Breaking the Cycle: Randi Ross
by juls | January 26, 2023 | Alumni Profiles | 0 Comments
Breaking the Cycle Randi Ross Randi Ross, BS ‘21 Family and Human Services, is passionate about child abuse prevention. Her personal experience as a survivor led to her pursuing a degree at the UO to serve the community as a social worker, but she discovered a love of...
Passing the Torch: Melaney Grenz
by Celeste Christie | September 16, 2022 | Alumni Profiles | 3 Comments
Passing the Torch Melaney Grenz For Melaney Grenz, MS ’99 Communication Disorders and Sciences, the mentorship that she received from teachers and professors gave her the confidence to pursue her dream and become a speech pathologist. Now, having spent over twenty...
“Oregon Changed My Life”: Alison Cerezo
by Celeste Christie | August 30, 2022 | Alumni Profiles | 0 Comments
“Oregon Changed My Life” Alison Cerezo “Oregon changed my life. I’m grateful that I went there for graduate school.” Alison Cerezo, PhD ’09 Counseling Psychology, is rooted in their community. So, when it came time to choose their discipline,...
Family is Everything: Rene Cabrera
by Celeste Christie | June 21, 2022 | Alumni Profiles | 0 Comments
Family is Everything Rene Cabrera For Rene Cabrera, MS ’22 School Psychology, family is everything. He sees his accomplishments as a reflection on the hard work of his parents, who were immigrants from Mexico. “I love what I do. I’m achieving a master’s,...
Creating a Supportive Space for Future Teachers: Marty Wilder and Seth Lake
by Celeste Christie | May 20, 2022 | Alumni Profiles | 0 Comments
Creating a Supportive Space for Future Teachers Marty Wilder and Seth Lake Marty Wilder, MEd ’11 Curriculum and Teaching, was teaching high school when a student called upon LGBTQIA+ teachers to “come out of the closet” and be positive role models to their students....
Breaking the Cycle: Randi Ross
by Celeste Christie | April 5, 2022 | Alumni Profiles | 15 Comments
Breaking the Cycle Randi Ross Randi Ross, BS ‘21 Family and Human Services, is passionate about child abuse prevention. Her personal experience as a survivor led to her pursuing a degree at the UO to serve the community as a social worker, but she discovered a love of...
Leading the way in DEI: Jonathon Henderson
by Celeste Christie | March 17, 2022 | Alumni Profiles | 1 Comment
Leading the way in DEI Jonathon Henderson Triple duck Jonathon Henderson, BS ‘07 Political Science, MS ‘09 Conflict & Dispute Resolution, PhD ‘15 Critical and Sociocultural Studies in Education, is used to leading the way. First in his family to graduate college,...
Breaking Barriers: Women in Government
by Celeste Christie | March 8, 2022 | Alumni Profiles | 0 Comments
UO alumnae have held key positions in national, international, state and local positions. Discover the long legacy that women have made in public service and their commitment to the next generation of leaders. Edith Green, BA ’39 (English, education) was the second...
Ducks in Love: Frances and Thomas G. McGuire
by Celeste Christie | February 15, 2022 | Alumni Profiles | 0 Comments
Tom and I met in the Erb Memorial Union at the University of Oregon in 1964. He liked to play Bridge and one of my friends from high school was a Bridge player, too. We think that this connection is how we were first introduced. We became friends and would meet to...
Ducks in Love: Cloud and Kathryn Schnoebelen
by Celeste Christie | February 15, 2022 | Alumni Profiles | 0 Comments
My wife and I met in Hamilton our first year at school. That was 1995. We started dating in 1996 and have been together ever since. After starting our careers in Portland, we moved to the Bay Area. We flew up for a game on November 11, 2000 and I asked Kate to marry...
Test English Learners in the Languages They Speak at School and at Home
by Celeste Christie | September 16, 2022 | News | 0 Comments
According to the U.S. Department of Education, enrollment of English learners in K-12 has increased by more than 1 million, representing 5.3 million students in U.S. public schools. Historically, this population has experienced inequities in educational outcomes due...
Portland teen to compete in US Open Junior Wheelchair Championship
by Celeste Christie | September 16, 2022 | News | 0 Comments
In this High School Spotlight, FOX 12 meets an incoming freshman who is ranked number two in the world for wheelchair tennis. Phelps’ coach, John Devorss, knows a star when he sees one. “She just absorbs, you tell her something and it just takes a few times and she’s...
New podcast highlights women leading research for substance use prevention
by Celeste Christie | September 16, 2022 | News | 0 Comments
The HEAL Prevention Cooperative (HPC) has launched a new five-part podcast series called, “Women Leading Prevention Science,” which will feature women at the forefront of youth substance use prevention research. The goal of the podcast is to inspire additional...
College of Ed grad paying it forward at hometown school
by Celeste Christie | August 30, 2022 | News | 0 Comments
On the first few days of class, Adriana Alvarez stands in front of her sixth- to eighth-grade English as a Second Language class and asks them to try an exercise with her. She tells the students, many of whom have recently immigrated to the United States, that she...
Rethinking Principal Effects on Student Outcomes
by Celeste Christie | August 30, 2022 | News | 0 Comments
Principals are believed to have great influence on school climate, instructional practices, and student outcomes, but legitimate questions remain about how to measure their effectiveness. In a new working paper from the Annenberg Institute, researchers analyze data...
Meet the new leaders of Salem-Keizer schools for the 2022-23 year
by Celeste Christie | August 30, 2022 | News | 0 Comments
Salem-Keizer Public Schools is welcoming more than 30 principals, assistant principals and leaders into new roles for the 2022-23 school year. Cherice Cochrane is he new principal at Keizer Elementary School. Cherice Cochrane has been the principal at Lamb Elementary...
Central hires new assistant principals at CHS, TMS
by Celeste Christie | August 30, 2022 | News | 0 Comments
Central School District 13J hired Laura Waight as assistant principal at Central High School and Alisha Resseman as the new assistant principal at Talmadge Middle School. Resseman has taught a variety of subjects at Talmadge, including English, physical education,...
‘We have to help them feel connected’: Humble leader highlights Native culture at MSU Billings
by Celeste Christie | August 30, 2022 | News | 0 Comments
Sunny Day Real Bird has a story about her first day of grad school at the University of Oregon. She remembers seeing the sprawling campus and not having the least idea where her first class was. “I parked my car and just started crying. I thought, ‘Why didn’t I go to...
Later life behavioural disorders can be prevented by targeting impulsivity in early adolescence: Study
by Celeste Christie | August 30, 2022 | News | 0 Comments
A new study based on data tracking hundreds of Philadelphia youth over more than a half-dozen years has detailed the complex pathway connecting impulsivity, alcohol use, and antisocial behaviour. “Kids with impulse control problems are at risk for a variety of...
New Findings From Amplify Offer Important Considerations for Districts Looking to Invest in Tutoring Programs to Address Pandemic Learning Recovery
by Celeste Christie | August 30, 2022 | News | 0 Comments
Amplify, a publisher of next-generation curriculum and assessment programs, today released findings on the outcomes of high-impact tutoring (HIT) on foundational literacy from the 2021-2022 school year. Students in grades K-5 who scored well below benchmark at the...
UOAA Black Alumni Reunion
by Celeste Christie | September 16, 2022 | Announcements | 0 Comments
The UO College of Education is proud to be an Oregon Obsidian Sponsor of the UOAA Black Alumni Reunion September 29–October 2, 2022 We are inviting alumni and friends back to the University of Oregon campus to see what’s changed, reconnect with old friends, and, of...
