The Magazine of the University of Georgia College of Education
2009
A Century of Excellence Celebrating the Past, Inspiring the Future
2009 The Magazine of the University of Georgia College of Education Arthur M. (Andy) Horne Dean Kathleen deMarrais Associate Dean for Academic Programs Cheri Hoy Associate Dean for Faculty & Administrative Services Karen Watkins Associate Dean for Research & External Affairs
EDUCATION is published annually by the College of Education’s Office of Communications & Publications. MAGAZINE STAFF Editor Michael Childs Copy editor Julie Sartor Contributing writers Catharin Shepard, Bob Jerrolds and Kim Osborne Contributing photographers Paul Efland, Rick O’Quinn, Beth Newman and Dot Paul Graphic Support Troy Bassett Graphic Design Kudzu Graphics CONTACT Michael Childs, Director of Public Information College of Education, G-9 Aderhold Hall The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 706/542-5889, mdchilds@uga.edu
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2005 Grand Award of Excellence 2004 Award of Excellence 2003 Award of Excellence Electronic Newsletters
ABOUT THE COVERS Front: Peabody Hall, dedicated in 1913, was the first permanent home to the College of Education. The building still stands today on UGA’s historic North Campus near the Main Library. This photo, taken around 1920, is provided courtesy of Hargrett Rare Books & Manuscript Library / University of Georgia Libraries. Back: An aerial view of the University of Georgia’s School of Veterinary Medicine in the early development of South Campus circa 1960. The open area between the Vet School and the white buildings upper left is the future site of Aderhold Hall. Photo provided courtesy of Hargrett Rare Books & Manuscript Library / University of Georgia Libraries. In compliance with federal law, including the provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the University of Georgia does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or military service in its administration of educational policies, programs, or activities; its admissions policies; scholarship and loan programs; athletic or other University-administered programs; or employment. In addition, the University does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation consistent with the University non-discrimination policy. Inquiries or complaints should be directed to the director of the Equal Opportunity Office, Peabody Hall, 290 South Jackson Street, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. Telephone 706-542-7912 (V/TDD). Fax 706-542-2822.
FEATURES
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A Look at our Deans… A biographical look at the deans of UGA’s College of Education who established the first teacher preparation program in Georgia, helped pioneer the development of public education in the state and led the College as it became one of the largest, most diverse and productive educational research institutions in the country.
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A Degree of Respect Three recent University of Georgia graduates are still working to convince UGA to honor the late Athens black educator, widely recognized as a pioneer in vocational and technical education. Story by Catharin Shepard.
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Amazing Alumni: A Bulldawg in Dreamland Betty Underwood (BSEd ’53) and her husband, Bobby, co-owners of Dreamland BBQ, the legendary rib joint in Tuscaloosa long associated with Alabama football, enjoy sharing good food and good times. Story by Michael Childs.
DEPARTMENTS 3 National Rankings
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20 Scholarship Recipients 22 Honor Roll of Donors 25 Development 36 Faculty Recognition
COVER STORY
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COE Kicks Off
Centennial Celebration
38 Media Corner 40 Student Honors 48 Alumni Awards Inside Cover Photo by Rick O’Quinn Peabody Hall on UGA’s historic North Campus, dedicated in 1913, served as the home of the College of Education until 1961.
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Hundreds of alumni, faculty, staff and students of the College of Education kicked off what will be a year-long celebration of its centennial on June 13, 2008 at a special luncheon at the Classic Center in downtown Athens. By Catharin Shepard
FROM THE DEAN
Our Greatest Legacy
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t is both an honor and a privilege to be able to serve as dean at this historic time in which we celebrate the College of Education’s first 100 years. We have a rich history, and I hope you will take the time to read about our impressive legacy in this special centennial edition of Education. The story of the College is also the story of the development of public school education in Georgia and a century of support for Georgia teachers and administrators. That tradition of service to the people of Georgia continues today, as we provide education to a very talented student body of about 6,000 including undergraduate and graduate programs at UGA campuses at Griffin and in Gwinnett County. In addition to being the largest preparer of educators in the Southeast, we have a history of excellence in research. Today, our faculty members continue to establish impressive leadership roles and scholarly contributions that place them among the nation’s most impactful and productive scholars. But beyond the quality of our teaching and research, what may be even more important is our tradition of reaching out to serve all Georgians through community and state educational systems. As did our predecessors in the College, we understand what works and what does not work in education. We understand how to improve student achievement, create a zest for learning in students and establish communities of respect and engagement in families and communities. For example, we know that a major factor in student achievement is teacher quality and that class size impacts the learning environment. But these qualities are still not available to all students in all Georgia schools. We must be more effective in getting the “best practices of education” out to teachers who are responsible for the learning experiences of our students, to educational leaders who are accountable for ensuring that teachers have the facilities and resources needed to provide those learning opportunities, and to legislators who are responsible for establishing an educated population, which is crucial for our state’s success. We have a distance to go, but it is possible, necessary, and a responsibility we have to the youth of Georgia. To accomplish this, we have established a number of programs in which we can engage with educators around the state and nation. For example, our Education Policy and Evaluation Center (EPEC) has scheduled two major conferences of interest to educators across Georgia in the coming months. The first, a State of Education in Georgia Conference here in Athens on October 2, will provide educators, legislators and policymakers with an understanding of what is working in educational practices in Georgia, what needs improvement and methods for bringing change that will improve our overall education standing in the nation. A second major event will be a national conference on educational improvement cosponsored by our colleagues at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on April 2, 2009. These are just two of dozens of events planned in the coming months to have greater engagement of faculty and communities, research and practice, the “ivory tower” and community classrooms. As we celebrate this centennial year, we are reminded of the broad array of scholarship in our College, across the UGA campus, and by faculty and students at other state and national universities, all aimed at addressing one of the most critical challenges facing this nation — ensuring that all children have an equal opportunity to learn and achieve their best. This topic takes on added urgency given recent national data that show the income gap between those well-off and our poorest citizens is widening at an alarming rate, especially among our most diverse learners. In both urban and rural areas, parents and teachers struggle to find the resources to ensure their students have what they need to become successful learners. The College of Education is deeply committed to working closely with concerned citizens, families, schools, communities, business leaders and state legislators to create successful outcomes for all Georgia children, who will in turn emerge as the next generation of leaders. As the College begins its next century, this may be the most important legacy we leave behind.
Arthur M. Horne Dean
UGA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Founded in 1908 NCATE Accredited since 1954
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In compliance with federal law, including the provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the University of Georgia does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, age, disability, or military service in its administration of educational policies, programs, or activities; its admissions policies; scholarship and loan programs; athletic or other University-administered programs; or employment. In addition, the University does not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation consistent with the University non-discrimination policy. Inquiries or complaints should be directed to the director of the Equal Opportunity Office, Peabody Hall, 290 South Jackson Street, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. Telephone 706-542-7912 (V/TDD). Fax 706-542-2822.
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NATIONAL RANKINGS UGA’s Graduate Programs in Education Among Nation’s Best 25th overall nationally 18th among public education colleges 3rd among public education colleges
UGA’s elementary education program alone is cited as “exemplary” in preparing educators to teach mathematics in a June 2008 report by the National Council on Teacher Quality that studied 77 institutions across the country. Only nine other programs received “acceptable” ratings for all three factors of the study: relevance, breadth and depth of coursework and instruction.
Individual UGA Program Rankings Elementary Education 3rd Vocational/Technical 3rd Secondary Education 4th Counseling/Personnel Services 6th Higher Education Administration 7th Curriculum and Instruction 9th Special Education 15th Educational Psychology 18th Administration/Supervision 19th Speech-Language Pathology 46th
Tops Nationally in Teacher Preparation
UGA led the Top 50 universities in the nation in the number of 2003 graduates licensed to teach with 647, according to data in the 2005 “Best Graduate Schools” edition of U.S. News & World Report.
Doctoral Programs in Kinesiology Rank 14th Nationally
The college’s doctoral programs in kinesiology are ranked 14th in the nation in an evaluation released by the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education in 2006.
Counseling Psychology 22nd Nationally in Research Productivity
UGA ranked 22nd in research productivity among counseling psychology programs in the United States, Canada and Israel, according to a study in the May 2005 edition of The Counseling Psychologist.
Top Education Colleges in the South Vanderbilt University 3rd University of North Carolina 22nd University of Georgia 25th University of Virginia 31st
Faculty in 7 COE Grad Programs Among Nation’s Most Productive
Seven doctoral programs in UGA’s College of Education are listed among the top 10 in the nation in the third annual Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index— a ranking of graduate programs based on what is purported to be the first objective measurement of per-capita scholarly accomplishment. The programs included Higher Education/Higher Education Administration (2), Science Education (4), Health, Physical Education, Recreation (5), Mathematics Education (8), Teacher Education Specific Levels (9), School Psychology (9), and Educational Leadership and Administration (10).
Top UGA Graduate Schools 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
• UGA is nation’s 2nd-most prolific in education research published • UGA is 6th nationally in Fulbright scholars • UGA is 14th nationally in doctorates awarded to African Americans
Elementary Education Program in Math ‘Exemplary’
in the South
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POINTS OF PRIDE
College of Pharmacy 24th College of Education 25th School of Social Work 28th School of Law 32nd Terry College of Business 49th
Source: Various
UGA TOP 10 RANKINGS IN GRADUATE PROGRAMS Counseling/Personnel Services
Elementary Education
Curriculum/Instruction
Higher Ed Administration
1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
University of Maryland University of Wisconsin University of Florida Ohio State University UNC – Greensboro University of Georgia University of Minnesota University of Missouri Indiana University Penn State University
University of Wisconsin Michigan State University Stanford University Teachers College, Columbia University University of Illinois Ohio State University University of Michigan University of Georgia Indiana University Vanderbilt University
1. 2. 3. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Michigan State University University of Wisconsin Teachers College, Columbia University University of Georgia Vanderbilt University Ohio State University Indiana University University of Virginia University of Michigan University of Illinois University of Michigan Penn State University UCLA Michigan State University Univ. of Southern California Indiana University University of Georgia Vanderbilt University University of Pennsylvania University of Maryland
Secondary Education 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. 10.
Michigan State University University of Wisconsin Stanford University University of Georgia University of Virginia University of Michigan Ohio State University Teachers College, Columbia University University of Illinois University of Cal – Berkley Vanderbilt University
Vocational/Technical 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
Ohio State University Penn State University University of Georgia University of Minnesota Virginia Tech University of Illinois University of Wisconsin
Source: 2009 edition of “Best Graduate Schools” published by U.S. News & World Report EDUCATION 2009 ■ 3
Happy Birthday,
COE!
Top photo by Troy Bassett. All others by Paul Efland
Nearly 800 people help the College of Education kick off its centennial year at a gala luncheon to celebrate the past and inspire the future.
COE Dean Arthur M. (Andy) Horne (L) is joined by former two-term South Carolina State School Superintendent Inez Tenenbaum, Georgia State School Superintendent Kathy Cox and UGA Provost Arnett Mace. By Catharin Shepard Nearly 800 people joined the University of Georgia’s College of Education in celebrating its 100th birthday at a festive Centennial Luncheon at the Classic Center in downtown Athens this summer. The gala event on June 13—exactly 100 years ago to the day that the College was founded—drew faculty, students, staff, alumni, retired faculty and friends of the College. Students and alumni joined current and retired faculty and staff in sharing stories, honoring past heroes and setting the tone for the start of the College’s second century of 4 ■ EDUCATION 2009
Artist Kelly Stevens Anderson of Southview Mural Company poses next to the COE’s Centennial mascot “EduDawg.”
preparing teachers, counselors and researchers for careers in education. Former deans Russell Yeaney and Louis Castenell were among the noteworthy guests attending the festivities. Athens-Clarke County Mayor Heidi Davison (BSEd ’75, MEd ’79), former South Carolina State School Superintendent Inez M. Tenenbaum (BSEd ’72, MEd ’74) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Jermaine Phillips (BSEd ’01) also contributed to marking the historic milestone. “We gather to celebrate the affirmations of our founders’ inspirations,” said Arthur “Andy” Horne, dean of the College, in his
opening remarks. Horne succeeded Castenell, UGA’s first African-American dean, who stepped down from the post in December 2007. Mayor Davison proclaimed June 13, 2008 “College of Education Day” and remarked how her studies at the College helped prepare her to be a teacher in Oconee County before she went into local politics. “It makes a difference,” Davison said of education. “It is the most important thing in a democratic society.” This College of Education has made a difference. More than 50,000 students have graduated with degrees from the College
A Century of Excellence 1908–2008
since its founding as the Peabody School of Education in 1908. Today, the College is the largest source of teachers in the southeastern United States and the most recognized college on the UGA campus. The COE’s overall graduate program is perennially ranked in U.S. News and World Report among the Top 20 public colleges of education in the country. Individually, five of its graduate programs consistently rank in the Top 10 with four more in the Top 20. That’s nine programs nationally ranked out of 10 categories. And there is more: • UGA’s elementary education program is ranked among the very best in the nation in the preparation of educators to teach mathematics, according to a June 2008 report by the National Council on Teacher Quality. • Its doctoral program in mathematics education is ranked as the strongest in the nation in a survey of more than 70 of the COE’s peer institutions. • Seven COE doctoral programs ranked among the Top 10 in the nation in the annual Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index — a ranking of graduate programs at research universities based on what is purported to be the first objective measurement of percapita scholarly accomplishment. University Provost Arnett C. Mace reflected on the College’s long and productive history of contributing to education, recalling the extraordinary impact on the many generations of teachers who went on to make a difference in the lives of countless students. “I don’t think there is any finer calling in life than to be a teacher,” he said. Mace also emphasized the importance of recognizing school districts’ needs and meeting them to achieve success in the future. “I commend you for what you have done, and I challenge you to enhance the quality of education,” he said. Keynote speaker Tenenbaum, a Georgia native, reminisced about her days at the University of Georgia and the dedication of her academic advisors before addressing a few of the
many challenges facing students, educators and school administrators. Lagging academic achievements in Georgia’s public schools and falling graduation rates reveal a need for education reform. “There are no silver bullets for education reform,” she said, urging the College’s faculty members to dedicate themselves and the institution’s second century to furthering research and transforming education in America. She praised the College for admitting only the best and brightest students from around the country. “Be proud that you have set that bar high,” she said. “We cannot rest on our laurels. Let’s make the next 100 years even better.” Phillips spoke about how much he gained from his educational opportunities at the College where he earned a bachelor’s in sport studies, before introducing the recipients of the first COE Centennial Scholarship – Anamaria Berry and Greg McClure. Berry is a senior early childhood education major from Conyers and McClure is a doctoral student in language and literacy education. The event also included the debut of the College’s Centennial mascot, the fiberglass “EduDawg,” who will nobly grace the lobby of the front entrance of Aderhold Hall on Carlton Street, at least for now. Plans are for EduDawg to be rotated to other buildings of the College, which include Rivers Crossing and the Ramsey Center. In addition, orders are now being taken for EduDawg Junior, a 4½” resin replica of EduDawg for home or office. EduDawg Junior will be ready for delivery by early December 2008. For more details on these and other COE Centennial items, visit the coeSHOP at: www.coe.uga.edu/centennial.
COE staffer creates winning design for centennial logo
Abdullah
Hiram Abdullah, a professional associate in the College of Education’s Office of Information Technology, developed the winning design in the college’s Centennial Logo Design Contest last fall.
The college-wide contest drew some 41 entries from 18 contestants that included faculty, staff and students. A panel of judges from the college’s leadership, faculty, technology and communications offices selected the winning design and two runners-up, Jennifer Wooten, a Ph.D. student in language and literacy education, and Winnie Smith, an administrative assistant in the dean’s office. Abdullah, who received his B.S. degree in computer science from North Carolina Central University, joined the COE staff in 2005 as the media services manager. He provides instructional technology support to faculty, staff and students. “In developing the design, my goal was to create a synergy between old and new, merging traditional with contemporary. Since the logo is a celebration of a milestone for the college, I thought it was important to incorporate a modern twist on something familiar. So the image is centered on the Arch, a timeless icon of the university,” said Abdullah. “The logo is symbolic of academia in general—where there is a constant influx of new ideas around a constant theme, a quest for knowledge and growth.” Abdullah was awarded a $500 cash prize for his winning design. Smith and Wooten each received $50 cash prizes.
Tampa Bay Buccaneer safety and former Bulldog Jermaine Phillips (BSEd ‘01) poses with Douglas Penning (c), his mentee during his undergraduate course in UGA’s Pediatric Exercise and Motor Development Clinic, and Phillips’ fiance Adrianne Sherman. EDUCATION 2009 ■ 5
Interesting statistics: The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years. Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of homes had a telephone. A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost $11. There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads. U.S. population: 88,710,000 Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California.
With a mere 1.4 million people, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower! The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents per hour. The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year. A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, A dentist $2,500 per year, A veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and A mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year. More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home. Ninety percent of all U.S. doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION. Instead,
they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as “substandard.”
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Eggs were 14 cents a dozen. Coffee was 15 cents a pound. Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.
The American flag had 46 stars. Arizona, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn’t been admitted to the Union yet.
The population of Las Vegas, Nev., was only 30! Crossword puzzles, canned beer and ice tea hadn’t been invented yet. There was no Mother’s Day or Father’s Day. Two out of every 10 U.S. adults couldn’t read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school. The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph. Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the
local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacist said, “Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health.”
Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.
There were about 230 reported murders in the entire U.S.
Landmark Events Of 1908
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1908 OLYMPICS
• Earthquake and resulting tsunami killing 100,000 in southern Italy and Sicily.
London The fourth Olympic Games were certainly the wettest and probably the most contentious in history. Held at a new 68,000-seat stadium in the Shepherds Bush section of London, the 1908 Games were played out under continually rainy skies and suffered from endless arguments between British officials and many of the other countries involved–especially the United States. “The Battle of Shepherds Bush” began almost immediately, when the U.S. delegation noticed that there was no American flag among the national flags decorating the stadium for the opening ceremonies. U.S. flag bearer and discus champion Martin Sheridan responded by refusing to dip the Stars and Stripes when he passed King Edward VII’s box in the parade of athletes. “This flag dips to no earthly king,” Sheridan said. And it hasn’t since. The Americans, at least, got to march with their flag. Finland, then ruled by Russia, could not. Informed they would have to use a Russian flag, the furious Finns elected to march with no flag at all. Once again the marathon proved to be the Games’ most memorable event. Laid out over a 26-mile, 365-yard course that stretched from Windsor Castle to the royal box at Shepherds Bush, the race ended in controversy when leader Dorando Pietri of Italy staggered into the packed stadium, took a wrong turn, collapsed, was helped up by doctors, wobbled and fell three more times before being half-carried across the finish line by race officials. Caught up in the drama of Pietri’s agony, the cheering crowd hardly noticed that he was declared the winner just as second-place runner, Johnny Hayes of the U.S., entered the stadium. Pietri was later disqualified in favor of Hayes, but only after British and U.S. officials argued for an hour and fights had broken out in the stands.
• Petroleum production starts in the Middle East. • Mysterious Siberian explosion levels hundreds of square miles of forest. Explanations include a comet, meteorite, natural atomic explosion or crashed UFO. • Nobel Peace Prize was shared by Swedish journalist Klas Pontus Arnoldson (1844–1916) and Denmark’s Fredrik Bajer, who wrote a book on world peace in 1900 which was widely read.
Nobel Prizes in Science Chemistry: Sir Ernest Rutherford (UK), for investigations into disinte-
gration of elements. Physics: Gabriel Lippmann (France), for method of reproducing col-
ors by photography. Physiology or Medicine: Gabriel Lippmann (France), for method of reproducing colors by photography.
U.S. • Henry Ford develops the first Model T automobile, which sells for $850. • Milk pasteurization, first adopted in Chicago, contributed to the control of milk-borne diseases (e.g., gastrointestinal infections). • President Theodore Roosevelt holds White House Conservation Conference, which leads to establishment of the National Conservation Commission. • U.S. Supreme Court, in Danbury Hatters’ case, outlaws secondary union boycotts.
