large-scale clinical trial that tested the efficacy of a multi-vitamin/mineral/omega-3 complex on nutrient status in pre-menopausal women (21-40 years old) over a three month period. The trial was sponsored by the health company, Ritual. “The results […]
December 9, 2019
Governor Kay Ivey, a graduate of the Auburn University College of Education, recently signed the Lights On Afterschool Day Proclamation at her office in the State Capital. She was joined at the signing by Paul Morin, administrator of afterschool programs in the college’s Truman Pierce Institute, and Felicia Simpson, Director of Community Outreach and Engagement […]
November 21, 2019
Joni Lakin, Ph.D., an associate professor in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology, won a national award for Paper of the Year from the Gifted Child Quarterly, the flagship research journal for the National Association for Gifted Children. The award is peer-review based and only given to one paper each […]
November 14, 2019
Dr. Marilyn Strutchens, Emily and Gerald Leischuck Endowed Professor & Mildred Chesire Fraley Distinguished Professor in the Auburn University College of Education, has been named chair of the advisory committee for the National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR). Dr. Strutchens was named to the advisory committee in 2016, and through her […]
November 6, 2019
L’Chaim and Lamentations is the new short story collection by Craig Darch, Ph.D., Humana-Sherman-Germany Distinguished Professor of Special Education at Auburn University. Darch, who has taught at Auburn for the past 37 years, has long had a research interest in Jewish history and culture. His personal library of Jewish books contains more than 3,000 volumes. […]
November 4, 2019
Every high school biology student knows that the mitochondrion is “the powerhouse of the cell.” But what does that really mean? In scientific terms, the mitochondria (the plural form) perform cellular respiration. This means that the mitochondria break down the nutrients in the cell and turn those nutrients into energy. In other words, the food […]
Compound Solutions, Inc. of Carlsbad, Calif. (CSI), has announced a $500,000 investment in Auburn University’s College of Education. CSI is an innovative company representing and distributing unique, patented nutraceutical ingredients that improve the health and performance of individuals. “CSI’s commitment to maximizing human potential is evident in both its business and philanthropy,” said Duante Stanton, […]
October 21, 2019
Evelyn Hunter, an assistant professor in the College of Education’s Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling, was selected to participate as a Health Disparities Research Institute (HDRI) Scholar at the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, a division of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. The goal of the HDRI […]
October 8, 2019
Carey E. Andrzejewski, an associate professor in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology, has been selected for the 2019 Gerald and Emily Leischuck Endowed Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Andrzejewski is interested in qualitative, mixed methods, and participatory approaches to research. Her work explores a range of topics […]
October 3, 2019
The TigerFit health and physical fitness assessment in the School of Kinesiology, is free this Fall. Don’t miss this great opportunity to check your current fitness level or to get started on an exercise program. The TigerFit assessment is a comprehensive fitness evaluation that includes a cardiovascular disease risk assessment, cholesterol and blood glucose screening, body composition with the iDXA machine, […]
Scholars from the Auburn University College of Education are moving forward in their research collaboration with education colleagues from the University of Alabama. Over the next two years, the collaboration will focus on critical studies in education, which is centered on understanding cultural, institutional, and structural dynamics that create and perpetuate injustice, inequity, and oppression […]
September 23, 2019
In December, Auburn University College of Education doctoral student LaToya Webb will be one of a select group of conducting fellows at the prestigious Reynolds Conducting Institute in Chicago. It is the institute’s 73rd annual event. The Institute ensemble will include the finest musicians performing a variety of chamber repertoire appropriate for the highest levels […]
September 13, 2019
On August 11, 2019, the Autism Society of Alabama hosted its 21st annual Autism Shines Gala at the Birmingham Marriott. The event is the organization’s largest fundraiser of the year and features awards for the year’s outstanding supporters. This year’s recipients of the President’s Award included the Regional Autism Network. Pictured left to right are […]
September 6, 2019
A professor in the College of Education is collaborating with Auburn University engineering faculty to help promote student engagement in the STEM disciplines. In 2018, the National Science Foundation funded a research grant — “Framing Engineering as Community Activism for Values-Driven Engineering”– to support an interdisciplinary collaboration between three engineering professors and Dr. Joni Lakin […]
September 4, 2019
James Lindner, a professor in the Agriscience Education program in the COE’s Department of Curriculum and Teaching, has been named as a Senior Fellow in the Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education (AIAEE). The purpose of the Senior Fellow award is to recognize and nourish AIAEE members who have made exceptional and sustained contributions […]
The TigerFit health and physical fitness assessment, sponsored by the Department of Kinesiology, is free this Fall. Don’t miss this great opportunity to check your current fitness level or to get start on an exercise program. The TigerFit assessment is a comprehensive fitness evaluation that includes a cardiovascular disease risk assessment, cholesterol and blood glucose screening, body composition […]
August 26, 2019
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story was developed through a series of emails with Matt Beth, a senior in Exercise Science. Matt suffered a life-threatening traumatic brain injury (TBI) in a fall, and as a result experienced multiple physical impairments, including the ability to talk. His remarkable recovery and focus is detailed below. The irony is […]
August 16, 2019
Janon Green, a 2014 Mathematics Education graduate of the Auburn University College of Education, won the 2019 Outstanding Mathematics Teacher Award from the Southern Regional Education Board. Green was honored at the Southern Region Education Board’s (SREB) College-and-Career-Readiness Standards Networking Conference on July 8 in Baltimore, Maryland. She teaches at Sylacauga High School. The Outstanding […]
August 7, 2019
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) awarded its 2019-20 American Fellowship to Elena Aydarova, Ph.D. Aydarova is an Assistant Professor of Social Foundations in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology. “The fellowship is a highly competitive and prestigious award, the recipients of which are selected from a national competition […]
August 5, 2019
The Auburn University EAGLES Program is now accepting early admission applications for academic year 2020-21. EAGLES is a comprehensive transition program (CTP) for students with intellectual disabilities. The program provides a postsecondary education opportunity for students with intellectual disabilities to engage in a two-year (four semester) residential campus experience. The deadline to apply for early […]
August 2, 2019
It is well known that some form of learning loss takes place in the warm-weather vacation days of summer. This “summer learning loss” phenomenon is particularly true for lower income students in rural areas. Research shows that summer programming in poor rural communities requires the development of community resources, human capital, and program accessibility. With […]
July 25, 2019
Asmaa Benbaba, a doctoral graduate of the College of Education’s Adult Education program, was recently selected to be part of a four-phase training organized and implemented by The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL). The program prepares teachers of critical languages, such as Arabic, Urdu, Swahili, Russian, and Portuguese, to meet the […]
July 24, 2019
For the 32nd consecutive year, the Auburn University College of Education hosted the World Affairs Youth Seminar (WAYS). The seminar is the oldest educational outreach camp at Auburn University, and one of Auburn’s very few non-STEM related academic camps. The camp receives financial support from the Sunrise Rotary Club, which has been part of the […]
July 22, 2019
Jared White, a COE grad and public policy and legislative affairs veteran in the state of Alabama, will begin a new role as Auburn University’s executive director of governmental affairs on Aug. 1. White will lead Auburn’s efforts in the Alabama State Capitol, serving as the university’s primary liaison with the state legislature, state agencies and […]
July 17, 2019
On July 10, in a ceremony at Opelika High School, the College of Education’s renowned and respected outreach, entrepreneurial, and research project — O Grows — was awarded the Chamber of Commerce’s 2019 Visionary Award. We wrote about O Grows in 2017, and did a more comprehensive story in last year’s Keystone Magazine. The project […]
July 8, 2019
As part of an effort to encourage collaboration between the College of Education faculties at Auburn University and the University of Alabama, Dr. Kamden Strunk, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology, recently spent four days in Tuscaloosa as part of the SEC Travel Grant program. While there, he worked […]
July 2, 2019
LaToya Webb, a doctoral student in Music Education in the College of Education, was recently selected to attend the 2019 U.S. Army Band Conductors Workshop this summer, becoming the first African American female chosen for this prestigious event and one of only five conductor/participants selected by a national audition process. In addition to her doctoral […]
June 26, 2019
A College of Education graduate student, Jacob Helf, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study in India. In 2018, while studying under his major professor, Chris Schnittka, Ph.D., Helf also won the Mason Fellowship, given to just one pre-service science teacher in the state. In the summer of 2016, Helf joined a dozen other […]
June 25, 2019
The 2019 issue of Keystone, the annual magazine of the Auburn University College of Education, has been published and will be hitting mailboxes across the state and nation this week (about 35,000 of them!). Producing this magazine is something we all enjoy, and it gives us an opportunity to reflect on the good and important […]
June 6, 2019
Evelyn Hunter, an assistant professor in Counseling Psychology and a licensed psychologist, has been selected as a 2019 Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar. The Health Disparities Research Institute will take place August 12-16, 2019 in Bethesda, Maryland. The goal of the Health Disparities Research Institute is to provide participants with a broad overview of the […]
June 5, 2019
Kinesiology doctoral student Hailey Parry was recently tapped as a winner of the National Philanthropic Education Organization (P.E.O.) Scholar Award. “We are so proud of Hailey!” said Director of the School of Kinesiology, Mary Rudisill, Ph.D. “Hailey was selected as one of the 150 women out of 945 nominees to receive the PEO Scholar Award […]
June 4, 2019
This spring, two classrooms became one for a positive learning experience for all. Ms. Kristen Green’s third grade Enrichment class at Creekside Elementary and Dr. Karen Rabren’s RSED 3000, Diversity and Exceptionality of Learners class, had class together through a live Zoom Conference meeting. Dr. Rabren’s students were learning about gifted education, including different methods […]
May 10, 2019
The Office of Undergraduate Research recently awarded its 2019-2020 fellowship recipients. The School of Kinesiology in the College of Education will have 14 students conducting research in their labs. About half of the students are Kinesiology majors, and the other half are from the College of Sciences and Mathematics, the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering, […]
May 2, 2019
Thank you! With the support of nearly 400 donors, we successfully met our one-month goal of raising $25,000 for the EAGLES Program, and the gifts are still coming in! Our dream is to provide funding so that any student, no matter their financial background, will have the opportunity to become an Auburn Tiger. And thanks […]
April 16, 2019
Doctoral candidate, Kaitlin McGinnis, MS, ATC, was selected to receive the Norm Mackie Memorial Scholarship from the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) Research & Education Foundation. The $2,300 scholarship is sponsored by the Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers’ Society. “Kaitlin is my senior doctoral student and the manager of the Neuromechanics Research Laboratory,” said JoEllen Sefton, […]
April 12, 2019
Auburn University’s College of Education will be hosting an Elementary Education “STEM” Summer Camp that will run from June 11 through June 29, 2018 for rising 3rd-5th graders! Students will explore, design, build, and create- as they explore STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) related content. 🚀🏗🤖 Check out the website for more information and to […]
The Auburn University Reading Center will offer individualized reading tutoring during June and July for children completing grades K-2 who are not yet reading fluently. Summer 2019 will be the 21st year for the program. Tutoring begins June 5 and concludes July 15. The hours are 8:00-8:45 Monday and Wednesday mornings in Haley Center. The […]
The EAGLES program is now taking applications for peer mentors to work with its EAGLES students. EAGLES, which stands for Education to Accomplish Growth in Life Experiences for Success, is a postsecondary education program for students with intellectual disabilities. EAGLES provides an opportunity for students with intellectual disabilities to engage in a multi-year campus residential experience at Auburn. Peer mentors […]
April 9, 2019
Dear Auburn Family and Friends, An individual’s potential is not always understood until they are presented with an opportunity. For our son, Bradley, this opportunity presented itself in October of 2017 when our family learned about the EAGLES Program within Auburn’s College of Education. It was that moment our lives would be changed forever. An […]
April 2, 2019
The Auburn University Early Childhood Summer Enrichment Program provides students ages 3 to 8 years old developmentally enriching play experiences during the summer. The program includes support for all subject areas through the use of project-based curriculum. Children’s progress is measured through systematic documentation in light of appropriate early learning standards. The theme this summer […]
A Letter from a Current EAGLES Student Dear Auburn Family & Friends, My name is Anna Moates and I am the first female EAGLES student at Auburn University. I am the youngest of four children and since 5th grade I was home-schooled. But it was always my dream to attend Auburn. My grandfather, my dad […]
March 21, 2019
School of Kinesiology graduate student Dulce Gomez, won first place for the Master’s Student Research Award for her poster on “Gaming enjoyment, perceived exertion, and exercise intensity in active virtual reality games,” at the Southeast ACSM (American College of Sports Medicine) (SEACSM) conference February 14-16 in Greenville, SC. At the conference, eight finalists presented their […]
March 20, 2019
The College of Education’s Agriscience Education program, in partnership with the College of Agriculture, recently hosted 1,000 high school students from across the state for a two-day judging clinic workshop. The event was hosted by Agriscience Education professors Jimmy Lindner and Christopher Clemons. Doctoral student Meredith Hall provided event-by-event management for the large and active […]
March 18, 2019
Three students are living their Auburn dream among 30,000 fellow student peers and they are eager for more classmates to join them. Auburn University’s EAGLES program, or Education to Accomplish Growth in Life Experiences for Success, is a postsecondary education program for students with intellectual disabilities ages 18-24. The program, which began in 2018 as a part […]
March 6, 2019
A Women’s History Month interview with Sophia Bracy Harris Editor’s Note: Auburn University has produced two MacArthur Fellows. Commonly known as “Genius Grants,” the awards recognize the creative potential of individuals through no-strings-attached fellowships which are among the most prized and valued in the world. One of those winners was the late Samuel Mockbee, founder […]
February 28, 2019
Mary Riley, a doctoral student in the College of Education’s adult education program, was recently recognized by the United States Department of Transportation Research Board at its 98th annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Riley has two degrees in German Languages and Literature, including one from the United States Military Academy. She is also an accomplished helicopter […]
February 26, 2019
The Auburn University School of Kinesiology is one of the most diverse Kinesiology graduate programs in the country. Currently, the unit has 14 doctoral students and five faculty from underrepresented groups. This year at the American Kinesiology Association (AKA) annual conference in January 2019, Mary Rudisill, Ph.D., Director of the School of Kinesiology, received the […]
February 25, 2019
Tegan Walker, a doctoral student in Agriscience Education, received the Distinguished Innovative Poster Presentation Award for her work entitled “Diffusing Educational Best Practices Adopted by Peace Corps Volunteers to U.S. Agricultural Educators.” Her presentation was made at the American Association for Agricultural Educators Southern Region Meeting, held in Birmingham in late January. Walker, a recent […]
February 1, 2019
The University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) has named College of Education professor Lisa Kensler as one of its “Hidden Figures — behind-the-scenes giants in the field whose work cannot be ignored.” She was recently presented the award at the organization’s annual banquet at the Space Center in Houston. The award was established to identify […]
January 31, 2019
