Published on 1/20/2012 7:00:00 AM
A recent graduate of the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Education, Kelly Austin, was named chancellor of Penn State Schuylkill, effective June 1, 2012. Austin is currently vice president of finance and administration at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, and earned his PhD from the adm... Read More...
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Published on 1/17/2012 9:30:00 AM
Shawn Marcus Davis, a 34-year-old research specialist in the School of Education’s Department of Instruction and Learning, died suddenly on January 1, 2012, while visiting family members and friends in Denton, Texas. He is survived by his wife of 13 years, Renee Cox; his mother, Jean Davis; his sist... Read More...
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Published on 1/9/2012 7:30:00 AM
Betsy Porter, director of the University of Pittsburgh Office of Admissions and Financial Aid, recently announced her retirement from the University after 33 years of outstanding service and success in her position. Under her direction, the profile, quality, and diversity of new undergraduate stude... Read More...
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Published on 1/4/2012 7:30:00 AM
Meredith Mileti, a former developmental and educational psychologist and research professor within the School of Education at Pitt, recently had her first novel published, Aftertaste: A Novel in Five Courses . It tells the story of Mira Rinaldi, a New York chef who falls back on family and friends ... Read More...
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Published on 12/19/2011 8:00:00 AM
Noelle Newhams, an undergraduate student at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Education, was recently awarded a TruFit Good Citizen Scholarship™ for $7,500 from Citizens Financial Group (CFG). This is the first year that CFG has offered the scholarship, which is given to high school seniors ... Read More...
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Published on 12/16/2011 9:45:00 AM
The Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) has awarded a $1.5 million contract to the University of Pittsburgh to develop prototype student assessments as well as exemplary instructional tasks for the Common Core ELA/literacy state standards. The Common Core ELA/... Read More...
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Published on 12/5/2011 12:48:00 PM
Steve Verba was always interested in exercise and a healthy lifestyle. Now in his last semester of the School of Education’s doctoral program in exercise physiology, he is taking his passion for fitness and educating students, along with helping the community with programs on obesity, and making it... Read More...
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Published on 12/1/2011 8:00:00 AM
University of Pittsburgh School of Education faculty member Christopher Lemons is developing a project on early reading intervention to enhance the skills of children with Down syndrome. His co-investigators includes Cynthia Puranik, also of the University of Pittsburgh, Stephania Al Otaiba from Flo... Read More...
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Published on 11/15/2011 8:30:00 AM
In memory of Tyrene Livingston, the Tyrene Livingston Memorial Scholarship Fund has donated a gift of $10,000 to the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Education. Livingston graduated from Pitt in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology, and was pursuing her Master’s degree at the School... Read More...
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Published on 11/14/2011 12:46:00 PM
School of Education alumna Cheryl Wasyliw personifies the idea of lifelong learning and the fact that it’s never too late to make a career change. At age 50, a few years after retiring from a 30-year career in advertising and direct mail, Cheryl entered the School of Education’s Applied Development... Read More...
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