The Diversity in Language and Culture Conference (DLCC) brings together educators, students, faculty, staff, and other community members to explore issues that are relevant and pressing related to education. Each conference includes a keynote speaker, breakout session options, and a closing remarks/Q&A time. In this year’s 4th annual conference, Dr…. Continue reading…
“Metaldata,” released last year, is a unique bibliography of heavy metal resources. The volume, co-authored by UNCG’s Dr. Guy Capuzzo and Dr. Sonia Archer-Capuzzo (LIS), will help music librarians build collections of resources, and help researchers in numerous fields. Read more from the UNCG Research & Engagement Spotlight, UNCG Research… Continue reading…
Mental health issues are on the rise among all ages. A new School of Education academy provides trauma-informed training to schools and our community. Last year, Arionna Wilkerson was part of the first cohort of UNC Greensboro master’s students placed in Rockingham County Schools to increase trauma-awareness. Now she works… Continue reading…
The Department of Counseling and Educational Development’s North Carolina Academy of Stress Trauma and Resilience (NCA-STAR) has published their 5th episode of Trauma Connections podcast. Do you find yourself at the beginning of 2022 headed toward burnout? This episode focuses on empathy and compassion and how understanding the difference can… Continue reading…
Congratulations to Dr. Jon Henner! He has been selected to receive the 2022 Early Career Publication Award of the Special Interest Group for Research in Mathematics Education. This award is for his publication which was written with fellow faculty member Dr. Claudia Pagliaro, “Counting Differently: Assessing Mathematics Achievement of Signing… Continue reading…
Congrats to KaTrinka Brown (ELC) who was recently featured in a News & Record article, for being named the Piedmont-Triad Region Principal of the Year. KaTrink who was an EdS graduate transferred into our EdD program and is now in her dissertation phase. We are so proud to see her… Continue reading…
Congratulations to Dr. Wayne Journell (TEHE) who recently published an edited volume for Teachers College Press titled Post-Pandemic Social Studies, “How COVID-19 Has Changed the World and How We Teach”. “The authors in this volume—leading voices in social studies education—make the case that COVID-19 has exposed deficiencies in much of… Continue reading…
To Superintendent of Asheboro City Schools Aaron Woody MEd ’04 EdD ’10, leading a school system during a worldwide pandemic doesn’t just mean making executive decisions and signing paperwork. It means doing the work to really figure out how to best support students. And part of that is critically analyzing… Continue reading…
Dr. Edna Tan (TEHE) was elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. For a young person, it’s hard to imagine growing up to be a scientist or an engineer if you don’t see scientists or engineers that look like you. Dr. Edna Tan is… Continue reading…
The COVID-19 pandemic created many new barriers for administrators to deal with. Adjustment to rapidly changing regulations, establishment of online education, the extended support necessary for students and families, and more all were suddenly brought to the forefront of educators’ minds. However, as doctoral student and principal of Shuford Elementary… Continue reading…
