Kudos: Awards for professor, student, organizations
Professor George Engelhard receives senior scholar award
George Engelhard Jr., a professor in the quantitative methodology program in the Department of Educational Psychology, received the 2018 Benjamin Drake Wright Senior Scholar Award in recognition for his contributions to Rasch measurement theory.
He received this award from the Rasch Special Interest Group in the American Educational Research Association. The title of his keynote address was “Power, Invariance, and Measurement.”
Doctoral student receives minority fellowship from NBCC Foundation
Raven Cokley, a doctoral student in the Department of Counseling and Human Development Services, was recently awarded a federally-funded minority doctoral fellowship from the National Board for Certified Counselors Foundation.
The foundation is the premier credentialing body for counselors who have achieved the highest standard of practice through education, examination, supervision and experience. The foundation’s goal is to increase the number of culturally competent addiction counselors and mental health counselors available to minority populations, with a specific focus on transition-age youth.
“With the support of the (National Board for Certified Counselors) Minority Doctoral Fellowship, I will not have to worry about securing additional funding to cover my tuition and fees next year,” said Cokley, who is pursuing a doctoral degree in counseling and student personnel services. “I am truly grateful to NBCC for helping to alleviate that financial stress and anxiety for me.”
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Two student organizations in literacy education receive 2018 SOAR Awards
This year, the Journal of Language and Literacy Education (JoLLE) and the Language and Literacy Education Graduate Organization (LLEGO) were recognized for their achievements during the annual H. Gordon and Francis S. Davis Student Organization Achievement and Recognition Awards at the Tate Student Center.
Administered by the Center for Student Activities and Involvement, the awards recognize student organizations that positively advance the UGA community through groundbreaking projects or programs.
Specifically, JoLLE won two awards for organizational improvement and social justice commitment, while LLEGO won the Outstanding Small Campus Event Award for the visit of David Bloome, the EHE Distinguished Professor of Teaching and Learning in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University.
“Even though we are a relatively small student organization, we have worked really hard this year to build on JoLLE’s tradition of excellence,” said Heidi Hadley, principal editor of JoLLE. “One of the things that I love about JoLLE is that it assumes that graduate students are capable, independent, and motivated, and it provides us with an opportunity to produce a really interesting and smart journal in our field twice a year.”