ENTERTAINMENT Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg’s Book of Hanging Gardens was released, bringing new style to classical music. Harmony and tonality are replaced by dissonance, creating what many listeners consider to be noise.
ECONOMICS Federal spending: $0.66 billion Unemployment: 8.0% Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.02
SPORTS
Nobel Prize for Literature:
World Series
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Rudolf Eucken (Germany)
Chicago Cubs d. Detroit Tigers (4-1) Stanley Cup
Montreal Wanderers Wimbledon
Women: Charlotte Sterry d. A. Morton (6-4 6-4) Men: Arthur Gore d. R. Barrett (6-3 6-2 4-6 3-6 6-4)
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Kentucky Derby Champion
Stone Street NCAA Football Champions
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Penn (CFRA, HF) (11-0-1) & LSU (NCF) (10-0-0) 3
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A Century of The authorization for a School of Education at the University of Georgia on June 13, 1908, by the university’s Board of Trustees was the beginning of an educational institution that would have
Excellence a long and rich history of advancing knowledge and pioneering innovation in the field. Here’s a biographical look at the 14 deans who have led this institution.
Adapted from the book, The College of Education, The University of Georgia, by Bob Jerrolds
THE EARLY YEARS Thomas Jackson Woofter
1908-31
Founding dean Thomas Jackson Woofter worked tirelessly to promote education at the university and in Georgia for more than two decades. He came to UGA as its first full-time professor of pedagogy in 1903 and organized the first UGA Summer School, which drew more than 300 teachers for training in pedagogy, which was quite an accomplishment, considering the university enrollment itself averaged only 130 students a year. Woofter played a critical role in obtaining $50,000 from the Peabody Fund, which paid for the new School of Education’s first building on North Campus—Peabody Hall. Woofter not only developed Georgia’s first teacher preparation programs, but also helped pioneer an effective system of county school supervision for the state and proposed the establishment of a State Board of Education, which was passed by the Georgia Legislature in 1911. During his tenure, Woofter pushed for better trained teachers for black schools with better pay for the better trained. He urged widespread support for black normal schools. He also urged the university to admit women, which it did in 1919, after a 12-11 vote by the Trustees. In 1922, Woofter developed the first correspondence course work at UGA. In 1929, he created the Bureau of Educational Research, which distributed standardized tests, scales, remedial materials, books on educational measurement and statistics free-of-charge to Georgia public schools, no small consideration in the first year of the Great Depression. In 1930, Woofter developed the master of arts in education degree, requiring two years of postgraduate work.
John C. Meadows
1931-37
John C. Meadows replaced Woofter in 1931, having previously taught at Northwestern University and Shorter College in Rome, Ga. He had a Ph.D. from the Peabody School for Teachers in Nashville. In 1932, the Board of Regents approved of a merger between Georgia State Teachers College (formerly the Normal School), the Peabody School of Education, and the education units of the Georgia State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts. The new unit became the College of Education at the University of Georgia. There were many changes. Education professors from Georgia State Teachers College became professors in the College of Education or were placed in its laboratory schools. Its teachers of academic subjects were combined with faculty of the university’s College of Arts and Sciences. The Department of Sociology and the Department of Philosophy, which had both been in the Peabody School of Education, were transferred to the College of Arts and Sciences. The Department of Extension, which had also been in the Peabody School of Education, became the Division of General Extension for the University System of Georgia. A new Department of Physical Education for Men was created in the College of Education. The Regents renamed the college, the Peabody College of Education in 1934, which was the name used until 1942. The Peabody College of Education continued to play an important role in public education in Georgia by being heavily involved in the state’s first systematic study and revision of school curricula in 1934.
University Summer School circa 1920.
Photo courtesy of the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, UGA Libraries.
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A Century of Excellence 1908–2008
Walter D. Cocking
1937-41
Walter Dewey Cocking became Dean of Education in 1937, and Meadows became the head of the newly authorized graduate program in the College of Education. Cocking, who received his Ph.D. from Columbia University, had taught educational administration at George Peabody College of Teachers in Nashville, served as Tennessee Commissioner of Education and had worked in Washington, D.C., as Chief Specialist in School Administration on the President’s Advisory Commission on Education and as a consultant with the TVA before coming to UGA. In 1940, the University graduated the first doctoral students in its 155-year history, two were from the College of Education. Dean Cocking was major professor of one of these students.
Georgia Legislature voted to fund programs in industrial arts, trade and industries and distributive education in 10 area schools in preparation for the industrial growth in Georgia that they hoped would take place after the war. The Demonstration School of the College of Education was one of the 10 schools selected. Another far-reaching development in Vocational Education came in May 1944 when O.C. Aderhold, professor of Vocational Education, was appointed director of the Educational Panel of the State Agricultural and Industrial Development Board. In the summer of 1944, about 75 school leaders from 10 counties came to Peabody Hall to study state educational programs and plan local and county-level programs. They were to go back and work with principals, teachers and other community leaders to enhance agricultural and industrial development all over the state.
Kenneth R. Williams Edwin D. Pusey
1941-44
Edwin Davis Pusey became acting Dean of the College of Education in September 1941, but no action was taken to designate him permanent Dean. Because of severe shortages of teachers in art and music, Pusey, Hugh Hodgson, head of the Music Department, and Lamar Dodd, head of the Art Department, worked out the curricula for the first B.S. degrees in art and music offered in Georgia in September 1943. Another new program was created in Vocational Education. The Peabody Hall circa 1920.
Photo courtesy of the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, UGA Libraries.
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1944-46
Kenneth R. Williams became Dean of Education in September 1944. The Summer Workshops were still in high demand, but due to gas rationing and other wartime restrictions, it was difficult for students to travel to Athens. To ease the problems, College of Education personnel traveled around the state to conduct these workshops. More than 300 teachers and administrators were enrolled in workshops in Americus, Demorest, Aragon, Dalton, Hiawassee, Summerville and Waleska in the summer of 1945. Williams resigned as Dean in 1946 to take a position with the Army Air Force School in Montgomery, Ala.
THE GROWTH YEARS O.C. Aderhold
1946-51
During World War II, Omer Clyde Aderhold, an associate professor of rural education, was named state director of the high school Victory Corps Program, which was established in 508 high schools in Georgia. More than 63,000 students participated in physical fitness, guidance and wartime citizenship programs. When Aderhold was named Dean of Education in 1946, his vision for the College was clear: “Public education is the one greatest force that can be brought to bear in developing the human resources of a state.” Aderhold’s commitment to taking the resources of the University out to meet the needs of all areas of Georgia, especially the rural areas, could be seen by the outburst of extension and other outreach activities of the College at the onset of his administration. Typical of these was the on-the-job training program for 16 school principals, chosen to represent various sections of the state. The program included work conferences, aid in solving specific problems and consultation with members of the College’s staff. The principals were all working for master’s degrees and were registered in the College of Education, but instead of being resident students, they were serving internships in the field. The intensive involvement of faculty members of the College with the work of a county or local school system was to be repeated hundreds of times over the next few years and, indeed, remains one of the major activities of the College to this day. Aderhold led the development of weekend graduate-level classes for teachers and principals and the creation of an educational counseling program in 1947 to prepare teachers to assist students in finding career paths. Aderhold expanded the teacher education curriculum to require a heavier concentration on content areas. In 1946, Aderhold became Director of the Georgia Educational Panel, which included members of the Georgia Education Association, the College and the State Department of Education, and helped develop a plan for adding a 12th year to Georgia’s high school program. In 1947, Aderhold led a legislature-mandated study into the operation of schools in Georgia. The Minimum Foundation Program of Education for Georgia was to become one of the most important plans in the history of education in Georgia, and it had an enormous influence on other states. UGA students circa 1955.
Photo courtesy of the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, UGA Libraries.
Baldwin Hall circa 1920.
John A. Dotson
1951-62
John A. Dotson was appointed Dean of Education in 1951. Dotson had been a resident researcher for the Alabama Educational Survey Commission and was director of the Division of Teacher Education at Emory University. Thus, he was in a good position to lead a group of educators whose mission was statewide. In the fall of 1952, UGA’s enrollment stood at 4,659 students, with men outnumbering women two to one. The College of Education, with 623 students, trailed only the College of Business Administration with its 894 students. Saturday classes enrolled 142. The Atlanta Division of the University, today known as Georgia State University, had 4,004 students. Other off-campus center workshops, extension classes and the Atlanta Area Teacher Education Services enrolled 2,354. These various off-campus courses had far more education students than students in other areas. The Graduate School had 416, and Arts and Sciences had 931, but many of these were or would be education majors. Clearly, the University was into teacher education in a big way. In 1956, the Demonstration School closed its doors, after an agreement was reached with the newly merged Clarke County Public Schools to accept the College’s students for student teaching. With more than 8 percent of schoolchildren in Georgia being handicapped, the College began an emphasis on preparing teachers to help those children in the 1950s. The program of Speech Correction was created in 1954 with Stanley Ainsworth, who was a major national figure in the field, as chair. By 1955, the College offered four degrees for the speech correction major including two master’s programs and opened the UGA Speech and Hearing Clinic with sound-proof clinic rooms and offices and one-way mirrors for instructional observations. The College also developed three degrees in special education in 1955 for students training to work with the physically and mentally handicapped, including two master’s programs. In 1956, Bernice Cooper became the first woman to earn a doctorate from UGA. Cooper remained in the College where she worked parttime for a number of years in the Bureau for Educational Studies and taught elementary education courses. Eventually, she became head of the Division of Elementary Education. By 1957, the College was the third largest in the University with 1,054 students. Its students received 26 percent of the degrees granted by UGA. The College had 13 different fields of study and 62 members on the faculty that year. One of the major services of the College during the 1950s was the Kellogg Project in Education, which was designed to upgrade school administrators. It was financed by $86,000 in grants from the Kellogg EDUCATION 2009 ■ 11
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Foundation in 1952. A second grant of $40,000 came in 1956. Out of the early contacts of Aderhold, Dotson and others with the Kellogg Foundation came the roots of the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. The center was financed by state funds and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Mich. Hugh B. Masters was director of the Division of Education of the Kellogg Foundation and helped plan the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. It was the second facility of this nature ever built; the first was at Michigan State University. Masters resigned from the Foundation to become the first director of the Georgia Center when it opened its doors in 1957. When the College celebrated its 50th year anniversary in 1958, it had 61 full-time faculty members and 41 of them held doctorates. There were gender differences in the faculty as well. The College had four females with the rank of professor and 10 males. Two females held the rank of associate professor and 11 males. At the assistant-professor level were 19 men and nine women. One of the major reasons for the growth and development of the College over the next few years was that its faculty was continually on the roads of the state, doing workshops, making speeches and teaching off-campus courses. There was no question that the College considered its campus to be statewide. The year 1961 brought UGA into national headlines again, and two of the College’s foremost figures, O.C. Aderhold and Joe Williams, were at the center of events. Two African Americans, Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes, applied for admission to UGA. In January 1962, Dean Dotson retired. In the 11 years of his administration, the College’s enrollment had nearly doubled. The faculty had been greatly upgraded in terms of the percentage who held doctorates from 16 in 1950 to 37 in 1957. The curricula had been greatly expanded in 1961, and the College had moved across the street to Baldwin Hall. UGA students circa 1960.
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Joseph A. Williams
1962-81
Aderhold was convinced by COE faculty to appoint his assistant, Joe Williams, as dean in 1962, and the pair directed the most remarkable “brick and mortar” period in the history of the University up to that time. Williams had joined the UGA faculty as assistant professor of education in 1946. His doctoral dissertation involved the development of the financial basis for the Minimum Foundation Program, a new plan of determining school systems’ required local support, using an economic index to determine ability to pay. In 1948, he earned the first doctor of education degree ever given by UGA. His major professor was O.C. Aderhold. When Williams took office as Dean of Education in July 1962, it was a time of great shortage of teachers. A faculty of 78 in the College was training one-third of all new teachers hired in Georgia each year. University Placement Services received vacancy notices from 912 Georgia schools, most of them involving multiple positions. From out-of-state came 2,540 requests for teachers. Colleges and universities sought 662 education professors. In response to these needs, Dean Williams began one of the most remarkable building programs in teacher education. In an effort to extend the College’s research productivity, Williams increased the number of faculty members who had assigned research time to 31 out of the 87 faculty members. Of the 87 faculty members, 55 held doctorates. The College’s percentage of doctorates was 63 percent compared to the University’s 52.5 percent. A new Ph.D. program in educational psychology was begun, jointly sponsored by the Colleges of Education, and Arts & Sciences. A new program was also developed in library education leading to a master’s degree. Important service components of the College were its clinics. During the 1963-64 years, the Reading Clinic conducted 128 diagnoses of the reading problems of children from 35 different counties. Sixty children received remedial reading instruction. Dr. Byron Callaway became director of the Reading Clinic in the fall of 1963. The Speech and Hearing Clinic conducted 693 diagnoses, treated 971 clients and administered 1,253 screening surveys. In 1963, a doctoral program in mathematics education was established. By fall of 1964, Counselor Education offered two new programs – one for student personnel workers in higher education and another for the training of rehabilitation counselors. The College began to reach national prominence in the mid-1960s. The University was cited by the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education as having a “Program of Excellence” in 1965. One of the factors that contributed to the increased national visibility was the increase in research and publication. Williams increased the number of faculty with research time assignments to 69. More than 100 of the faculty’s articles were published in scholarly journals in 1965. With President Aderhold’s support, Williams continued to upgrade the College’s faculty, adding 20 new members during 1964, 14 of whom held doctorates, bringing the college’s total to 116. About $3.5 million in grants and gifts came to the College in 1965, the most dramatic of which was the contract for the Research and Development Center in Educational Stimulation. Its budget for the academic year was $400,000, and it was led by Kathyrn Blake and Marion Rice.
Another 20 new faculty members were added in the fall of 1966 and the college was allocated 60 additional positions for 1967. The best known of the new faculty members was Dr. E. Paul Torrance, who came to UGA as the chair of the educational psychology department. Torrance was already known throughout the world for his research in creativity and gifted education. By the end of 1967, the College had 163 faculty members, 88 of which had some assigned research time. Thirtyone members were graduate faculty. During the year, the College enrolled more than 5,000 teachers through its in-service programs in 44 different locations. In the fall of 1967, the College published the first issue of the Journal of Research and Development in Education, the first such journal to be published in the South and one that would be held in high esteem for the next three decades. Another first was launched in 1969 when Sheldon Root founded the Children’s Literature Award and Conference. The annual event is now in its 39th year with nearly 500 participants each year. The summer of 1969 also brought the loss of one of the towering figures of the College and University when President Emeritus O.C. Aderhold died on July 4. He had guided the University for 17 years, during which time its student enrollment tripled, and its service activities expanded through the Agricultural Extension Service, the Georgia Center, the Institute for Community and Area Development, the Institute of Government, and off-campus courses taught all over the state, especially by the College of Education. In 1969, new programs were approved to prepare directors of libraries, guidance counselors and pupil personnel services as well as master’s programs in audiology and a specialist’s degree in teaching those who were mentally retarded. The creation of a Mental Retardation Center brought help to many despairing families. A facility named River’s Crossing, financed by Department of Health, Education and Welfare funds, was built and Andrew Shotick was named coordinator of the 12 instructional programs in the center. In cooperation with the Georgia State Department of Health, the center provided diagnosis and therapy for 80 mentally retarded children and youth annually, while allowing practicums or extensive observation for UGA students preparing to work with the mentally retarded. Faculty and staff moved into the brand-new Aderhold Hall in the spring of 1971, but only 255 of the College’s 300-plus faculty could be housed. Others were in the Physical Education building, the Industrial Arts building, the Mental Retardation Center, Fain, Dudley and Griggs halls. Aderhold Hall included 225 offices, 33 classrooms, 11 conference rooms, 18 laboratories, 12 seminar rooms and a reading library. The faculty also boasted of having the first escalators on campus, but the boast was short lived. They soon began to break down with great regularity, and were soon “converted” to stairs. More than 20 years later, the escalators were removed, and some 2,200 square feet of new dedicated research office space was constructed on the four floors where the escalators had been. Those offices were opened in March 2007. After 19 years, Dean Williams announced his retirement in June 1981, having guided the College steadily through the most explosive growth in its history, as well as a turbulent period of social and political change in American society.
Aderhold Hall, 1970s.
THE MODERN ERA Kathryn A. Blake
1981-82
Blake served as dean of the College for a year after the prolific Joe Williams retired. Unfortunately, she faced major budget cutbacks during a time when faculty were being switched from 12-month to 9-month contracts. Despite being one of the most successful grant writers in the history of the College and the only woman among 50 scientists honored by the University in a special ceremony for their distinguished contributions to research, her tenure as dean did not last but a year.
Gerald R. Firth
1983-84
Gerald R. Firth guided the College with a steady hand through 15 months of the most extensive reorganization and budget reduction of its history. Firth had served as a professor at UGA for 25 years in roles including chair of the department of curriculum and supervision and director of the Division of Academic Assistance. He had been president of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development as well as of ASCD affiliates in four states. He was founder and president of the Council of Professors of Instructional Supervision. EDUCATION 2009 ■ 13
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Alphonse Buccino
1984-94
Alphonse Buccino was named dean in 1984 after having served 12 years in the Senior Executive Service at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and a year on special assignment at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). He led the College into a new era of excellence in scholarship and research. He worked to bring in higher-qualified faculty and graduate students. He was aggressive in developing technology in the College and supported new positions for grant-writing assistance to help faculty bring in more research funding. Buccino supported the development of new Ph.D. programs. He was a member of the administration team at UGA that worked closely with the Georgia Research Alliance and served on several boards and committees or performed research and support for them, including the Governor’s Professional Standards commission in Georgia and the National Science Board at NSF. He presented executive development programs pertaining to science policy at the Federal Executive Institute and the Brookings Institute. He also served as a senior policy fellow at Western Carolina University’s Institute for the Economy and the Future. It was during Buccino’s tenure as dean that the College faced the fractious times of asbestos removal from Aderhold Hall, in which departments were moved out of the College, floor by floor, to temporary locations. Also, during Buccino’s tenure a program of developmental disabilities was housed in Rivers Crossing. It was externally supported at one time by federal funding. When the federal funding halted, the program costs became a part of the COE budget. Following the budget crisis of 1983, a review of the developmental disabilities program revealed that the program was the responsibility of a state agency of Georgia. Eventually, the facility was transferred to UGA and the College of Education where it is now home to two COE departments: Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy; and Workforce Education, Leadership, and Social Foundations. Buccino also supported the development of Qualitative Research
Norm Thompson, associate professor of science education, talks with children in a Filipino classroom.
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in the late 1980s, which complemented a strong ongoing program in quantitative research that was carried out via the Department of Educational Psychology. This program grew from a faculty initiative led by Judith Preissle to the robust program it is today. Buccino also led a reorganization of the College that led to the formation of four schools –Teacher Education, Health and Human Performance; Leadership and Lifelong Learning, and Professional Studies – in 1992. The new organization created different reporting and budgeting systems, so the 19 departments could focus more on academic concerns.
Russell Yeany
1994-99
Russell Yeany was named interim dean in 1991 when Dean Al Buccino took a year’s leave of absence for a post in Washington, D.C. When Buccino retired, Yeany was appointed dean in 1994. Yeany had come to UGA as a young assistant professor of science education in 1975 and had served as department head and director of the College’s School of Teacher Education before becoming dean. He enjoyed strong faculty and staff support and was highly respected across the UGA campus as well as in the field of science education. Yeany set two major goals as a signature for the College – excellence and recognition. He sought to raise the national and international profile of the College by improving the quality of new faculty hired and bringing in the best graduate students. He provided an environment of support, trust and high expectations that drew top-notch faculty. He worked to increase faculty support and opportunities for faculty promotion. His administration was particularly known for its open-door policy. As the internet emerged, Yeany encouraged the College to develop a website and an on-line newsletter. He also led the College to be an early pioneer in online course offerings. The College grew under Dean Yeany in stature and excellence. During his tenure, its overall graduate program was always ranked
Alumna Cathy Lo teaches students in a Buckhead elementary school.
