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Alumna honored as one of the ‘top women in finance’

October 14, 2010

SargentColleenColleen Sargent (B.S. ’89, M.Ed. ’95), executive vice president of Technology and Operations Services – Quality Assurance for U.S. Bank, has been named one of the “Top Women in Finance” by Finance & Commerce. Sargent, whose CEHD degrees are in business marketing education, leads a staff of 600 employees who provide services to all areas of technology and operations and the business lines at U.S. Bank, the fifth largest commercial bank in the nation. She has 19 years of experience in the technology arena in health care, retail, and financial industries.

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Edleson, Shetty to present study on domestic violence and The Hague Convention on International Child Abduction

October 12, 2010

Jeffrey L. Edleson, professor, School of Social Work, and Sudha Shetty, director Hubert H. Humphrey International Fellowship Programs, will discuss a recently completed study about battered mothers who sought safety in the U.S. The study, funded by the National Institute of Justice, found that these women face court proceedings under The Hague Convention that frequently result in the return of their children to their abusive partners.

The presentation is Wednesday, October 20, noon-1 p.m., Peters Hall

Tucker Center Fall Distinguished Lecture will address obesity and physical activity

October 12, 2010

The annual Tucker Center Fall Distinguished Lecture will be held on Wednesday, October 20, at 7:00 p.m. in Cowles Auditorium in the Hubert H. Humphrey Center on the West Bank. The lecture, sponsored each year by the Tucker Center for Research in Girls & Women in Sport, will address the topic, “Reducing Obesity among Minority Females: The Critical Role of Physical Activity.” Three U of M scholars will present: Beth Lewis, Ph.D., Daheia J. Barr-Anderson, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D. The lecture is free and open to the public. To learn more about the Tucker Center Fall Distinguished Lecture, go to http://www.cehd.umn.edu/tuckercenter/lecture/default.html.

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Maureen Weiss inducted as president of the National Academy of Kinesiology

October 11, 2010

Maureen WeissMaureen Weiss, professor in the School of Kinesiology and co-director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport, was inducted as president of the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK; formerly American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education (AAKPE)) on October 9 at its annual meeting held in Williamsburg, VA. The National Academy of Kinesiology is an honorary organization composed of Fellows who have made significant and sustained contributions to the field of kinesiology through scholarship and professional service.

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Assistant professor elected to serve on CUFA Board of the National Council for the Social Studies

October 8, 2010

J B MayoJ.B. Mayo, Jr. assistant professor in social studies education (Curriculum and Instruction), was elected to serve a two-year term on the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA) Board of the National Council for the Social Studies.
The purpose of the assembly is to promote the common interest of social studies educators in research, teaching, and other scholarly activities.

Social work prof, student present at refugees/immigrants conference

October 8, 2010

hollisternguyenSchool of Social Work Professor David Hollister and Ph.D. student Hoa T. Nguyen were presenters at the 2010 National Refugee and Immigrant Conference in Chicago on October 8. They held a session about their findings from a study on the involvement of immigrant children in child welfare and special education in Minnesota

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College’s National Center on Educational Outcomes receives grant of $45 million

October 7, 2010

RachelQuenemoen11Martha L Thurlow web quality photoThe U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) has awarded $45 million to the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) at the college’s Institute on Community Integration to form a partnership that will develop innovative approaches to alternate assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities in grades 3-12. The new National Center and State Collaborative (NCSC), funded by the Office of Special Education Programs in the USDOE, is a network of national centers and 19 states and is directed by NCEO senior research fellow Rachel Quenemoen and NCEO director Martha Thurlow.
Over the next four years, NCSC will build a comprehensive assessment system based on the Common Core State Standards that includes project-developed tools and processes to support educators as they plan and provide appropriate instruction for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. These supports will help Individualized Education Program teams accurately identify the learner characteristics and make appropriate decisions about how each student participates in the overall system of assessments.