Not long ago, Boone County, West Virginia was one of the Mountain State’s top coal-producing areas. But with the steady decline of the coal industry, these once common, high-paying jobs slowly gave way to unemployment, poverty, and addiction. As Boone County’s finances struggled, so did its school system. Two years ago, the county struggled to […]
January 14, 2019
The Auburn University College of Education is pleased to introduce Mr. Duante J. Stanton as its new Director of the Office of Development. He will join longtime Development Coordinators Molly McNulty and Kelly Rogers in the office. Stanton grew up in Birmingham. During his sophomore year at Ramsay High School, he was accepted at the […]
Dear Auburn Family, As we reflect on the recent holiday season, we celebrate the end of another great year of accomplishments, including a major milestone for our university. In late December, our institution received further affirmation of Auburn’s drive for excellence by being elevated to an “R1” institution by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of […]
January 7, 2019
Matthew Romero, a fourth-year doctoral candidate in the Molecular and Applied Science Laboratory (MASL), was selected as a recipient of the William Townsend Porter Predoctoral Fellowship from the American Physiological Society for the 2018-2019 academic year. The award covers his stipend for one year. The purpose of the fellowship is to encourage diversity among students […]
December 13, 2018
On a recent cold and wet December afternoon, the spirit within Loachapoka Elementary School was hot and loud. About 200 students from grades five through eight were approaching a fever pitch as they awaited the arrival of one of their heroes. It wasn’t a famous athlete. It wasn’t a rap singer. It wasn’t even a […]
December 12, 2018
In November, during the School of Kinesiology’s physical activity intervention with preschoolers at Darden Head Start, the weather turned unseasonably cold. Administrators noticed several children were coming to school without coats. They asked Dr. Mary Rudisill, director of the School of Kinesiology, if they would be willing to donate coats again this year for the […]
December 6, 2018
Researchers in the Auburn University College of Education are entering the final twelve months of a five-year grant that has studied the effectiveness of Individual Placement and Support (IPS) in helping people with mental illness obtain and keep employment as part of their recovery and rehabilitation process. For the past four years, Auburn has been […]
November 30, 2018
In the days following the 2016 presidential election, schools and teachers served as a point of contact for youth as they made sense of the campaign and election, according to new research from Auburn University. Across the U.S., teachers faced students with disparate feelings and reactions: some were excited and spoke about how Trump would […]
November 28, 2018
Growing up in Fort Payne, Alabama, James Dean loved music and art. But his humble circumstances led him to focus on academics, which in turn led him to Auburn and a degree in Electrical Engineering. But the muse never really left, and after 20 years Dean quit his job with Georgia Power to give art […]
November 27, 2018
The Auburn Center for Evaluation has signed three major contracts in the last four months. The contracts involve the evaluation of charter school applications for the Alabama State Department of Education, the evaluation of a mathematics program in Michigan for McGraw-Hill, and a large contract from the United States Department of Agriculture to evaluate […]
November 14, 2018
Jordan Stowe, a junior in the College of Education’s Agriscience Education program, has been elected as the Southern region’s vice president of the national Future Farmers of America (FFA). The FFA is the largest youth leadership organization in the country with nearly 700,000 members. According to Stowe’s major professor, Dr. Chris Clemons, being elected to […]
November 9, 2018
Five faculty members from the College of Education have been selected as 2018-19 SEC Faculty Travel Program participants. The faculty members and their disciplines include Jamie Harrison, Education/English; Mary Jane McIlwain, Early Childhood Education; David Marshall, Educational Psychology; Michael Roberts, Kinesiology; and Kamden Strunk, Race, Gender and Sexuality. The SEC Faculty Travel Program will support […]
November 8, 2018
Lisa Lishak, a 1989 College of Education graduate, was Alabama’s first Nationally Board Certified Teacher. Lishak graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and German Education with High Honor. She went on to earn her Master’s in Applied Mathematics as well as a Specialist degree. “In the spring of 1993, Dr. Landa Trentham and Dr. […]
September 24, 2018
Sandy Naramore, who was the College of Education’s Outstanding Alumnus this past spring, leads Birmingham’s Magic Moments, an organization that provides “happiness to children throughout the state of Alabama who are diagnosed with chronic, life-threatening illnesses.” At the recent Auburn-LSU football game in Jordan-Hare Stadium, Naramore and her team presented a “magic moment” to seven-year-old […]
September 12, 2018
Abby Heidenreich, a 2017 master’s graduate from the College of Education’s Agriscience program, has taken what she learned at Auburn and put it to work as an extension educator in agriculture and natural resources at Purdue University. Heidenreich, who organized Auburn’s first-ever FFA Greenhand conference, is continuing to provide outreach and service to others as […]
As a college freshman, depression and isolation led Justin Mercer to the verge of taking his own life, but the thought of his younger sister finding him was enough for him to open up to his family and seek counseling. Now, as an alternative master’s student in the Auburn University College of Education’s Social Science […]
September 6, 2018
Betool Ridha, a doctoral student in the Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling, recently won an award at the American Psychological Association convention for best graduate student poster from Division 45: Society for the Psychological Study of Culture, Ethnicity, and Race. The poster title was, “Perceptions of racism on campus: Experiences of Black Students […]
August 22, 2018
Tegan Walker, a first-year doctoral student in the College of Education, was awarded the Future Leaders Fellowship by the Association for International Agriculture and Rural Development (AIARD). This annual competitive fellowship is awarded to students who have shown an interest in addressing international agriculture and rural development issues. Walker was one of just twelve students […]
August 21, 2018
Stephen L. Pruitt, a chemistry education doctoral graduate of the Auburn University College of Education, took office as the sixth president of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) in July 2018. SREB is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization headquartered in Atlanta. It works with its 16 member states to improve public education from early childhood through […]
August 17, 2018
Christine Schnittka, Ph.D., an associate professor in the College of Education focusing on STEM Education, has been selected to present original artwork in an upcoming showcase at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art (JCSM) at Auburn University. Her 5’x8’ piece, a visual representation, is entitled “A Story About Science.” “The piece that was […]
President Steven Leath created the Presidential Awards for Interdisciplinary Research, or “PAIR,” in 2017 that awards funding for up to three years for innovative, interdisciplinary research collaborations at Auburn University. The program funds ideas that foster creativity among different departments and will assist Auburn University in reaching the next level of research and development distinction. […]
Bruce Gladden, Ph.D., Humana-Germany-Sherman Distinguished Professor of Education in the School of Kinesiology in the College of Education, has been named a Fellow of the American Physiological Society, or APS, a nonprofit professional organization devoted to fostering education, scientific research, and dissemination of information in the physiological sciences. It has over 10,500 members. Most members […]
‘Jumping genes’ (or transposable elements) have been known to exist in organisms since the 1950s when Barbara McClintock, Ph.D. at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory theorized that they were responsible for the pigmentation of corn kernels. Given that this discovery was around the time Watson, Crick, Franklin and others elucidated the chemical structure of DNA, the […]
August 15, 2018
David Virtue, head of the College of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Teaching, has been named as a 2018-19 Provost Fellow at Auburn University. The appointment is part of the SEC Academic Leadership Development Program. Over the course of the academic year, Virtue will learn more about the work of administrative colleagues on the Auburn […]
July 26, 2018
The USA Team Handball Men’s and Women’s National Teams will take on the Canadian National Teams on Sunday, September 2, 2018, at the Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum on Auburn University’s campus. The women’s game begins at 3:00 pm, followed by the men’s game at 5:00 pm. “This is an exceptional opportunity for people to see high […]
Lee County Autism Resource and Advocacy (LCARA), a 501c3 non-profit organization run entirely by unpaid volunteers, recently held its 4th annual respite and education camp for families that have an individual on the autism spectrum. The camp facility is granted to LCARA by Children’s Harbor, which is located at Lake Martin. “LCARA offers many opportunities […]
July 18, 2018
For a long and healthy life, women should exercise, have two to four kids, and breastfeed them. Well, it may be a little more complicated than that, but research performed by Wendy Hood (Ph.D.), Associate Professor in Biological Sciences, and Andreas Kavazis (Ph.D.), Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology in the College of Education, […]
This year, the Auburn University College of Education STEM Summer Camp was fortunate to have raised funds through Tiger Giving Day to purchase Ozobots. These bots were a big part of a great experience for the campers, who used technology to solve real-world problems. At the camp, rising 3rd, 4th and 5th-grade campers unleashed their […]
July 9, 2018
During the first and second weeks of June, the College of Education’s Truman Pierce Institute (TPI) hosted two sets of students for summer camp activities on Auburn’s main campus. One of the camps welcomed students from nearby Loachapoka, Alabama, and was called the Loachapoka Exploring Auburn Days (L.E.A.D.). The other session was the 21st Century Community […]
We have all come upon a sudden, unexpected, and often dangerous situation. That happened recently to Laurie Weldon, the 4-H Foundation Regional Extension Agent for Autauga and Elmore counties. She was prepared, and she wants you to be when it happens to you. “After work one afternoon, I was driving down Highway 14 near Wetumpka […]
June 21, 2018
College of Education Music Education student Shane Colquhoun has been named a quarter finalist for the Grammy 2019 Music Educator Award. The Auburn doctoral student is the band director at Loachapoka High School, where he also serves as the varsity basketball coach. “My understanding is that there were about 2,000 nominees for the award, so I […]
June 14, 2018
Gustavo Ribeiro da Mota, Ph.D., a visiting Fulbright Scholar from the Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro in Brazil, recently collaborated with Bruce Gladden, Ph.D., director of the Muscle Physiology Lab in the School of Kinesiology, on research investigating the impact of blood flow restriction and ischemia-reperfusion on performance. This past Fall, Mota and Gladden studied […]
June 13, 2018
The Auburn Transition Leadership Institute (ATLI) is now taking applications for peer mentors to work with its EAGLES Program and RISE (Real Impact on Student Engagement and Experiences) Initiative. EAGLES is a postsecondary education program for students with intellectual disabilities. EAGLES provides an opportunity for students with intellectual disabilities to engage in a multi-year campus residential experience at Auburn. Selected candidates […]
May 4, 2018
Kamden Strunk, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology, has recently published a new book entitled Queering Education in the Deep South. Published by Information Age Publishing of Charlotte, NC, the book explores education in the Deep South, with a focus on LGBTQ students and educators, […]
May 3, 2018
College of Education doctoral student Nighet Ahmed, who last year completed a Boren Fellowship in Morocco, recently won the inaugural University Award for Inclusive Excellence and Diversity, offered by the Auburn University Office of Inclusion and Diversity. In Morocco, Nighet learned the Arabic language and conducted her doctoral research entitled “Muslim Women of Influence: A […]
May 2, 2018
The School of Kinesiology had four Physical Education/Teacher Education (PETE) faculty and eight doctoral students participate at the 2018 Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) National Convention in Nashville, Tennessee March 20-24, 2018. Together they delivered 13 presentations at the conference. Additionally, Peter Hastie, Ph.D., Wayne T. Smith Distinguished Professor, and Sheri Brock, Ph.D., […]
May 1, 2018
From time to time, we enjoy writing about the unique lives of our students, including those who overcome distinct challenges. In this profile, Matt Bell explains how he endured health problems, depression, and poverty to focus his life-affirming and entrepreneurial spirit on marketing and movement as a student in the College of Education’s School of […]
April 26, 2018
The Critical Studies Working Group, led exclusively by College of Education faculty, primarily from the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology, has been recognized with an award from the Auburn University Office of Inclusion and Diversity. The specific recognition is the University Award for Inclusive Excellence and Diversity for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Collaboration. The Working […]
At a recent conference in Philadelphia, the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) recognized the contribution of two Auburn Graduate Students: Mary Riley and Ben Lepper. Both are Doctoral students in the Adult Education Program. The FAA Office of Safety and Technical Training specifically recognized Mary Riley with a Certificate of Appreciation for her research involving the […]
April 25, 2018
With over 50,000 members and certified professionals nationally and internationally, The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) is one of the largest and most prestigious sports medicine and exercise science membership organizations in the world. ACSM plays a key role in shaping the profession and field of exercise science, from policy decisions to scientific journals […]
April 19, 2018
Four scholars from the College of Education’s Business/Marketing Education program in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching were recognized for their paper, Factors Contributing to Stress of Business/Marketing Educators. The paper was selected to receive the Business Education Research Award at the 2018 Business Education Research Conference. The conference was held in Baltimore, and the […]
April 18, 2018
Auburn University students who developed a personalized electrotherapy garment to aid injury rehabilitation earned $25,000 in funding, plus additional services, as winners of the fourth annual Tiger Cage student business pitch competition. Two College of Education Kinesiology doctoral students, Sarah Gascon and Matt Hanks, were part of the three-person team that won the grand prize […]
April 17, 2018
Opelika Grows, or O Grows as it is more commonly known, has several events lined up this Spring. Please see the schedule below and find a way to support this important community organization led by our own Professor Sean Forbes. April 21 (Saturday)–Opening of the Opelika Community Garden for 2018. Local residents will be able […]
April 13, 2018
In the dead of winter, eleven English teachers from school districts in and around Oslo, Norway visited Auburn, Selma, Montgomery, and Birmingham, Alabama to learn more about Southern culture, history, education, and traditions. While the contingent of teachers was in Auburn, they were hosted by Michael Cook, Assistant Professor of English Language Arts in the […]
April 10, 2018
To celebrate MLK day, we are reposting this story in honor of brave teachers everywhere. On April 5, 2018, noted civil rights pioneer Frederick D. Reese died at the age of 88. In addition to his 50-year ministerial career at Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, Reese was also a long-time science and mathematics teacher in the […]
April 5, 2018
Golden Eagles honors those who have been alumni for over 50 years. Each year, a new class is inducted into the Golden Eagles and a reunion is held to commemorate the event. This year inducted the class of 1968. We had over 60 in attendance at our Dean’s luncheon. Photos of the event are available […]
March 26, 2018
Jacob Helf, a Master’s student in Science Education, has been named this year’s winner of the Mason Fellowship, given to just one pre-service science teacher in the state. Helf, who grew up in Homewood, wants to inspire high school students to understand the world we live in. The fellowship is awarded by the Alabama Academy […]
March 19, 2018
According to United States Navy veteran and Auburn professor David DiRamio, Ph.D., the first wave of research about student veterans – particularly those entering colleges and universities on the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill – focused on their transition from military service to civilian life. This research also showed the importance of peer connections and support services […]
March 7, 2018
Several researchers from the School of Kinesiology’s Sports Medicine and Movement Lab recently returned from the regional South East American College of Sports Medicine (SEACSM) annual meeting. Lab researchers made ten separate presentations (1 podium, 1 award poster session, 5 poster sessions, and 3 thematic posters). “All of these presentations were student first authored,” said […]
March 2, 2018
Auburn University’s College of Education has historically placed great emphasis on outreach to underrepresented populations and identifying talent in these groups. Examples are almost endless. Joni Lakin’s research helps broaden identification of gifted students in the widely-used CogAT test. Jared Russell has had great success recruiting students into our graduate programs, especially in Kinesiology, from […]
