Congratulations to the recipient of the 2015 William Hugh McEniry Award for Excellence in Teaching
Dr. Elisabeth Poeter, Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures
Author: Shadia Munoz-Najar
Congratulations to the following recipients of the 2014 Hand Awards for Distinguished Faculty Achievement.
Timothy Peter, Ph.D., Professor of Music
Hand Award for Research, Creative and Professional Activity
Alicia Slater, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology
Hand Award for Research, Creative and Professional Activity
Rajni Shankar-Brown, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Education
Hand Award for Community Impact
Three-year project will train teachers in core subject matter, accelerate effectiveness
Stetson University, Bethune-Cookman University, Volusia County Schools and New Teacher Center have been awarded a $1.1 million grant from the Florida Department of Education to create and launch the Volusia Center for Excellence in Education (VCEE).
“VCEE represents a new model of excellence in educating new teachers,” said Wendy B. Libby, Ph.D., president of Stetson University. “There is a strong need for deeper core subject knowledge for elementary school teachers, strategies to help teachers manage their classrooms and solutions that meet the needs of diverse learners. Stetson is committed to serving those needs through this exciting new program.”
The grant was awarded after collaboration by all the partners led to a proposal for strengthening and enhancing the skills of teachers as well as their knowledge of core subject matter. In-depth coursework, labs, field experiences and clinical education training will be required for all teachers going through this program.
“This program will allow us to better serve the educational needs of the community by training elementary and secondary school teachers at the newly created VCEE,” said Edison O. Jackson, Ed.D., president of Bethune-Cookman. “At B-CU, we are committed not only to training the best teachers in the nation, but also to providing current teachers with the best educational methodologies to help them succeed in the classroom. Better teachers mean better prepared students.”
“The training our mentor teachers receive will provide them with a research-based approach to give the senior interns they are supervising the best possible on-the-job teaching experience,” said Margaret Smith, D.Ed., superintendent of schools for Volusia County. “This includes providing strategies for dealing with issues first-year teachers typically struggle with so they can be addressed before that college student graduates. This collaborative effort will develop better trained teachers who will continue to receive peer support throughout their first year teaching with Volusia County Schools.”
Both Stetson and B-CU will transition all of their preparation programs for elementary school teachers to the new VCEE model aligned to Volusia County Schools’ Florida DOE-approved instructional framework.
“We’re extremely excited about this new partnership and the difference it will make to the success of the new teachers and their students in Volusia County Schools,” said Jordan Brophy-Hilton, vice president of Program Partnerships at New Teacher Center (NTC). “This initiative will provide a seamless transition for new teachers from their university pre-service programs, to their early experiences co-teaching in the classroom working alongside a qualified teacher and on through their first two years on the job and induction period, with aligned coaching and support at every stage. The result will be improvements in both teaching quality and student learning.”
(Alex Sanchez ’12, one of Stetson’s top education graduates, is pictured above teaching in one of Volusia County’s schools.)
About New Teacher Center
New Teacher Center focuses on improving student learning by accelerating the effectiveness of new teachers and school leaders. NTC partners with states, school districts, universities and policymakers to design and implement programs that create sustainable, high-quality mentoring and professional development; build leadership capacity; work to enhance teaching conditions; improve retention; and transform schools into vibrant learning communities where all students succeed.
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2013-2014 Sabbatical Awards
Congratulations to the recipient of the 2013-2014 Sabbatical Awards:
Yves-Antoine Clemmen, Professor and Chair of World Languages and Cultures (French): Amélie Nothomb, Fictionalized Writer, Living Character : the inner life of a growing corpus
Kimberly Flint-Hamilton, Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology: To Be Both Black and Catholic Before, During, and After the Civil Rights Movement
Dan Gunderson, Professor of Art
David Hill, Professor of Political Science
Jamil Khader, Professor of English
Mike King, Professor of Biology
Emily Mieras, Chair of History; Associate Professor of History and American Studies: “Marketing Nostalgia: Constructing Historical Memory and Community through Imagined Pasts.”