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CEHD to provide iPads to all freshmen in largest research-based iPad pilot project in the nation

October 6, 2010

iPad-students-allThe College of Education and Human Development (CEHD), in partnership with the University’s Office of Information Technology, will provide its entire freshman class of about 450 students with iPads, in the largest pilot of its kind at a major research university. The cost of less than $216,000 is being funded entirely by private donations and will have no bearing on tuition.
CEHD faculty, who are world leaders in academic technologies and postsecondary education, will research how iPad use relates to student retention, engagement, and learning outcomes. A broad spectrum of first-year undergraduate courses in the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning will incorporate the devices.

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Demerath presented invited paper at University of Cambridge

October 5, 2010

Peter DemerathPeter Demerath, Ed.D., associate professor in the Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development (OLPD), presented his paper, Decoding Success: The Culture of Personal Advancement in U.S. High Schools, at the Social Life of Achievement Workshop in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge on September 29, 2010.

Ph.D. student receives innovation award for dissertation

October 5, 2010

Im-HyojinHyojin Im, a School of Social Work Ph.D. student has been awarded a $25,000 Annie E. Casey Foundation Innovations Award for her dissertation project, “A socio-ecological model of refugee mental health and housing insecurity: With a focus on roles of social capital and acculturation.”

Im, with support from refugee resettlement agencies and refugee communities, will conduct individual and focus-group interviews with homeless refugee families and refugee community leaders in Minnesota. Her goal is to identify cultural barriers to housing stability and to proper health and social services, and to explore the interplay between mental health and housing experiences. The project also received a $4,000 grant from the Minnesota Family Housing Fund.

In another honor, Im received the Best Student Abstract Award from Hong Kong University at the 2010 Joint World Conference on Social Work and Social Development. Her paper is titled, “Role of social capital and help-seeking in refugee resettlement: Toward housing stability.” The conference was held in Hong Kong in June.

Applicants Sought for Gamble-Skogmo Chair in School of Social Work

October 4, 2010

The School of Social Work invites applicants at the full or associate professor level for the Gamble-Skogmo Chair in Child Welfare and Youth Policy beginning in August 2011. The Gamble-Skogmo Chair holds a full-time appointment with tenure to the SSW. As a primary function, the Gamble-Skogmo Chair is expected to conduct research in child welfare and/or youth policy, to seek funding for this research, and to publish extensively. Details about the position and qualifications.

Kinesiology faculty publish with former doctoral advisee

September 30, 2010

Kinesiology movement science professors Dr. Michael G. Wade and Dr. Tom Stoffregen have published an article with Dr. Wade’s former advisee, Dr. Chih-Hui Chang (Ph.D. Kinesiology, 2006), who is also the lead author:
Chang, C.-H., Wade, M. G., Stoffregen, T. A., Hsu, C.-Y., & Pan, C.-Y. (2010). Visual tasks and postural sway in children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 31, 1536-1542.

Goh presents keynote address and workshop in Japan

September 30, 2010

Michael GohMichael Goh, educational psychology associate professor, was the invited keynote speaker for the 29th Annual Conference of the Japanese Association for Humanistic Psychology (JAHP) in Kumamoto, Japan, last month. JAHP is the largest association of clinical psychologists in Japan. His presentation was titled: “In Search of Mastery and Cultural Competence in Psychological Practice. Goh also presented a one-day workshop titled: “Cultural Intelligence and Intercultural Sensitivity: Skills for Psychotherapy and Education”. The Japanese interpreter for the keynote and the workshop was Tatsuya Hirai (Educational Psychology/CSPP alum), who is currently a professor at Kyushu Sangyo University in Fukuoka, Japan.

Kinesiology doctoral student to publish in International Journal of Sport Management

September 29, 2010

Clinton Warren, Kinesiology Ph.D. candidate, and his adviser, Prof. Stephen Ross, have had an article accepted for publication in the International Journal of Sport Management. Mr. Warren is the lead author. “Beyond Beckham: The designated player rule in major league soccer” looks at the impact highly paid designated players have had on spectator attendance. The article will be published in 2011.