UGA helps support programs like Gainesville’s Phoenix Academy, which assists newcomers in bridging language and literacy gaps. Here, teacher Pat Cook works with students. PHOTO BY PAUL EFLAND
among the Top 20 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report and several individual programs were ranked among the 10 best in the nation. Faculty authorship of research papers in the most respected journals of their disciplines continued to rise as well as faculty leadership in national and international organizations. Under Yeany’s leadership, the College implemented a diversity initiative in 1994 that sought to broaden the gender, race and culture of its faculty, students and curriculum. By creating the Task Force for Multicultural Education, the College became a multicultural pioneer for the whole University. Through these efforts, the College became a much more internationally known and respected institution. Yeany also encouraged his faculty to pursue more collaborative, multi-disciplinary projects across campus. He helped lead the creation of a unique partnership between the Colleges of Education and Arts & Sciences in 1996 to improve teaching and learning at UGA. The Dean’s Forum resulted in a variety of collaborative projects that explored issues such as course and curriculum design, the nature and quality of instruction in university courses, learning theories relevant to college-age learners, the role of the university in teacher preparation, and the university’s role in the P-16 Initiative. Yeany retired in 1999 as professor and dean emeritus.
administrative structure, addition of new faculty and degree programs and increased public service activity. The College’s annual research funding more than doubled during his tenure, from $8.3 million to $19.2 million. The College received a number of large private gifts and grants that helped create a faculty chair position, four endowed professorships, and 10 student support funds. Castenell implemented an administrative reorganization that reduced the faculty administrative staff by half and centralized the College’s business office. He created an academic cabinet composed of department heads and the College faculty senate president to provide leadership in all facets of College operations. He also oversaw the development of three undergraduate and six graduate programs at UGA’s extended campus in Gwinnett County and helped start a doctoral program in conjunction with Fort Valley State University to serve students in central Georgia. The College also supported dual-degree programs with several of UGA’s other schools and colleges. Castenell led a five-year UGA collaboration with the Clarke County School District to create a community-wide program to encourage student achievement in local public schools. The program, which included an experimental extended school calendar and an intersession program, was recognized by the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education.
PHOTO BY Paul Effland
Louis A. Castenell, Jr.
1999–2007
Some 37 years after Mary Frances Early became the first AfricanAmerican student to graduate UGA with a master’s in music education, Louis A. Castenell, Jr., became the first African-American dean at UGA. Castenell, who came to UGA after having served 10 years as dean at the University of Cincinnati’s School of Education, led the College through times of remarkable progress. With some 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students, 344 faculty and staff, and more than 50 degree programs, the College was the second-largest academic unit at UGA and the largest nationally ranked education college in the country. U.S. News and World Report ranks the college’s overall graduate program 25th nationally and 18th among all public universities. Six of its graduate programs rank in the top 10 in the nation. Castenell’s tenure as dean was marked by significant increases in research funding and private giving, a reorganization of the College’s
Arthur M. (Andy) Horne
2008-present
Arthur M. (Andy) Horne, a UGA Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus and faculty member for nearly 20 years, became the 14th dean of the College in July 2008. Horne is widely known for his scholarship on troubled families and ways to prevent and deal with male bullying and aggressive behavior. He is co-author or editor of 11 books and manuals, many dealing with family counseling and therapy and bullying, and has made more than 200 presentations at professional meetings including 35 international programs. Since 1999, he has received more than $6 million in grant support from the Centers for Disease Control as principal investigator for a research project on violence prevention in middle schools. He also received more than $1.5 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Education for a project to train teachers for early intervention with at-risk children. EDUCATION 2009 ■ 15
An often light-hearted look at some of the interesting facts, legends and personalities in the College of Education’s first 100 years. EDITOR’S NOTE: The following stories are excerpted from the book, The College of Education, The University of Georgia, by Bob Jerrolds.
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Howard W. Odum One of Nation’s Foremost Sociologists Howard W. Odum joined the School of Education faculty in 1913 as an associate professor of Education Sociology and Rural Education. Born in Bethlehem, Ga., he received a bachelor of arts degree from Emory College in 1904, a master’s degree from the University of Mississippi in 1906, and a doctorate from Columbia University Howard W. Odum in 1910. Odum had been a teacher in several schools prior to 1910 when he became a researcher with the Philadelphia Bureau of Municipal Research. He had written two books on the condition of blacks in American society. He brought his profound concern for blacks into the School of Education and heightened Dean Woofter’s concern. By 1916, Odum had developed his position as professor of Educational Psychology and Rural Education into the Department of Sociology in the College of Education. In 1918 and 1919, Odum served as Superintendent of the Summer School. After leaving UGA, Odum became even more well known and received a number of additional degrees, several of which were honorary. He became one of the country’s foremost sociologists with such books as Southern Regions of the United States, An American Epoch, The Way of the South, Rainbow Round My Shoulder, and Wings on My Feet. The latter two books were works of fiction based on his sociological work. From these books, the term “Black Ulysses” became a part of the language, and George Gershwin used “Rainbow Round My Shoulders” as the title of a song he wrote shortly after the book appeared. And if the name sounds familiar, it should. Howard W. Odum was the father of Eugene Odum, the University of Georgia professor emeritus and internationally recognized ecologist and namesake of UGA’s School of Ecology.
COE Led Way for Women’s Admission into UGA In 1911, the Board of Trustees authorized the University to grant master’s degrees to those who could earn the degree through the Summer School. One graduate-level course, Philosophy of Education, was made available in 1911 for the implementation of the master’s degree. “Three sessions of the Summer School with intervening home Clifford Gray Lewis work will be counted as a substitute for the year’s attendance necessary for the master of arts degree.” This move opened the way for women to obtain a degree from UGA. Clifford Gray Lewis, in her History of Women’s Physical Education at the University, reports that 1911 also saw the beginning of women’s admission to extension work through the College of Agriculture. This work was directed by Miss Mary Creswell. “Resourceful women students developed yet another subterfuge to gain an education on the Athens campus. With the cooperation of some of the university professoriate, they began to receive private instruction, carried on behind locked doors. Transfer of credits was accomplished by the issuance of certificates by individual professors attesting to the accomplishments of their students. These documents received recognition at several institutions throughout the nation. For example, Mary E. Creswell, a graduate of the State Normal School,
studied bacteriology, surreptitiously at the university and then transferred credit to the University of Chicago. “The first degree was given a woman by the University in 1892, when, by special action of the Board of Trustees, an honorary degree was conferred upon Miss Julia Flisch of Augusta. Mary D. Lyndon received her master’s degree in 1914. She was the first woman to receive an earned degree from the University of Georgia.” When the Board of Trustees finally passed a resolution admitting women to the junior and senior classes of the Peabody School of Education in 1918, the vote was 12 to 11. Two years later, all of the university was opened to women.
Soule Developed Physical Education for Women Mary Ella Lunday Soule, a legendary figure in the College, led the development of the department of Health and Physical Education for Women in 1925 and created UGA’s first major in that field. Soule had a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin and a master’s from Teachers College, Columbia University. She Mary Ella Lunday Soule was known as an educator, pioneer, gentlewoman, crusader and iconoclast that led the department for 35 years from 1925-60. She was succeeded by Clifford Gray Lewis.
COE Faculty Work Off Campus Proves to be Alarming When Education Dean O.C. Aderhold decided to use resources of the College to help local school systems throughout the state in 1946-47, it was not accomplished without incident. One group of professors had gone to work with a local school system. Staying in a small hotel in the central part of the state, they checked into the only hotel, which was more than a little primitive for the time. One of the first features the group noted was that there were men’s and women’s bathing facilities on each floor, but not in the individual rooms. Each room was equipped, however, with an individual fire escape. One end of a rope, knotted at regular intervals, was attached to a heavy piece of furniture near the window. Two of the women professors were sharing a room. They examined the rope and agreed that they took a dim view of shinnying down that rope from a second-floor hotel room window in case of fire. The two women went looking for a more acceptable route in case of fire. They pushed open a door to what they thought might be a porch with a set of steps to the ground. They found themselves in a room occupied by a gentleman clad only in a tub of bath water. The two gracious but nonplussed women backed hurriedly out into the corridor murmuring their apologies and explaining, “We were just looking for the fire escape.” They hurried on down the hall only to look back and see the bather, clad now in a towel, running down the hall. In their hurry to leave, the ladies neglected to tell the poor man that their search for the fire escape was a precautionary move, not an emergency.
The Distinguished Portrait of General Mills In 1948, very few grants came to the College, but one of its benefactors repeatedly was General Mills, Inc. Most gifts to the University today are widely publicized and well documented. But in earlier days, things were more casual. At one end of Peabody Hall was a portrait of a Civil War officer. The picture was in bad shape, but there he stood in full regalia wearing a saber. Since the portrait had been given to the EDUCATION 2009 ■ 17
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University in the days before careful records were kept of such gifts, the identity of this hero was unknown. A couple of wags in the College decided that this unknown officer ought to have a name, so they dubbed him General Mills. As time went on, the condition of the portrait became a disgrace to his uniform. One night General Mills disappeared. His departure is almost as great a mystery as his original identity.
Bess Aderhold – A Fine First Lady President Aderhold gave much credit on the success of his administration to his wife, Bess, who played a crucial role in meeting and serving as hostess to the thousands of people to whom she represented the University. While Mrs. Aderhold did not go with her husband very often on his many business trips, President Aderhold loved to tell about the time she had a discussion with the waiter on the composition of Ceasar salad. Aderhold was to report to his friends and colleagues, “Bess is the only person I know who will go to Antoine’s and tell them how to cook.”
Peabody Renovation. You Call This Improvement? During remodeling of the College of Education’s main building, Peabody Hall in 1951, a women’s restroom was added in the basement, next to the boiler room. Among the new installations was a complete sprinkler system. (The 1951 sprinkler system eventually saved the building when fire broke out on April 24, 1986.) However, the old boiler was not replaced in the 1951 renovation, and the heat or fumes from the old boiler would, from time to time, set off the sprinkler in the women’s restroom. After several incidents, the women began to take a dim view of the “improvements” in Peabody Hall.
Peabody’s Peculiar Intercom System In the early 1950s, there were only two telephones and two secretaries in Peabody Hall. The secretaries had to leave their desks and go downstairs to get someone if a call came for one of the faculty members ensconced in one of the basement offices. The decorum of the College did not include having the secretaries yelling down the stairwell for the professors. One of the secretaries, who had more ingenuity than dignity, discovered she could throw a shoe down to the basement to attract attention. Whoever heard the shoe would come to the foot of the stairs to learn who was to be summoned to the phone. The one called to the phone would then return the shoe. A permanent shoe was set aside for this purpose, and this peculiar intercom system was kept in place for months.
Professor Ritchie’s Roll-Top Desks Professor Horace Ricthie, who was a UGA faculty member for almost 40 years (1915-52), had been around long enough to know how to acquire things in the University setting. Whereas others in the College had one small, metal, beat-up desk each, Ritchie had several handsome oak roll-top desks. He never seemed to be able to catch up with his work. So when the paperwork overwhelmed him at one of his desks, he just rolled down the top and moved to another one and started on the more current demands.
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Dean and Mrs. Dotson’s Dog, Mimi The Dean and Mrs. Dotson’s dog, Mimi, was apparently an irascible little animal with everyone except the Dotsons. The Dean was forever asking the College’s leaders to drop by his house so that they might work Dean John A. Dotson there on the College’s various problems. Dean and Mrs. Dotson were fine hosts in all things except where Mimi was concerned. The disagreeable little dog would growl, bark and generally terrorize the visiting faculty members. The Dotsons, like so many other dog owners, were relatively oblivious to Mimi’s mendacity, knowing she would not really harm anyone. The Dean would also bring Mimi with him when he returned to the office at nights or on weekends. When he did so, Mimi barked and gnarled constantly whenever one of the faculty members came near. One evening Mimi accosted faculty members Doyne Smith and Ira Aaron in the hallway of the College. Knowing they were out of earshot of the Dean, the pair discussed the menace and decided she had been spoiled rotten and would benefit from some discipline. Smith suggested the two of them whip Mimi. The rationale was that even if a good whipping failed to improve her disposition, at least it might modify her approach to the two of them. Thus, two eminent educators set off down the hall in pursuit of one disagreeable little dog. The resourceful Mimi eluded them and remained impenitent. On another occasion when Aaron met Mimi in the hall accompanied by Mrs. Dotson, the dog barked somewhat less than usual. Aaron noted the improvement and thought he would reinforce the improved behavior. He reached out to pet Mimi and tried to make friends with her. She threw up. Aaron was horrified; Mrs. Dotson was chagrined and hastened to explain that Mimi had been sick. Aaron claims the episode had no long-term effects, but his friends report to this day he has never had a pet, unless you count one red geranium.
Short Straw for a Long Ride with the Dean One of the major reasons for the growth and development of the College in the late 1950s was that its faculty were continually on the roads of the state, doing workshops, making speeches and teaching offcampus courses. Dean Dotson not only did not hesitate to send faculty members to the far corners of the state, but he went himself. While Dotson was a respected educator and scholar, his driving skills left something to be desired. And since travel funds were very limited, whenever members of the College went off campus, all who were going went in one car. Whenever Dean Dotson was to be in the group, any number of volunteers could be counted upon to offer to take their cars and drive. Dean Dotson got a new Buick and was exceedingly proud of his fine new car. Everyone dreaded the next off-campus meeting requiring members of the faculty and the dean, for they all knew he would insist on driving. Doyne Smith and one other faculty member drew the short straw. The proud and confident Buick owner and his two nervous passengers started out well before daylight; they had a long way to travel and the meeting started early. Smith’s anxiety level increased his need for a cigarette, but he had no match. Smith started searching for the
cigarette lighter among the fancy gadgets on the dash of the fine new Buick. The dean asked Smith what he was doing; Smith told him. The ever-considerate dean stopped giving full attention to this driving and joined the search for the cigarette lighter. In the process of pushing one button after another, the dean pushed in the headlight switch, plunging the road ahead into total darkness and subsequently plunging the car into a ditch. Smith says that at the moment of the accident his immediate concern was not for his terrified colleague or his imperious leader. His thoughts were not even on his own survival; his immediate concerns were for the well-being of the fine new Buick.
Alumna Ofira Navon: First Lady of Israel In 1960, Ofira Erez earned her master’s degree in educational psychology, studying under the direction of Joseph Bledsoe, professor and assistant director of research. She went on to further work in psychology at Columbia University. For several years she worked with crippled children and deaf children. In 1963, she married Yitzhak Navon. Ofira Erez Navon was unable to return to visit the university until the winter of 1983. At that time, the Mayor of Athens, Lauren Coile, proclaimed “Ofira Erez Navon Day,” University President Fred Davison presented her with a print by Lamar Dodd; and secret service agents swarmed all over Athens because she was by then the wife of the President of Israel. Mrs. Navon indicated she had long wanted to visit her alma mater. She had spoken to President Ronald Reagan, had lunch with the wife of Secretary of State George Schultz earlier that week, but that Athens was the “highlight” of her U.S. visit. “The university has had a strong impact on my emotional, professional and intellectual development.” During her Athens trip, Mrs. Navon insisted on visiting her former teacher, Dr. Bledsoe. For security reasons, no public announcements had been made about her trip to Athens. The Aderhold inhabitants were mystified at the sudden arrival of black limousines and a cadre of stern-looking men. Graduate students reported that suspicious-looking men went into empty classrooms and checked to see if closet doors were locked. The security agents became suspicious of the graduate students who were looking suspiciously only at them. Mrs. Navon’s visit was over before it became widely known in the College that she was here.
Dean John Dotson’s Legacy College of Education student Joan Radford Biles’ account of meeting Dean John Dotson explains more about the man and his administration than any vita or “Who’s Who.” “I had come to the University of Georgia to attend Summer School in the summer of 1954. Registration at that time was in Stegeman Hall – and a traumatic experience for a small-town girl whose first of college life had been at Georgia State College for Women (GSCW) or, as we fondly called those sacred halls, “Georgia’s Secluded Corner for Wallflowers. “I had adventurously moved into Myers Hall – tripped down a small incline and turned my ankle – adorned with a big ace bandage from the infirmary, I set out, check in hand, to summer registration. I thought that I would zip in and zap out! The lines, the mazes of registration signs, and the confusion were programmed right info my psyche. Two hours in the early morning Georgia sun wilted my crinolines and my spirit. Finally, I arrived at the door of Stegeman! ‘Wow!’
I thought, ‘The rest will be a breeze.’ A breeze indeed – one hour later I had managed to get into all the wrong lines, and the right ones had closed out the classes. Aching down to my shoes, I knocked at the venerable gates of the Dean of Education in Peabody Hall. This, too, was packed with lost students. Finally, all was quiet. I was the last foundling. The door to hopefulness opened, and a smiling visage peered at me over a cluttered desk. “The Dean said, ‘Well, who are you?’ Amid tears I said, ‘I am Joan Radford – and thank you for caring who I am.’ He said, ‘Come in, Joan. Where are you from?’ I replied, ‘I’m from Camak, Georgia, and I’m on my way back there.’ “Sounds like the world of Joan is not happy today,’ he said. ‘My world and the University’s world don’t seem to be coming together,’ I replied. “He said, ‘Well, Joan, let’s see what we can do to brighten your world. We don’t want to lose you.’ “Dean Dotson opened a large drawer in his desk, looked at my tearstained schedule, made a phone call or two, and within moments, I was official! “’Keep in touch,’ he said. And keep in touch I did. I transferred to the University School of Education after that happy summer and completed my degree in Elementary Education. In August 1957, summer grads filed out of the Fine Arts Auditorium by their Dean to receive their diplomas. I remember blue eyes, a wink, a warm hand clasp and a wish—‘May all continue to go well in the world of Joan—keep in touch—I’m glad you came our way.’ “Since that time the University of Georgia has been a personal and special to me. I have since received a master’s, and this year completed my 26th year teaching in Georgia schools. Through the years, whenever I pass old Peabody Hall, I remember and smile and say, ‘Thank you—Dear Dean Dotson—all has indeed gone well in the world of Joan—I’m glad you came my way. I’ll continue to ‘Keep in Touch.’” Joan Radford Biles April 27, 1985
The Pain of Parking One of the most aggravating problems for professors was in the late 1960s was the shortage of parking on North Campus. Virtually all spaces were assigned, and professors were charged for an assigned space. Since classroom space was also at a premium on North Campus, a lot of education professors found themselves having to teaching classes in Conner Hall, Poultry and Livestock, and the Forestry Building among others. Upon returning to Baldwin later in the day, professors generally could count on their reserved parking space being taken. One day Professors Lutian Wootton and George Newsome arrived back at Baldwin, and both their spaces were taken. They got out of their cars and stormed into the building. They agreed that Wootton would call the campus police, and Newsome would go and complain again to the Dean. The Dean listened patiently to Newsome, and said he would raise the issue once again with the central administration, but Newsome should not expect anything significant to result. Wootton got more immediate results. The campus police came promptly and left two tickets, one on Newsome’s car and one on Wootton’s.