February 28, 2018
Paul Roberson, a doctoral student in the School of Kinesiology’s Molecular and Applied Sciences Laboratory, directed by Dr. Mike Roberts, won best overall abstract presentation in the doctoral student category at the 2018 Southeastern American College of Sports Medicine Meeting in Chattanooga TN. Paul’s presentation was titled “Changes in amino acid transporters and metabolic proteins […]
February 6, 2018
Marilyn Strutchens, a Mathematics Education professor at Auburn, is part of a four-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grant for Improving Undergraduate STEM Education. The nearly $1.6 million grant also includes the University of South Florida and the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities as collaborators. Strutchens, the Emily R. & Gerald S. Leischuck Endowed Professor […]
February 5, 2018
This summer marked the seventh consecutive year that Kinesiology Professor Jared Russell, Ph.D., has hosted the Future Scholars Summer Research Bridge Program. The program began with the intent of increasing the cultural and ethnic diversity in the College of Education’s graduate programs, and sending scholars of color into the academy. The program, by any […]
Auburn University is collaborating with the U.S. Army and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop innovative aviation learning and training programs using virtual, interactive, and multimedia technology. The partnership seeks to develop gaming modules that can be implemented into the FAA’s current curriculum for air traffic controllers. A cooperative research and development agreement enables […]
Michael D. Brown, Ph.D., FAHA, FACSM, FNAK, joined the faculty of the School of Kinesiology as part of a Strategic Cluster Hire in Health Disparities initiated by the Office of the Provost. The purpose of the cluster hire is “to improve health in the community, state, region, nation, and world by identifying, understanding, and addressing health needs […]
Few people realize how much scientific research goes into developing the tests our children take in school. There is an entire field of study, psychometrics, focused solely on the statistical and theoretical underpinning of large-scale testing. Ability testing is a specialization in itself. The field really took off over a century ago when Alfred Binet […]
February 2, 2018
Joseph Buckhalt, Ph.D., a Professor in Counseling Psychology in the Auburn University College of Education, has for many years been interested in sleep research. Since 2012, his main input has been through a blog published by Psychology Today, a widely-read trade magazine that has been around for decades and has a strong web presence. Buckhalt […]
January 31, 2018
Julie Nolen, who has led the College of Education’s Office of Development for nearly nine years, is retiring. She will be moving to Athens, Ga., where she will lead development efforts for the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. “I moved here with my parents when I was two […]
January 10, 2018
Four of Auburn University’s online graduate programs placed in the top 15 according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2018 Best Online Program rankings released Tuesday. Online programs that received high marks include the non-MBA programs (No. 6) and MBA (No. 11) in the Harbert College of Business, the College of Education (No. 13), and the Samuel […]
December 14, 2017
On December 7, the Auburn Transition Leadership Institute released its FY 2017 Annual Report in a luncheon event held at the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center. It included a celebration of 27 years of transition in Alabama. Highlights included visits from some our state’s transition stalwarts. One of these was Kevin Jackson, the transition […]
It seems like just yesterday that we were welcoming a new semester with the big buzz over the solar eclipse, moving into the tailgate season, and reflecting on the great history of women at Auburn. But the pages of the calendar kept turning, our students are in the midst of final exams, and we have […]
December 13, 2017
Jan Gunnels Burcham, Ph.D., a two-time Auburn College of Education graduate, was named the 2017 Outstanding Early Childhood Teacher Educator by the National Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators. The award was presented at their annual conference held in Atlanta, Georgia and was also sponsored by Taylor and Francis Publishers. Burcham is the Fletcher Distinguished […]
December 7, 2017
After a 20-year career as the Coordinator of LRC Services in the Learning Resources Center in the College of Education, Harriette Huggins is retiring at the end of December. But that does not mean she will be slowing down, as she carries on her passion for social justice and spends more time with her children […]
December 6, 2017
Altamese Stroud-Hill has been an instrumental part of the College of Education for more than 31 years, primarily as the Word Processing Supervisor in the Learning Resources Center. The end of this year is also the end of era, as she unplugs her keyboard and retires to the familiar confines of Tuskegee, Alabama, where she […]
November 30, 2017
Katrice Albert, Ph.D., earned her doctorate in Counseling Psychology in Auburn’s College of Education. She has had a distinguished career in higher education, most recently as the vice president for equity and diversity of the University of Minnesota system after working in a similar position at LSU. This month she began a new chapter in […]
November 21, 2017
About 125 high schoolers descended on Auburn last week as part of the College of Education’s Agriscience Education program’s first-ever Greenhand Conference. Greenhand is the first level of achievement for high school Future Farmers of America (FFA) students. The students represented 11 different high schools from across the state. “This was the first of what […]
November 20, 2017
Throughout 2017 we have been celebrating 125 Years of Auburn Women. Several different events commemorated that great day when three brave women made their way to Samford Hall to begin what is now an integral part of who we are, and what we are, and what we will always be at Auburn. One of those […]
November 14, 2017
The American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) recently presented the 2017 AAACE Presidential Award to James E. Witte, Ph.D., Professor in the Adult Education program in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology in the Auburn University College of Education. Witte was recognized for his outstanding contributions and innovative leadership to the […]
For Octavia Tripp and other members of the Elementary Education program in the College of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Teaching, success as a classroom teacher depends on being able to make a connection and understanding where a student is coming from. “When you are teaching, you must be aware of your students’ lived experiences,” […]
November 10, 2017
Tina Gottesman, an Academic Advisor for the School of Kinesiology in the College of Education, has been selected at the 2017 Outstanding Advisor for Auburn University. “I am thrilled to be selected for the AU Outstanding Advisor Award! I love working with college students,” said Gottesman. “My day is spent talking to interesting people and helping […]
November 2, 2017
The Auburn University Agriscience Education program recently recognized five of its outstanding students who received the American FFA Degree for their achievement in FFA at the National FFA Convention on October 28th, 2017. Awarded to members who have demonstrated the highest level of commitment to FFA and made significant accomplishments in their supervised agricultural experiences (SAEs), […]
November 1, 2017
Some operations grow by following strict rules and meticulous business plans. Others grow naturally, or organically. In the case of Opelika Grows, or O Grows, it was definitely the organic type. “O Grows really started when I went to my son’s elementary school and started a little garden project to help make sure the children […]
October 23, 2017
The Auburn University Agriscience Education program is proud to commend five of its outstanding students who will receive the American FFA Degree for their achievement in FFA at the National FFA Convention on October 28th, 2017. The National FFA is a national youth organization of 610,240 student members based in secondary agricultural education programs. FFA […]
October 19, 2017
Thanks to our generous 2017 Tiger Giving Day donors, the College of Education was successful in designing a Makerspace in the Learning Resources Center (LRC). This makerspace includes 3D Printer technology, VR computer technology, and robotics programs. The various technologies in this makerspace center are transformative providing our pre-service science teachers with the knowledge and […]
October 17, 2017
“War Eagle!” is a greeting shared across the Auburn campus and throughout the Auburn Family. The iconic eagle represents the Auburn spirit and the strength that lives within all of us. Auburn University’s new comprehensive transition and postsecondary program for students with intellectual disabilities known as EAGLES, or Education to Accomplish Growth in Life Experiences […]
October 10, 2017
For most Americans, the New Year starts on January 1. That’s when people reflect on the year gone by and set goals and resolutions for the year to come. But that’s not the case at Auburn. For Auburn’s students, faculty, and staff, the new year begins in late August, when fall classes kick off and […]
October 5, 2017
Renaissance Periodization (RP), a training and diet services company for world-class athletes, donated a monetary gift to the Molecular and Applied Sciences Laboratory (MASL) at Auburn University. Mike Roberts, Ph.D., is the director of MASL and an Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology. “We are very excited to receive this gift,” said Roberts. “It […]
October 3, 2017
Doctoral student Marcos Daou won the 2017 the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA) Outstanding Student Paper Award. And it truly is outstanding when you realize the prestige of NASPSPA and this particular award, as well as the voluminous amount of data collection Daou conducted in his research. The […]
September 26, 2017
Jessica Tyler, Ph.D., LPC, has received a major national award from the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision as the Association’s most outstanding counselor supervisor. Dr. Tyler’s award will be presented at the group’s conference on October 7 in Chicago. Tyler, who serves as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the College of Education’s Department of […]
September 22, 2017
Sonia Nazario, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose book Enrique’s Journey became a New York Times bestseller, will speak at Auburn on October 17 in Shelby Center Room 1103. The title of her public lecture is “Understanding immigration and life on both sides of the border.” It begins at 6:00 p.m. CST. “Immigration in general, and […]
September 21, 2017
Angela T. Barlow, Ph.D., a four-time College of Education graduate, has been named Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA). She will oversee UCA’s 62 graduate degrees and certificates. “As graduate dean, I see my role as being a supporter of faculty who are providing transformative experiences for their students and […]
September 20, 2017
The College of Education’s Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling (SERC) collected donations for victims of Hurricane Harvey in and around Houston. Organized by Dr. Evelyn Hunter, collections included bottled water and packaged snacks, baby wipes and diapers, clothing, toiletries, and linens. They managed to fill up over a dozen large boxes, which were […]
September 18, 2017
The first day of fall classes in Auburn is always exciting. New freshmen are nervous about their academic challenges but excited to be on their own for the first time. Upperclassmen are meeting up with old friends and settling into their new fall digs. Everyone is anticipating the start of football season. It’s just an […]
September 14, 2017
Blake Busbin, Ph.D., the Advanced Placement U.S. History teacher at Auburn High School, just wrapped up a three-year oral history project during which his students interviewed scores of military veterans from East Alabama and West Georgia. In addition to being on the project website, many of the recordings are also housed in the Library of Congress. […]
September 13, 2017
Danielle Wadsworth, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology, launched the Empowering Girls through Leadership and Exercise (EGLE) camp this summer for third through sixth grade girls. Eleven young ladies from the Auburn-Opelika area attended the camp June 19-22 at the School of Kinesiology in Wadsworth’s Exercise Adherence and Motivation Lab. The campers kept […]
September 7, 2017
For three weeks in June, elementary school students from in and around Lee County engaged in activities designed to improve their skills and knowledge in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). This was done through a wide variety of integrated activities in areas such as structures and robotics, all designed to promote STEM learning while […]
August 30, 2017
Michael D. Brown, Ph.D., FAHA, FACSM, is a renowned researcher in the field of exercise science, particularly hypertension in African Americans. His area of specialty is exercise as a preventive and treatment strategy for hypertension in African Americans, endothelial cell function. His research uses human and cell models to understand the molecular mechanisms of hypertension […]
August 24, 2017
College of Education graduate Ricketta Bland Wilson, ’98, of Heflin, Alabama, has written a new book entitled Growing Up Auburn. Publisher Mascot Books describes it as “the perfect book for Auburn family of all ages. It begins with the birth of an Auburn baby, features favorite Auburn traditions and different aspects of college life, and […]
August 18, 2017
Dr. Evelyn Hunter, assistant professor in Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling (SERC), was recently selected to join the Division 17 Early Career Psychologists Committee. According to SERC Professor Annette Kluck, who was recently named as Auburn’s Assistant Provost for Women’s Initiatives, this is a highly selective committee in which a small group of professionals within […]
August 15, 2017
For the 30th consecutive year, going back to 1987, the College of Education’s Secondary Social Science Education Program hosted the World Affairs Youth Seminar (WAYS), which brings high school students from several states to our campus. Once here, these students explore complex international issues, learn research techniques, and develop skills debating what they have learned […]
August 10, 2017
It’s a scene Margie Taylor will never forget. As a court-appointed child advocacy representative, she was on the witness stand on behalf of a nine-year-old child who was a victim of sexual abuse. Following Taylor’s testimony, the opposing lawyer began his cross-examination. “It was brutal,” said Taylor, a second year doctoral student in the Counselor […]
August 7, 2017
Mrs. Bessie Thomason was born in 1918, and graduated from Auburn in 1937 in Home Economics. At the time of her graduation she was just 19 years of age. She began her career as a school teacher in Seale, Alabama before joining Auburn for a long career as a Home Demonstration Agent. As a student, […]
August 4, 2017
On July 7-9, 2017, Auburn University students from Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling (SERC), along with students from the College of Education’s School of Kinesiology, volunteered for a Camp Autism Respite Event (CARE) at Children’s Harbor on Lake Martin. The students spent one-on-one time with children on the autism spectrum while parents attended classes presented […]
August 3, 2017
The Alabama Interagency Autism Coordinating Council (AIACC) was charged with developing a statewide system of care for those with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their families back in 2009. The same year that charge was given, the Regional Autism Network (RAN) was legislated to provide professional training programs, technical assistance and consultation, individual and family […]
August 2, 2017
This summer marked the seventh consecutive year that Kinesiology Professor Jared Russell, Ph.D., has hosted the Future Scholars Summer Research Bridge Program. The program began with the intent of increasing the cultural and ethnic diversity in the College of Education’s graduate programs, and sending scholars of color into the academy. The program, by any measure, […]
July 31, 2017
Following an internal search, Annette Kluck has been named Auburn University’s assistant provost for women’s initiatives in the Office of Inclusion and Diversity, effective Aug. 1. An associate professor in the Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation and Counseling in the College of Education, Kluck has served as the director of training for the department’s doctoral […]
July 27, 2017
“Together We Can,” an evening of discussion and fellowship between our area’s law enforcement officers and members of the local community, will be held on Thursday, September 7, at 6:30 pm in the Student Center Ballroom. The event was conceived by Counseling Psychology doctoral student Jade Kinney, and is sponsored by the Association of Counseling […]
July 24, 2017
Did you know that apps can be installed on mobile devices to protect you or your students from bullying via social media? Or that SEL (Social Emotional Learning) is an effective strategy for school climate improvement? These were among the topics explored during Auburn University’s seventh national Anti-Bullying Summit, held June 21-22, 2017, in Peachtree […]
July 7, 2017
Sarah Whittle, a senior majoring in Exercise Science in the School of Kinesiology, will represent the College of Education at 2017 summer commencement exercises. Whittle is originally from Spanish Fort. She has already been accepted into the Occupational Therapy Master’s program at the University of South Alabama. As an OT, Whittle hopes to fulfill her […]
June 6, 2017
Auburn University is collaborating with the U.S. Army and the Federal Aviation Administration to develop innovative aviation learning and training modules using virtual, interactive and multimedia technology. The partnership seeks to develop gaming modules that can be implemented into the FAA’s current curriculum for air traffic controllers. A cooperative research and development agreement signed on […]