Social Work Ph.D. Information Session Oct. 21

September 29, 2010

Find out what a Ph.D. from the School of Social Work at the
University of Minnesota could mean for your future!

Attend an information session:

  • Thursday, October 21, 2010
  • 5:00-7:00 p.m.
  • Peters Hall, Room 5
  • 1404 Gortner Ave., St. Paul Campus, University of Minnesota

    • Learn about the Ph.D. curriculum and dissertation process.
    Find out about the admissions process. Talk with faculty and current Ph.D. students about the program

    Light refreshments will be served

    RSVP to Jan Goodno, or 612-624-4258.

    Ice Hockey Summit on concussion to be held at Mayo Clinic in October

    September 29, 2010

    The Mayo Clinic’s Sports Medicine Center is hosting a collaborative “Ice Hockey Summit: Action on Concussion” in Rochester, MN, October 19-20, 2010. The summit will bring together top scientists, trainers, coaches, officials and manufacturers from across the United States and Canada to discuss concussion-related issues, including the science of concussions, their impact, return to play guidelines, equipment manufacturing, rules and regulations such as body checking, and the challenges of officiating and enforcement.
    Prof. Diane Wiese-Bjornstal and Dr. Nicole LaVoi from Kinesiology will be attending. Participants will develop an “Action Plan: Integrating Action Items into the Strategic Plan” and a strategy to share the plan with the hockey community. While the summit will focus on hockey, concussion-related topics will apply to all sports.
    The summit is jointly sponsored by USA Hockey, the International Ice Hockey Federation, the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation, The Hockey Equipment Certification Council and supported by Team Wendy and the Johannson-Gund endowment.
    The summit is offering a reduced registration rate of $25 for students or media representatives who are unable to afford the standard rate.
    More information is available at www.mayo.edu/cme/sports-medicine.html

    Wiese-Bjornstal publishes in Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sport

    September 29, 2010

    Dr. Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, associate professor in Kinesiology, has had an article published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sport. The paper, which provides a review and consensus statement on sport injury psychology and socioculture, appears in the October 2010 Special Issue: Performance in Top Sports Involving Intense Exercise.
    Wiese-Bjornstal, D.M. (2010). Psychology and socioculture affect injury risk, response, and recovery in high intensity athletes: A consensus statement. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 20 (Suppl. 2), 103-111.

    Alum and women’s sports pioneer Linda Wells honored

    September 28, 2010

    Over 100 friends, admiring fans, and dignitaries gathered Sept. 27 on a brilliant autumn afternoon to watch Linda Wells, kinesiology master’s graduate, receive the University’s Outstanding Achievement Award.

    WellsLThe highest non-academic honor presented to a University of Minnesota graduate, the award acknowledged Wells’ groundbreaking accomplishments in women’s intercollegiate sports. In 1974, at the age of 21, she became the University’s first full-time head coach in three women’s sports: basketball, softball, and volleyball. From the start, she was a passionate advocate who challenged athletic directors and school presidents to get what she needed for her teams. She coached 15 years at the U before taking over the women’s softball program at Arizona State University. She has coached at the international level, overseeing Olympic softball teams in the Athens (2004) and Beijing (2008) Olympics, played professional softball, and founded her own business, Wells Sports Corporation, which specializes in coaching clinics, speaking engagements, and products and services for youth sports.

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    Math education professor receives NSF Career Award

    September 24, 2010

    Tamara Moore
    Tamara J. Moore (assistant professor of mathematics education, curriculum and instruction, and co-director of the STEM Education Center) has received a $400,109 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), to research implementing K-12 engineering standards through science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) integration.
    The award is one of NSF’s highest honors for early-career faculty whose research builds a firm foundation for a lifetime of integrated contributions to research and education. The grant will begin October 1, 2010, and will continue for five years.