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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS 2008-09
College of Education
UNDERGRADUATE
Barbara J. Rankin Scholarship $1,400 Jesse S. Smith Athens Recreation & Leisure Studies Barbara J. Rankin Scholarship $500 Taylor N. Davis Cumming Recreation & Leisure Studies Clifford Gray Lewis Scholarship $4,964 Casey Payne Lafayette Health & Physical Education Del Jones Memorial Scholarship $6,312 Kristy Akins Rutledge Early Childhood Education
Mary Murphy Robinson Scholarship $6,312 Rebecca Gay Twin City Early Childhood Education Mike Castronis Scholarship $1,000 Jared Hughes Lindale Health & Physical Education Paul Tappan Harwell Scholarship $750 Dyanna Buro Marietta Early Childhood Education Rachel Sibley Sutton Scholarship $1,000 Corey Baughman Carnesville Middle School Education
Cayla Bellemy Sugar Hill Music Education
Rose Sanders Stanley Scholarship $550 Pamela Lauren Perry Fort Valley Mathematics Education
Morgan McClure Roswell Early Childhood Education
Stephanie M. Porcello Lawrenceville Mathematics Education
Joseph Monell Monroe Early Childhood Education
Brandon J. Thixton Watkinsville Mathematics Education
Rebecca Torbett Watkinsville Science Education
State Normal School Scholarship $6,312 Anissa Howard Perry Counseling and Human Development Services
Eda Klein Leadership Award $400 Janice Rinaldo Dacula Recreation & Leisure Studies Jim Mann Family Scholarship $1,700 Jessica Hammonds Rentz Early Childhood Education Mary Ella Lunday Soule Scholarship $1,000 Ashley Rish Broxton Exercise Science 20 ■ EDUCATION 2009
Student Teaching Scholarship $1,000 Tommy Branch Athens Art Education Dyanna Buro Marietta Early Childhood Education David Ly Suwanee Early Childhood Education
Emilie Mannheim Marietta Early Childhood Education Caroline Parker Kathleen Early Childhood Education Stephanie Porcello Lawrenceville Mathematics Education Stasia Theiss Roswell Early Childhood Education Brandon Thixton Athens Mathematics Education Roseanna West Decatur Early Childhood Education Allison Wilde Conyers Early Childhood Education
GRADUATE
Ann E. Jewett Distinguished Graduate Assistantship Emily Jones Physical Education & Sport Studies Barbara J. Rankin Scholarship $500 Susan Powell Recreation & Leisure Studies Denny Teason Recreation & Leisure Studies Carol Fisher Language and Literacy Education Scholarship $500 Amy Wilson Reading Education Carroll Wade McGuffey Award $1,500 Jiang He Educational Administration and Policy Del Jones Memorial Scholarship $5,496 Lindsey Hall English Education
Hilary Hughes Middle Grades Education Brandon Mitchell Science Education Elizabeth Banner Travel Award $400 Sabrina Robinson Professional Counseling
Irene and Curtis Ulmer Doctoral Scholarship in Adult Education $1,000 David Ruggless Adult Education
Owen Scott Graduate Fellowship in Educational Psychology $1,000 Richard West Instructional Technology
Swathi Thaker Adult Education
Ray E. Bruce Scholarship $1,500 Oksana Parylo Educational Administration and Policy
Taryne Mingo Professional Counseling
Jonathan Robert Scruggs Scholarship $2,000 Molly McKee Mathematics Education
Elmer Jackson Carson Scholarship $750 Yen-Ting Liu Reading Education
Louise E. Kindig Research Award $1,000 Nate Thom Exercise Science
Rose Sanders Stanley Scholarship $550 Molly McKee Mathematics Education
Genelle Morain Language Education Scholarship $500 Cheryl McLean Reading Education
Mary Ella Lunday Soule Assistantship Brad Bowser Exercise Science
Student Teaching Scholarship $1,000 Molly McKee Mathematics Education
Wonseok Choi Physical Education & Sport Studies
Webber Scholarship in Communication Sciences & Disorders $1,000 Jarrett Roux Jackson Communication Sciences & Disorders
George M. & Barbara Gazda Counseling Scholarship Fund $500 Cassundra Trimble Counseling Psychology
Ruby Maude Anderson Scholarship $8,000 Betsy Alpert Educational Administration
Goizueta Foundation Assistantships $1,000 Stephanie D. Clouse-Nasarallah Counseling Psychology Gabrielle Garner Instructional Technology Cora A. Jakubiak Teaching of Additional Languages Dalcy F. Moreno Educational Leadership Karin M. Stubenbaum Public Health Kevin L. Terry Political Science Ira E. Aaron International Scholarship $1,600 Samantha Haggard Foreign Language – Spanish Christine Morris Foreign Language – Spanish EDUCATION 2009 ■ 21
The College of Education
HONOR ROLL OF DONORS T
he UGA College of Education proudly recognizes and thanks the many alumni, friends and organizations who contribute their support to the College and its strategic initiatives. Donors to the College are making an investment in our students as future educators, school administrators and top professionals in psychology- and health-related fields. See how you can make a gift to the College of Education on the enclosed return envelope. The Honor Roll of Donors recognizes gifts of $100 or more through the University of Georgia Foundation from June 1, 2007 through May 31, 2008. See a complete list of donors: www.coe.uga.edu/alumni. CORPORATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS Anonymous Advocate for Excellence in America’s Classrooms, Inc. A. I. T. Associate Fund American International Group, Inc. Timothy G. Anderson, P.A. Athens Parent, Inc. Atlanta Pizza and Gyro Augusta Hearing and Balance, LLC Bank of America Matching Gifts Program Bennett’s Antiques and Collectibles Boeing Company Camra-Cress and McGrath Rehabilitation Associates, LLC Cartecay Beefalo Farm Cingular Wireless Coca-Cola Company Countdown to Kickoff Delta Air Lines Foundation Des Reis Commercial Properties Ernst & Young Foundation Freightliner Donald D. Gehring & Associates, Inc. Georgia Recreation and Park Association, Inc. Grist Mill Farm Gulati Family Foundation Trust Hood Rentals International Reading Association J.W.R. Jewelers, Inc. Miss Sallie Maude Jones Trust Keystone Financial Services, LLC Learning in Retirement Marathon Oil Foundation, Inc. Mikey Foundation National Multiple Sclerosis Society Norfolk Southern Foundation Organization for Autism Research, Inc. Patrick Engineering Associates, Inc. Peachtree Road United Methodist Church Pfizer Inc. Pogo Producing Company Presbyterian Village Athens/Oconee Raytheon Company Anne W. Reynolds, PhD, PC Thelma Smalley Missionary Circle Spencer’s Jewelers State Farm Companies Foundation SunTrust Bank Foundation Therapy Solutions of Georgia, Inc. United Way of Larimer County, Inc. The Wachovia Foundation, Inc.
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DEFERRED Dr. Elizabeth C. Aderhold Neal and Nancy Alford Martha Nell Allman Charles R. Brown Julianne F. and C. Saxby Chambliss Ms. Suzanne C. Corbett Cam D. Dorsey, Jr. Mary Frances Early Dr. Carol J. Fisher Sara O. Glickman and Dr. Carl D. Glickman Dr. Sylvia McCoy Hutchinson Dr. Virginia M. Macagnoni Mary Ann Morgareidge David John Mullen, Jr., and Mrs. Cynthia Shields Mullen Joan Burkes Land Neal Drs. Jenny and Steven Oliver Patricia P. Price Dr. Donald O. Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Tidmore Dr. R. Curtis Ulmer, Sr., and Irene S. Ulmer Mr. and Mrs. Eugene B. Webb Aubrey Sego Whelchel Mr. and Mrs. James C. Womack DEAN’S CLUB $1,000+ Dr. Ira E. Aaron Janice Puder Agron Martha Nell Allman Brian Christopher Bruce Brenda Scruggs Carter and Dr. Harrison S. Carter Louis and Mae Castenell Dr. and Mrs. William C. Childers, Jr. Dr. Elmer Ulmont Clawson Dr. Gloria Contreras Sara Lucas Cooney and Dr. Thomas J. Cooney Dr. Bernice Louise Cooper Dr. Carolyn Carson Dahl Mr. James Anderson Dunlap, Jr. Dr. Carol J. Fisher MaryAnn Garrard Dr. and Mrs. George M. Gazda Mrs. Selma M. Gore Elizabeth Garrard Hall Estate Dr. George Olin Hallman Jack Wilson Hemingway Philip W. Hendrickson and Carol A. Henderickson Mr. and Mrs. James L. Henderson III Drs. Mary A. and Lawrence R. Hepburn Hildegard K. Holmes
Dr. Sylvia McCoy Hutchinson Dr. Ann E. Jewett Ms. Marian Kneer Ms. Ann Lawrence Joanna Massar John O. McCoy, Jr. Michael I. and Dianne W. McCoy Mrs. Dorothy McGuffey Dr. Denise Spangler Mewborn Dr. Theodore K. Miller Drs. Cynthia M. and James N. Moore Dr. Robert Reese Myers Timothy G. Penning Dr. Diane L. Potter Dr. Marion Jennings Rice and Molly Moore Rice Dr. James R. Richburg and Victoria Twichell Richburg William Stephens Robinson Dr. Donald O. Schneider Mrs. Virginia Reeder Scott Mr. and Mrs. Steve Scruggs Dr. Perry Joe Sisson Cathy E. and Philip Solomons, Jr. Dr. John Edwards Steinbrink Dr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Stoltman Dr. Karen Beth Tolley and Edward Donald Tolley Dr. E. Paul Torrance Estate Dr. and Mrs. James A. Verbrugge Dr. Otto Paul Wielan Drs. John T. and Patricia S. Wilson Dr. Roger Bradley Winston, Jr., and Mrs. Pat G. Winston Dr. Russell H. Yeany, Jr., and Brenda Yeany COLLEGE CLUB $500+ Dr. Juanita Johnson-Bailey and Marvin Bailey Drs. Jeanne Barsanti and Craig Greene Mr. and Mrs. Warner A. Bonner, Jr. Dr. Martha Clarkson Braswell and James A. Braswell Dr. Jenny Lynn Brooks William H. and Erica L. Carter Dr. Ronald M. Cervero Dr. Bradley C. Courtenay and Nancy Talton Courtenay Mrs. Paula Heard Gault Dr. and Mrs. Brian A. Glaser Mr. Steven Dawson Harris Mr. and Mrs. Gregory P. Hauck Dr. Gardner James Hobbs Dr. Prentiss M. Hosford Mark Allan and Joanie Kenny Hoyt Denise Ann Companik Juliana
Robert W. and Carol A. Krueger Dr. Michael Lee Lariscy Dr. Chester William Leathers Dr. Terry M. Lee Rae Dennis McWhirter Arthur Benjamin Mohor, Jr. Dr. Marie R. Mullan Peter James Paul Leonard D. Pridgeon Roberta Stevens Ramsay and Dr. James Walter Ramsay Dr. Mary Gayle Rogers Sara Lee Simons Ruth M. Steegmann Ms. Sara Anne Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Thurmond Dr. Antoinette Tiburzi Betty Hooks Underwood BG Luis Raul Visot-Sauza Lou Ann Trapnell Watson Mr. Dan Whitmire Dr. Elmer D. Williams Erla Gortatowsky Zuber and Harry A. Zuber CENTURY CLUB $100+ Livy Beck Abele Dr. and Mrs. Howard M. Abney, Jr. Mr. Kenneth Wayne Adams Mr. Fred Lendon Addison Dr. Stephen Kwasi Agyekum Charles Newman and Christina Webb Akin Dr. Larry Michael Albertson Naomi Shearouse Alderman Dr. and Mrs. Gilles O. Allard Drs. Lewis Ray and JoBeth Allen Dr. Thomas Duane Allerton, Sr. Beth Cobb and Darrell Lynn Allman William C. Amacher Dr. Mary E. Anders Ellen Smith and W. Robb Andersen Carole Winkenwerder Anderson and Timothy G. Anderson Dr. Wayne W. Antenen and Mary Chris Antenen David Averill Ms. Anne H. Bages Mrs. Mayer Martin Baker Dr. Paul Stanley Baker Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Ball Dr. Orlow E. Ball and Barbara Stevens Ball Mr. and Mrs. Steeny C. Banks Mr. and Mrs. Kendall M. Barckley Mr. Louis Edwin Barnes III Dr. Harold Thomas Barnett
Dr. Ian Courtney Barrett and Dr. Bryant Stacey Brazeal Margaret Lea Barrett Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence N. Barton, Jr. Jayne Ellen Bartrand Dr. Stephen Wesley Batson Dr. Dorothy Ann Battle Rebecca Seagraves and Herman Crawford Baugh Joyce Ballard Beckwith and Dr. Julian R. Beckwith III Margaret T. and Thomas R. Bennett Dr. Jeri Benson Dr. Sidney E. Benton Ms. Jacque Barta Bermel Mrs. Deborah Hand Berry Mr. and Mrs. Gene E. Bethea Deborah Yater and Carl W. Betsill Dr. Wei Bian Dr. Laura Lee Bierema and Dr. Mark H. Ebell Dr. Charles Henry Bishop, Jr. Dr. John David Blakeman Mr. Peter J. Blickhahn Dr. and Mrs. Edgar R. Bohannon Edmund Douglas Boothe Mr. and Mrs. Stewart M. Borders Dr. John Metcalf Bowen and Jean Schmidt Bowen Linda Leigh Cain Boyd and William Frank Boyd, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brackett Jane Hodge Bradford Mrs. Amy Findley Bradsher Ms. Linda E. Brady Lavada E. Brodnax Brannon Dr. P. Stanley Brassie Linda Whitten Braun Drs. Ann Smith and Robert G. Bretscher Dr. Barney Cambon Brewton, Jr. Mr. Burton Lamont Bridges Marcia Goldberg and Bruce A. Brown Francine Ennis Brown Dr. and Mrs. Ray E. Bruce Ms. Sharon Ann Bryant Ann Lagrone and Daniel H. Bull, Jr. Mrs. Marie Banks Burroughs Hunter Joyce Burt Mr. Gary Tilghman Butts Mary Ann Buxton Dr. Robert Lawrence Byalick Polly and Ed Byrd Drs. Mary Lynne and Lawrence G. Calhoun, Jr. Dr. Nancy L. Canolty Prof. and Mrs. Ronald L. Carlson Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W. Carpenter Dr. Kyle R. Carter and Sarah Hackney Carter Dr. and Mrs. John M. Casey Dr. Jonell H. Cash and Thomas Bell Cash Robert W. and Lou J. Catlin Dr. Robert Michael Cavin, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Chasteen Dr. David Paul Christy Dr. Larry Donald Clanton Mr. William G. Clarke Larry D. and Patricia A. Clay Dr. and Mrs. Hubert M. Clements Edsel Lamar Cleveland, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cofer Margaret Grayson Cole and Dr. Ronald S. Cole Mrs. Sharon Lee Groff Collins Mrs. Mary Pauline Condon Dr. Olive W. Conlin Ms. Anne C. Cook Catherine Cobb Cook and John David Cook Dr. and Mrs. James H. Cook Crystal R. Cooke Dr. Diane L. Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Randall C. Copeland Dr. Jay William Coulter, Jr. Julian Franklin Council II Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Cozart, Jr. Drs. Stephen E. and Margaret K. Cramer Miss Clara Beatrice Crane Dr. Carl O. McGrath and Dr. Marie Elaine Cress Elaine H. Crosby Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Cross, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Crumbley, Jr. Dr. John Willie Culbreath William Paulk Culbreth Mr. Turner Holmes Cunningham Drs. Peggy and John C. Dagley Mrs. Christopher K. Daigle Mr. E. Ross Daniel Jackie Louise Daniel Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Daniel Dr. Cindy Ann Darden Drs. Bernard P. and Jean E. Dauenhauer Ms. Dottie June Davis Dr. Kathleen L. Davis Dr. and Mrs. Sherman R. Day Harold Charles Days Dr. and Mrs. Nathan W. Dean Dr. Patricia Del Rey Dr. and Mrs. David R. Dennison Dr. Richard William Des Reis Ms. Michelle Sasser Devlin Dr. and Mrs. Louis DeVorsey Susan Ross and David A. Dial Irene Mary Diamond and Dr. George M. A. Stanic Ms. Betty Ann Dickerhoof Charlotte Leavy Dickson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Dignam Dr. and Mrs. Rodney K. Dishman Dr. and Mrs. Peter E. Dress Mrs. Joanne Dowling Dryman Dr. Merrily S. Dunn Cheryl McDavid Dupree Charlotte Hitchcock Efurd Dr. Carolyn K. Ehr Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Elder Dr. Henry Nicholas Elksnin Mr. Robert Elrod Dr. Catherine Dunnington Ennis Mr. Cecil Ethridge, Jr. Ms. Rebekah Miller Farber Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Field Dr. Thomas Lee Fisher Virginia Wilson and Wiley Stewart Flanagin, Jr. Dr. William P. and June N. Flatt Mrs. E. Dianne Heard-Ford and Mr. Vernon R. Ford
Mr. Jimmy Clark Ford Dorothy Jane Knight Forehand and Jack Joseph Forehand Johnnie R. Wallace Forgay and Carl A. Forgay Maxie Elliott Foster Thomas Hall Fowler Dr. Eva Constance Fox Mrs. Hazel McKenney Fox Frances Cater Franklin Ms. Kathryn Pryor Fraser Mr. Jack Gregg French Marilee Hanna and Philip Freshley Ms. Jennifer Lynn Frum Dr. Gordon Walter G. Fulcher Mrs. Mickey Carsello Gade Dr. and Mrs. Ralph L. Gainey Dr. Lisa Williams Garrett Dr. Barbara Campbell Gartin Dr. Donald David Gehring Dr. Yvette Q. Getch Kathy Ann Giddens Michael Lee Gilstrap Mrs. Margaret Gonzalez Dr. Lynda Thomas Goodfellow Mrs. Janet McLanahan Goossens Mr. and Mrs. David M. Gordon Sheryl L. and Gordon L. Gotts Dr. Imogene Linette Gouveia Susan Joan Graham Dr. June Wehrt Gray Mr. and Mrs. John T. Green Ms. Sara Elaine Greene Dr. Martha Judith Greer George W. and Stephanie Gudz Sandra Skelton Haas Ms. Cecilia Hadley Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Hall Mrs. Nell Oliver Hall April Sams Halliday and Robert Keith Halliday S. Elaine Hamilton Juanita Grantham and William L. Hammock Mr. Clifford Hancock Mrs. Kathleen I. Hanna Ken E. Hansing Linda Hughes Hardie Dr. Brad Vann Harmon Peggy Bargeron and Thomas Y. Harris III Ms. Kathleen Maguire Harrison Pamela C. Harrison Dr. Richard Dwight Harrison Ms. Jane H. Harvey Mr. Archie E. Hatfield, Jr. Dr. Anne Hathaway and Richard M. Hathaway Dr. and Mrs. Robert M. Hatton Mrs. Grace P. Hawn Drs. Andrew E. and Hathia Searles Hayes Dr. Harold Lee Hayes Mr. and Mrs. Wyman C. Heeth Ellen Baldwin and Timothy A. Heilig Dr. Cindy Gillespie Hendricks Richard J. and Mary L. Hendrickson Jenny Harvey Herrington Mr. and Mrs. Joel A. Hill, Jr. Kimberly Elliott Hill Mrs. Martha Beasley Hill
Dr. Richard K. and Joan C. Hill Dr. and Mrs. Roger B. Hill Dolly Bentley Hogan Dr. Charles Thomas Holmes and Roselle Massey Holmes Dr. Elaine Renfroe Homestead Dr. Alicia Marie Homrich Cecilia Webb Hooten Ms. Marian Jane Hopkins Dr. Sharon Gayle Horne Mr. Joe C. Horton Richard Gray Houston and Dorothy Middleton Houston Mr. Jimmy Huffman William Lawrence Huggins and Mary Rowland Huggins Mrs. Kelly Jean Hulett Mr. and Mrs. John S. Hunsinger Anne Kelley Huppertz Gwendolyn Norris Hutcheson and Dr. Kermit Hutcheson Melinda Suzanne Hyde Joseph Gledhill Impink Dr. Leonard Dorsey Jackson Dr. Oscar T. Jarvis Dr. Bob W. Jerrolds Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Jessup Miss Fidelia Gale Johnson Dr. George W. Johnson Karen Hart and Harry Johnson III Mr. David Jolliff A. Belle Jones Cheryl Ann Jones Elizabeth Butler Jones and Gilbert Robert Jones Mrs. Ethelene Dyer Jones Ms. Marilyn Joyce Jones Sheila Wofford and C. Mark Jones Jane Etta and Emmett Marshall Jordan Dr. Lucille G. Jordan Dr. Karol Anne Kahrs Dr. Russell Karasik and Dr. Pamlyn Dawn Atkins Dr. Richard Kazelskis Meda M. Keefer Dr. Donald Leonard Keeley Dr. Marian Jean Keller Dr. Erma William Kent Mrs. Helen U. Kent Dr. Sophia Durcinka Kent Sarah Mote Killgore Donna McCourry and Davis Wayne King, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. King, Jr. Mrs. Vivian Harris King Faye Ruth Kirschner Mr. and Mrs. James T. Kitchens Dr. Milton Kleg Drs. Pamela Bradley and Douglas A. Kleiber Ms. Jenny Koehn Larry Kelley Kohn Joyce Webb Koontz Mr. Richard C. Kraus and Dr. Pamela K. Orpinas Dr. and Mrs. Richard M. Krise Melodee and Bryan Lackey Dr. Leslie Thomas Lambert Paul Lane Kara Roberts and James Robert Lawrence
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Mr. and Mrs. Bobby W. Lawson Dr. Gene Rolf Layser Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Leathers, Jr. COL Maureen Keenan LeBoeuf Dr. Robert Vernon Leftwich Dr. Awanna Lowe Leslie Dr. Maurice Levy Jeannette Bellamy and Max J. Lewallen Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Lightsey Dr. Jimmy Doyle Lindsey Mrs. Natalyn Daniel Livingston Dr. Judith Louise Long Mr. David Gale Lorenzi Dr. Donella Whitaker Lowery Dr. Wei-Ming Luh Donald Lee Luker and Cheryl Sanders- Luker Carolyn George Lunsford and J. Rodgers Lunsford III Matilda Kroell Lynch and Dr. Donald Richard Lynch John Charles Magoni Robert Henry Mair III Marcia Crawford Mann Dr. Randall and Rita Manning Dr. Steven Lawrence Marcus Sherry W. and Gary W. Marsh Dr. J. Larry Martin Mrs. Janice Duddy Martin Rebecca Bush and Carlton Charles Maynard, Jr. Mr. James O’Donald Mays Dr. Louise McBee Carol Starnes and Stuart D. McCanless Dr. and Mrs. Bryan A. McCullick Dr. Thomas Fredrick McDonald and Barbara Terrell McDonald Joe Miller McKelvey, Jr. Charles Allen McKinney Ms. Susan Hall McKinney Melanie Carey and Larry McMichael Dr. Mark Eugene Meadows Dr. Jonathan Erick Messemer Steve and Margherita Mignardi Diane Elizabeth Miles Dr. Andrew James Milson Mr. Joey Lee Mink Dr. Sam Marshall Mitchell Dr. Nancy Batson Mizelle and Dr. William O. Mizelle Shirley Bruce Moon John Hugheston Mooney Martha Williams Moore Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Moore Dr. Genelle G. Morain Ms. Sarah McKay Morgan Zippy and Fran Morocco Drs. Libby E. and Clell V. Morris Mary Wenck Morris Ruth Wilbanks and Jack O. Morse Mr. Fred Singer Morton Joyce E. Morway Jimmie Lee Mountain Katherine Sheridan Mulherin Ms. Carolyn Nunnelley Mullenix Mrs. Laura Martin Murphy Maxine Conner Nabors
