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Honors and Awards

Congratulations to the following EOL students and faculty on their recent accomplishments.

College of Education's Graduate Awards    

04.18.2007
The following EOL students have been selected by the College of Education's Graduate Awards Committee to receive the following scholarship/award for the 2007-2008 academic year.

Julia Makela              William Chandler Bagley Doctoral Scholarship
Collin Ruud               The Letitia Walsh Fellowship & William Chandler Bagley Doctoral Scholarship
Peter Weitzel            William Chandler Bagley Masters Scholarship
Marybeth Ahillen       Frederick A. Rodgers Award
Jessica Barrientos    Wanda Taeschner Babcock Fellowship

 

Dissertation of the Year Award - Council for the Study of Community Colleges

Elisabeth Barnett completed her Ph.D. in Higher Education with a specialization in community college leadership in December 2006. The award Elisabeth won is the Dissertation of the Year award given by the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC), the premiere national research organization affiliated with community college education. The title of her dissertation is "Validation Experiences and Persistence among Urban Community College Students". Abstract

 

Appointed President of National Academic Advising Association

Jennifer Bloom, Adjunct Associate Professor of EOL, has been elected the 2007-2008 President of National Academic Advising Association (NACADA). NACADA promotes and supports quality academic advising in institutions of higher education to enhance the educational development of students. NACADA provides a forum for discussion, debate, and the exchange of ideas pertaining to academic advising through numerous activities and publications. NACADA also serves as an advocate for effective academic advising by providing a Consultants Bureau, an Awards Program, and funding for Research related to academic advising.

 

24th UIS Employee of the Year

Cynthia Thompson, a graduate student in the Higher Ed program and director of student life at the University of Illinois at Springfield, was named 2006 Employee of the Year at the 24th annual Employee of the Year Recognition Ceremony, held January 24 on the UIS campus. Read the UIS News Release at http://www.uis.edu/newsreleases/jan07/20070125b.html

 

An Incomplete list of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their students. Spring 2006

Click the title above to the see the list.

 

National Staff Development Council’s Best Research Award for 2006

Brad Kose, Assistant Professor of EOL received the National Staff Development Council’s Best Research Award for 2006. The Best Research Award recognizes research that demonstrates the impact of staff development on student performance and contributes to the knowledge base of the field. The designated research is entitled "Leadership and Professional Development for Social Justice: A multi-case study of the roles of school principals." His accomplishment was awarded at the 38th NSDC Annual Conference to be held in Nashville, TN on December 2-6, 2006. For more information on the Best Research Award, please visit their website at here.

 

Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois (DFI) Fellowship (August, 2006)

Deneca Winfrey, MSW, M.Ed.
Deneca Winfrey is a Ph.D. student in the Educational Administration and Leadership program. For more information about the DFI Fellowship, please visit www.diversity.ilstu.edu/dfi/.

 

Stanley E. and Ruth B. Dimond Best Dissertation Award

Timothy Cain, Assistant Professor of EOL, received the Stanley E. and Ruth B. Dimond Best Dissertation Award from the School of Education University of Michigan.  This annual award recognizes the premiere doctoral dissertation completed in the school.

 

Outstanding Dissertation Award - The Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education (CSHPE)

Timothy Cain, Assistant Professor of EOL, received the Outstanding Dissertation Award from The Center for the Study of Higher and Postecondary Education (CSHPE).

 

2005 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellows

Christopher Lubienski, Assistant Professor of EOL
The Social Geography of School Choice in Segregated Urban Areas
School choice is often advanced as a new civil right, where competition generated by open-enrollment, charter schools, or vouchers is thought to create more equitable educational opportunities for disadvantaged students. Yet we know very little about how competition actually impacts the behavior of different types of schools, or whole populations of public and private schools, particularly in how they engage different students — and thereby distribute options — across segregated urban landscapes. And yet the physical distribution of educational opportunities is critical because parents report geographic proximity as a central consideration in choosing schools. As with other choice-driven goods and services, competition between schools may cause some organizations to “cherry-pick” by offering services in some areas, while not in others, exacerbating overall inequalities in proximity to preferred options.