On the afternoon of May 28, David DiRamio, Ph.D., an Associate Professor in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology, delivered the Memorial Day keynote address at Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery. DiRamio served in the United States Navy from 1980-1986. His research focus is on veterans education. His address to those […]
April 28, 2017
Cyberbullying protection, model school and community anti-bullying initiatives, bystander training, the role of the arts in bullying intervention, and workplace bullying are among the topics that will be addressed in Auburn University’s seventh international Anti-Bullying Summit. The Summit, hosted by Auburn University’s Truman Pierce Institute and Office of Professional and Continuing Education, will take place […]
April 18, 2017
The College of Education congratulated four of its members – two faculty and two students – upon their being recognized for outstanding teaching and scholarship in recent ceremonies. Carey Andrzejewski, an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, and Technology, was selected as the Student Government Association’s 2016-2017 Faculty Member of the Year […]
April 13, 2017
The College of Education honored four of its outstanding alumni at the 36th Annual Awards Recognition Ceremony on April 12, 2017. These awards are presented annually to graduates of the college who have made outstanding contributions to their profession or the college. Outstanding Alumni Award Dr. Paul Jhin ¹71, CEO, eBook/eLibrary Initiative, Malibu, CA Dr. Kyo […]
March 27, 2017
Wesley Kephart, a Ph.D. student in the School of Kinesiology, was selected by a special committee of the Graduate Council to be the Graduate School’s Presidential Award winner for 2017. This is the highest honor a graduate student at Auburn University can receive. “Wes is the first student in Kinesiology who has been selected for […]
March 15, 2017
Major Roshun Steele, commander of the Auburn University Army ROTC office, grew up in a family of educators. Having already achieved great success herself, thanks largely to the discipline that was part of her upbringing, she is continuing her studies through the College of Education’s doctoral program in Adult Education. “I grew up with my […]
March 14, 2017
Professor Wendi Weimar, Ph.D., in the School of Kinesiology at Auburn University’s College of Education, was awarded around $10,000 to conduct research on the efficacy of a new dumbbell design. The DB2 dumbbell has two handles with the weight located in the center, rather than having one handle in the middle and weight distributed on […]
Transition Unlimited is an Alabama pre‐employment transition services (Pre‐ETS) initiative designed to build capacity and connect services to appropriately implement pre‐employment transition services throughout the state. It is a new collaborative project sponsored by the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services (ADRS), Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Service, in partnership with the Auburn Transition Leadership Institute (ATLI). […]
Growing up in small town Camden, Alabama in rural Wilcox County, Anna Gibbs was all about softball. “I’ve played the game since I was five years old,” Gibbs said. “Athletics was the one thing I have never gotten tired of, and every day I had a gnawing hunger to get better and better. I kept […]
March 6, 2017
Gretchen Oliver, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the College of Education’s School of Kinesiology. Her prolific publication record (148 manuscripts and published abstracts) will soon have another addition. At the recent National Convention of Pediatric Research in Sports Medicine (PRiSM) in Dallas, Oliver won the Hank Chambers Best Scientific Paper Award for her presentation, […]
February 20, 2017
The Collaborative Teacher Special Education faculty in the College of Education’s Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling (SERC) has earned national recognition from the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). This recognition includes the Class B Collaborative Teacher programs (Grades K-6 and 6-12). “This recognition is meaningful because it distinguishes our Collaborative Teacher Special Education program,” […]
February 16, 2017
Jake Brewer and Erika Javage wake up every day going to their dream jobs in the sports footwear and apparel industry. Brewer works in the Human Performance Lab at Brooks, and Javage is in the Global Operations Concept and Product Testing Department for Apparel at adidas. Both earned their Master’s degrees from the School of […]
February 10, 2017
Tj Nguyen has an undergraduate engineering degree from Auburn, and is working toward his Master’s while he serves as Assistant Director of the Southeastern Center of Robotics Education (SCORE). He is also a recent graduate of the College of Education with a powerful ambition: to increase the ability of Alabama school children in Science, Technology, […]
February 7, 2017
The oral proposal of School of Kinesiology Ph.D. candidate Sarah Gascon, and Consumer and Design Sciences Ph.D. candidate Dawn Michaelson, was recently submitted to the Sport & Society Research Network. The proposal has been accepted for the Network’s 8th International Conference. The proposal title is “Femininity, Athletic Identity, and Satisfaction of Compression Garments.” It will be a […]
January 30, 2017
Ben Farrow, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and International Programs in Auburn University’s College of Architecture, Design and Construction, has an impressive academic pedigree, including engineering degrees from Duke University and the University of Texas at Austin, along with an MBA from Vanderbilt University. Now the Alexander City native has added another achievement to his […]
Christine Schnittka, Ph.D., an Associate Professor in the College of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Teaching, will provide leadership in the design and development of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Teaching Kit curricular interventions as part of the Kindergarten Saves the World! project funded by a grant from 100Kin10, the national network helping prepare […]
January 10, 2017
Suzette Doepke is a longtime National Advisory Council leader for the College of Education, and with her husband Greg is also a faithful financial supporter of the College, where they are members of the Dean’s Circle and the College’s 1915 Society. Like many Auburn fans, the Doepkes attended the January 2 Auburn-Oklahoma Sugar Bowl game. The […]
December 8, 2016
On Thursday, Nov. 17, the Forestry and Wildlife Sciences Building was the setting for an evening of discussion and fellowship between our area’s law enforcement officers and members of the local community. The event, entitled “Together We Can,” recognized those lives lost to police violence, and honored officers who have lost their lives in the […]
December 2, 2016
James and Suzanne Culbreth, our featured donors for December, are both graduates of the College of Education. James received his degree in 1980, majoring in Recreation and Administration, while Suzanne completed her degree in Secondary Education, with an emphasis in Biology and Mathematics. Both have gone on for advanced degrees, with Suzanne earning National Board […]
If you had strolled through the Haley Center courtyard on a recent warm Thursday, you might have heard the sounding strains of “War Eagle.” Nothing unusual there – until you looked up and saw that Auburn’s fight song was being performed by two dozen undergrads on Boomwhackers. Boomwhackers? “I thought it was a steel drum […]
November 18, 2016
School of Kinesiology doctoral student Brooks Mobley is coordinating a study for his dissertation in the Molecular and Applied Sciences Laboratory (MASL) on the role of whey protein in building muscle mass. The dissertation is entitled, “The Effects of Different Protein and Amino Acid Supplements on Muscle Hypertrophy after 12 Weeks of Resistance Exercise in […]
Barbara Holbrook, a 1979 graduate of the College of Education’s Elementary Education program, has been named Elementary School Teacher of the Year for 2016-17 in the Huntsville City School system. Holbrook is presently a second grade teacher at Jones Valley Elementary. “I graduated from Auburn in 1979 with a BS in Elementary Education,” she said. […]
November 16, 2016
Amy McIntyre, a 2015 M.Ed. graduate from the College of Education’s School Counseling program, was recently named the 2016 Alabama School Counselor Association New Counselor of the Year. She was selected by a panel of professional evaluators, and all nominees were within their first three years of beginning their career as a school counselor. “I […]
November 15, 2016
We know firefighters are exposed to extreme temperatures in the line of duty, but how does that impact them physically and functionally? What can we do to help them recover more quickly after battling intense flames in 50 pounds of gear? JoEllen Sefton, Ph.D., ATC, Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of […]
November 2, 2016
On October 15-16, more than three dozen athletes from around the country descended on Memorial Coliseum in hopes of becoming part of the United States Team Handball squad. According to USA Men’s Handball head coach Javier Garcia Cuesta, the rising interest in the sport of Team Handball is a result of recent coverage of the […]
October 28, 2016
A unique program is now underway to provide interventions for teens experiencing ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, depression or anxiety, and a range of other social or behavioral problems. The classes meet once a week at the Dean Road Recreation Center. Enrollment is now open for a second session that begins in January. While the students […]
October 27, 2016
David Mines, a summer 2016 Ph.D. graduate from the College of Education, followed an unlikely path to Auburn. Growing up in Uniontown, a small Perry County community in the heart of the Alabama Black Belt, Mines met an inspiring Extension Agent, Richard Smith, who got the inquisitive fourth grader involved in 4H, with an emphasis […]
October 17, 2016
With partial funding from a grant by the Alabama Council on Development Disabilities, Dr. Doris Hill, East Alabama Regional Inservice Center in the College of Education, and Dr. Sacha Pence from Auburn’s Department of Psychology in the College of Liberal Arts, are leading the first of a series of 16-week courses that provide evidence-based social […]
October 7, 2016
Melvin K. Smith, a three-time graduate from Auburn University’s College of Education and special events coordinator with Auburn’s Career Center with 28 years of service, has been recognized by the Alabama Association of Colleges and Employers (AACE) Board of Directors for his meritorious service to the organization and profession. Smith received the resolution during the […]
September 29, 2016
Under the direction of Alabama Department of Mental Health (ADMH), as lead agency of the Alabama Interagency Autism Coordinating Council (AIACC), Auburn University has been named as one of three agencies in the state’s Regional Autism Network. The Network officially launched on October 1, 2016. The Auburn Network, directed by Dr. Doris Hill, will be […]
September 27, 2016
The College of Education will be hosting “Educate Yourself on the College of Education” Friday, September 30th from 2-4 pm in the lobby of Haley Center. This event is held in conjunction with the University-wide Fall Family Weekend. We look forward to welcoming parents, students, and alumni. Academic units along with student organizations will have […]
September 23, 2016
Taylor Wesley, Auburn University’s Miss Homecoming for 2015, crowned her successor on Saturday, October 1. As a result of her personal experiences and concern for others, Wesley dedicated her title platform this past year to speaking out about substance abuse and mental health issues. Hers was a unique journey that is also distinctly Auburn. “I grew up […]
September 20, 2016
For the second year in a row, the School of Kinesiology in the College of Education has offered the Sports Science Camp for high school students and Junior Sports Science Camp for middle school and junior high students. How are the camps working? They are changing lives. Dr. Mary Rudisill, Director of the School of […]
The TigerFit health and physical fitness assessment, sponsored by the School of Kinesiology, is free this Fall. Don’t miss this great opportunity to check your current fitness level or to get start on an exercise program. The TigerFit assessment is a comprehensive fitness evaluation that includes a cardiovascular disease risk assessment, cholesterol and blood glucose […]
September 14, 2016
Afterschool programs at New Hope Elementary, Middle and High schools in Madison County will be receiving a boost in tools and training to provide students with new Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) learning experiences. The resources are being provided through the Alabama Afterschool Community Network (ALACN), an initiative of Auburn University’s College of Education […]
September 12, 2016
Carolyn Campbell-Golden, a doctoral candidate in Administration of Higher Education in Auburn University’s College of Education, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar International Education Administrator Award to Germany from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Campbell-Golden is one of more than 1,200 United States citizens who will teach, […]
Linda Searby, an Associate Professor in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology, has recently published a book entitled Best Practices in Mentoring for Teacher and Leader Development. The book was published by Information Age Publishing, and was co-authored by Dr. Susan Brondyk from Hope College in Michigan. Mentoring in educational […]
September 6, 2016
At the recent Olympics in Rio, commentator Robin Young stated that team handball is a sport made for Americans, although it is not yet very well known in this country. Team handball combines running, jumping, and throwing. Well, it’s not that simple. LeBron James is a great athlete and basketball player; but to be great […]
August 31, 2016
Across the country, “back to school” brings to mind students scurrying around in the last days of summer, frantically preparing to change course and buckle down to work. But before those students wander back to a structure of school and study, someone else has long been back at work, making preparations that educational systems cannot […]
August 29, 2016
Purpose: The College of Education National Advisory Council (NAC) sponsors a mini-grant program for service-learning projects. The objective of this program is to facilitate the creation or enhancement of meaningful service-learning projects to meet the needs of students, schools and community organizations through advocacy and outreach. Projects may include leadership training, educational materials, literacy development, […]
August 26, 2016
Just Mercy is Bryan Stevenson’s true story of his experiences as an attorney seeking justice for those whose voices have been historically silenced; he speaks on behalf of and allows these men and women to tell their own stories – death row inmates, children sentenced as adults, minorities accused of crimes due to racial discrimination, […]
August 24, 2016
Auburn University trustee and two-time College of Education graduate Wayne T. Smith, ’68, ’69, has been named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare. Smith, who serves as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Community Health Systems, Inc. in Brentwood, Tennessee, is one of only five people to […]
August 23, 2016
Bridget Lester, an Educational Leadership Program doctoral student in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology, recently learned that she will receive the prestigious Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. The prize is awarded to outstanding K-12 science and mathematics teachers from across the country. The winners are selected […]
Dr. Lisa Kensler, Associate professor in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology, has a new book coming out in September. The book is entitled Green Schools: Sustainability for Our Children, Our Communities, and Our Planet. Co-written with Cynthia Uline, Kensler’s book provides aspiring and practicing leaders with the tools they need to facilitate […]
August 22, 2016
Purpose: The College of Education National Advisory Council (NAC) sponsors a minigrant program for service-learning projects. The objective of this program is to facilitate the creation or enhancement of meaningful service-learning projects to meet the needs of students, schools and community organizations through advocacy and outreach. Projects may include leadership training, educational materials, literacy development, […]
In collaboration with Tuskegee University, the University of Alabama, and several other partners, Auburn University College of Education faculty members Drs. Melody L. Russell, and David Shannon are the recipients of a National Science Foundation grant award. The project, entitled “CS10K: The Tuskegee Partnership to Establish Computer Science Education in the Alabama Black Belt,” has […]
August 18, 2016
Amanda Denney, a 2008 graduate in Secondary English Language Arts Education, has returned to her alma mater in a unique role: she is the state’s first-ever Peace Corps campus recruiter. After four years of teaching English at Beauregard High School, Denney wanted to see the world, but she also loved teaching. That’s when she decided […]
August 17, 2016
Children love to play. Everyone knows that. But, according to Nicole Mitchell, Clinical Lecturer in Auburn’s Early Childhood Education program, play is an essential part of the learning process. Hence, this year’s Early Childhood Summer Enrichment Program had as its theme, “Permission to Play.” “Children want to play, and that is exactly what they should […]
August 11, 2016
How do bullies use anonymous social media sites, such as YikYak and Kik, to taunt their victims, often leading to suicide? What can school systems do to improve school climate? Which strategies can be used to address workplace bullying? How can bystanders intervene without feeling at-risk themselves? These were among the questions explored during Auburn […]
August 9, 2016
For the 29th consecutive year, Auburn University hosted the World Affairs Youth Seminar (WAYS). The seminar is the oldest educational outreach camp at Auburn University, and one of Auburn’s very few non-STEM related academic camps. WAYS attracts high school students from across the country, who come to Auburn in early July to live on campus, […]
August 5, 2016
Education Interview Day will be held Tuesday, October 18th, in the Student Center Ballroom. Don’t miss this amazing opportunity!