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Dr. Wanda King Nabors Frances Rowland Neely and Dr. Walter P. Neely Gale Bartlett Nemec Ms. Teresa Rae Nestor Mr. and Mrs. David L. Newton Ms. Laura Louise Newton Linday Newton Mrs. Barbara Poulos Norton Ms. Helen Wyatt Oliver Drs. Jenny and Steven Oliver Drs. Jo Ellen and John E. Oliver Virginia Lynn Oliver-Lentz Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Orem Dr. Mary Elizabeth Outlaw Mr. William Gustin Overby Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Page Emory Hugh and Harriett W. Palmer Dr. Walker Jackson Parish, Jr. Kenneth Chandler Parker Mr. and Mrs. Trummie L. Patrick, Jr. James Walling Pennington Mr. Ernest Cory Peppers Janice Gerrett and Douglas Wayne Perkins William Lee and Sarah M. Peters Dr. and Mrs. Jeffrey T. Petty Larry Gardner Petty Dr. Morris Overton Phelps and Gregg Yarbrough Phelps Dr. Eugene Burke Phillips Jill Mitchell and Christopher W. Phillips Ms. Madge E. Phillips Dr. William Roy Pipes Ms. Carly Lane Plonka Drs. Kenneth W. and Jonelle Porter Pool Pete John Poulos Dr. Glen Huel Powell Ms. Gwynn M. Powell Ms. Debora Blankemeyer Poythress Hon. and Mrs. John C. Pridgen Dr. Nancy Elizabeth Pruitt Gayle Brown Ragsdale and B. Dan Ragsdale Ms. Betty R. Ralston Dr. Frank Rapley Tommy Dexter Raulerson Dr. Darrell Curtis Ray Mrs. Amanda Smith Reames Ronda Reardon Dr. Barbara Reed and Robert B. Reed Drs. Judith and Richard Reiff Dr. Cecil Randy Reynolds Emily Camille Reynolds Mr. Donald E. Rhodes Robert Joseph Ricketson Ted James Rikard Dr. John Frost Riley Dr. and Mrs. Gerald B. Robins J. Cheney Robinson IV Vicki Pope Rogers Kathleen McCaffrey Rojek and Dr. Dean G. Rojek Jane Canipe Rooks Ms. Mary Rogers Rose Debra Hensley Rowell Dorothy G. Leverette Royal Sharon Nelson Russell
William Adolph Russell Dr. Thomas Michael Rutkowski Laura Lea RycKeley Drs. Edward P. and Janet A. Sandor Mary Patterson Saunders Mary Vivian Scarbary William B. Whitman and Dr. Paula J. Schwanenflugel Mrs. Mary Ann Cain Scogin Becky W. Scott Mrs. Wendy Willingham Scott Dr. Douglas Sebring Mrs. Elizabeth M. Seigler Dr. Diane Lynn Sekeres and Theodore Joseph Sekeres, Jr. Dr. Mark S. Shearer Ann H. Sheffield Dr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Shepard Mrs. Janet Thomason Shepherd Carolyn Gentry Sheppard Mr. and Mrs. James E. Sheppard, Jr. Dr. Kenneth Sherman and Dr. Sherrie Gibney-Sherman Mr. Grayson E. Shiprek Ms. Zobia Siddiq Dr. Eleanor Kyle Sikes Dr. Elizabeth Mary Simonetti Dr. Ronald Dale Simpson Suzanne Simpson Dr. Ernise S. Singleton Dr. Stanton James Singleton Dr. Jack M. Sink Dr. James Kenneth Smith Drs. Kathleen B. and Frederick G. Smith Lurlyne Lott Smith Mary Jo Smith Thomas Wayne and Elizabeth C. Smith Charles Raymond Sniffin Drs. Walter R. and Sue E. Snow Helena Stern Solodar Dr. Katherine Ford Spanton and Michael J. Spanton Dr. Melinda Millard and Phillip B. Stafford Dr. Rosemarie Stallworth-Clark Mr. and Mrs. Scott D. Stanfill Dr. Bob Stansberry Dr. Martha Stephens Staples Mr. and Mrs. Wayne L. Stebbins Bobby Nelson Stephens Dr. and Mrs. David C. Stiles David Anthony Stola Mr. and Mrs. Billy Stone Mr. and Mrs. James T. Stovall III Dr. James Louie Street Mr. Mark Reign Streiter Connie Robinson Strickland Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Striplin Mr. Nelson Strubbe Ms. Dale Jewett Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Albert K. Summers Dr. Claire Cochran Swann Carol Duncan Sweny Dr. Elizabeth Tsamas Taft Glenna Feagin Talbert Dr. Mary Combs Tate and Curtis E. Tate, Jr.
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DEVELOPMENT UPDATE
Introducing the College of Education Centennial Scholarship Endowment Commemorating 100 years of educational excellence Celebrating the Past…
Greg is a doctoral student in language and literacy education from Athens, Ga. He says that his career as a language teacher began in the outdoor classroom of the Guatemalan jungle. An undergraduate major in sustainable development in the early 1990s, Greg worked as a human rights observer in a remote Guatemalan village. Upon returning to the U.S., he obtained public school teaching licensure in English as a Second Language and spent the next several years as an ESL school teacher, coordinator and college instructor. Greg says his doctoral work focuses on exploring ways to better prepare teachers to work with linguistically and culturally diverse students. In his doctoral work, he seeks to help shape the theory and practice that influences the fields of language education and teacher preparation. As a father of three children and full-time doctoral student, Greg was most appreciative of the financial assistance offered by this award.
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As part of the celebration of our 100-year anniversary, the College of Education development office is spotlighting the College’s effort to raise $100,000 to endow the Centennial Scholarship Fund. This commemorative endowment will recognize a century-old tradition of excellence by awarding a scholarship to an outstanding undergraduate and graduate student each year. To be eligible, students must be full-time with at least two semesters remaining in their major. They must present evidence of leadership ability and a statement of professional goals and aspirations. Financial need will also be a consideration. At press time, the College of Education has already raised one quarter of the funds needed to endow this unique scholarship in which students from all disciplines of the College will be eligible. Join the celebration of the College’s first century and help the College recognize and encourage the best and brightest future teachers and educational professionals of tomorrow with your gift to the Centennial Scholarship Fund. Please use the enclosed envelope to make your gift or visit our website at www.coe.uga.edu and click “Give to the COE.”
Congratulations to our 2008 Centennial Scholarship Award Winners!
Inspiring the Future… The College of Education was extremely pleased to inaugurate the Centennial Scholarship at our June 13, 2008 Centennial Celebration Luncheon in Athens. Many thanks to our Centennial Sponsors who offered the essential support to underwrite the celebration and the scholarships for our two outstanding recipients. National Football League player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and former UGA Bulldog safety Jermaine Phillips (BSEd ’01, sport studies) presented the 2008 Centennial Scholarships.
Anamaria Berry Anamaria is a senior early childhood education major from Conyers, Ga. However, she originally comes from a place much further away. Anamaria grew up in a Colombian family that brought her to the United States with the dream of freedom and a better education. One of the biggest challenges she faced upon arriving in this country was learning to speak English. Using all the perseverance she had and an ESL teacher who never allowed her to give up, she learned to speak English in her first two months here. Anamaria understands the challenges and hard work necessary to be successful. As a teacher in early childhood education, she hopes to inspire her students that anything is possible.
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Jermaine Phillips pictured with the College of Education’s first Centennial Scholarship winners Anamaria Berry (top) and Greg McClure (bottom). PHOTOS BY PAUL EFLAND
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Aderhold Hall circa 1975.
Current and retired faculty and administrators talk about their careers, the College and the people with whom they work(ed)
The College of Education’s Oral History Project was an initiative directed by Kathryn Roulston, an
associate professor in the Qualitative Research Program in the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy. The project involved the interviewing of more than a dozen current and retired COE faculty members by graduate students in her Qualitative Research Traditions Course (QUAL 8400) in fall 2007. The following are short excerpts from those interviews.
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Dr. Cheri Hoy
Dr. James W. Wilson
Associate Dean for Faculty & Administrative Services
Professor of Mathematics Education (1968-present)
Professor of Special Education (1982 to present)
Q: What were some critical events that happened during your 11 years as a department head?
Q: How did you come to work with the College of Education at the University of Georgia?
A: Shortly after I became department head, it was discovered that Aderhold Hall had asbestos in it, which is a building material that had been found to have cancer-producing properties. It had been used as insulation around pipes and used in floor tile. The University decided to take the asbestos out of Aderhold Hall, so they identified some spaces in Athens, some properties downtown in which we could move our faculty, staff and students while work was being done on the building. They moved people two floors at a time into offices in downtown Athens. The workmen had all this plastic and airlocks, so there would be some kind of vacuum thing. They took out all the ceiling tiles, they stripped out all the asbestos, they took up floor tiles and sealed it in drums so that it wouldn’t get in the air and then they would carry it out of the building. That was a period of great drama because faculty were saying, “How can we do this? How can we do our research, how can we teach if we are moved out of our offices?” And it happened. Even as people were saying, “I can’t leave, I can’t leave because of my work,” their offices were packed up, and they were moved. The building in which the Blue Bird Café is downtown, across from the Classic Center, was vacant at the time, and they moved us into that building. They moved some people into offices above one of the art shops. There were some vacant department stores, and they created classrooms in those. That would have been around 1988. I was the acting department head. I had just been promoted to associate professor. There were not many, some of the faculty had retired, we were trying to hire new faculty. Then we had to move into these temporary spaces. It was quite a long process – a little over a year. We also had accreditation during that 11-year period. There were two accreditation visits to the College, and that is always a lot of difficult work. Then, towards the end of that 11-year period, the University decided that they were going to move from the quarter system to a semester system. So we had a two-year period starting in 1995 or ‘96 during which we had to meet and think about how to change from a three-quarter-a-year system to a two-semester-a-year system. There were also issues of how to revise the curriculum, how to help students transition from the quarter system to the semester system, how to make sure that the credits all lined up and the students didn’t have a longer program of study. There was a great deal of curriculum work during that time.
A: I finished my doctorate at Stanford University and stayed on with a research staff there from 1964-68. In 1967, I met some people who were visiting Stanford from the University of Georgia, and they mentioned that mathematics education was developing at Georgia and hoped that I would be interested. It wasn’t on my mind at that time. In 1967, there was a national conference on research in mathematics education that was held at UGA over in the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. They brought people from all over the country, and there were two of us who came from Stanford –Professor Beagle, who was my mentor, and me. It was a three- or four-day conference, and the first national conference on research in mathematics education. The people in the department, Dr. Hooten, Dr. Pikaart and Dr. McKillip, were instrumental in bringing that conference here and bringing researchers from all over the country. So it attracted a lot of attention to the University of Georgia, and it led me to consider the University of Georgia as a place to work in mathematics education. At the conference, there were several side conversations with the people here. They knew that I was trying to leave Stanford in 1968, and those conversations began a year-long discussion of considering the University of Georgia for a possible position. When I did leave Stanford in 1968, this was one of several places from which I had offers. The others were University of Maryland, University of Massachusetts, University of Illinois, and Kansas State University. It was a very difficult decision because other places were offering more money. What led me to the University of Georgia was the sense of a group of mathematics education people here interested in some of the things that I was interested in, such as mathematics teacher education and research on learning of mathematics. It was basically a fairly young group of scholars who were being established here. Dr. Steffe had joined the faculty at that time, so when I came for a job interview, there was Dr. Steffe, Dr. Pikaart, Dr. Hooten, Dr. McKillip and Dr. Willcutt already here. In the spring of 1968, the University of Georgia was looking for three people in mathematics education, and I was one of the three that eventually accepted a position here. The other two were Dr. Hatfield and Dr. Mahaffey. So the short answer to your question, rather than the long one I’ve given you, is that I was very impressed with the group of people I had a chance to work with and collaborate with here. At other places, there were only one or two other people, or nobody else, in mathematics education. If I had gone to the University of Massachusetts, I would have been the only person there in mathematics education. There might have been other colleagues in other departments, and there were other things which were strong in those places, but the fact there was a group of mathematics education people here, with a Department of Mathematics Education, was a big factor in attracting me to the University of Georgia.
See the full interviews and several more on the COE Centennial Website: www.coe.uga.edu/centennial.
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Dr. Ira E. Aaron Professor Emeritus Department of Reading Education (1948-85)
Q: What role did you play in the development of the reading program or department?
A: When I came back from Minnesota, I found I had been made chair of the Bureau of Educational Studies and Field Services. I didn’t get to run the Bureau because the dean was calling most of the shots. Joe Williams, who was in the President’s office, was on my staff, that kind of thing. The dean and I had a get-together one morning, and I said, “Let me start a reading program.” Gradually, we started the clinic, and from that, undergraduate courses began to develop. Only one reading course at that time was in the books. I had one assistant that first year. Finally, after about six years, there were three of us that began to develop the program. I headed the clinic for the first seven years. We tested 500+ children during that time and sent reports back to their schools.
Q: In what year did the program or department become official?
A: I don’t remember. That may be in the history that Bob Jerrolds did. We didn’t really offer a master’s until we had five faculty members, I believe. Hazel Simpson became the second reading faculty member. She got her doctorate here. The third one was Byron Callaway, who had a doctorate from Missouri; he’d been in elementary education and then left. He later taught at Auburn. Byron came back to the University and took over the clinic. Then we added a couple of more faculty, and we began offering a master’s degree. The program developed until we had as many as 13 faculty positions.
Q: In 1971, the College of Education moved into Aderhold Hall. Do you remember that transition?
A: Yes, and I remember the one before that—Peabody to Baldwin Hall. I remember when the transition was made. I made a trip to Europe, and when I came back, they had moved me. I was thinking Paul Torrance was in my office, but it was at the other end of the floor. Ed psych was on one end and reading on the other. Q: Was it a big upgrade?
A: Yes. Much more space, and we needed it. I think I was the 27th faculty member of the College when I came in, and the College’s faculty grew to a few hundred. We had to have more space. And we had more space for reading. We built space there in Aderhold. It’s essentially where they are now.
Q: In thinking back on your career, with which colleagues did you work most closely?
A: Well, in the department, Byron Callaway, Hazel Simpson and I worked constantly together. We were the three originals. We did a lot of working out in the field with Georgia teachers… workshops and the like. They were the ones, I guess …over a period of time that I worked with most closely. And then later, Sylvia Hutchinson; she was a onetime associate dean, and she was also a doctoral student of mine. In fact, since retirement, she and I had about a… 15- to 20-year research study on children’s books. We have talked about them on about five continents, I think. No one’s invited us to Antarctica yet. 28 ■ EDUCATION 2009
Q: Thinking back over your career, what were the things that you enjoyed most?
A: I guess I enjoyed most of it. Contact with the students. We began to draw, once we started a doctoral program, some really high-powered students because we had one of the very few reading programs in the country, and I guess, at that time, probably the largest, and a real fine group of people to work with. Our graduates soon were scattered over the country in a number of institutions. Several took positions in Canada.
Dr. Sylvia Hutchinson Associate Dean and Professor Emerita College of Education and the Institute of Higher Education (1979-2002) Q: Looking back over your career, what advice do you have for others studying and working at UGA?
A: First and foremost, I’d say that I hope they would really enjoy and respect… this sounds so hokey, but I can’t help it… the people that they’re around. Now, you’re always going to have some people who seem impossible. I mean you’re just so different, one from another, for whatever reason. Sometimes it’s values and sometimes it’s other things, but as much as possible, enjoy and respect those you’re around. And to just learn from the students. I remember setting up a mentoring program for young faculty once. I’d gone to all these lengths to get old dogs to mentor them and the young faculty said to me, “We really want to hear from our compatriots, the people who’ve come in when we came in. They know more about what we need. We want to share with one another. And what a good lesson! I think sometimes you forget to learn from the students and from the staff and from whomever. And to respect them. I’ve had secretaries tell me that many faculty treat them like they’re part of the furniture. They never get introduced. That’s a crime. And, all of us who do that are the poorer for it. You want to get rich in relationships and people and experiences, and then find a way to enjoy as much of it as you can. I think too, if it’s possible, one of the things we tried to do in our program is to support faculty instead of saying, “This is what you do to get promoted.” We were trying to say, “Here’s what you do to make what you do count best.” So you start looking from the beginning at the areas you want to concentrate your research on so you don’t have disparate works to present as your career work. You have threads of contribution and focused effort. To try to focus your work, what you want to accomplish, and try to get things moving in the same direction, so that when people think of your name, they say, “Oh, that’s the work that she does.” I think I would say not to do what I did, which was to serve on every committee, but to pick maybe two committees that you really want to participate in and certainly one of those outside your department so you get to meet other people on campus. Really do a crackerjack job with it instead of five or six and doing a piecemeal job. And be sure that every semester you’re meeting some people outside your department across campus. From a crass, self-interest standpoint, that will be good for you, and they’ll know you and you do your work properly, then they know who
you are, and they’re glad they know you, too. But again you just get richer and richer to learn about those other departments and other peoples’ interests, to find out there is somebody in physics whose big interest is baseball, but there is also somebody in educational technology whose big interest is baseball, and I’m interested in baseball. I mean, that’s the incredible thing, and that they’ve made that interest in baseball work for their specialties or disciplines. That’s so intriguing. To feed your soul on this campus with concerts in the Music department, to find out about the loads other people are carrying before you make a judgment. I think I’ve always been kind of critical of the athletes until I’ve taught this athletes’ class, and now I understand better the load they’re carrying, and now I would never say some of the things I used to say because I know some things I didn’t know before. So just not to think you’re too smart. I don’t know; there are probably a dozen other things, but I guess to some degree that’s a little bit of practical schmooze.
