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THE MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF THE UGA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IN THEIR OWN WORDS How one teacher’s gameday memory became a lesson for her students CARRYING THE TORCH Alumni-turned-faculty now inspire the next generation Inspired by DIVERSITY... AND CUPCAKES? leadership Students push boundaries with activities and outreach efforts Meet alumni who continue to learn, grow and lead beyond graduation ® 2016 ISSUE ONE PAGE 16 WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Our alumni stay in touch through events, awards and UGA honors. PAGE 40 CLASS NOTES Professional updates and news from alumni throughout the years. PAGE 43 OUR SUPPORTERS Donors to the College of Education. PAGES 4-7 COLLEGE UPDATES Profiles Alumni panels give students a glimpse of the real world, buildings get a digital upgrade and kinesiology celebrates its 10th anniversary. PAGE 19 Find out what’s changed in your department. Matt Tanner knows his way around an organization—and frozen desserts. PAGE 8 LETTER OF PAGE 24 First grade is part songs, part college RECOMMENDATION dreams for Bynikini Frazier. Rebecca Hendrix’s memories of her first UGA football game became an example for her students. PAGE 28 PAGE 10 NFL lineman Fernando Velasco leads STUDENT LIFE on and off the field. Today, students are giving back no matter what degree they’re pursuing, getting involved in the PAGE 32 college as new Student Ambassadors and even In Evan Glazer’s high school, showing off their baking skills for a worthy cause. freshmen are already planning their research projects. PAGE 12 FOCUS ON PAGE 36 FACULTY Talent and training guide Tonya Cornileus’ days at ESPN. Meet the next generation of scholars from the College of Education. 2 2016 Alumni and Friends Magazine The College of Education Insider is published annually by the University Letter from the editor of Georgia College of Education’s It’s the hard work of school focused on science Office of College Advancement. individuals—our faculty, and technology to conduct students and alumni— college-level research (see © 2016 all rights reserved. that makes the College of page 32). Education a leader across These are just a few Georgia and the country. examples of the ways our And with this inaugural 60,000 alumni lead every issue of the College of day. We are proud to claim Education Insider, we every one of them as our Managing editor: Kristen Morales celebrate those who inspire own, and to know that what Contributing writers: Elizabeth Gaughf, Kathryn leadership. they learned at the University Kao, Kristen Morales, Jen Williams For example, our faculty of Georgia and the College Graphic design: Kris Barratt continue to push the of Education continues to boundaries both in and resonate. Cover illustration and design: Kris Barratt out of the classroom; the The College of Education Contributing photographers: John Carrington, College’s recent No. 3 Insider is meant to honor and Dorothy Kozlowski, Mark Mirko, Kristen Morales, ranking from U.S. News inform our alumni and friends. Robin Nathan, Matthew Rakola, Jeff Siner, Andrew and World Report for online We created it to share the Davis Tucker, Cassie Wright, Wingate Downs education among all colleges stories of the many graduates of education is one measure who are leading by making of this leadership. Similarly, a difference in Georgia and Postmaster: Send address changes to The University of our students show they are across the world. Please Georgia College of Education, 110 Carlton St., G3 Aderhold Hall, Athens GA 30602. leaders through national enjoy, share with others and awards, new research and be proud to be a bulldog. To update your contact information with the making a difference in UGA Alumni Association, please visit alumni.uga.edu and click on “Update your information.” our community. Thaurice Milloy’s efforts to launch the University-wide Minorities in Education organization is one of the many ways our Craig H. Kennedy, Ph.D. students are reaching out and Dean and professor changing lives (see page 10 706-542-6446 for her story). It makes sense, then, that coe.uga.edu the achievements of our faculty and students would be ugaCOE echoed by our alumni. Tonya Harris Cornileus (M.Ed. ’04, uga.COE Ph.D. ’09) is helping guide the talent at the nation’s ugaCOE top sports broadcaster (see page 36). Evan Glazer (Ph.D. ’03) is leading teenagers in the country’s top high www.coe.uga.edu 3 Catching up with news and changes around Aderhold, Ramsey New monitors now welcome students and others to the College. and River’s Crossing College gets a digital upgrade Students and visitors to the also outside each department’s College of Education’s three office. buildings on the Athens campus Along with the new signs— can now find where they are which can be updated on New research center going thanks to new flat-screen demand and eliminate the need monitors. The digital directories for new paper signs throughout focuses on autism, are part of a College-wide the year—several classrooms technical