July 29, 2016
The Drake Middle School gymnasium was busy this summer. While many think that schools “take a break” when school’s not in session, that certainly wasn’t the case at Drake as 21 Auburn special education students, under the leadership of SERC Clinical Faculty member Kelly Brumbeloe Schweck, spent the month of June working with adolescent and […]
The Auburn University School of Kinesiology and USA Team Handball hosted the second phase of the International Handball Federation’s (IHF) Global Coaching Clinic from May 19 – May 25 at Auburn University. Auburn, which was designated as an official U.S. Olympic Training Site in 2015, welcomed 15 international coaches from eight Pan American countries aiming […]
Dr. James Werth, who graduated from Auburn in 1995 with a doctorate in Counseling, will be given the Excellence in Rural Psychology Award by the American Psychological Association on August 5th. Dr. Werth has developed a unique training program in counseling psychology that heavily emphasizes serving rural communities. He has served as a doctoral program […]
July 13, 2016
The Auburn University summer program for students with disabilities was held at Richland Road Elementary School in Auburn for the entire month of June. The program has been held every summer for the past several years. Directed by Dr. Doris Hill, the program is an innovative collaboration between the College of Education’s Department of Special […]
Evelyn Hunter, Ph.D., a graduate of the COE’s Counseling Psychology program, was recently featured on a statewide broadcast in South Carolina following the violence of last week in Dallas, Louisiana, and Minnesota. She discussed ways that such national tragedies affect mental health, and ways to cope. She was interviewed in her office at Greenville’s North […]
July 12, 2016
The Auburn University School of Kinesiology and USA Team Handball hosted the second phase of the International Handball Federation’s (IHF) Global Coaching Clinic from May 19 – May 25 at Auburn University. Auburn, which was designated as an official U.S. Olympic Training Site in 2015, welcomed 15 international coaches from eight Pan American countries aiming […]
The Performance and Exercise Psychophysiology (PEP) Lab, led by Dr. Matt Miller, received a new $23,000 contract with Maximum Human Performance (MHP) for a project entitled, “Effect of MHP’s New Pre-Workout Supplement to Enhance Focus, Concentration, Mood, Energy, Cognitive and Athletic Performance.” The research is set to begin this summer. The project has two main […]
July 11, 2016
On Wednesday, July 13, at 4:00 p.m., two-time College of Education grad and lifelong educator Shirley A. Aaron will read from her new book Troubling the Ashes. The event will be held at Pebble Hill in Auburn. Troubling the Ashes is a work of historical fiction set in the 1960s, and is based on the Lee. […]
July 7, 2016
Bethany Lanier, a doctoral student in the College of Education, has been named Graduate Student of the Year by the American Mental Health Counseling Association. She was nominated for the award by faculty members in the Counselor Education (CED) program in Auburn’s Department of Special Education, Counseling, and Rehabilitation. Lanier is the first Auburn student […]
June 29, 2016
Every summer in early June, a group of high school students from nearby Loachapoka, Alabama, come to Auburn to spend a week on campus. They stay in campus dorms, eat in campus dining facilities, and engage in a wide variety of academic, cultural, and team-building activities. This year’s camp, according to co-director Christopher Wooten, was […]
Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), is one of the largest and most prestigious international honor societies for scholars in the field of education. Alpha Phi, which is Auburn University’s chapter of KDP, has an 84-year history on Auburn’s campus, honoring and promoting excellence in the field of education. This year, Alpha Phi was selected for a […]
Summer is a very exciting and busy time here in the Auburn University College of Education. For many years our faculty members have hosted several well-known, highly-successful summer camp and enrichment activities. And now a new one has been added: Elementary Summer Camp. “This was our first year of having a summer enrichment program for […]
May 27, 2016
The TigerFit health and physical fitness assessment, sponsored by the Department of Kinesiology, is free for this summer. This includes, students, faculty and staff, and members of the Auburn-Opelika community at large. Don’t miss this great opportunity to check your current fitness level or to get started on an exercise program. The TigerFit assessment is […]
The Professional Educator Spring 2016 issue features articles on hiring quality teachers and developing science and mathematics teacher leaders. The Professional Educator is a nationally-disseminated, peer-reviewed journal published jointly by Auburn University’s Truman Pierce Institute and the College of Education. The journal seeks to develop a community of scholarship among PK-12 practitioners, policy makers, those who prepare educational professionals, […]
May 11, 2016
The National Board for Certified Counselors, or NBCC, Foundation recently selected Jason Branch, a doctoral student in the counselor education program in the College of Education at Auburn University, for the National Board for Certified Counselors Minority Fellowship Program, or NBCC MFP. As an NBCC MFP Fellow, Branch will receive funding and training to support […]
May 2, 2016
In collaboration with Tuskegee University, two College of Education professors have been awarded a subaward from the National Science Foundation Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (NSF-ITEST). Dr. David Shannon, Professor of Education in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology, will serve as project evaluator. The lead researcher for the project will […]
Dr. Jose Llanes, a Professor of Organization and Leadership in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology, was recently featured in WalletHub’s study about 2016’s best cities for Hispanic entrepreneurs. His insights into Hispanic business ownership and government incentives, among other things, were highly insightful. Congratulations Professor Llanes!
April 20, 2016
Three graduate students and one undergraduate student in the School of Kinesiology were selected for awards in 2016 from the American Kinesiology Association (AKA). Jacqueline “Megan” Irwin, a doctoral student in the Pediatric Movement and Physical Activity Lab under Melissa Pangelinan, Ph.D., was selected as an American Kinesiology Association Doctoral Scholar for 2016. The award honors […]
Jared Russell, Ph.D., associate professor in the School of Kinesiology at Auburn University in Auburn, AL, was honored as one of five Research Fellows selected by the Research Council for SHAPE America – Society of Health and Physical Educators. This year’s Fellows were honored at the 131st SHAPE America National Convention & Expo in Minneapolis, […]
April 13, 2016
Since 2013, the City of Auburn, Alabama, has been home to the U.S. residency program of both the Men’s and Women’s National Teams for the Olympic sport of team handball. The mission of USA Team Handball (USATH) is “to develop, promote, educate and grow the sport of Team Handball at all levels in the United […]
Dr. Jared Russell, Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Director of Student Development in the College of Education, has been chosen by COE students to receive the 2015-2016 Student Government Association Faculty Member of the Year Award for the College of Education. This award is given to the faculty member who most shows a […]
Join us for “The Korean Wave & Changing Confucian Culture” Thursday, April 14th and the 2016 Hanguel Party Saturday, April 23rd!
As was the case last year, all six of Dr. Annette Kluck’s students in Counseling Psychology who applied for internship were successful in matching with an accredited agency for their one-year internship. The internship is a required part of the doctoral program. The students are Shari Black, Lauren David, Veronica Crawford, Theresa Chan, Meg Lee, and Erin Crozier. “Being […]
April 4, 2016
Cyberbullying protection, bullying and school violence, model school intervention programs, and community anti-bullying initiatives are among the issues that will be addressed in Auburn University’s sixth international Anti-Bullying Summit. The Summit, hosted by Auburn University’s Truman Pierce Institute and Office of Professional and Continuing Education, will take place at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center in […]
April 1, 2016
The College of Education Undergraduate Studies Committee would like to extend an invitation to attend the Disability Awareness Day Event on April 14th between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on the first floor of the Haley Center. We are excited to use this day to introduce disability issues while implementing the power of diversity. There will be several tables on […]
March 25, 2016
Join us this Saturday, March 26, from 9-2 for the Spring opening of the O Grows Community Garden. Even if you have a kryptonite thumb…come see what we are doing and let one of our student staff show you around. We are located at 1103 Glenn St. in Opelika, behind the Southside Center for the Arts (a.k.a. […]
The TigerFit health and physical fitness assessment, sponsored by the Department of Kinesiology, is free for the month of April. Don’t miss this great opportunity to check your current fitness level or to get started on an exercise program. The TigerFit assessment is a comprehensive fitness evaluation that includes a cardiovascular disease risk assessment, cholesterol […]
The Auburn University Early Childhood Summer Enrichment Program is scheduled for June 6 – July 14, 2016. The program will run Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, from 7:45 a.m. to 12 noon. There will be no classes on Fridays, and no class on Monday, July 4th. “This great Auburn program has been held on […]
March 9, 2016
Megan Irwin, a graduate student in Kinesiology, has been selected by the Auburn University Graduate Council as one of the “outstanding doctoral students for 2015-2016.” She will be recognized at the Graduate School’s annual awards ceremony on Wednesday, April 27, at 10 a.m. We have previously written about Irwin for her research award at the […]
Larry Lee is a 1966 graduate of Auburn University, where he received a “hybrid” degree in Agriculture and Journalism. Lee is best known around the state for his passionate advocacy for Alabama’s public schools, their teachers, and administrators. Although he has never held any official position within the hierarchy of the state’s educational system, his […]
Army Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, commander of U.S. Central Command and an Auburn University graduate, will deliver the Graduate School’s New Horizons Lecture on Monday, March 21, at 3 p.m. in the Langdon Hall Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Austin’s lecture will highlight his rise from small-town Thomasville, […]
March 7, 2016
Dr. Marilyn Strutchens has accepted an invitation to serve a three-year term on the Advisory Committee for the Directorate of Education and Human Resources (EHR) at the National Science Foundation (NSF). Strutchens serves the College of Education as the Emily R. and Gerald S. Leischuck Endowed Professor for Critical Needs in Education in the Department of […]
February 19, 2016
President Obama, a long-time advocate of school accountability with a heavy emphasis on testing, recently made a surprising announcement — American students are tested too much and we should re-examine our emphasis on testing. The United States Department of Education released a plan calling for “fewer and smarter assessments.” To underscore his point, Obama said […]
Dr. Michael Roberts, Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Director of the Molecular and Applied Science Lab, has recently received a large research grant from the University of Tampa. A majority of these funds are being used for the first phase of an eventual two-phase study through 2017 to investigate how aging affects […]
Still sore from last week, Haley Huff comes to the Auburn University School of Kinesiology over the noon hour to work up a sweat. She does a back squat as Ph.D. student Ashley Hoden reminds her to keep her feet shoulder width apart and her head up. This is “A” day, which means weight lifting, […]
February 11, 2016
Linda H. Dean, special projects coordinator at Truman Pierce Institute (TPI), recently attended the Shakespeare in Prisons/Shakespeare Theatre Association Conference at Notre Dame University. Conference sessions focused on the use of Shakespeare and drama with incarcerated individuals for rehabilitation and intervention. Participation was limited to 100 attendees from throughout the world. Presenters included Rob Pensafini, […]
February 10, 2016
The 26th Alabama Transition Conference hosted by Auburn Transition Leadership Institute will be held March 7-8, 2016 at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center in Auburn, Alabama. Transition work and research is based on accessing the needs of students with disabilities and supporting their development from childhood to adulthood in all areas […]
February 5, 2016
The Charles Barkley Foundation, named for Auburn’s legendary goodwill ambassador and NBA Hall of Famer, recently made generous gifts to the College of Education’s Future Scholars Summer Research Bridge Program. The gifts totaled over $50,000. Specifically, the gifts will support six Kinesiology students for the Summer Bridge Program, three Engineering/Science-based students in the Summer Bridge […]
February 3, 2016
Dr. Jared Russell, Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Director of Student Development in the College of Education, has been named as a 2016 Presidential Administrative Fellow. The goal of the program is to provide senior administrative experience to faculty and provide them the opportunity to appreciate and understand higher education administration. Russell […]
January 28, 2016
Simone May, a doctoral student in the College of Education’s Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling (SERC), was recently selected as a Leadership Fellow in Chi Sigma Iota, the national counseling honor society. This is a highly competitive national award that recognizes students who have demonstrated potential through engagement in leadership, advocacy, and professional engagement in […]
January 25, 2016
Studies have shown that those who are mentored earn higher salaries, receive more promotions, and have greater career and job satisfaction than those who are not mentored. There is power in mentoring, but do we know what the best practices are when it comes to mentoring? How can we learn how to be better mentors or create effective mentoring programs? A unique opportunity is coming to the Auburn […]
Mark your calendar for the International Mentoring Association 2016 Annual Conference to be held April 13-15, 2016.