Dr. Curtis Ulmer Professor Emeritus Department of Adult Education (1967-86)
Q: Looking back over your career, what advice do you have for others studying and working at UGA?
A: In my lifetime, perhaps the greatest change in teacher education has been the need to go ahead and get a master’s degree relatively early in your career. When I first started, all the advice was: to teach 10 years and then get a master’s degree. That takes too much out of your career, so I would urge people to go ahead and get a master’s. I also think that there is a fundamental flaw, and I can speak like I
know what I am talking about after I’ve retired. I don’t think people who come into teaching as a career know enough about what they are getting into early on. I think when people commit to teaching in their freshman or sophomore year, they need to get a pretty healthy dose of what it’s like to be in teaching so that they’ll know if it’s for them or not. It is a magnificent career. I can think of no better career for people who really want it or are able to handle it. Q: How would they get a dose of reality?
A: By visiting inner city schools, by visiting ethnic schools, by visiting regular schools, by just having a good orientation into the whole, and it would also give them an idea of where they may fit best. Q: What advice would you have for new faculty?
A: My first advice to new faculty coming to UGA would be to wait at least one year before they begin to save the world, and the second is to get acquainted with the resources of the University. One of the tremendous aspects of the department of adult education is that it tends to open up the entire University to a doctoral student. For instance, we have students who take courses and get in law, in business, who find great teachers and get acquainted with them. So I would advise the new teachers to do the same thing; learn a great deal about the entire University. Q: What advice do you have for graduate students?
A: My first advice would be not to enroll in a doctoral program unless there is nothing else in the world you can do. You really have to want it bad enough to sacrifice a great deal to do it, so don’t just jump into it because it’s there. Spend a lot of time thinking about it, visiting the department, because you are going to spend three or four years of your life in it, and literally $200,000 or $300,000 in lost wages or expenses, so you damned sure better know what you want out of it. Q: So go in with a strategy?
A: Forget about getting a broad, general education. You best concentrate on getting the degree first and then get an education. See the full interviews and several more on the COE Centennial Website: www.coe.uga.edu/centennial.
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A Degree of RESPECT UGA students seek posthumous degree for pioneering black Athens educator Samuel F. Harris
UGA students Tim Evans, right, and (L-R) Jamarl Glenn and Jamel Harvey talk near the grave of Samuel F. Harris earlier this year. Harris, a pioneering black educator, studied at UGA 50 years before it became legal for him to do so. Evans and his group are trying to get Harris honored with a posthumous degree. Photo by David Manning/Athens Banner-Herald By Catharin Shepard Conventional wisdom says that patience is a virtue, but after more than 100 years one very unconventional University of Georgia alumnus has still not received the degree he was said to have earned after sitting in on classes taught by University and State Normal School professors around the turn of the 20th century. Samuel F. Harris, a pioneering Athens educator and administrator who helped shape and define education for local African Americans in the early 20th century, as well as vocational curriculum in schools statewide, was never officially enrolled at UGA. Strict laws prevented him from taking classes there 30 ■ EDUCATION 2009
and UGA never awarded him a degree, despite the best efforts of sympathetic faculty members who attested to the work he had done to earn a degree. More than 50 years before the Brown vs. Board of Education decision ended segregation and six decades before UGA conferred a music education degree on Mary Frances Early, the University’s first African-American graduate, Harris was studying chemistry and Latin under University and State Normal School professors while serving as the operator of a classroom projector. It was through the pages of Georgia Secretary of Labor Michael Thurmond’s 1978 book, A Story Untold: Black Men and Women in Athens History, that UGA political science
students Timothy Evans and Kellen WilliamsSingleton first learned about Harris during a Black History Month discussion panel in February 2006. Evans was the first to voice the idea of approaching the University about granting Harris a posthumous master’s degree. “An honorary degree does not speak to his involvement here at the University. He did a lot of great things for the state,” said Evans, an Atlanta native who graduated this past May with a bachelor’s in political science. “What we’re pushing for is based on the fact that he was here and that he completed requirements necessary to graduate. He was a vital part of our history.” In 1903, the historically black institution Morris Brown College in Atlanta presented
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Harris with a master’s degree in recognition of the work he completed at UGA. He remained an important part of Morris Brown for many years, serving on the college’s Board of Trustees from 1901-35. Later in his life, Harris attended the University of Chicago and the University of Pennsylvania, where he was reported to be working toward a Ph.D. before his death in 1935. He also pursued higher education at Harvard University. Evans and Williams-Singleton joined forces with Jamel Harvey, a fellow political science major, and Jamarl Glenn, a linguistics major, to form the Samuel F. Harris Committee. The four undergraduates started searching for clues about Harris’ involvement at UGA, backtracking through Thurmond’s sources and
even enlisting the help of research assistants at Morris Brown. Steven Brown, former director of the Hargrett Archives at the University of Georgia Library was also instrumental in their research. The students realized early in their investigation that they would face many challenges to find such records. Devastating fires at UGA and Morris Brown had destroyed many documents, and their search was haunted by the ghost of segregation. Because Harris was African American and not officially allowed to enroll, no records of his attending classes would have been kept. “Our reasoning behind why a lot of this is not documented is the time in and of itself,” said Evans. “Who would document this?” UGA, with permission from the University System Board of Regents, can award two honorary degrees per year to people – some who may never have set foot on campus – who have made valuable contributions to the community. An honorary-degree committee of faculty accepts nomination packets, including a statement, background and recommendation letters, at the beginning of the fall semester for spring commencement. For a posthumous degree, an academic department must determine the student took enough courses to complete or nearly complete a degree, according to UGA’s academic affairs policy. UGA awards about three posthumous degrees per year, but usually soon after the student dies. The students’ efforts over the past two years have been noticed by several prestigious UGA alumni who know a little something about breaking barriers. “I have followed, with great interest, the story of Professor Samuel Harris,” said Mary Frances Early (MMEd ’62), the first AfricanAmerican graduate at UGA, now professor and department chair emerita of music education at Clark Atlanta University. “My feeling is that a posthumous degree would be very appropriate. It would not only indicate a recognition of Professor Harris’ accomplishments at UGA and beyond, but would also indicate the University’s willingness to reach beyond its normal policies. Harris couldn’t receive a degree at that time of Georgia’s history because of segregation. There’s no reason that he shouldn’t receive it, now that the University is desegregated and is recognizing other pioneers of color.” Evans, Glenn, Harvey and Singleton believe that enough evidence exists to prove Harris completed the required course of study at UGA. The dedicated young men have spent
the past two years preparing to make their case before a College of Education committee, the College’s dean, and UGA President Michael Adams in hopes of getting Harris the real degree that they think he rightfully earned. The students have also discovered a precedent for awarding such degrees. “The way the summer program worked, they taught the curriculum,” said Harvey, who
Samuel Frederick Harris, circa 1910.
Photo used by permission from A Story Untold: Black Men and Women in Athens History
recently uncovered the minutes from a turnof-the-century Board of Trustees meeting. The notes reveal the board members supported giving degrees to students such as Harris who were not officially enrolled but still completed the summer coursework. The University awarded master’s degrees to five women in this manner, including Mary Dorothy Lyndon, UGA’s first female graduate in 1913, five years before women were formally admitted. Blacks were not allowed to attend classes legitimately until the university desegregated in 1961. “The granting of a posthumous degree from the University of Georgia to Professor Samuel F. Harris would honor his legacy, tenacity and drive. It would also honor white professors at UGA who had the courage and compassion to assist young Sam Harris EDUCATION 2009 ■ 31
Athens 1900 postcard, looking down College Avenue to the University of Georgia. Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book & Manuscript Library, UGA Libraries.
Athens was booming in early 1900s
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he new century began with celebrations—the fall carnival in 1900 at the center of downtown, 100th-birthday parties in 1901 for Clarke County and the University of Georgia, the special Centennial issue published by the Athens Banner, the Athens Wheat and Oat Fair (to encourage crop diversification) sponsored by the city, and University Chancellor Walter B. Hill rallied alumni to support his vision of a modern, progressive university. The town now had a population greater than 10,000 and a strong commercial and industrial base. The University—still Athens’ major industry—had 400 students. In the first two decades of the 20th century, new buildings gave Athens much of the look it has today. Athens’ copper-domed Beaux Arts-style City Hall was completed in 1904, and the yellow brick Clarke County Courthouse followed in 1913. Southern Mutual Insurance Company erected the tallest downtown building (seven stories) in 1908, with an ice-cream parlor run
by the Italian-Catholic Costa family on its first floor. The Georgian Hotel opened as the most elegant accommodation of the area in 1909. In 1913, the nine-story Holman building raised the skyline another two stories. Originally built for offices, the structure was renovated as the Holman Hotel and continued to operate for many years. The Michael Brothers department store burned in 1921 and was replaced by a beautiful new building designed by architect Neel Reid. Downtown’s brick fire hall at Thomas and Washington streets was built in 1912. Cityemployed firefighters driving motorized trucks replaced volunteer fire companies with horsedrawn wagons. Both of Athens’ current hospitals date from the first half of the 20th century. Another venerable institution, the University of Georgia Athletic Association, dates its organization to 1930. The center of black commerce was the 1910 Morton Building at Hull and Washington Streets. By 1920, this area contained lodge
in his educational pursuits,” said Georgia State Commissioner of Labor Michael L. Thurmond. “Recognition must also be given to the four UGA students for their diligence in fighting for Harris to receive credit for a degree he earned nearly 120 years ago.” During the early years of his career as an educator, Harris worked to establish a vocational school for African-American students, offering classes in cooking and agricultural training, but also in English, chemistry, “common school studies” and other subjects.
He named the proposed school “The Black Mammy Institute” in hopes of drawing support from wealthy whites who might balk at the idea of educating blacks but would conversely want to honor “the beloved and respected ‘old Mammies of the South.’” In his own private writings, Harris often called the school “The Peace Monument.” “He’s so unique because he had a ‘cover.’ He was a Booker T. Washington on the outside and a W.E.B. DuBois on the inside,” said Evans.
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buildings, pharmacies, insurance companies, restaurants and the offices of some 20 black doctors and dentists. Monroe Bowers Morton, entrepreneur and contractor, also owned a marble building on Clayton Street, a home on Prince Avenue and other property was said to be the richest black man in Georgia. The first automobile came to town in 1899, and in 1907, Ben Epps built and flew the state’s first airplane. But for a couple of more decades, most Athenians traveled by horsedrawn vehicles or trains which crossed the Oconee River to stop at downtown depots and warehouses. By 1926, Athens was served by 24 passenger trains a day. The University grew south across Baldwin Street, eventually adding forestry, pharmacy, education, commerce, journalism and graduate schools. The Agricultural and Mechanical College was given a South Campus home, and the Agricultural Extension Service (established in 1913) brought scientific methods from the college to Georgia farmers. Ten-cent movies, ice-cream parlors, and hitching rides with one another were popular with the college crowd. Young people listened to music at Bernstein’s Furniture, Dorsey’s or Durden’s Music Stores, and danced to live music at Woodruff Hall on campus or in the Georgian Hotel. The Varsity opened in Athens in 1922, providing students and townspeople alike with hamburgers and nickel hot dogs. This article, published in the Athens BannerHerald on Oct. 28, 2001, was excerpted from the book, Athens, Georgia: Celebrating 200 Years at the Millennium by Al and Conoly Hester. Al Hester, Ph.D., is a retired journalism professor and department head at the University of Georgia. His wife, Conoly, a journalist and freelance writer, was editor of A Story Untold: Black Men and Women in Athens History, by State Labor Commissioner Michael L. Thurmond.
His heroic determination to provide educational opportunities for African Americans in the face of bigotry and prejudice represents an important part of history for the University, Athens-Clarke County and the state of Georgia as well as for African-Americans. “Harris was following in the footsteps of hundreds of thousands of black men and women who, from the end of slavery onward, sought access to knowledge,” said historian Ronald Butchart, a professor of social studies education in the College of Education. “If
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history forgets the remarkable, courageous few that, in all ages, stand against the tide of oppression, history will become a story of no possibility.” While they would like to share this effort with some of Harris’ living relatives, the group has been able to find only one. “My profound thanks to the students and their advisors who have apparently researched and worked so hard to right this wrong done so long ago,” said Marjorie Cureton, Harris’ granddaughter-in-law who lives in Carlsbad, Calif. “That any person could struggle to earn an education and a degree and be deprived of it because of his race is so sad to me.” “I think it’s remarkable that these students have pursued the idea of recognizing Mr. Harris, given the circumstances of his time,” said Louis A. Castenell, Jr., former dean of the College of Education and professor of educational psychology. “I think it’s a fitting tribute to Mr. Harris and those who permitted him to attend UGA back at a time when racial animosity was fairly high. I think the leadership of the students speaks well for the next generation of UGA graduates with regards to their sense of justice and public service.” As many others have drawn strength and inspiration from Harris’ life and work, the four students have applied the skills they have learned in this effort toward their own goals. Singleton is currently teaching English in China, while Harvey and Glenn will graduate this December. New graduate Evans is stepping down as chairman of the Samuel F. Harris committee and has been accepted into the Teach America program. This fall, he is teaching students in an inner-city school in Washington, D.C. He plans to attend law school in the future. “We set out in the beginning to right a wrong, to be able to give justice where justice is due,” said Evans. “I don’t see it as anything out of the ordinary to grant him this degree.” Harvey is taking over as chairman, but with the days counting down to winter commencement, he and Glenn hope to find the support they need to see Harris awarded a degree not long after they receive their own. “We have a lot of support from the community,” said Harvey. “I see it happening.” They hope that justice—one of the pillars of the same arch under which many were never allowed to pass—will help bring an honorable and not merely honorary conclusion to Harris’ long wait. Catharin Shepard (MA ’08) is a publications assistant with the College of Education.
Harris devoted his life to improving educational opportunities for blacks
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rofessor Samuel F. Harris was one of the most outstanding and dedicated educators in Clarke County history. He was one of the first in Georgia to incorporate vocational and industrial training into the traditional public school curriculum. In 1922, during his tenure as principal, Athens High and Industrial School became the first black public secondary school to be accredited in Georgia. Four years later, in 1926, Harris organized the State Summer School for black teachers at the University of Georgia, giving them the opportunity to gain valuable instruction from University faculty members. Samuel Frederick Harris was born in Athens on Feb. 3, 1875, the son of Henrietta Harris and an unidentified father. Harris was named for his grandfather, a talented shoemaker and a slave owned by a wealthy Athens family. His mother was a skilled seamstress and nurse, but she could not afford to send her son to the local black private schools. Instead, he received his early formal education in the public schools. During his youth, Harris gained the reputation of being a musical prodigy. His training was limited to occasional lessons from local black musicians and Dr. Fischer, a white music instructor at the Lucy Cobb Institute.
He quickly developed into a popular pianist and organist in the black community. Later, Harris performed at the Jewish Synagogue, the Presbyterian Church, and the Colonial Opera House. According to contemporary sources, the precocious young student also benefited from instruction by several prominent white professors, W.D. Hooper, H.C. White, and R.L. McWhorter of the University, and D.L. Earnest of the State Normal School. According to the wife of John D. Moss, a Harris benefactor, he “showed the ingenuity born of strong purpose” by learning to work Professor Earnest’s classroom projector and, she wrote, “making his presence essential, and this preventing any possibility of prejudice.” Harris’ daughter, Sarah Cureton, stated that her father excelled in his studies and was eventually allowed to tutor white students. Although his skin color disqualified him from officially enrolling at the University of Georgia, Harris completed all graduation requirements. Despite intense lobbying from some local whites, University officials refused to grant him a degree. Mary Bondurant Warren, the great-niece of John D. Moss, recalled that local business leaders contributed
West Broad Street School where Athens educator Samuel F.Harris began his 38-year career in 1896, teaching the second grade. Photo used by permission from A Story Untold: Black Men and Women in Athens History
money to a fund to send Harris to Morris Brown College in Atlanta. In 1903, the college awarded him a master of arts degree “based on his studies” at the University of Georgia. Later, he studied at Harvard University and the University of Chicago. According to his obituary, printed in the Athens Banner-Herald on July 2, 1935, Harris “was pursuing the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Georgia when illness forced his retirement from school work.” The respected educator began his 38-year career in 1896, when he was hired to teach the second grade at the West Athens School (West Broad Street School). He and three other teachers earned $270 a year teaching in the four-room wood frame structure. The following year, Harris was transferred to the East Athens School, which also had a faculty of four. Harris married Judia C. Jackson in 1913. Jackson, who was Harris’ third wife, was born in Athens on Feb. 1, 1873, and graduated from Atlanta University in 1894. She received postgraduate instruction at Harvard University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Chicago. In 1903, Jackson founded the Model and Training School on the Danielsville Highway. While her husband worked in the city schools, Judia Harris devoted her entire career to the education and social improvement of rural Clarke County blacks. Throughout his career, Samuel Harris never lost sight of the fact that his people were victimized by racism and oppression. His tireless advocacy raised the moral consciousness of
Rufus Sims, Chester Davenport, James Whitehead, E.T. “Doc” Holmes, and Homer T. Edwards worked to restore the original Athens High and Industrial School building, which opened in 1914.
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white leaders to the plight of black students and teachers in Georgia’s segregated public school systems. Although little written material exists describing the work and educational philosophies of Harris, the few available documents suggest his beliefs were similar to those of Dr. Booker T. Washington, founder of Tuskegee Institute. During the 20-year period that followed Washington’s historic Cotton Exposition address in 1895, “the sage of Tuskegee” was the most influential black man in America. Washington believed blacks could improve their situation by educating themselves and by becoming more efficient industrial or domestic workers. Basic to the Washingtonian principal was the idea that blacks should first strive to achieve economic parity (rather than political and social equality) with American whites. Once economic parity was achieved, Washington argued, whites would be willing to grant American Negroes limited political rights that did not violate the segregated social order. After returning to West Broad School as principal in 1903, Harris started a garden and assigned small patches to each student, believing it would supply food for the underprivileged youth. The adventure was so successful that the following year he rented 10 acres of land, bought a horse and some agricultural tools and received an appropriation from the board of education to employ an agricultural graduate from Tuskegee Institute. His experi-
ment was later hampered by a general lack of interest among white school officials and by inadequate funding. Harris continued to push for vocational education for blacks. In 1908, he convinced school officials to offer courses in cooking, sewing and agriculture, supported primarily by contributions. Ninety-eight black women attended Cooking Extension School classes, meeting twice a week for six weeks. In 1909, along with four other black community leaders, Harris opened a vocational night school and enrolled 68 students. Three of the four leaders who helped Harris establish the school taught trades to the boys. Girls and women were instructed in the domestic sciences. The night school was supported by an auxiliary board of women, most of them the wives of the five directors of the institution. According to Harris, teachers were hired to instruct students in literary work, carpentry, bricklaying, plastering and cooking. He believed this type of education would “help save the great number of idle boys and girls from crime and ruined lives.” After enlisting the support from the black community, Harris arranged a meeting with influential white educators, businessmen and leaders from around the state to discuss a new project. University of Georgia Chancellor David C. Barrow suggested a school be established as a memorial to the faithful “black Mammies” of the antebellum South. Harris An article in Good Housekeeping, circa 1910, about Samuel Harris’ new school, The Black Mammy Memorial Institute.
