Alderson Lecture Features Announcement of New Hall of Honor
Student awards, a keynote address on health policy and the announcement of a newly-created Kinesiology and Health Education Hall of Honor highlighted the 26th Annual Alderson Lecture, which was held March 28 on The University of Texas at Austin campus....

NISOD Director Honored with National Leadership Award
Dr. Mark Milliron, director of the college's National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD), was honored with the American Association of Community Colleges' 2007 National Leadership Award on April 17 at the AACC annual convention in Tampa....

Education Career Services Welcomes Students to New Research and Meeting Area
A $75,000 renovation to the Education Career Services Center is complete, and the newly redesigned student area is ready for use. The revamped space is located just inside the Career Services Center, which is in Suite 294 of the Sanchez Building....

Record-Setting Crowd Attends Teacher Career Fair
A record 800 job seekers attended the spring 2007 teacher career fair sponsored by the College of Education. The career fair was open to anyone interested in securing a job in teaching or educational administration and drew over 160 recruiters from around the nation....

Dedication of Renovated Cissy McDaniel Parker Dean's Conference Room
The generosity of the College of Education?s advisory council was highlighted on February 16th with the dedication of an elegantly refurbished, technologically state-of-the-art dean?s conference room....

Dr. Resta a Panelist at Technology-in-Education Town Hall Discussion & Documentary Debut
Dr. Paul E. Resta, Director of the LTC and Professor of Instructional Technology in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, recently was invited by Microsoft to be on a panel of education experts tasked with addressing the question, "How can industry and education partner to help students compete on a global stage?"

Future Physical Education Teachers Visit Capitol & Learn About Policies To Fight Childhood Obesity
Dr. Dolly Lambdin's elementary physical education methods class recently got a firsthand look at policymaking when they trekked to the Texas state capitol for a press conference on a bill related to physical education....

AP Students “Significantly Outperform” Peers According to Two Landmark Studies
The benefits of Advanced Placement (AP) courses and exams have been confirmed in the largest-ever study of the effects of AP on college success. The College of Education and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board conducted the study of 222,289 students at several Texas universities....

Mom Needs an “A”: Hovering, Hyper-Involved Parents the Topic of Landmark Study
Dr. Patricia Somers has been working for the past year on a study of this flourishing new parent species. Her research findings offer insights into how and why levels of parent involvement have changed over the past two decades and suggest interventions for students and parents....

UTeach Expands Nationally thanks to a $125 million commitment from ExxonMobil Foundation
The University of Texas at Austin?s UTeach mathematics and science teacher-preparation program will be scaled-up nationally through a $125 million commitment to the new National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) by the ExxonMobil Foundation....