January 11, 2016
Dr. Brittany Larkin, an assistant professor in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology, is one of just ten American scholars to be recognized for distinguished research in education finance. She will be presented with an award at the National Education Finance Conference on February 10, 2016, at the Hyatt Regency […]
December 8, 2015
The College of Education’s National Advisory Council and its Internal Relations Committee this week announced the winners of the 2015 Service Learning Grants. The grants are for $500 each. Mrs. Susan Housel, a long-time NAC member, is the committee chair. One grant went to Lee Ann Alderman, Ph.D., and will be closely related to her […]
November 19, 2015
On November 17, 2015, more than three dozen Auburn undergrads enjoyed a presentation on opportunities in the Peace Corps, featuring former Director of Peace Corps’ Special Initiatives, Dr. Paul Jhin. Jhin was appointed to his position by President George W. Bush. Also present was Atlanta-area Peace Corps recruiter Erica Wherry, who spent 27 months serving […]
November 18, 2015
Leonard Towns, an Educational Psychology doctoral student in the College’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership, & Technology, has been honored by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) as its Holmes Scholar of the Month. The announcement was made in the AACTE’s monthly publication, EdPrepMatters. His research interests include educational theory, policy, and […]
November 16, 2015
On Friday, November 13, Commander of U.S. Central Command Gen. Lloyd Austin, who is also a College of Education counseling graduate, was joined by U.S. Rep. Martha Roby of Montgomery for Auburn University’s second annual World Affairs Forum at the Auburn Hotel and Dixon Conference Center. The event was moderated by Gen. Ron Burgess, Auburn […]
To underscore the University-wide message sent out over the weekend by President Gogue, I want to say a few words about our own College. The College of Education has long held diversity as one of its Core Values, along with a Mission to build a better future for all in a richly diverse and ever-changing […]
November 11, 2015
In October, faculty members and graduate students from the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology (EFLT) welcomed Alabama State Board of Education members Mary Scott Hunter and Cynthia McCarty to campus. The board members were here to learn about the Educational Leadership Preparation Program’s efforts to develop aspiring “turnaround school leaders” […]
November 2, 2015
Robin Hinds Martin, an academic advisor in the College of Education’s School of Kinesiology, has been named the recipient of the 2015 Auburn University Outstanding Advising Award — Professional Advisor Category. Martin is in her tenth year in the position. “I just love this place and the people I work with,” Martin said. “It’s always […]
October 30, 2015
Kristi Wendt, a special education teacher at Cain Elementary School in the East Texas town of Whitehouse, loves her students — pre-schoolers with a variety of disabilities, most of them severe. But she holds them to a high standard and has even higher hopes for them. This includes college. “We are a ‘No Excuses University’ […]
October 28, 2015
Kinesiology doctoral student Brandi Decoux has been awarded an Auburn University Research Initiative in Cancer (AURIC) Fellowship. Her focus will be on post-menopausal survivors of breast cancer who are prescribed a type of hormone therapy drug called aromatase inhibitors. Decoux’s project is the first known biomechanical study to investigate the relationship between lower extremity pain […]
Doctors Matt Miller and Keith Lohse, both assistant professors in the School of Kinesiology, teamed up with Dr. Alessandro Bruzi and Dr. Marco Barbosa at the Federal University of Lavras in Brazil to investigate the effects of learner-controlled feedback and difficulty on motor learning. Dr. Miller and his doctoral student, Kirk Grand, first worked with […]
A red-hot spotlight has been shining on Jonathan Wallace lately. Wallace is the offensive captain of the 2015 football Tigers, and has become the team’s main spokesperson in a variety of media platforms. He was honored recently for his community service as a member of the Allstate American Football Coaches Association Good Hands Team for the […]
October 27, 2015
In late September, Auburn’s College of Education welcomed Jennifer Parke, a school principal from Newcastle, Australia, who was here as part of the LEAP Program. LEAP is an international leadership program that connects school leaders from around the world in a collaborative peer shadowing and shared action-research experience. The innovative, popular, and very effective program […]
October 23, 2015
Jenna Burgess is a 2015 graduate of the College of Education’s Early Childhood Education program. She grew up in Madison, Alabama but always knew she would be an Auburn Tiger and a teacher. “It’s funny, but ever since I was in Kindergarten I knew I wanted to be a Kindergarten teacher!” she exclaimed. “My cousins […]
October 19, 2015
The College of Education’s Truman Pierce Institute, along with the Auburn University Office of Professional and Continuing Education, hosted the fifth annual Anti-Bullying Summit in June. The Summit provides teachers, school administrators, parents, community leaders, law enforcement, counselors, social workers, and mental health professionals with an opportunity to learn ways to address the pervasive issue […]
October 14, 2015
Join us Saturday, October 24th for the 8th Annual Run to Read to be held at Floral Park in Opelika! Activities include a 1.5 mile walk, 5k race, 8k, children races and inflatable.
October 9, 2015
For the second year in a row, the Rehabilitation Counseling program in the College of Education’s Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation and Counseling has been awarded a long-term training grant. This year’s $1 million award is a Comprehensive System of Personnel Development grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Its purpose is to increase the […]
October 2, 2015
The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) recently announced the appointment of Octavia Tripp, Ed.D., as a Senior Scholar in Residence in AAC&U’s Office of Undergraduate STEM Education for the 2015-16 academic year. Dr. Tripp is an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching. She has more than 20 years of experience […]
September 30, 2015
Dr. Alice Buchanan, Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Coordinator of the Physical Education Internship Program, has recently begun a novel research study at the Lee County Youth Development Center (LCYDC) in Opelika to assess and positively impact students’ behavior. Dr. Vanessa Hinton of the Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling is […]
September 29, 2015
Wednesday, October 14, 2015 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (CDT) Marriott Robert Trent Jones Grand National – 3700 RTJ Drive – Opelika, AL 36801 Sponsored by the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education; Sandra Little and Dianna Tullier Our society suffers from a lack of understanding and empathy concerning the realities of poverty. Just […]
September 24, 2015
All students, faculty, and staff are invited to a College of Education Birthday Celebration as part of the COE Fall Family Weekend. The date is Friday, October 2, from 1:00 – 3:00 pm. We’ll have cake and refreshments and AUBIE! We’ll be in the Haley Center ground floor area near the bookstore, so stop by […]
AUBURN, Ala. – The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) and Auburn University have announced an agreement designating the College of Education’s School of Kinesiology Building, Beard-Eves-Memorial Coliseum and Watson Fieldhouse as a U.S. Olympic Training Site. Elite athletes from all over the nation can come to Auburn to train and receive science-based assessments and personalized […]
September 22, 2015
What: The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention wants you to join in their efforts to raise awareness and funds for research and those affected by suicide. By the year 2025, AFSP hopes to reduce the annual rate of suicide by 20%. When: October 11, 2015. Check in begins at 2:00pm and the event lasts from […]
September 21, 2015
Dr. Melissa Pangelinan, Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology, is the co-director of the Pediatric Movement and Physical Activity Lab. The lab seeks to better understand how movement ability and physical activity participation affect brain and physical development in children and adolescents – particularly those with developmental disabilities such as autism, ADHD, cerebral palsy, […]
September 18, 2015
Katie M. Sowell of Prattville, Alabama, is set to become the first-ever graduate in the College of Education’s new Master’s of Agricultural Leadership program. Following an undergraduate career in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis in Business, Biology, and Animal Science, Sowell had an internship with the Alabama Cattleman’s Association. She was drawn by this experience […]
September 14, 2015
Dr. Mike Roberts, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, and Dr. Jeff Martin, Chair and Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM)-Auburn Campus, are combining efforts to conduct a study examining the effects of Red Spinach Extract on sports performance, vascular reactivity, and blood flow for DolCas Biotech, […]
The TigerFit health and physical fitness assessment, sponsored by the Department of Kinesiology, will be offered free this fall. Don’t miss this great opportunity to check your current fitness level or to get started on an exercise program. The TigerFit assessment is a comprehensive fitness evaluation that includes a cardiovascular disease risk assessment, cholesterol and […]
Dear Education Major: The time has arrived for student applications to be accepted for Kappa Delta Pi, one of the largest and most prestigious international honor societies for scholars in the field of education. With more than 500 active chapters throughout the world, KDP is dedicated to educational ideals. To learn more about KDP and […]
September 1, 2015
Dr. Katrice Albert, a 2002 Ph.D. graduate from the College of Education’s counseling psychology program, is a 2015 Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal Diversity in Business award winner. Dr. Albert presently serves as the VP for Equity and Diversity at the University of Minnesota. She is pictured here with Dr. Josie R. Johnson, who is […]
August 27, 2015
Congratulations to Kenyetta “Kim” Sinclair, who won Auburn’s Spirit of Excellence Award for July. Kenyetta works as the contracts and grants coordinator in the Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation and Counseling (SERC). “I have been with the Department for four years now,” she said. “What I enjoy most is the awesome people I work with […]
August 26, 2015
Christopher Wilburn, a doctoral student in Biomechanics in the School of Kinesiology, has been selected to receive a diversity traveling fellowship from the American Society of Biomechanics. He will use the fellowship to attend the upcoming national conference in Columbus, Ohio the week of August 5-8, 2015. This award was presented to twenty individuals from diverse backgrounds […]
Auburn University will launch its new “This is Research: Faculty Symposium 2015” Sept. 30 at The Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center to recognize research excellence of Auburn and Auburn Montgomery faculty. The event is designed to showcase faculty research, provide a forum for collaboration, offer information about support offices on campus and […]
For two weeks in June the School of Kinesiology hosted a camp for children in grades K-6 from nearby Loachapoka Elementary School. “This program reflects a longstanding desire by the School of Kinesiology to connect with the greater community which it serves in outreach activities that are in line with Auburn University’s land-grant mission,” said […]
For a week in early July, the College of Education’s Secondary Social Science Education Program hosted 26 high school students from around the country in an outreach camp designed to help them understand international issues. Led by Jada Kohlmeier, Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching, the camp followed a Model UN format, […]
During the second week of June, the Truman Pierce Institute (TPI) hosted two sets of students for summer camp activities on Auburn’s main campus. One of the camps welcomed students from nearby Loachapoka, Alabama, and was called the Loachapoka Exploring Auburn Days (L.E.A.D.). The other session was the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) Camp. These […]
A longstanding and very successful summer practicum for pre-service teachers continues to help the Department of Curriculum and Teaching achieve one of its primary goals: developing well-prepared graduates who are ready to lead and excel when they enter the classroom. “This outreach program for pre-school students gives our undergraduates their first real opportunity to teach,” […]
July 31, 2015
Theresa McCormick, Associate Professor in the College of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Teaching, has been selected from a pool of more than 300 applicants to participate in the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Summer Teacher Institute for the week of August 3-7, 2015. Each year, the Library of Congress provides the opportunity […]
July 17, 2015
Over two separate three-day sessions in June, the College of Education’s Auburn Transition Leadership Institute (ATLI) hosted scores of special education teachers, general educators, administrators, and counselors from school districts and communities around the state at its 2015 Transition Leadership Academy. The event was held at the Hotel at Auburn University and Dixon Conference Center. […]
July 15, 2015
Dr. Andreas Kavazis, Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Muscle Biochemistry Lab, recently received a $100,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct research investigating metabolic health in females following lactation. The study is a two-year project in collaboration with Dr. Wendy Hood, Co-Principal Investigator and Assistant […]
July 13, 2015
The Molecular and Applied Science Lab in the College of Education’s School of Kinesiology, led by Dr. Mike Roberts, received a $9,200 research agreement with a new industry sponsor, Maximum Human Performance, LLC (MHP), to conduct a pre-clinical study on the ability of various plant extracts to burn fat. Roberts and his doctoral student, Brooks […]
Dr. Michael Roberts, Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology and director of the Molecular and Applied Science Lab, and Dr. Jeffrey Martin, Chair and Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM)-Auburn Campus, are Co-Investigators on a $30,318 research project for NormaTec, a Massachusetts-based company that […]
July 8, 2015
The Maxwell Air Force Base Squadron Officer College (SOC) and Auburn University’s College of Education took a symbolic step toward forming a new partnership by signing a Memorandum of Understanding, June 22, 2015. The memorandum, signed by Col. Gerald Goodfellow, SOC commander, and Sherida Downer, head of the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership […]
July 6, 2015
Counselor Education doctoral student Bethany Lanier was awarded a Leadership Fellow position with the International Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society, Chi Sigma Iota, for the 2015-2016 academic year. She is one of only ten individuals chosen to serve this year. Chosen individuals provide evidence of their leadership potential within a CSI chapter. The 10 Leadership […]
July 2, 2015
Dr. Sydney Freeman, a 2011 College of Education Ph.D graduate in Higher Education Administration, recently won the 2015 Emergent Leader of the Year Award from the American Association of University Administrators. Freeman is the new associate professor of higher education at the University of Idaho. He is a former National Holmes Scholar, a certified faculty […]
July 1, 2015
Dr. Bruce Gladden, a professor in the College of Education’s School of Kinesiology, and a Fellow in the American College of Sports Medicine, was recently named as the recipient of the 2015 Citation Award. The award is given by the American College of Sports Gladden was so named because of his significant contributions to sports […]
June 30, 2015
Dr. Gretchen D. Oliver, director of the Sports Medicine and Movement Laboratory in the College of Education’s School of Kinesiology, is a certified athletic trainer, a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, and a corrective exercise specialist. She is also a prolific researcher, having published 60 papers in the past five years, mostly […]
June 29, 2015
On June 20, Auburn Mayor Bill Ham proclaimed Olympic Day in Auburn. Ham greeted the Team USA team handball squads and their coaches, along with Olympian Reita Clanton and Paralympian Brian Hicks. The Kinesiology Building on Auburn’s campus was recently named as an official USOC training site. The Olympic rings will be dedicated at an […]
June 26, 2015
Brooks Mobley (pictured in the lab working with cell cultures) won 2nd overall in the Ph.D student poster competition at the Southeastern American College of Sports Medicine 2015 Conference in Jacksonville, FL. The poster was titled “Induced overexpression of p21Cip1 in myotubes promotes increases in protein synthesis and myotube hypertrophy.” This study was done in […]
Wes Kephart (pictured with Dr. Anthony Almada from Vitargo Global Sciences, and working in the Molecular and Applied Sciences Laboratory), won the male 2015 International Society of Sports Nutrition National Conference Abstract Award sponsored by Vitargo. The award came with a $1,000 cash prize to help support his Ph.D stipend and ongoing research. The project, […]
June 25, 2015
Schmid Elementary School in Chicago has an annual competition to see which class can make the best presentation about a national college or university. This year’s winner was Quinian Matthews’ second grade class, which presented on Auburn. Matthews knows Auburn very well as three generations of her husband’s family attended the school. Schmid is a […]
June 24, 2015
During the second week of June, the School of Kinesiology hosted 25 high school students at its first-ever Sports Science Camp. The students came to the Auburn campus from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, and Washington, D.C. Directed by Kristin Roberts, the Sports Science Camp was conducted by faculty and staff from the School of Kinesiology […]
June 23, 2015
The Auburn Transition Leadership Institute in collaboration with Miss Auburn—Student Government Association and the Auburn University Veterans Resource Center is hosting an event to increase awareness on mental health. You are invited to attend this event, featuring, Linea Johnson, a national speaker and disability advocate, author, and college student. Ms. Johnson will discuss her personal […]
June 18, 2015