Judia Jackson Harris founded the Model and Training School on the Danielsville Highway in 1903. She married Harris in 1913. While her husband worked in the city schools, Judia Harris devoted her entire career to the education and social improvement of rural Clarke County blacks.
apparently seized upon this suggestion as an excellent way to raise funds from wealthy white contributors. On Sept. 19, 1910, the school’s board of trustees petitioned the Superior Court of Clarke County for a 20-year charter for the Black Mammy Memorial, an institute to prepare young blacks “for the practical duties of life by training them for domestic service, and for service in the arts and trades…” A short time later, the city of Athens donated $2,000 and a 25-acre tract of land in east Athens that was valued at $5,000. The trustees then issued an appeal for $25,000 for construction of Memorial Industrial Hall and two dormitories. Information concerning the project quickly spread throughout the state. But the white support for the Black Mammy Memorial project was probably based on reasons other than mere nostalgia for the idealized notion of faithful black mammies. Employers understood that skilled black industrial and agricultural workers would increase the productivity of their fields and factories. More importantly, Harris convinced his white supporters that the graduates of his institute, the “average Negroes,” would not pose a threat to Southern political and social systems based on the myth of white superiority. Harris clearly recognized the importance of securing financial support from the white community, and he tried to appease potential white contributors by advocating the
training of blacks for “the practical duties of life.” However, it is interesting to note that the institute’s prospectus also contained an inconspicuous reference to academic training. Several non-industrial courses were listed, including English, “Common School Studies,” Bible, hygiene, chemistry, and Morals. Despite its promising beginnings and widespread support among influential white Georgians, the Black Mammy Memorial failed to develop into the great institution Harris envisioned. In fact, the institute quickly disappeared from the Athens scene, leaving only speculation concerning the reasons for its demise. The death of Booker T. Washington in 1915 and the rise of a new generation of leaders like W.E.B. Dubois, who demanded equal rights for blacks, might have eroded support for the school in the black community. Another reason could have been Harris’ increasing involvement in Clarke County’s public school system. Following his tenure as principal of the West Broad Street school, Harris was appointed principal of the old Athens High and Industrial School in 1917. He vigorously resumed his efforts to incorporate industrial training into the public school curriculum. Under Harris’ supervision, evening vocational classes were added to the curriculum at
the high school. Adults were given an opportunity to learn cooking, sewing, home nursing, carpentry, masonry and the rudiments of bookkeeping. According to Willie Mae Mullins, “the rooms were filled with eager students.” When plans had been drawn for the new high school to relieve overcrowding in the black system, Harris was instrumental in having it equipped with an elaborate manual training shop. Harris died of heart failure on July 1, 1953. Two days later, hundreds of mourners from “all walks of life and all races” assembled at First A.M.E. Church in Athens to pay tribute to the well-known educator. In his memory, a national honor society chapter, a local branch of the Young Men’s Christian Association, a high school and a middle school were named for him. During his 60 years of life, Samuel Harris rose from the depths of poverty to the highest level of prominence in the field of education and, in so doing, improved the lives of many others along the way. This article is excerpted from the book, A Story Untold: Black Men and Women in Athens History, by State Labor Commissioner Michael L. Thurmond.
Judia Harris and the Corn Club.
Photos used by permission from A Story Untold: Black Men and Women in Athens History. EDUCATION 2009 ■ 35
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Faculty Awards and Honors for 2007-08
Jeremy Kilpatrick, Regents Professor of Mathematics Education, was recognized for his lifetime achievement in research and development in the field.
International/National Rose Chepyator-Thomson, professor of physical education and director of the Cultural Studies in Physical Activity Laboratory in the department of kinesiology, received the Nell C. Jackson Memorial Award from the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance for her scholarship and professional leadership through distinguished service to the profession and girls and women in sports. Diane L. Cooper, coordinator of the master’s degree program in college student affairs administration, was selected as a member of the American College Personnel Association Diamond Honoree Class of 2008 36 ■ EDUCATION 2009
by the ACPA Educational Leadership Foundation. Elaine Cress, professor of exercise science and director of the Aging and Physical Performance Laboratory in the department of kinesiolCress ogy, received the 2008 Herbert H. deVries Award for Distinguished Research in the field of aging and gerontology from the American Association for Physical Activity and Recreation. Edward Delgado-Romero, an associate professor in the department of counseling and human development services,
was appointed as consulting editor to the Professional Psychology: Research and Practice Journal, a publication of the American Psychological Association. He was also elected to the editorial board of The Counseling Psychologist, the premier journal of counseling psychology, a division of the APA. Arthur “Andy” Horne, dean of the College of Education, received the Extended Research Award from the American Counseling Association in recognition of his decades of high-quality research on significant issues in the counseling profession. He also received a Many Faces of Counseling Psychology Award at the International Conference of Counseling Psychology in March.
and provision of high-quality services to gifted students from underrepresented groups. Hébert also received the 2008 Outstanding Alumni Research Award from the University of Connecticut’s Neag School of Education in recognition of his work in gifted education.
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Linda Campbell, a professor in the department of counseling and human development services, was named a Fellow of the APA’s Society of Counseling Psychology division. Linda Campbell, a faculty member in the department of counseling and human development services, was named a Fellow of the American Psychological Association’s Society of Counseling Psychology division. Corey W. Johnson, an assistant professor in the department of counseling and human development services, was elected co-editor for Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education. Jeremy Kilpatrick, Regents Professor of Mathematics Education, received the 2007 Felix Klein Medal from the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) in recognition of his more than 40 years of distinguished achievements in mathematics education research and development. Pamela O. Paisley, a professor in the department of counseling and human development services, received the David K. Brooks, Jr. Distinguished Mentor Award, a national honor Paisley presented each year by the American Counseling Association Foundation. Gwynn M. Powell, an associate professor in the department of counseling and human development services, was elected co-editor for Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education. Anneliese Singh, an assistant counseling professor in the department of counseling and human development services, received the 2008 ‘Ohana Award from the Counselors for Social Justice for her work in affirming
diversity and social justice. She also received the Ramesh and Vijaya Bakshi Community Change Award for her outstanding leadership and social activism in metro Atlanta’s South Asian community. Peter Smagorinsky, a professor in the department of language and literacy education, and his team of co-investigators received the 2008 Association of Teacher Educators Distinguished Research Award. He was also named Outstanding Reviewer by the American Educational Research Association. Leslie Steffe, a UGA Distinguished Research Professor of mathematics education, received the inaugural Senior Scholar Award from the Special Interest Group for Research in Mathematics Education of the American Educational Research Association. Elizabeth St.Pierre, professor and graduate coordinator in the department of language and literacy education, was named Outstanding Reviewer by the American Educational Research Association.
Regional/State Bonnie Cramond, director of the Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development, received the Margaret Bynum Award from the Georgia Association for Gifted Children for her outstanding contributions to gifted education in Georgia. Thomas Hébert, faculty member in the gifted and creative education program of the department of educational psychology and instructional technology, received the Mary Frasier Equity and Excellence Award from the Georgia Association for Gifted Children for his outstanding achievement in practices that promote equitable identification procedures
Ronald Cervero, professor and department head of lifelong education, administration, and policy, received the College’s highest honor when he was named the Aderhold Distinguished Professor for exemplary contributions in teaching, research, and service. Thomas Hébert, a professor in the department of educational psychology and instructional technology, received the Ira E. Aaron Award for Teaching Excellence and Collegiality. Robert Fecho, an associate professor in the department of language and literacy education, received the Carl Glickman Faculty Fellow Award, which recognizes distinguished accomplishments and potential for future contributions of faculty in fulfilling the mission of the university through teaching, research, and service. Douglas Kleiber, a professor in the department of counseling and human development services, received the Russell H. Yeany, Jr., Research Award, which recognizes a tenuretrack faculty member’s outstanding cumulative research. Lorenzo Bowman, director of the instructional psychology, training and technology program at the Gwinnett University Center, and Kent Kilpatrick, an instructor in the department of counseling and human development services, received the Donald O. Schneider Award for Mentoring. Cecil Fore III, an associate professor in the department of communication sciences and special education, received the inaugural Faculty Diversity Award. This award recognizes faculty members whose research, teaching, and/or service promotes a more diverse local, university and/or global community. Gayle Andrews, an associate professor in the department of elementary and social studies education, and Gwynn Powell, an associate professor in the department of counseling and human development services, received the Faculty Senate D. Keith Osborn Award for Teaching Excellence. Nancy Vandergrift, program coordinator for the northeast Georgia Partnership for Reform in Science and Mathematics (PRISM), received the College’s 2008 Staff Award for Excellence. EDUCATION 2009 ■ 37
MEDIA CORNER BOOKS
A special Centennial edition featuring classic texts authored by current or former faculty that have had long-term significance.
If your child stutters: A guide for parents
By Stanley Ainsworth, Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Speech Correction (Speech Foundation of America, 1977) Over three decades ago, Ainsworth wrote this practical guide to help parents to understand and minimize the often frustrating communication disorder of stuttering in their young child. Today, many of his suggestions are still incorporated into contemporary professional practice.
Overview of Career and Technical Education, 3rd Edition
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Science Instruction in the Middle and Secondary Schools: Developing Fundamental Knowledge and Skills for Teaching, 6th Edition By Eugene L. Chiappetta and Thomas R. Koballa, professor in mathematics and science education (Prentice Hall, 2005)
This long-lasting, standard text in science education offers prospective science teachers essential theoretical background and numerous practical ideas for teaching science and promoting science literacy in middle and secondary schools. Each chapter includes rationale and techniques for instructional planning at the lesson, unit, and course level. A seventh edition is in progress.
This third edition includes updates in federal legislation. It also includes material covering the role of teachers, guidance counselors, and administrators in secondary and postsecondary career and technical education programs, as well as material on dual enrollment programs and career academies and how these programs prepare students for the workforce.
Gifted Children in the Classroom By E. Paul Torrance, Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology (Macmillan, 1965)
Known around the world as the “Father of Creativity,” Torrance’s ground-breaking book was written early in his research that became the framework for the field of gifted education. He was a pioneer in research on the identification and development of creative potential.
School Law: Cases and Concepts, 9th Edition
By Michael W. La Morte, professor and associate dean emeritus in lifelong education, administration, and policy (Pearson Education, Inc., 2008) This essential book is written for K-12 educators and others who have little background in school law and need to know the sources of law under which educators operate. The new edition examines policies and litigation pertaining to church and state issues, legal rights and restrictions applicable to students and teachers, desegregation, school finance, vouchers, and charter schools, developments in disabilities law, and harassment of students.
Student Housing and Residential Life: A Handbook for Professionals Committed to Student Development Goals By Roger B. Winston, Jr., professor emeritus in counseling and human development services, Scott Anchors, and Associates (Jossey-Bass, 1993) This book draws on the best sources of contemporary theory, research, and practice to provide a comprehensive handbook for meeting the challenges of campus violence, scarce resources, multiculturalism, and changing student attitudes. It surveys the full spectrum of housing programs and services and provides strategies for managing student housing in a way that promotes students’ personal as well as intellectual development.
Decision-Making in a Democracy By James P. Shaver and A. Guy Larkins, retired professor of social science education (Houghton Mifflin, 1973)
This text was part of a series to teach criticalthinking skills in social studies classrooms that was funded by the U.S. Office of Education. When published, the work received praise from James A. Banks, a specialist in multicultural education and in social studies education, now the Director of the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington, Seattle.
Reconceptualizing the Literacies in Adolescents’ Lives, 2nd Edition Edited by Donna E. Alvermann, Distinguished Research Professor of language and literacy education, Kathleen A. Hinchman, David W. Moore, Stephen F. Phelps, and Diane R. Waff (Lawrence Erlbaum, 2006)
This volume has been instrumental in helping educators, curriculum planners, and knowledgeable policy makers balance “accountability” concerns with the needs of young people whose personal, social, and cultural experiences mediate their perceptions of themselves as readers and writers.
Learning in Adulthood: A Comprehensive Guide, 3rd Edition By Sharan B. Merriam, professor in lifelong education, administration, and policy, Rosemary S. Caffarella, and Lisa M. Baumgartner (Jossey-Bass, 2006)
In this updated book, the authors have gathered the seminal work and most current thinking on adult learning into one volume. The text addresses a wide range of topics including: Who are adult learners? How do adults learn? Why are adults involved in learning activities? How does the social context shape the learning that adults are engaged in? How does aging affect learning ability?
Letters to the Next President: What We Can Do About the Real Crisis in Education, 2008 Election Edition
Edited by Carl Glickman, professor emeritus in the educational administration and policy program (Teachers College Press, 2008) The 2008 election edition has been updated with a new resource section for educators, parents, and activists and includes a new letter from Elizabeth DeBray-Pelot, director of the Education Policy and Evaluation Center.
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Introduction to Physical Education, 9th Edition By John E. Nixon and Ann E. Jewett, retired research professor of physical education and sport studies and founder of the Curriculum and Instruction Research Laboratory (now The University of Georgia Sport Instruction Research Laboratory) (W. B. Saunders, 1980)
Jewett is nationally and internationally regarded as a trail-blazing scholar in the study of physical education curriculum. Her co-authored text became fundamental in the field of physical education, as evidenced by its nine editions.
BASC: Behavior Assessment System for Children
By Cecil R. Reynolds, 2005 Lifetime Achievement Alumni Award winner, and Randy W. Kamphaus, former head of educational psychology and instructional technology and 2008 Lifetime Achievement Alumni Award winner (American Guidance Service, 1992) The BASC has become one of the dominant psychological testing systems used for the diagnosis and classification of child and adolescent behavioral and emotional problems in the United States. School and clinical psychologists have depended on it for more than 15 years. This widely used comprehensive system is now in its second edition.
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STUDENT HONORS Student Awards
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even College of Education students were among those honored at the University of Georgia’s first annual Excellence in Awards for maintaining a 4.0 GPA. Nneja Arinze, Tiffany Barney, Monica Carroll, Bynikini Frazier, David Ly, Christina Swoope and LaTasha Temple were recognized at a luncheon at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Frazier gave the keyKelley note address. Dyanna Buro, a senior from Marietta, majoring in early childhood education, was awarded the college’s 55th Paul Tappan Harwell Scholarship. Amy Alexandra Wilson, a student in language and literacy education, won first place in the qualitative division of the college’s annual Graduate Student Research Conference for the poster Investing Professional Development in Content-Area Literacy Instruction: A Call to Consider Teachers’ Discipline-Specific Tools. Hye-Jeong Choi, a student in educational psychology and instructional technology, won second place for the poster Why Teachers Leave Classrooms. Deb Teitelbaum, a student in lifelong education, administration, and policy, won third place for the poster You Gotta Shake Your Own Bushes: Veteran Teachers’ Efforts to Remain Motivated. Katharine Raczynski and Kelly Foster, students in educational psychology and instructional technology, and Myungweon Choi, a stu-
dent in lifelong education, administration, and policy won first place in the quantitative division of the Graduate Student Research Conference for their poster Parent and Peer Influences on Adolescent Propensity for Delinquency. Cigdem Alagoz, a student in educational psychology and instructional technology, won second place for the poster Protective Power of the Georgia High School Graduation Predictor Test. Youn-Jeng Choi, a student in educational psychology and instructional technology, won third place for the poster A Mixture Rasch Model Analysis of Differential Item Functioning Using TIMSS Data. Todd R. Kelley, a doctoral student in technology education, received the Maley Technology Teacher Scholarship, the only graduate scholarship presented by the International Technology Education Association. Matt Garrett and Mallory Trochesset placed first, and Jonathan Duke and Elizabeth Woodward placed fourth in the Southern Association of College Student Affairs Conference’s case-study competition. Virginia Bell and Jacqueline Shoemaker received $1,000 scholarships awarded each year through the Professional Association of Georgia Educators Foundation. Chris Bell, a fourth-year doctoral student in counseling psychology, received the 2007 Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award from the Prevention Section of the Division of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association. Nicholas Hussain received a national scholarship from Kappa Delta Epsilon, an honorary professional education fraternity.
COE Honor Student works with ESP kids before leaving for grad school
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any college graduates spend the summer after graduation having their last few months free of responsibility before joining the working world or heading to graduate school. Not Rebecca Lohmuller. Before heading to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center to begin a master’s program this fall, the recent UGA grad worked at Extra Special People (ESP) Lohmuller Summer Camp in Watkinsville. ESP is a non-profit organization with a passion for enhancing the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. ESP serves individuals ranging from 4 to 30 years old from Oconee County and seven surrounding counties in northeast Georgia. Lohmuller worked as a camp counselor with ESP’s youngest unit, children between four and seven years old. Some of the children have Down syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, traumatic brain injury, and one child who is deaf and recently received a cochlear implant. Counselors are paired with one or two buddies for the day and enjoy typical camp activities, such as games, art projects, songs, swimming and even bowling. Other camp activities include lock-ins, field-day events, field trips to Atlanta and Helen, a talent show, and a prom. One week out of the summer, most of the kids participate in a residential camp, Camp Twin Lakes, to enjoy away-camp activities. “They are all so sweet and wonderful!” said Lohmuller of the kids. A native of Lilburn, Lohmuller graduated in three years with a B.S.Ed. in Communication Sciences and a minor in theatre. She was selected as the 2008 Outstanding Honors Student in Education and received a framed certificate and a membership in the National Student 40 ■ EDUCATION 2009
Speech Language Hearing Association/American Speech-LanguageHearing Association. “Rebecca is a consistently pleasant, mature and friendly human being, liked and well respected by her peers and faculty,” said Anne Both, head of the department of communication sciences and special education. “I cannot imagine a student with a stronger record or one more deserving of recognition for her accomplishments.” Her additional honors and achievements include First Honor Graduate (4.0 GPA), Charter Scholarship recipient (all three years), UGA Honors Program, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society member and Phi Sigma Pi Honors Fraternity member. In addition to her challenging course load, Lohmuller held numerous leadership roles in Phi Sigma Pi, the National Honor/Service Fraternity, and has been active in her program’s chapter of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association. She has also participated in Hear My Hands, a sign language club, the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, and the Athens-Clarke County Mentoring Program, all while working part-time to help fund her education. Lohmuller began the speech-language pathology master’s program at the University of Oklahoma in August, with an anticipated graduation date of spring 2010. -- Julie Sartor ESP is dependent upon donations from individuals, churches, businesses, local governments, charitable events and civic organizations to keep costs down for participants. For more information on ESP: extraspecialpeople@yahoo.org
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SUPER STUDENT Selena Blankenship Doctoral student Selena Blankenship knows how to juggle a busy load. She is a former educator and aspiring school administrator who recently managed a graduate assistantship that required travel across the state, community service work, a full load of classes, and a job at Clarke
Current employment: During the school year for the past three years, I have worked as the smaller learning communities scheduler at Clarke Central High School. This coming year, I will serve as a graduate research assistant in the department of lifelong education, administration, and policy. On top of all of these paying jobs, I am a wife and a mother of three children, ages 10, 12 and 14.
Central High School. She is also a wife and mother to
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three children. She has received two scholarships from
I chose to attend UGA because...
UGA’s College of Education, and she served on a search
...of convenience and because of the reputation of my degree program. As an undergraduate, I transferred to UGA during my sophomore year and fell in love with Athens, and my husband, Matt. When we moved back to Athens five years ago, I knew it was my opportunity to return to school to pursue an advanced degree. I feel very fortunate to be able to continue my studies in UGA’s nationally ranked College of Education. My program, adult education, is recognized as one of the top-ranked programs in its discipline.
committee for a new faculty member in her department. After graduation, she plans to teach at the college level or do organizational development work within school systems. Expected graduation: August 2009 Degree objective: Ph.D. in adult education Other degrees: B.S.H.E. in fashion merchandising, University of Georgia M.Ed. in human resources and organizational development, University of Georgia University highlights, achievements and awards: Last year, I was the recipient of both the Ruby Maude Anderson Scholarship and the Del Jones Memorial Scholarship from the College of Education. For the past two years, I have worked as a graduate assistant with the Occupational Research Group. In this capacity, I conducted site evaluations across the state for schools with Comprehensive School Reform grants, which are funded through the Georgia Department of Education. I recently served on a national search committee for a tenure-track faculty position in the Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy department in UGA’s College of Education. I also served as a conference paper reviewer for the Academy of Human Resource Development. I am active in my community, serving as vice-president of the Greater Oconee Swim Association and as a volunteer for the Jeanette Rankin Foundation. I have presented a paper at the Academy of Human Resource Development’s International Conference. The paper was co-authored by Wendy Ruona and was titled “Professional Learning Communities and Communities of Practice: A Comparison of Models.” I have been initiated into both Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society and Delta Kappa Gamma, an education sorority. 42 ■ EDUCATION 2009
Southeast Whitfield High School Dalton, Georgia
My favorite things to do on campus are... ...attend sporting events. I am a diehard Dawgs fan, and I love bringing my children to the sporting events. I also love walking through North Campus. It is just as beautiful today as it was 22 years ago when I came to UGA as an undergraduate.
