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March 9, 2023
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2023 Patty Hopkins-Acos Memorial Fellows: Ryan Blasena, Zoe Foster, and Tami Rota
Ryan Blasena, Zoe Foster, and Tami Rota have been named recipients of the 2023 Patty Hopkins-Acos Memorial Fellowship. This fellowship supports Teacher Education Program students working toward the Educational Specialist Credential, who... -
Mother and daughter Elizabeth Cortez and Juliana Ison outside the Hosford Clinic when Juliana made her site visit in February 2022
Elizabeth Cortez (Clinical Psychology, Ph.D., ’97) was the first in her family to pursue a doctorate when she came to the Gevirtz School’s Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology (CCSP) in 1992. The drive that helped her...
March 7, 2023
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The San José Unified School District (SJUSD) has recognized Trinity Suriano (TEP, M.Ed., ESC, ’21) as Anne Darling Elementary’s Employee of the Year. Since August 2021, Suriano has worked as a Special Education Teacher at Anne Darling... -
After two years of online celebrations, the Gevirtz School welcomed students, faculty, staff, and supporters to the first in-person Gevirtz School Fellowship Breakfast since January of 2020. The room was abuzz with congratulations as...
March 2, 2023
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The Gevirtz School laments the passing of alumnus Dr. Michael (Iggy) Loewy on February 7, 2023. Loewy (Ph.D., CCSP, '94) was a beloved member of our community, known for his warmth, generosity, and unwavering commitment to justice and...
January 23, 2023
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UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School laments the passing of alumnus Ronald Heck, a professor and chair of the Department of Educational Administration at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Dr. Heck passed on January 11, 2023 at the age of 71...
January 18, 2023
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The National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) has selected Sonia Aguila (TEP, MST, M.Ed., ’98) as its Teacher of the Year. Aguila teaches second grade dual-language immersion (DLI) at the Canalino Elementary School in the...
November 29, 2022
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Dr. Joseph Bishop (Education, Policy, Leadership, Organizations, Ph.D., ’08) has edited the forthcoming book, Our Children Can’t Wait: The Urgency of Reinventing Education Policy in America (Teachers College Press, 2022). In ...
November 22, 2022
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The Koegel Autism Center’s Creative Club will be holding its second annual Neurodivergent Art Show on Thursday, December 1st from 5:30-8 pm at the Koegel Autism Center on the UC Santa Barbara campus. This event is free and open to the... -
Eleven members of the Gevirtz School faculty have recently heard from the Academic Senate about well-earned promotions. Richard Durán has been promoted to Distinguished Professor; Tarek Azzam, Erika Felix, and Karen Nylund-Gibson have been...
November 18, 2022
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Alumna Jacqueline Reid of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School was appointed as a 2nd District Commissioner for the County of Santa Barbara’s Commission for Women. The Santa Barbara County Commission for Women is dedicated to ensuring the...
November 16, 2022
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Brent Pillsbury, alumnus of the Gevirtz School’s Teacher Education Program, published his first book this year: Screens Down: An Unapologetic Vision of Good Teaching When Technology is a Passenger, Not the Driver. The essay...
November 4, 2022
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The lecture series, “Fast & Curious: ED Talks from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School,” returns for its first in-person event since Covid, on Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at 7 pm in the Faulkner Gallery of the Santa Barbara Public...
November 2, 2022
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Alumna Erin Beerer of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School was recognized as Family Educator of the Year, K-8, by the Autism Society of Ventura County at the 2022 Annual Awesome in Autism Awards. Autism Society Ventura County seeks to improve...
October 27, 2022
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Alumna Emily Solari of UC Santa Barbara's Gevirtz School was a major contributor, in collaboration with the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Law and Virginia State Delegate Carrie Coyner, to the development and recent passage of the...
October 21, 2022
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Verónica Ramos with Rotary Club member Dan Herlinger, Adelante Principal Javier Bolívar, and Rotary Club member Michael Baker
The Rotary Club of Santa Barbara recognized UC Santa Barbara’s Teacher Education Program alumna Verónica Ramos earlier this month for her outstanding service and dedication as a sixth-grade, Spanish Dual-Immersion teacher at Adelante...
October 18, 2022
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Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj, Associate Professor at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, is a co-author—with Jacob Kirksey, Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University and Gevirtz School alumnus—of the Policy Analysis for California Education (... -
Readers for October 20 event: Shirley Lim (top), Chryss Yost (l) and George Yatchisin (r)
Dr. Chryss Yost and George Yatchisin, staff members at the Gevirtz School, will be featured readers as part of “Writers & Wordsmiths of Santa Barbara: An Open Mic Event with Dr. Shirley Geok-lin Lim” on Thursday, October 20 at 4 pm in...
October 4, 2022
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The National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH) has selected Dr. Michael Furlong, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, as the recipient of the 2022 School Mental Health Research Award. This award is...
September 21, 2022
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Alumna Kathy Fox of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has co-edited, with Laura Szech, the Handbook of Research on Family Literacy Practices and Home-School Connections (IGI Global 2022). In addition, Fox, professor in the...
September 8, 2022
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Alumna April Regester of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has received the 2022 Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Service from the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL). This Award recognizes and honors outstanding academic,...
September 7, 2022
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Elsy Mora and Kendall Stevens, 2022 SBCEO Distinguished New Educators
UC Santa Barbara’s Teacher Education Program alumni Elsy Mora and Kendall Stevens will be two of the honorees at the ninth annual Salute to Teachers gala in November at the Music Academy of the West. Mora and Stevens have been named 2022...
September 1, 2022
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Alumnus Theodore Burnes of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has co-edited—with Dr. Michelle D. Vaughan, Associate Professor, School of Professional Psychology, Wright State University—the recently published The Handbook of Consensual... -
Alumni Alma Boutin-Martinez and Lorna Gonzalez of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School co-authored—with Dr. Joseph Hoey, Vice Provost for Academic Services at National University—the chapter “Evaluation and Assessment Models in Online...
August 29, 2022
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Alumnus Levi Maaia of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School directed Pathways to Invention, the winner of the best documentary feature award at the August 2022 Los Angeles Independent Film Festival. Maaia also won the award for best...