For the entire month of June, the classrooms and halls of Richland Road Elementary School in Auburn are alive with the sounds of laughter and music as a unique blend of students and teachers (and even bus drivers!) dance and sing, work on academic and social skills, and engage in lively group activities and special […]
June 10, 2015
Event will be one of more than 1,000 nationwide events celebrating the birth of the modern Olympic Games and will feature Olympians and fun learning activities for students. The spirit of the Olympic Movement will fill Auburn, Alabama as Auburn University’s School of Kinesiology hosts a team handball clinic and tournament, including wheelchair team handball, […]
June 8, 2015
For 10 days in mid-May, 2015, Dr. Suhyun Suh and Dr. Randy Pipes led a cohort of graduate students on an adventurous trip to Seoul, South Korea, as part of the 2015 Auburn University Global Studies in Counseling program. The students included Lauretta Renee Freeman (Clinical Mental Health), Baxlee Alicia Bynum (Clinical Mental Health), Courtney […]
May 28, 2015
Dr. Dan Henry recently announced that the Auburn Center for Evaluation has been awarded the evaluation contract for a $10 million Department of Labor grant. Not only is it a major award for the ACE, but it also represents almost $50,000 in indirect awards to the College over the span of the grant. The total contract amount […]
May 20, 2015
The Auburn University Early Childhood Summer Enrichment Program begins June 8, 2015. A few spots are still available. This year’s theme is “Summertime in Alabama.” The program runs through July 16. The program director is Sean Durham Ph.D. in Auburn University’s College of Education. The program is open to children preschool-age 8. “Within the structure […]
May 19, 2015
Heidi Kluess and doctoral student doing research in Canada through Visiting University Scholar Program Dr. Heidi Kluess, Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology, and her doctoral student, Leslie Neidert, are visiting Western University in Ontario, Canada for three weeks in May to study neuropeptide Y with Dr. Dwayne N. Jackson. Dr. Kluess was named […]
Bruce Gladden selected to present at Texas A&M 2015 Distinguished Lecture Series Dr. Bruce Gladden, Humana-Germany-Sherman Distinguished Professor of Exercise Physiology in the College of Education’s School of Kinesiology, was selected to represent Auburn University at the Texas A&M Department of Health and Kinesiology’s 6th Annual Distinguished Lecture Series. This year’s theme was Health, Kinesiology and […]
May 12, 2015
The Hoover City School System has a new superintendent. The Board of Education unanimously voted to appoint Dr. Kathy L. Murphy to the position on April 30. Murphy received a doctorate degree in program administration from Auburn University, she also holds an educational specialist degree and two master’s degrees from Auburn. She received her bachelor’s […]
April 28, 2015
The United States Olympic Committee has designated three separate facilities on the Auburn University campus as official Olympic training sites. Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum, Watson Fieldhouse and the College of Education’s Kinesiology Building will display the Olympic rings this fall as Auburn assists the men’s and women’s USA Team Handball teams. There are currently 18 Olympic training […]
April 22, 2015
To study Arabic in Morocco—Nighet Ahmed Wins Boren Fellowship The Auburn University Office of National Prestigious Scholars recently announced that Nighet Ahmed, a College of Education doctoral student in Adult Education, has been awarded a David L. Boren Graduate Fellowship. Ahmed will spend a year studying modern Arabic at the Arabic Language Institute (ALIF) in […]
April 21, 2015
‘Be a Game-Changer!’ — Auburn Trustee Liz Huntley believes in teachers The 2015 issue of the Keystone will feature sterling examples of the impact teachers have on our communities. We see over and over again their dedication and courage, and especially their devotion to helping create a better life for the young people they teach. Auburn University trustee […]
April 16, 2015
SERC doctoral candidate Melissa McConaha has been recognized by Eastern Illinois University with its “Rising Star” award for recent alumni who have made significant contributions to the field and show outstanding professional promise. McConaha received her Master’s from Eastern Illinois before entering the Counselor Education and Supervision program at Auburn three years ago. “I think […]
April 14, 2015
College of Education senior Caitlin Halperin has been awarded the James Madison Memorial Foundation Fellowship to study American History. Named for James Madison, the nation’s fourth president, the Fellowship will fund up to $24,000 towards Halperin’s Master’s degree. She will also serve as the College’s Student Marshal at her May graduation. Halperin, who grew up […]
April 6, 2015
Doctoral student Megan Irwin was selected for a 2015 SHAPE America Research Council Graduate Student Research Award for her work entitled “Motor Competence and Physical Activity in School-Age Children: A Meta-Analysis.” The Graduate Student Research Award is awarded to outstanding authors and presenters of a research program for the SHAPE America National Convention. The award […]
March 31, 2015
Auburn University’s Master in Elementary Education (M.Ed. / M.S.) Degree Program was ranked among the nation’s best in an article titled “The 20 Best Online Master in Elementary Education Degree Programs,” by TheBestSchools.org. Here is the link to that article: http://www.thebestschools.org/rankings/best-online-master-elementary-education-degree-programs/ TheBestSchools.org selected the College of Education program based on several weighted factors, including academic excellence, […]
March 24, 2015
Dr. Laura Plexico in the College of Liberal Arts is the Principle Investigator on an R03 NIH research grant to study hormones and vocal function in women. She is collaborating with Dr. Mary Sandage in the College of Liberal Arts, Dr. Heidi Kluess in the School of Kinesiology in the College of Education, and Dr. […]
March 12, 2015
All faculty, staff, and friends of the College are invited to visit the Special Collections and Archives on the ground floor of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library to view a Centennial display on the College of Education. Curated by Archivist Jennifer Wiggins, the display follows a chronological organization. It includes an unsigned letter from the […]
March 11, 2015
The Holmes Scholars Program recently honored College of Education Associate Professor Jared Russell and Kinesiology doctoral candidate Desmond Delk with two of its top awards. The Holmes Scholars Program was designed to provide support and mentoring for talented men and women who are underrepresented in leadership positions in professional development schools and institutions of higher […]
March 10, 2015
Ms. April Scott, a doctoral student in Counseling Psychology, has been awarded the Graduate Student Achievement Award for 2015 from Women’s Studies. Another student from this program, Emily Kerzin, was the 2014 winner. “We are extremely proud of April, and of having one of our students win this award for the second year in a […]
A critically important aspect of entering the field of psychology is an internship. This year, all six of the College’s counseling psychology doctoral candidates matched into their preferred accredited internships. This is a remarkable feat. According to Dr. Annette Kluck, an associate professor in Counseling Psychology, the internship application is a very competitive process. “This […]
March 6, 2015
The School of Kinesiology and Big Dog Running Company share the same mission – physical activity for everyone. Big Dog adheres to the “ALFA” principle: Active Lifestyle For All. This is why it made sense to have a synergistic relationship with the School of Kinesiology where a Big Dog Running employee studies the science of […]
March 2, 2015
Counselor Education doctoral student Juanita Barnett was recently awarded the NBCC Minority Fellowship award. This is a highly competitive fellowship which recognizes academic and leadership potential as well as potential to contribute in the student’s area of specialization. Barnett is in her second semester at Auburn. She moved to the area from Miami with her […]
February 23, 2015
Dr. Sheri Brock, Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology, has been named Coordinator of the Physical Activity and Wellness Program (PAWP) by the School’s director Dr. Mary Rudisill. PAWP encompasses all KINE and PHED courses for all undergraduates on campus. Most are not Kinesiology majors. As the Coordinator, Brock ensures each course has the […]
February 18, 2015
Barefoot boys in Kenya run around using a wire stick to guide hoops or wheels, while girls toss rocks or balls made of rolled up socks. This is play. No coaches or drills; no fancy equipment or video games. Just self-challenge and a sense of community. Dr. Peter Hastie, a Physical Education Teacher Education professor […]
Dr. Mike Roberts, Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology, was recently awarded a $150,000 grant by Muscle Pharm Corp. for three studies to test performance supplements. Another company, 4Life, Inc. has donated $200,000 over two years to support students in the Molecular and Applied Sciences Lab. The first Muscle Pharm study examined the effects […]
February 11, 2015
Sara Ahnell, a College of Education graduate in the Alternative M.Ed. in Foreign Language Education program in French, was recently named as the winner of the Annual Promising New Foreign Language Teacher award. The award was presented by the Alabama Association of Foreign Language Teachers. She was nominated by her major professor, Dr. Sue Barry. […]
Auburn University’s College of Education is engaged in an innovative student exchange program with Universidad Nacional (UNA) in Costa Rica. For two weeks in January, four Master’s level students working on English as a Second Language (ESL) degrees at UNA came to Auburn for a Professional Development/Internship experience in modern language education. These students have […]
February 5, 2015
The TigerFit health and physical fitness assessment, sponsored by the Department of Kinesiology, will begin its spring assessments on February 23, and will continue until the last week of April. That is just in time for you to check out your current fitness level and get started on your training program for the beach. The TigerFit assessment […]
February 4, 2015
The College of Education recognized sterling contributions from five of its most outstanding professors at its Distinguished Professors Induction Ceremony and Reception on January 29, 2015. Held at the Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center, Dean Betty Lou Whitford bestowed medals on those named to the professorships. They included: Dr. Jamie Carney Professor of Counselor […]
Kinesiology professors Mike Roberts (Director of the Molecular and Applied Sciences Lab) and Andreas Kavazis (Director of the Muscle Biochemistry Lab) recently received an $87,000 research award from the University of Tampa in conjunction with Dr. Jacob Wilson. The project is titled “Effect of a Subchronic Ketogenic Diet on Skeletal Muscle Anabolic and Catabolic Signaling […]
February 2, 2015
John Quindry, an Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology, refers to himself as “a cardiac guy.” More specifically, his primary line of research is in heart attack injury prevention. A simplified version of his findings is that exercising for a few days prior to a heart attack greatly reduces the extent of the damage […]
January 26, 2015
Jared Russell, Desmond Delk recognized with national awards by SHAPE America SHAPE America, the country’s largest organization of professionals involved in school-based health, physical education, and physical activity, has recognized two members of the School of Kinesiology in the College of Education with national awards. Associate Professor Jared Russell was named the 2015 recipient of […]
Kinesiology Student, Lauren Smith, Selected for Leadership and Diversity Program at Sports Medicine Conference Senior Exercise Science major Lauren Smith was selected to participate in the Southeast Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine (SEACSM) Leadership and Diversity Training Program. The program is part of the organization’s annual conference held February 12-14 in Jacksonville, […]
January 23, 2015
USA Team Handball Hosts Olympic Qualifying Event On Saturday, March 7, 2015, USA Team Handball is hosting an international, “last chance” Olympic Qualifying Event in Auburn, Alabama! The matches against Uruguay will take place at the Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum at Auburn University. The Women play at 5:30 pm, followed by the Men at 8:00 pm. […]
December 12, 2014
Professors Marilyn Strutchens and W. Gary Martin, both from the College of Education’s Department of Curriculum, and Teaching, recently received $185,429 for year 3 funding on their Professional Learning Communities Partnership, funded through the Alabama State Department of Education. This award brings their project total to approximately $600,000. Transforming East Alabama Mathematics (TEAM-Math) is partnering […]
December 8, 2014
With last year’s expansion of the Warrior Athletic Training Program (WAT) at Fort Benning, WAT has become involved in the overall health, wellness, and injury prevention strategy of the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCOE). The program recently received an additional $168,673 expansion to assist in the MCOE Command Generals overall injury prevention effort […]
Dr. JoEllen Sefton, Associate Professor and Director of the Warrior Research Center in the School of Kinesiology, received two Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grants from the Department of Defense (DOD) totaling approximately $440,000 to conduct research with CFD Research Corporation in Huntsville, Alabama. Sefton’s Warrior Research Center will complete the two Phase […]
December 3, 2014
Following his graduation from Auburn’s College of Business in 2012, Schavion Graham became involved in a campus program called FIND – Finding Inclusiveness through Networking and Diversity. The program was sponsored by the Black Student Union and the National Panhellenic Council. “In this program I was introduced to an opportunity through the College of Education […]
November 24, 2014
Professors and graduate students in the School of Kinesiology are concluding a 12-week women’s exercise study in the new Kinesiology Building. The study involves women, ages 40 – 64, who were recruited to participate in concurrent training three days a week for one hour per session. Concurrent training means they are combining high-intensity interval aerobic […]
November 20, 2014
The School of Kinesiology’s Performance and Health Optimization Center at Auburn University is a compilation of research laboratories, outreach programs, and individualized assessments designed to help people achieve maximum outcomes in health, fitness, or sport performance. The Center is housed in the new Kinesiology building located at 301 Wire Road, and on the third floor […]
November 18, 2014
The Auburn Transition Leadership Institute (ATLI), which is part of the College of Education, presented its FY 2014 annual report on November 14, 2014, at a luncheon in the new Wellness Kitchen on the Auburn University campus. In addition to the truly delicious food, those gathered in the Kitchen’s conference room enjoyed presentations on the […]
November 17, 2014
Students from the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, and Tuskegee University in nearby Tuskegee, Alabama, visited the School of Kinesiology on November 13 to learn about graduate school opportunities. This annual event provides students at HBCUs an occasion to visit Auburn’s campus and meet faculty and staff to […]
When Auburn University was chartered in 1856 it was known as East Alabama Male College and was strongly affiliated with the Methodist Church. When the institution reopened some ten years later following the Civil War, its president was Dr. James Dowdell, a Methodist minister. Auburn’s United Methodist Church, just a block from campus on the […]
November 14, 2014
Rachel Sanders Belcher has been selected as the College of Education’s Fall 2014 graduation marshal. In this capacity, Belcher will represent the College and carry the COE Banner in the opening ceremonies of the Fall graduation exercises. She was nominated by her advisor and Rehab Counseling professor Dr. Lee Ann Alderman, based on her outstanding […]
November 12, 2014
At the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education conference that was held in Charleston, S.C. on November 4-7, two Auburn students won recognition for outstanding work. The team of Xi Lin, Ph.D Adult Education, and Minerva Brauss, Ph.D Higher Education, received the 2nd place Outstanding Poster Award. In addition to Lin and Brauss, the College was represented at […]
November 10, 2014
With the development of the Hyundai and Kia manufacturing plants along the I-85 corridor near Auburn, and approximately 100 first and second tier parts suppliers, this industry now employs 30,000 people. It is estimated that our area is home to approximately 10,000 Koreans. In an effort to bridge the cultural, communication, and knowledge gap between […]
On Wednesday, November 8, Auburn University Trustees Robert Dumas and Michael DeMaioribus visited the College of Education to spend time with Dean Betty Lou Whitford and tour the Learning Resources Center and Kinesiology Building. The Trustees also learned about COE program and research initiatives. In particular, they heard brief presentations from faculty members on STEM […]
November 3, 2014
College of Education Mathematics Education majors Katherine Gordon and Amy Thorington have each been awarded $1,000 scholarships from the Alabama Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ACTM) for the 2014 – 2015 academic year. Both students will be interning spring semester. The scholarships were created by ACTM in order to promote the profession of mathematics teaching. […]
The Rehabilitation Counseling program in the College of Education’s Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation and Counseling has just been awarded a long-term training grant from the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) to increase the number of Vocational Rehabilitation counselors. These counselors will fill unmet needs in state, private, and not-for-profit rehabilitation systems. The grant will provide […]
October 31, 2014
WSFA-TV in Montgomery recently ran a feature on the impact of sports injuries on children. Much of the story was set in Auburn, and included a visit with Dr. Gretchen Oliver, an Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology. Oliver is leading a new research project that looks at what throwing a baseball does to […]
Dr. Quindry Has Heart Dr. John Quindry, Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology in the College of Education, has secured two sources of funding for his research in the area of cardioprotection. Quindry and his Cardioprotection Research Laboratory collaborate with the University of Montana on oxidative stress studies, and with Iowa State University to […]
October 29, 2014