When I have free time, I like... Honestly, I have very little free time, juggling the responsibilities of my jobs, a full course load and my family. I am a certified U.S.S. swimming official, and I enjoy officiating at Athens Bulldog Swim Club and high school swim meets when I have the time. I look forward to reading for pleasure again one day, and when I have the time, I enjoy cooking, baking and entertaining friends.
The craziest thing I’ve done is... ...try to juggle three jobs, four graduate classes and maintain a relatively normal home life for my children! That was my schedule last semester! However, I think it is important for my children to see me setting goals for myself and working to achieve them.
My favorite place to study is... ...Jittery Joe’s, at either the Five Points location or the Watkinsville location. When I am at Jittery Joe’s, I don’t have the distractions that I do at home, and I can focus on my schoolwork. Plus, I get to enjoy the best coffee in town while doing it!
My favorite professor is... ...Wendy Ruona. Dr. Ruona has high expectations for her students, and the courses I have taken with her have been some of the most demanding, yet rewarding, courses I have taken at UGA. As my major professor, she advises, challenges and encourages me as I refine my dissertation topic.
If I could share an afternoon with anyone, I would love to share it with... ...my grandfather. He and I were very close, and he passed away six weeks before my wedding. My youngest child is very much like him, both in looks and personality, and I would love to see the two of them together.
If I knew I could not fail, I would... ...audition for a Broadway play. I have always loved the theater, and before I had children, I was active in Athens’ Town and Gown. It would be the ultimate thrill to perform in front of a sold-out house night after night on the Great White Way!
After graduation, I plan to...
systems and/or teach at the college level. I would like to help school leaders and faculties build capacity to implement and sustain schoolimprovement efforts in order to help our students achieve at higher levels.
The one UGA experience I will always remember is... ...my assistantship with the Occupational Research Group. My work as an evaluator has been an invaluable experience and has offered me great insight into the variety of ways schools go about the process of implementing large-scale reform. — Kim Osborne UGA Public Affairs
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A Bulldawg in
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Betty Hooks Underwood (BSEd ’53) and her husband, Bobby, enjoy sharing Tuscaloosa’s legendary Dreamland BBQ across Alabama and Georgia
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By Michael Childs
“Ain’t nothing like ‘em nowhere.”
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“Both of my oldest brothers’ kids graduated from Georgia. One of them also graduated from the Medical College of Georgia,” she said slowly, mentally reviewing her Bulldawg tree. “And my sister in f that slogan sounds familiar, it should. It’s the mantra of Memphis, one of her girls graduated from Georgia and my other the legendary Tuscaloosa, Ala., barbecue restaurant called brother had two boys graduate from Georgia, then my other sister had Dreamland, and in the past several years has been heard a boy and a girl graduate from Georgia and one son went on to medical in stories on such national media as ABC’s “Good Morning school.” America,” ESPN, the New York Times, USA Today and the Food Betty came to UGA in 1949. She lived her first quarter in Mary Network. Lyndon Hall. She pledged Alpha Omicron Pi and lived in the sorority But what you may not know is that one of the co-owners of the house for the rest of her time at UGA. famous eatery, long associated with University of Alabama football, is a “I remember we used to hold five fingers out to catch a ride from Georgia native and University of Georgia alumna. Clark Howell to Five Points,” she said. “And the stadium wasn’t all that “Anybody who knows me… knows that I’m Georgia through and big. You could just walk right down into through,” said Betty Hooks Underwood it from the dorm and sit in the student in an interview at the restaurant’s section.” Roswell location where the sweet smell She also recalled panty raids and Dean of hickory is in the air. of Men William Tate culling alleged susAlthough she attended the smaller pects from a crowd of onlookers. “Mr. Georgia Teachers College her freshman Smith. Meet me in my office Monday year, there was never any question that morning,” she said, mimicking Dean Betty would eventually go to UGA. Tate. “My Daddy was such a Georgia man. Betty graduated with a bachelor’s He served in the legislature as a state degree in elementary education in senator in the 1940s. If any of us had 1953. The next year, she met her hussaid that we wanted to go somewhere band, Bobby Underwood, while she was else he would have…” her voice trails teaching fourth grade in Eli Whitney off, as if pondering her father’s reaction. Elementary School in Savannah. Her father, the late Vendie Hudson “He was a pilot in the Air Force. A Hooks, was successful in agribusiness lady was teaching the sixth grade … her in Emmanuel County where Betty grew husband was a pilot, and she said, ‘Betty, up, the fifth of six children. Not surwe’re having a party at the Officer’s Club prisingly, all of her brothers and sisters tonight. I’ve got a friend I want you to attended UGA. meet.’ So that’s how that came about.” • V.H. Hooks, Jr., went to UGA but The pair got married in 1957. Betty quit after he was drafted for service taught elementary school in Birmingham in World War II. After the war, he and Atlanta while Bobby, a native of went into undertaking and started Jasper, Ala., earned his dental degree Hooks Mortuary in Metter, Ga. He from the University of Alabama at died in 2007. Birmingham and began a practice. “I was a city teacher,” she said with a • Celeste Hooks graduated from UGA laugh. in 1944 with a degree in dietetics Betty Hooks Underwood poses by an autographed picture But after 11 years, Betty retired from and met another UGA grad, Eugene of University of Georgia Head Football Coach Mark Richt teaching to be a stay-at-home mom. Reese. in Dreamland BBQ restaurant in Birmingham, Ala., She So how did they become owners and • Gerald Hooks graduated in 1949 remains a loyal Georgia fan through and through. franchisers of one of the most famous (delayed because he was also draftbarbecue restaurants in the nation? ed) with a degree in agriculture. He owns a seed and feed business Dreamland was just beginning when Bobby was an undergraduate as well as cattle. student at the University of Alabama from1957-59, but because of segregation, he never heard of it then. • Marcile Hooks also graduated in 1949 with a degree in home ecoJohn “Big Daddy” Bishop opened his rustic little cafe about two miles nomics. She went on to become the director of Candler County from the intersection of Highway 82 and Interstate 59, just south of Family and Children Services. Tuscaloosa in an area known as Jerusalem Heights in1958. • Donald J. Hooks graduated in 1956 with a degree in agriculture. It would be nearly 20 years later before Bobby discovered Dreamland. And the family tradition doesn’t stop there—it just gets harder to “I was in (dental) practice in Jasper, and a friend of mine, an athletic keep track of nieces and nephews who have or will be attending UGA, trainer at the university, invited me down to Tuscaloosa to play golf,” says Betty. Bobby recalled. “He said, ‘There’s a nice little restaurant over here; let’s EDUCATION 2009 ■ 45
get some ribs.’ So we ended up over there, and I guess I fell in love with the place. That was probably in the mid-to latter ‘70s.” Bobby remembers standing in line at Dreamland on Alabama football-game Saturdays for an hour or more to get some ribs. “The original owners did not operate it like a normal restaurant,” said Bobby. “I’m not being critical. I’m just giving you some of the unique facts about it. If business got a little slow, and they got tired, they’d just close. Boom. That’s it. You’d ask, ‘What are your hours?’ And they’d say, ‘Well… we’re here when we’re here.’ Sometimes they’d close at 8:30 when their sign read, ‘Open until 9 or 9:30.’ “It was an experience. Now, in this point in time, they didn’t serve anything but ribs, white bread and sauce. They had no iced tea. They had soda, potato chips and beer. They didn’t serve tea until we got involved it,” said Bobby. When their children went to school at Alabama, the Underwoods began making even more visits to Tuscaloosa, and those visits always included a side trip to pick up some of those famous Dreamland ribs. “That’s when I started talking to him about opening up another store or two… probably in the mid-‘80s,” said Bobby. “He kept telling me, ‘OK, we’ll talk about it.’” But it was several years later before Bishop finally relented. “Back when I was going down there, I used to smoke a pipe with him. Matter of fact, I probably gave him the pipe that is in that picture,” said Bobby, pointing to a photo on the wall. “He would be cooking in an old back room there on an open pit, and I would go back there and have a beer and smoke a pipe with him. He and I just became real good friends. And then finally, one day, he said, ‘If you want to open a store, talk to my daughter.’” “I tell you one thing that caught his attention…” said Betty. “When Doc Underwood said, ‘Wouldn’t you like for people to enjoy your ribs after you’re gone?’ He said, ‘Well, I hadn’t really thought about it that way.’” That was in 1992. The Underwoods opened a Dreamland restaurant in Birmingham near the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1993. They opened another location in Mobile in ’95. Then a third res-
taurant in the Atlanta suburb of Norcross in 2000. Dreamland also has company stores in Huntsville, Montgomer y, Northport and Alpharetta, Ga. The Underwoods are managing partners of Dreamland BBQ, and their daughter, Betsy McAtee is the director of marketing. John Welch, who has been with the company since 1993, is the director of operations. Now in their 70s, Betty and Bobby take a less active role in managing the restaurants than they once did, but you can sense the pride they have in Dreamland BBQ and see their enjoyment of sharing great food and a tradition that once only Crimson Tide fans could enjoy. So, it’s hardly surprising to hear Bobby’s response when asked what has been the best part of owning Dreamland BBQ over the past 15 years. “Watching people and see how they enjoy the food. I like seeing the little boys and girls enjoying ribs for the first time,” he said. “And the people that come in regularly. See that man in the booth over there in the yellow shirt. The manager says he has been coming here for eight years. He comes in probably twice a week. Sits in the same booth. Orders the same food. Reads his newspaper. That does something for me. “Also, the way we have helped people better their lives,” he said. “At the Birmingham store, we’ve had part-time workers who end up going to dental school, medical school, getting graduate degrees from UAB, that sort of thing. It’s like that short girl over there… she’s going to have a pharmacy degree in two more years. She has been working with us part-time for over six years. Now that’s satisfying to me.” But from North Carolina to Texas, the South is full of barbecue restaurants. What makes Dreamland BBQ so special?
Photo of John “Big Daddy” Bishop outside the original Dreamland BBQ in Tuscaloosa, Ala., resides in a place of honor at every Dreamland location. Bishop opened the legendary establishment in 1958.
ALUMNI NEWS “Oh, I don’t know. You’d have to ask somebody else about that,” mused Bobby. “I can tell you that we use a tomato-vinegar-based sauce. And we only have once sauce. It was the old man’s recipe. We don’t have a thick sauce and a thin sauce; we just have one sauce. As far as the cooking of the product is concerned, I don’t know that you will find a barbecue joint that still cooks the way we do… on an open pit… Most everybody cooks in a smoker these days.” Before becoming Dreamland owners, Betty recalls how her husband would rise early on football Saturday mornings in Tuscaloosa to watch the old man build a fire and begin the day’s cooking. “It was a passion for me at that point in time,” said Bobby. “And still is to a degree. I practiced dentistry for 31 years, and I don’t know … I guess you could call me a perfectionist to a point. I’ve always said, ‘If you
can’t do it right, you better make time to do it over.’ So I just do it right the first time. And that’s the way we operate Dreamland.” Their success is undeniable. They have capitalized on the Dreamland name and legend, its association with Alabama football, and the national publicity they have received to expand the business across two states. But for the Underwoods, it’s more about sharing the good food. “One thing we really enjoy is giving people Dreamland ribs,” said Betty. “We’re going to see my family down in Metter and Swainsboro, and we’ll take them all a bunch. And there are a lot of older people we know (in Jasper) who don’t get to Birmingham much… We share some with them. “Now, what can we get for you?”
In Brief Kyung Hee Kim, assistant professor of teacher education at Eastern Michigan University, became the first education faculty member to receive the prestigious Ronald W. Collins Distinguished Faculty Research I Award from EMU. Kim (Ph.D. ’05, Gifted and Creative Education) will join the faculty of The College of William and Mary in Virginia this fall. AP Calculus teacher Joy King (BSEd ‘93) was selected as STAR teacher for Madison County High School by senior student Amber Stephanie Hill. Virginia Carson (BSEd ‘69), currently vice president for academic affairs at Georgia Highlands College in Rome, has been named interim president of South Georgia College. Oconee County school board member and Gwinnett County teacher Tommy Malcom (BSEd ‘00, MEd ‘01) announced his bid to run against state Sen. Bill Cowsert, R-Athens, in the Republican primary for Senate District 46. Beverly Barnhart (EdS ‘79), the founder of Richmond County’s magnet school program was honored Feb. 9, 2008, in Atlanta with the first Woodruff Arts Center Lifetime Achievement Award. In the late 1970s, Barnhart helped establish C.T. Walker Traditional Magnet, A.R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet, and John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet, where she served as the nationally recognized school’s first principal for 19 years. Mike Healy (EdD ‘01) earned teacher certification in MindfulnessBased Stress Reduction from the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Healthcare and Society at the University Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Mass. Healy has taught the MBSR program for seven years at UGA’s Georgia Center for Continuing Education and at Athens Regional Medical Center’s Mind Body Institute. Derrick Floyd (BSEd, ‘05) received 2008 President’s Fulfilling the Dream Award for community service. Floyd was honored for his 15 years of service with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Athens. Serving as the club’s director of operations, Floyd, or “the Big D” as he’s known among the young people with whom he works, oversees the operations of five facilities in Clarke, Barrow and Elbert counties. A former UGA basketball player, he also tutors students at W.R. Coile Middle School and offers the students UGA basketball tickets for achieving goals they create together. Tracey D. Ford (EdD ’02), former director of the African-American Cultural Center at UGA, was named director of the Center for Academic Excellence at North Carolina A&T State University. Homer (Alaska) High School principal Ron Keffer (MEd ‘84, EdD
‘91) announced his retirement at the end of this, his eighth year in the post. Deborah Dillon (PhD ‘85) has been named the Guy Bond Chair in Reading at the University of Minnesota. One of the nation’s leading readingeducation scholars, Dillon was recognized with the College’s 2004 Lifetime Achievement Alumni Award, an honor given to senior alumni who demonstrate outstanding success in the diverse fields of Dillon academia, healthcare, business or government. Alps Road Elementary School educator Judith Green (MEd ‘79) was named Clarke County Schools’ 2007 Teacher of the Year. Wesley Huff, a police lieutenant in the University of Georgia Police Department, who earned his master of education degree in human resource and organizational development from UGA in August 2007, was awarded the 2007 Edward T. and Sarah Laurent Kassinger Scholarship. Catherine P. Vistro-Yu, who earned her master’s and doctoral degrees in math education from UGA, was named one of the Philippines’ Ten Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS). The prestigious national honor was presented to the winners by Filipino President Maria Gloria Macaraeg Macapagal-Arroyo. Anna Wiley Cox, who earned a bachelor’s degree in English education from UGA, was named the 2008 Clayton County Teacher of the Year. She has also coached Jonesboro High School’s mock trial team to its second national championship in a row. Sharon Horne (Ph.D. ’98), an associate professor of counseling psychology at the University of Memphis, received the DenmarkReuder Award for International Gender Research from the Division of International Psychology at the 115th annual conference of the American Psychological Association. Keith Cotroneo, who received his master’s, specialist, and doctoral degrees from UGA, was named president of Marshall Community and Technical College on Sept. 1, 2007. Jacqueline Huffman (MEd ’94, EdD ’01), marketing coordinator at North Gwinnett High School, was named the 2007-08 Georgia Marketing Teacher of the Year by the Georgia Marketing Education Association (GMEA). Huffman also received the COE’s 2008 Crystal Apple Award. Huffman EDUCATION 2009 ■ 47
2008 Distinguished Alumni Awards UGA College of Education recognizes five graduates for their career achievements and community leadership 2008 Honorees Joining The College of Education’s
By Julie Sartor
Alumni Wall of Fame: Kathleen Davis Sherman Day Jacqueline Huffman Randy Kamphaus Kathryn “Kat” Shreve
The College of Education at the University of Georgia honored five graduates for their career achievements and community leadership with distinguished alumni awards at its annual Spring Celebration April 28 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel.
Crystal Apple Award Jacqueline Huffman, marketing education coordinator at North Gwinnett High School in Suwanee, Ga., received the Crystal Apple Award, an honor given to alumni in K-12 education who have made a significant impact on student, school or school district performance. Huffman (MEd ’94, EdD ’01), of Suwanee, was recognized for her creative and effective strategies for preparing her students for work or college. She founded and coaches North Gwinnett’s chapter of Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA), which has been twice awarded Gold Certification. Huffman was named the 2007-08 Georgia Marketing Teacher of the Year by the Georgia Association for Career and Technical Education and the Georgia Marketing Education Association. She was also North Gwinnett’s 2007-08 Technical Education Teacher of the Year.
Professional Achievement Award Kathryn “Kat” Shreve, director of education for the American Camp Association (ACA), received the Professional Achievement Award, an honor give to alumni in the midpoint of their careers who have demonstrated significant achievements in their fields. Shreve (BSEd ‘90), of Athens, is a for48 ■ EDUCATION 2009
mer director of the Girl Scout Council of Northwest Georgia’s Camp Meriwether outside Atlanta. She also served as director of the Athens YWCO Camp for Girls from 1995-96. She is a national trainer for the ACA and the American Red Cross. The ACASoutheastern honored her with the Distinguished Service Award in 2006. Shreve is co-author of the ACA’s books Designing Quality Youth Programs: Strategic Changes Across Structures, Policies, and Activities and Creating Positive Youth Outcomes: A Staff-Training Resource for Camps and Other Youth Development Programs.
Lifetime Achievement Award Kathleen Davis, professor emerita from The University of Tennessee’s department of psychology; Sherman Day, former president of North Georgia College and State University; and Randy Kamphaus, dean of Georgia State University’s College of Education, were recognized with Lifetime Achievement Awards for outstanding success and significant impact in their fields. Davis (MEd ’64, EdD ’67), of Knoxville, Tenn., was on faculty in UGA’s Counseling Center from 1967-74 before being recruited by the University of Tennessee, where she has served for more than three decades. She is regarded as a pioneer in the field of counseling psychology, who helped break down barriers for women in the field and in the American Psychological Association (APA). She has been elected Treasurer and President of the APA’s Division of Counseling Psychology (now Society of Counseling Psychology) and Secretary of the Association for Specialists in Group Work of the
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2008 College of Education Alumni Award winners (from L-R) Sherman Day, Kathleen Davis, Jacqueline Huffman, Kathyrn ‘Kat” Shreve and Randy Kamphaus. 2008 UGA College of Education Alumn Award recipients (L-R) Sherman Day, Kathleen Davis, Jacqueline Huffman, Kathryn “Kat” Shreve and Randy Kamphaus were honored April 28 at the Georgia Center.
American Counseling Association. Davis received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Academy of Counseling Psychology in 2004. She was elected as an APA Fellow in 1997. Day (EdD ’67), of Dawsonville, is currently the co-director of Tsinghai University Summer English Immersion Camp, People’s Republic of China. He has served as acting president of several Georgia colleges, including Georgia State University, Gordon College, and Bainbridge College. He received the University System of Georgia’s Outstanding Service Award in 2002. Day served as managing director of Legacy and Olympic Programs for the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games from 1992 until he accepted the North Georgia College post in 1996, running the day-today implementation of Atlanta’s Centennial
Olympic Park. He chaired the Georgia Professional Standards Commission from 1982-1986 and has served on the Carter Center Board and the Martin Luther King Center for Social Change. He is former director of the National Institute of Corrections and assistant director of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Kamphaus (Ph.D. ’83), of Athens, served as head of the UGA College of Education’s department of educational psychology and instructional technology for six years before becoming dean at Georgia State. While at UGA, Kamphaus was named Distinguished Research Professor in 2004. He also received the College of Education’s Russell H. Yeany, Jr., Research Award in 2003. He was elected as a Fellow and President of the APA’s Division of School Psychology in 1995.
Kamphaus is widely known for developing the Behavior Assessment System for Children with colleague Cecil Reynolds, 2005 Lifetime Achievement Alumni Award winner, in 1992. The BASC has become one of the dominant psychological testing systems used for the diagnosis and classification of child and adolescent behavioral and emotional problems in the United States. The system is now in its second edition.
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