William Nylen, Chair of Political Science, Professor of Political Science
Leila Roach, Associate Professor of Counselor Education, Chair of Counselor Education: An Exploration of LGBT Couples Sexual Identity and Spiritual and Religious Experiences
Joshua Rust, Associate Professor of Philosophy: Social Ontology and the Charismatic Leader
Michele Skelton, Associate Professor of Health Sciences
Debra Touchton, Professor of Education
Margaret Venzke, Associate Professor of History
Becky Watts: Personhood on the Plantation: Interpreting Slaves and Slavery at Public Plantation Sites
Fred K. Augustine Jr., Professor of Information Systems; Chair of Business Systems and Analytics
Jim Mallett, Professor of Finance
Carolyn Mueller, Professor of Strategic Management: Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, Case Research Journal, or the Business Case Journal
Congratulations to the recipient of the 2014 William Hugh McEniry Award for Excellence in Teaching
Dr. Eric Kurlander, Professor of History
Congratulations to the following recipients of the 2013 Hand Awards for Distinguished Faculty Achievement.
Elen Podgor, Ph.D., Professor of Law
Hand Award for Research, Creative and Professional Activity
Mark Powell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English
Hand Award for Research, Creative and Professional Activity
Michael Rickman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of English
Hand Award for Research, Creative and Professional Activity
Robert Sitler, Ph.D., Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures
Hand Award for Community Impact
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2012-2013 Sabbatical Awards
Congratulations to the recipient of the 2012-2013 Sabbatical Awards:
Judy Burnett, Associate Professor of Counselor Education: Reproductive Health and Infertility Counseling: An Investigation of Issues and Challenges Created by Advances in Assisted Reproductive Technology
Erich Friedman, Associate Professor of Mathematics: An Introductory Graph Theory Text Appropriate For Freshmen Non-Majors
Phillip Lucas, Professor of Religious Studies: We Have Transcended the Constraints of Tradition: Neo-Advaitin Teachers Answer Their Traditionalist Critics
Megan O’Neill, Associate Professor of English: Immersion Writing Experiences in the First Year: Developmental Writers and Academic Success Profiles
Dan Plante, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science: Automated Design and Testing in Software Development
Mary Pollock, Professor of English: Gerald Durrell and the Zookeeper’s Dilemma
Mitchell Reddish, O.L. Walker Professor of Christian Studies, Chair of Religious Studies: Apocalypticism in the New Testament
Greg Sapp, Professor of Religious Studies and Hal S. Marchman Chair of Civic and Social Responsibility: The Imitatio Naturae Christi in Kierkegaard: A Study of Søren Kierkegaard’s Christology
Lori Snook, Associate Professor and Co-Chair of English: The Orange Grove: a full-length play
Nathan Wolek, Professor of Digital Arts and Music Technology: Merging, Enhancing and Extended Software Tools for Computer Music
Bobby Adams, Professor of Music Education: The Art of Interpreting Music Taught as a Development Skill
Lloyd Linney, Professor of music: A Study of Selected French Mélodies with Susan Manoff, Pianist and Vocal Coach, Paris Conservatory
Stephen Robinson, Professor of Music: A Compact Disc Recording of “Chamber Music with Guitar”
Becky Oliphant, Associate Professor of Marketing: Measuring Student Reaction with MBTI Scores to Teaching Effectiveness in International Settings
Gary Oliphant, Professor of Business: Uses of Group Projects in the Business Curricula
Barbara Costello, Associate Professor; Government Documents and Research Librarian: Politics, Policies, and Practices: Factors Affecting the Online Availability of Congressional Hearings Transcripts, 110th- 112th Congresses
Congratulations to the recipient of the 2013 William Hugh McEniry Award for Excellence in Teaching
Dr. Harry Price, Associate Professor of Chemistry
We congratulate our winners of the 2012 Willa Dean Lowery Awards:
Dr. J. Anthony Abbott, Department of Geography and Environmental Science
Dr. Hala ElAarag, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Dr. Chelsea Embry, Department of Integrative Health Science
Dr. Danielle Morel, Department of Physics
Congratulations to the following recipients of the 2012 Hand Awards for Distinguished Faculty Achievement.
Joel Davis, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English
Hand Award for Research, Creative and Professional Activity
Luz Nagle, Ph.D., Professor of Law
Hand Award for Research, Creative and Professional Activity
John York, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Hand Award for Research, Creative and Professional Activity
Anne Hallum, Ph.D., Professor of Political Science
Hand Award for Community Impact