Kinesiology
News Spring 2013
Keeping Up With the Editor Bud Cooper
Thank you for submitting alumni information and faculty and student news! It has been my pleasure to serve as the editor for the Department of Kinesiology newsletter since 2009. Our department has grown over the years and has seen an expansion of many programs and research produced in our laboratories. This has been a phenomenal year, with the addition of four new faculty members for the fall of 2013. The Department of Kinesiology continues to be a strong component in the College of Education, and we look forward to growth and productivity in the year ahead. Please continue to send in anything that pertains to our alumni and keep us aware of your personal achievements.
Terry Jackson Retires At the conclusion of the 2012-13 academic year, Dr. Terry Jackson retired from the University of Georgia. Having been on the faculty in the Department of Kinesiology since 1998, she served the health and physical education teacher education program in multiple roles. Most notably during those 15 years, Dr. Jackson was the coordinator of the student teaching program where her influence was felt by nearly 400 students who completed our program and countless others she taught in basic P.E. courses. During her tenure, she was wellTerry Jackson known for her quality instruction, strong supervisory skills, service, and collegiality. Perhaps Dr. Jackson’s two most significant accomplishments at UGA were being one of the two first faculty members to earn the title of senior lecturer in the College of Education (2007) and selected as a 2006 Outstanding Professor by the Academic Affairs Committee of the Student Government Association. Illustrating Dr. Jackson’s instructional expertise and caring nature is probably best done through the words of a former student, Joni Gabriel, who eloquently noted in her nomination for this award that Dr. Jackson was the kind of teacher who “regularly looks for innovative ways to reach her students and successfully builds upon each of their individual talents and abilities. She holds high but achievable expectations for her students, while simultaneously insisting that each of them possess the same standards for their own learners in the future. It is clear that she effectively embeds the values of her program in her students.” If that were not enough to express her value to the students and faculty, UGA President-elect Jere Morehead commented that he was “very impressed by the sincere and thoughtful remarks that were made about [her] teaching effectiveness” and that she “clearly had made a difference in the lives” of her students. Dr. Jackson will be missed by faculty, staff, and students.