spectrum2015 NEWSLETTER: A YEAR IN REVIEW Transformative Education Creating Positive Change in Education, Students and Communities. How the COEHD changes their future... COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT • THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO College of Education and Human Development The College of Education and Human Development welcomed hundreds of spectrum members of the Class of 2019 during Roadruner Days this August. Dean Dr. Betty Merchant Associate Dean for Graduate Studies Dr. Page Smith Associate Dean for Research Dr. Amaury Nora Associate Dean for Undergraduate Student Success Dr. Janis Harmon Associate Dean for the Consortium for Social Transformation Dr. Michael Jennings Editors Jo Ann Jones Byron Spencer Contributing Writers Jesus Chavez Christi Fish KC Gonzalez Jo Ann Jones Rebecca Luther Photography & Graphic Design Jo Ann Jones Cover Photo Byron Spencer UTSA College of Education and Human Development One UTSA Circle Main Building 3.304 San Antonio, Texas 78249 (210) 458-4370 | education.utsa.edu The Spectrum is a publication of the College of Education and Human Development at The University of Texas at San Antonio. To be removed from the Spectrum mailing list, sign up to receive complimentary copies of this publication, update your mailing address, or sign up to receive the COEHDnews weekly newsletter, email us at
[email protected]. About the cover In creating the next generation of education and human development professionals, the COEHD develops, shapes, and changes the minds of our students, which affects the future of our students and communi- ties. What better symbol of transformation than a butterfly? Brothers Donavin Bedell (L), Dylan Bedell (R), and Ryan McNeely (Lower), sport butterfly faces to show how the COEHD transforms not only our stu- dents’ futures, but theirs and their communi- ties as well.