UK College of Education

Former faculty, alumni fund fellowships

    • 20
    • Dec

Former faculty, alumni fund fellowships

Posted by Beth Goins
Five students in the Department of Early Childhood, Special Education, and Rehabilitation Counseling recently received fellowships fellowships gifted to the department by previous faculty members and alumni. The Barbara J. Edwards Special Education Fellowship was awarded to Mark Samudre, a Special Education doctoral student. The Mike Nelson Graduate Fellowship was awarded to Kathryn Gorton, an Applied Behavior Analysis master's degree student. This...
    • 20
    • Dec

Early Childhood, Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling Students Awarded Scholarships

Posted by Beth Goins
The Department of Early Childhood, Special Education, and Rehabilitation Counseling is pleased to announce the recipients of the James Arvle Thacker endowment scholarship: Morgan Wells and Trista Adwell. This endowment offers a one-time scholarship to students from Georgia and Kentucky who are enrolled in the online master’s degree program in Rehabilitation Counseling and have completed 30 hours with a minimum...
    • 10
    • Nov

Bottge Presents on Teaching and Learning Math in Engaging Contexts

Posted by Amanda Nelson
Dr. Brian Bottge recently delivered an invited presentation (Relevance Counts: Teaching and Learning Math in Engaging Contexts) via Skype to faculty and doctoral students at the University of Missouri who are involved in Project PRISM: Preparing Interdisciplinary Leaders in Science and Mathematics Special Education. The purpose of the project is to prepare future scholars in the area of special education...
    • 19
    • Oct

Three Early Childhood, Special Education, and Rehabilitation Counseling Grant Proposals Funded on Same Day

Posted by Amanda Nelson
It is a rare occurrence that faculty from one department submitting three separate grant proposals to the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs would all be successfully funded, and on the same day, But that is exactly what happened. Together, the three grants total more than $3.6 million. TRaining InterdisciPLinary Educators to Support High-Needs Populations (TRIPLETS) is funded...
    • 20
    • Apr

Student Receives Scholarship from American Council on Rural Special Education

Posted by Amanda Nelson
Kaitlin Smith Ayres, a student in the moderate and severe disabilities alternative certification program, was awarded the American Council on Rural Special Education (ACRES) Teacher Scholarship Award at the council’s annual conference in March. The award is given to a practicing rural teacher to provide an opportunity to pursue education in a formal program that leads to a specialized certificate,...
    • 17
    • Feb

Ackerman Receives Nietzel Visiting Distinguished Faculty Award

Posted by Amanda Nelson
Kera Ackerman has been awarded The Myrle E. and Verle D. Nietzel Visiting Distinguished Faculty Program Award to support bringing Dr. Mary Brownell, the Irving and Rose Fien Endowed Professor of Education at the University of Florida, to the University of Kentucky to serve as the outside examiner for her dissertation defense. Ackerman is a lecturer in the UK College of Education, and...