upgrade that replaced now have upgrades to support behavioral analysis the old paper signs on each floor, new, technology-based teaching across from the elevators, and methods. In the fall of 2015, the College of Education launched a new research center devoted to the study of autism and behavioral analysis. Called CABER, the Center for Autism and Behavioral Education Real-world advice Research pools resources from existing clinics in the College to provide autism-related assessments and And other lessons learned from alumni panels evaluations for area children. The center also serves as a training ground for Last year, the College launched chosen to represent various graduate students who plan to work in schools its first alumni panels, which facets within the College, such and clinical settings, combining resources from give students a chance to hear as teacher certification, health the Applied Behavior Analysis Clinic, the School from alumni about what life is and human services and sport Psychology Clinic and the College’s Board-Certified like after graduation. management. Behavior Analysis Program. These panels cover a range Last year was the first time of topics and degrees—and the College organized these even delve into the merits of panels, but they will continue getting a graduate degree—all The new Center for Autism and Behavioral through the academic year. Education Center is one of several centers in in a fun, informal environment. Would you like to be part of the College that combine training, research and Jill Naylor, associate director an upcoming panel? You may clinical practice. Other centers include: of student programs in the take part in Athens, or if you live College’s Office of Student out of town you can be part of a • The Speech and Hearing Clinic Services, says the panels have conference/video call. Either way, • The Center for Counseling and Personal Evaluation received a lot of attention from it’s a great opportunity to share • The Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education students. In fact, the “What your real-world experiences with They Don’t Teach You About current students. • The Center for Physical Activity and Health Teaching” panel in September To get involved, contact • The Georgia Center for Assessment drew 65 students and put the Nancy Butler, associate director • The Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development room at capacity. of alumni relations, at nhbutler@ Naylor says topics are uga.edu. 4 2016 Alumni and Friends Magazine One decade later and still in great shape Kinesiology celebrates anniversary with ‘Research Day’ It’s been 10 years since the department head Kirk Cureton’s exercise science program was first graduate students. combined with two others— The event brought dozens of physical education and sport alumni back to campus for tours studies—to create the department and a chance to catch up. of kinesiology. To mark the Department head and Triple milestone, the department hosted Dawg Janet Buckworth noted the its first Kinesiology Research year was also significant for the Day during UGA’s Homecoming Ramsey Center, which turned 20 weekend this past fall. years old in 2015. The event included a lab open “The Ramsey Student Center house, poster displays from under- gave us state-of-the-art facilities graduate and graduate students, a for teaching and research,” she student awards ceremony and the says. “Our inaugural Distinguished Kinesiology Distinguished Alumni Alumni Lecture and Research Day Lecture. provided alumni, faculty, staff, The lecture, the centerpiece of and students the opportunity to the day’s events, featured alumnus celebrate two anniversaries and Janet Buckworth (left) kinesiology department head, stands with Phil Sparling (Ph.D. ’79), professor the long record of accomplish- Michael Penland, endowment donor (second from left), College of emeritus at the Georgia Institute ments and fellowship that brings Education Dean Craig H. Kennedy (right) and other faculty and students of Technology and one of former Bulldogs home.” from kinesiology during Kinesiology Research Day. Two new ways to celebrate our alumni and friends Board of Visitors, Alumni Board offer guidance to the College Now entering its second year, the of Education), it’s become clear that a Are you interested in being a part of College of Education’s Board of Visitors second group is needed, focusing on the either of these vibrant new groups? is a group of 30 alumni and friends who needs of alumni. So this spring launched Whether you are interested in helping are working together to strengthen the the College of Education Alumni Board, a to secure the College’s financial future goals and mission of the College. group of 30 alumni who are dedicated to or want to have a say in how we With the first successful year under its shaping how the College connects with communicate with our alumni, email belt (including raising thousands of dollars students after graduation, through service Nancy Butler, associate director of for the Board of Visitors Scholarship Fund, projects and alumni events.