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June 26, 2012
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Tania Israel (fifth from left) with the other 2012 API honorees in Sacramento.
Tania Israel, an associate professor in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, was named a recipient of one of the 8th annual Asian & Pacific Islander Heritage Awards,... -
Hsiu-Zu Ho of the Gevirtz School at UC Santa Barbara has been honored with a 2012-13 Fulbright U.S. Scholar award. Ho will be in Taiwan from January 2013 through July 2013 residing at the prestigious academic institute of Taiwan, Academia...
June 19, 2012
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from l-r: The SOL Sisters: Katie Cohen, Denise Powell, Jenn Boyd, Debby West
Recently three UC Santa Barbara graduates competed nationally for 16 spots on an ECO Classroom trip to Costa Rica this summer and were selected from the close to 160 highly qualified secondary biology teachers who applied for the highly... -
Collie Conoley, Professor in the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, received the American Psychological Association (APA) 2012 Annual Award for Distinguished Contributions to...
June 12, 2012
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The Graduate Students Association in Education (GSAE) – the official students’ association that exists to promote and represent the interests of students in the Gevirtz Graduate School of Education to the UC Santa Barbara campus community...
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Recognizing the increasing demands across California and the United States for doctoral scholar school psychologists, and embracing the strengths of the faculty, the School Psychology faculty at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has...
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Four faculty members of the Gevirtz School at UC Santa Barbara – Erin Dowdy, Danielle Harlow, Karen Nylund-Gibson, and Maryam Kia-Keating – have each been granted a Faculty Career Development Award of $7,500. Dowdy and Kia-Keating are...
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George H.S. Singer, professor in the Department of Education at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, along with Dr. David Biegel at Case Western Reserve University and Patricia Conway at Maryville State University, have co-edited Family...
June 5, 2012
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Dean Jane Close Conoley of UC Santa Barbara’s The Gevirtz School is one of only four US deans of education invited to Istanbul to consult with the Turkish Ministry on the establishment of a national effort to improve the preparation of...
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The ten 2012 Bialis Family Foundation Mentor Teacher Award winners, along with the 2012 Gevirtz School Distinguished Alumni Award Winner Lynn Luft and donors Gary and Ellen Bialis: (left to right) Alexandra Angelopoulos, Julia Cirincione, Kimberly Holland, Jill Means, Brent Elder, Lauren Thal-Hill, Lynn Luft, Gary Bialis, Ellen Bialis, Tracey Womack, Socorro Chavez, Melissa Woods, Kareem Battle.
The Bialis Family Foundation, in conjunction with the Teacher Education Program at UC Santa Barbara's Gevirtz School, has presented the second annual Mentor Teacher Awards to recognize excellence in mentoring new teachers into the... -
Marshall Ackerman, seated under the photo of his wife Carol, at the dedication ceremony for the Carol Ackerman Positive Psychology Clinic on May 18, 2012.
UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School announces the creation of the Carol Ackerman Positive Psychology Clinic, made possible by a generous gift from Marshall Ackerman in memory of his wife Carol. The Clinic will provide services that foster...
May 29, 2012
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The Gevirtz School, along with the Physics Department, co-hosted a recent visit of physics professor Dr. Helen Quinn to the UC Santa Barbara campus to further strengthen its commitment to Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (...
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Dr. Shane Jimerson addresses the previous Clinical Chat Hour.
The Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology (CCSP) at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School will hold its final Clinical Chat Hour for the academic year on Tuesday, June 4 in the Gevirtz Boardroom, Education 4108, from 12... -
(l-r) Donor Ellen Bialis, Dean Jane Close Conoley, and the 2012 Distinguished Alumna Awardee Lynn Luft.
UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School presents longtime area educator Lynn Luft the 2012 Distinguished Alumna Award. The new Gevirtz School Distinguished Alumna/us Award is made possible by a generous grant from the Bialis Family Foundation.... -
The world-renowned Koegel Autism Center at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School will hold the 5th Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT) Autism & Asperger’s Conference on September 13-14 on the UCSB Campus. Featuring Dr. Robert Koegel, Dr. Lynn...
May 22, 2012
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Department of Education Chair Dr. Mary Betsy Brenner would like to invite Department students who graduated in fall ’11, winter ’12, spring ’12, or will be graduating this summer, to a Graduation Celebration in their honor on Friday, June...
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Mary Betsy Brenner, Professor and Chair of the Department of Education at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, was named a 2012 Unsung Heroine by the UCSB Professional Women’s Association (PWA). The purpose of the award is to recognize... -
Dr. Mian Wang and Lilyann-Kitawa Oyugi at the Department of Education's graduation ceremony, June 2011.
UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School laments the passing of alumna Dr. Lilyann-Kitawa Oyugi on May 11th due to post-natal complications. Oyugi was an alumna of the Special Education, Disabilities, and Risk Studies (SPEDR) emphasis in the...
May 15, 2012
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(l-r): The 2012 California Retired Teacher Association Award winners, Joe Bommarito and Marisa Goena.
The California Retired Teachers Association (CRTA) awarded scholarships to two outstanding graduate students from UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School. Marisa Goena is the recipient of the Laura E. Settle Scholarship for a Multiple Subject... -
event: Thursday, March 8, 2012, Isla Vista Theater, UC Santa Barbara William Ayers, formerly Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), founder of both the Small...
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Jill Sharkey, Ph.D., Academic Coordinator for the School Psychology Program at UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, guest edited a special issue of the Journal of School Violence called “Designing school contexts in support of...
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In November and December 2011, approximately 140 officers from the Santa Barbara Police Department took part in a five-hour training session to increase their effectiveness in working with LGBT individuals and communities. The impetus for...
May 8, 2012
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Bethany Ellis of the Teacher Education Program of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School has been chosen as the 2012 Dr. Sabrina Tuyay Memorial Fellowship recipient. This fellowship acknowledges teacher candidates who have shown a commitment to...
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R. Murray Thomas, professor and dean emeritus of UC Santa Barbara’s Gevirtz School, along with Dr. Marie Iding, Professor of Education at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a Gevirtz School alumna, have published Explaining...