The Black Graduate and Professional Student Association (BGPSA), the Office of Outreach and the Multicultural Center are hosting the Juan Gilbert Lecturer Series featuring Dr. Steve Perry on Monday November 17 from 6-8pm in Lowder Room 125A. Dr. Perry is a renowned educator, author, CNN-contributor and guest on Oprah’s Lifeclass Series. This event is open […]
Auburn University has launched Auburn DegreeWorks, a new degree-auditing and degree-tracking tool. Auburn DegreeWorks is an online program that compares a student’s academic achievement to his or her major requirements. Dr. Sara Wolf, an Associate Professor in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology spent the past summer helping the Graduate […]
October 27, 2014
Faculty members in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program, part of the College of Education’s Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation and Counseling, have been awarded nearly $1 million as part of a grant to expand the substance abuse and mental health workforce for children, adolescents and transitional-age youth (ages 16-25) who are at-risk for developing […]
Charlotte Barnes, who has served for the past 14 years as the Executive Assistant to the Dean and Business Manager for the College of Education, will retire this fall after 35 years of service to Auburn University. “I was born in Auburn and grew up here,” Barnes said. “I am part of two very old […]
On October 23, Stewart Jackson returned to his alma mater to speak to College of Education Rehabilitation and Disability Studies undergrads about careers in Occupational Therapy. Following his graduation from Auburn, Jackson went on to earn a master’s in Occupational Therapy with top honors at UAB. He is now employed as an OT at East […]
October 21, 2014
Auburn University’s College of Education has been recognized recently in a flurry of national rankings. U.S. News and World Report named Auburn as having the sixth best overall online graduate program in the country. “We’re delighted that U.S. News & World Report has recognized the excellence of our students, as well as our faculty’s commitment […]
October 16, 2014
Dr. LaWanda Edwards, a 2009 College of Education graduate, was elected to serve as a Director for the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) starting October 2014, Edwards earned a doctorate in counselor education and supervision from Auburn University. She is currently an associate professor and serves as the Interim Associate Dean of the College of […]
October 15, 2014
Dr. Melody Russell, a faculty member in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching in Auburn University’s College of Education, has recently been named as lead researcher and Co-Principal Investigator for the research component of a National Science Foundation grant entitled “The NanoBio Science Partnership for Alabama’s Black Belt Region.” The new award is for $91,023 over a 24-month […]
On Friday, October 10, members of Auburn University’s College of Education community gathered in the student center for the 2014 Social Justice and Equity Lecture Series. The event, co-sponsored by the College of Education Diversity Committee and the Dean’s Office, was entitled Beyond Tolerance: Conversation on LGBT Advocacy. The event featured a presentation and a workshop […]
The Center for Disability Research and Service (CDRS), part of the College of Education’s Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling, recently received a large grant as part of a team that will address and implement a wide range of services and supports related to supported employment in Alabama. The total grant award of $4 […]
October 8, 2014
On Friday, October 3, Auburn head basketball coach Bruce Pearl stopped by to offer his support for the College of Education’s Development Leadership Team at its quarterly meeting. He was introduced by National Campaign Co-Chair and two-time College of Education graduate Wayne T. Smith. “One of the great things about my work as a coach […]
October 1, 2014
The Auburn University Research Advisory Board visited the School of Kinesiology on September 25, 2014. Approximately 40 Board members from around the country traveled to Auburn to tour the new state-of-the-art, 60,000 square-foot building which houses three stories of laboratories and offices for research in health, movement, and science. The 42-member Research Advisory Board is […]
September 25, 2014
Dr. Melanie Iarussi, an Assistant Professor in the counselor education programs in the Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling, is working with Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles officers to train them in Motivational Interviewing. “Motivational interviewing (MI) is a humanistic approach to elicit intrinsic motivation for change,” Iarussi explained. “MI places an emphasis […]
September 24, 2014
Dr. Bruce Gladden, Humana-Germany-Sherman distinguished professor of exercise physiology in the School of Kinesiology, has been named as the recipient of the 2015 American College of Sports Medicine Citation Award, to be given at a ceremony in San Diego on May 26, 2015. The award is in recognition of Gladden’s long and distinguished career as a […]
September 23, 2014
Dr. Sue Barry, an Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching in Auburn University’s College of Education, has been named the 2014 winner of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Anthony Papalia Award for Excellence in Teacher Education. Barry will receive the award in San Antonio on November 21, where […]
September 22, 2014
When most Americans think of handball, they envision a couple of sweaty guys slapping a small rubber ball inside a concrete gymnasium cubicle. In the larger world, particularly continental Europe, Asia, North Africa, and Brazil, team handball is seen as a dynamic, wildly popular action sport that combines elements of soccer, basketball, and water polo. […]
September 15, 2014
Three graduate students in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology were awarded scholarships recently. Adult Education doctoral student Sola Aina-Popoola received the National Black Nurses Association scholarship. The $1,000 award was made by Dr. Deidre Walton, president of the National Black Nurses Association. Aina-Popoola is a faculty member at Tuskegee University, […]
September 9, 2014
Dr. Betsy Ross, Alumni Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology, recently received two new amendments for her work on a National Science Foundation grant entitled “The NanoBio Science Partnership for Alabama Black Belt Region.” “We have a sub-grant from Tuskegee to evaluate the effectiveness of the project,” Ross said. “I am […]
Dr. Melody Russell, Associate Professor in the College of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Teaching, and co-PIs Dr. Jared A. Russell (School of Kinesiology), Dr. Martha Escobar (Department of Psychology), Dr. Oladiran Fasina, (Biosystems Engineering), and Dr. Curtis Shannon (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry) have recently been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation […]
September 8, 2014
The 2014 summer graduate study abroad program was implemented in Korea from May 6-14. In conjunction with graduate students in Korea University, six masters and doctoral program students in Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology participated in the jointly designed graduate-level course: COUN7970 Special Topics: Global Studies in Counseling and Research. The purpose of this program […]
The College of Education has recently established the Auburn Center for Evaluation (ACE). Under the direction of Dr. Daniel Henry, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology, the Center will bring together expertise in program evaluation, research design, data analysis, and dissemination of findings to support the implementation and evaluation […]
September 5, 2014
Dr. Jenny Barton, who has served as the Special Assistant to the Provost for Budget Management since late 2005, has accepted a new position in the College of Education. Effective October 1, Barton will become the Assistant Dean for Administration. “I have truly loved my time in the Provost’s Office and all of the opportunities […]
August 29, 2014
An Extended School Year (ESY) program for the public schools and a ‘real world’ practicum placement for undergraduate and graduate students The Auburn University summer program for students with disabilities represents an innovative collaboration between the College of Education’s Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling and public elementary schools including Auburn City, and Lee […]
“Nobility of character and service to others sets them apart as examples to all.” Courtney Bessemer, a Secondary Science Education major in Auburn University’s College of Education, was recently awarded the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award. She was nominated by Dr. Christine G. Schnittka, who served as Bessemer’s professor and advisor in the 2014 academic year. […]
Dr. Leslie Cordie, assistant clinical professor of Adult Education in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology, was invited to join the Visiting Scholars Program of the National Training Institute (NTI), located at the University of Michigan. The National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for the Electrical Industry invited Cordie to […]
At the August 27 College of Education Scholarship Ceremony, longtime COE friend, alumnus and scholarship donor Dr. JoAnne Hamrick Coggins addressed the gathering on the importance of philanthropy. Such a talk could easily come across as dry and pedantic, but that was not the case here. Coggins orchestrated a series of student “interruptions” where they […]
August 22, 2014
Throughout the College of Education, there are several programs that involve graduate students working in various capacities with community and regional organizations. According to Annette Kluck, Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling, doctoral student Jasmine Tyson has recently taken on such a role through an assistantship at the Lee County […]
August 14, 2014
Three separate grants in the School of Kinesiology— Wei Liu combines engineering, biomechanics in rehabilitation and wellness research Wei Liu, an assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology in Auburn University’s College of Education, is the recent recipient of three separate grants. The grants are all related to the biomechanical aspects of total wellness, but concentrate […]
August 13, 2014
On Monday, September 29, Dr. Wayne Willis will deliver a lecture entitled “Energetic Control of Mitochondrial Fuel Selection: Clues from avian vs mammalian comparisons”. Dr. Willis’ lecture will be held from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. in 112 Rouse Life Science Building. His visit is hosted by the College of Education’s School of Kinesiology with support […]
August 12, 2014
On August 6, approximately 5,000 teachers, principals, superintendents and staff members from schools in Region 9 joined the East Alabama Regional In-Service Center (EARIC), part of Auburn University’s College of Education, for a presentation by “America’s Educator,” Ron Clark. The half-day event was held at the Auburn Arena and combined information, motivation, inspiration and fun! The […]
August 1, 2014
For the fifth consecutive year, the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Service has collaborated with the Center for Disability Research and Services at Auburn University (CDRS) to conduct the Vocational Rehabilitation Consumer Satisfaction Survey for the general population. Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services (ADRS) is responsible for commissioning this survey and for the continued funding of […]
July 18, 2014
For a week in early July, the College of Education’s Secondary Social Science Education Program hosted 29 high school students from around the country in a social science outreach camp designed to get them thinking about complex international issues. Led by Jada Kohlmeier, Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching, the camp followed […]
July 17, 2014
When people think of teachers they might see computers and iPads, pens and pencils, or building blocks and drawing pads. If that teacher is Dr. Gordon Patterson, Assistant Professor of Agriscience Education in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching, you’re more likely to see muzzle loaders, small engine exhaust, or sparks from a high-amp flux […]
July 16, 2014
Sydney Freeman, Jr., director of Tuskegee’s Teaching and Learning Center, has been named to the American Association of University Administrators Board of Directors. Founded in 1970, the association works to develop and advance higher education professional standards. Freeman earned his M.Ed in Higher Education Administration at Auburn in 2008, and his Ph.D in 2011. In […]
July 15, 2014
Dr. Melody Russell, an Associate Professor of secondary science education in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching in Auburn University’s College of Education, is the co-editor of a new book published by Springer Press. Entitled Multicultural Science Education: Preparing Teachers for Equity and Social Justice, the book focuses on teacher preparation for the increasingly diverse science […]
July 10, 2014
An innovative and successful summer practicum for pre-service teachers is helping the Department of Curriculum and Teaching to achieve one of its primary goals: developing well-prepared graduates who are ready to lead and excel when they walk into the classroom. The flourishing practicum is in its 26th consecutive year on the campus of Auburn University. This […]
July 9, 2014
If you stuck your head into a first floor Haley Center classroom late on a hot Tuesday afternoon, you’d find Dr. Nancy Barry at a seminar table with several students, all GTAs in the Auburn Band program, engaged in a lively discussion of contemporary issues in evaluation of musical experiences. If you looked a little […]
July 3, 2014
Erica Marie Vatella has been awarded a James Madison Memorial Foundation Fellowship to study American history. Named for James Madison, the nation’s fourth president, the Fellowship will fund up to $24,000 towards Vatella’s Master’s degree. “I grew up in Birmingham and our family always gravitated towards Auburn, even though my dad is a big Michigan […]
July 2, 2014
Dr. Jamie Harrison is an Assistant Professor in the College of Education’s Curriculum and Teaching Department who specializes in teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), also called English as a Second Language (ESL). Historically, this discipline has been perceived in academic circles as somewhat exotic, but as the population in our country becomes increasingly diverse, some […]
June 30, 2014
Every summer for the past five years, approximately 70 students from Loachapoka Elementary — a small school in a rural town west of Auburn – have come to campus for a fun-filled movement-based summer camp. The children enjoy active fun and games, swimming, and now … yoga! “This is our fifth consecutive year of having […]
June 29, 2014
A recent article from U.S. News and World Report cites two “hot education careers” for students who want to “think outside the box.” Auburn University’s College of Education happens to offer top-flight undergraduate and graduate programs in both of these areas. The main emphasis of the article is on transition services for young adults. In the world of special […]
June 24, 2014
The East Alabama Regional Inservice Center (EARIC), part of Auburn University’s College of Education, is hosting a presentation by Ron Clark, widely known for his innovative and successful work with disadvantaged students in Harlem and rural North Carolina. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, August 6, 2014, at the Auburn Arena. Often called “America’s Educator,” […]
June 23, 2014
In addition to putting on a TEAM-Math/AMSTI-AU summer mathematics workshop at the Opelika AMSTI facility, professors from the College of Education recently conducted a workshop for elementary mathematics teachers from the surrounding region at Ogletree Elementary School in Auburn. The project was led by principal investigator Margaret Flores, Associate Professor in the Department of Special […]
June 22, 2014
The Auburn Transition Leadership Institute, part of the Auburn University College of Education, held a Transition Leadership Academy June 8 – June 10. The Academy offers assistance and guidance to transition practitioners and administrators as they set goals and develop plans to improve outcomes for students with disabilities in their secondary schools. “Transition” is a […]
June 21, 2014
In early June, math teachers from several East Alabama school districts gathered at the AMSTI-AU site in Opelika for a Professional Mathematics Learning Communities project. Dr. Marilyn Strutchens, McFraley Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching in Auburn’s College of Education, and Elizabeth Hickman, the AMSTI-AU director, were co-directors of the project and served […]
June 20, 2014
Auburn University’s College of Education recently welcomed seven prospective graduate students to campus as part of an innovative recruitment program developed by Dr. Jared Russell, Associate Professor in the School of Kinesiology and Director of Student Development for the College. The students are all seniors or recent graduates, and are primarily from Historically Black Colleges […]
June 19, 2014
The Center for Disability Research and Service (CDRS) has been a part of Auburn University’s campus since 2010 developing a research agenda and establishing a reputation for quality outreach that impacts the lives of people with the most significant disabilities. The CDRS is affiliated with the Department of Special Education, Rehabilitation and Counseling (SERC) within […]
June 18, 2014
During June and July, when many children are taking a break from school, Auburn undergraduates in the College of Education are providing one-on-one reading tutoring for dozens of area first and second graders. Sponsored by the Department of Curriculum and Teaching in the College of Education, the Summer Reading Program is directed by Associate Professor Bruce […]
June 11, 2014
The Auburn Transition Leadership Institute, part of the Auburn University College of Education, held a Transition Leadership Academy June 8 – June 10. The Academy offers assistance and guidance to transition practitioners and administrators as they set goals and develop plans to improve outcomes for students with disabilities in their secondary schools. “Transition” is a […]
March 5, 2014
The Auburn University Summer Enrichment Program is offered by the Department of Curriculum and Teaching. This program was developed to give students ages 3.5–8 years old a developmentally enriching experiences during the summer.
March 4, 2014
Auburn University’s music education faculty members are committed to increasing and improving music education at local, state, and national levels. Their focus on outreach stems from strong beliefs that all children deserve quality music education from teachers certified to teach music, that all teachers deserve to have the best and most current teaching knowledge and […]
