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Congratulations to the COE’s Jerry Rosiek, PhD, CSSE Program Director, who was selected as the 2022 recipient of the Graduate Education Excellence Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentorship. This award, given out annually by the UO Division of Graduate Studies, recognizes outstanding mentorship of graduate students and celebrates faculty who foster the academic and professional development of students.
A new study at the University of Oregon is seeking to better understand the impact of COVID-19 on the South Asian immigrant community. Aakanksha Lahoti, a second year PhD student in UO’s Counseling Psychology program, wants to answer questions related to the experience of diasporic bereavement among families spread across Asia and North America.
For Dayle Spitzer, it will be something of a homecoming.
The Oregon City native will be the new superintendent of the Oregon City School District after the school board approved her hiring Monday night.
While she grew up in Oregon City, Spitzer went to West Linn High School. Last year, she earned a doctorate in education for the University of Oregon.
At the end of March, the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) held its annual conference in Austin, Texas that brought together multidisciplinary researchers to discuss inclusion and how to incorporate diverse voices in public policy.
Unlike students who traditionally come to mind when it comes to needing language support services, Indigenous ELs are not required to have a non-English home or primary language. In fact, federal law has specific eligibility criteria that differentiates between Indigenous and non-Indigenous ELs. These criteria place more of an emphasis on whether the student comes from an environment where a language other than English has had a significant impact on their level of English language proficiency, rather than what the home language may be (see Box 1). However, as authors Ilana M. Umansky, associate professor at the University of Oregon, Taiyo Itoh, graduate student at the University of Oregon, and Jioanna Carjuzaa, professor at Montana State University found in their paper, “Indigenous Students and English Learner Identification: A Fifty-State Policy Review,” very few states and localities have actually figured out how to operationalize this differentiated criteria.
The Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health invites feedback on its scope of practice and program objectives for its undergraduate program, pending state approval.
The undergraduate program is a workforce innovation aimed at producing bachelor-level child behavioral specialists who promote behavioral health and wellness in children and adolescents.
Rachel is a stay-home mom with two beautiful daughters. She launched her business called “A sweet time to sign” in 2021 with the purpose of teaching American Sign Language to children and adults. She has been signing since she was 7 years old. As she grew up, her interest in sign language grew stronger. She pursued a Master’s in Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at Missouri State University. Now, she uses her skills to teach people of all ages how to sign and about the Deaf Culture.
Rachel earned a Bachelor’s Degree in speech pathology at the COE.
When you picture the people at most risk of severe death and disease from Covid-19, you probably picture someone old enough to be your grandparent, and not a person who suffers from a drug addiction.
About 185 safe syringe sites operate in 38 states, where drug users trade used needles for clean ones. Proponents say this simple service reduces the spread of infectious diseases like HIV while opening the door for counselling among those seeking to quit.
“I think that meeting people where they’re at helps build trust,” said Camille Cioffi, a research associate at the University of Oregon’s Prevention Science Institute.
This month Sarah Dentel joined the Chamber Board of Directors as one of two new board members, and I’m excited to welcome her to the position.
Sarah has a bachelor’s degree in family and human services from the University of Oregon, and she spent much of her career working with local families. After she became a real estate agent, she discovered that the job allowed her to continue working with families, as well as connect with people during some of the most exciting moments of their life.
A lack of kindness changes lives.
Commenting on the recent doubling of Lane County youth suicides, suicide survivor Zak Gosa-Lewis told KEZI, “As a kid, I just didn’t feel like I could talk to anybody.”
The Eugene-based Choose Kindness Foundation surveyed a group of 50 young people of color with a history of trauma about how they would like to change their lives; 88.9% agreed with this statement: “I feel I need more close relationships with people who really care about me.”
Douglas Carnine is professor emeritus at the University of Oregon and president of the Choose Kindness Foundation.
UO and Portland Public Schools are partnering on the institute for children’s behavioral health.