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Message from the DeanCATHERINE EMIHOVICH, PH.D.What a difference a year makes! Last year at this time, I had just arrived at theUniversity of Florida and was overwhelmed at how much I had to learn aboutthe College, the university, the community, and the state. At the same time, I wasexcited about the possibilities of working with highly talented people who weredeeply committed to making a difference in the lives of children and families across communitiesand school districts in the state and nation.As I review the progress made in the last year, I see that my initial impressions of exciting initiativesalready underway were correct, and every day we are constantly adding to the list. One ofmy first goals was to communicate the rising sense of excitement and synergy felt in the Collegeof Education to colleagues across campus, to local and state school educators, and to state andfederal policy makers. While we recognize that we have many challenges ahead, we are confidentthe College is moving in the right direction to assume again a leadership role within state andnational debates on professional education.One major milestone achieved this year was that we were recommended for continuing stateand national accreditation by the combined site team from the Florida Department ofEducation and the National Commission on Accreditation for Teacher Education (NCATE).In addition, Counselor Education received continuing accreditation from the Council forAccreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). Both site teamspraised our preparation programs for their collaboration with affiliated programs across theCollege and university, the inclusion of professional development schools, and the use of practitionerinput. The next challenges we face are to build a unit-wide assessment system, to developnew preparation models to meet the high demand for teachers and educational leaders, and tosustain and enhance our community/school/university partnerships.We also received a five-year grant from the Developmental Disabilities Planning Council tobegin the process of establishing a University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities.One Center of Excellence already exists at the University of Miami; and we will be partneringwith them, along with other units at the University of Florida, such as the Colleges of Dentistry,Health Professions, Health and Human Performance, and Law. We will also be collaboratingwith community and family groups who focus on this population. Through these collaborativerelationships, we expect this center to become a prominent site for the coordination of research,service, and education impacting adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities.With so many new initiatives underway, this column is not long enough to cover all of them. Weare expanding the ways we communicate with our alumni, friends, and interested citizens toshare the good news about the work being done in the College of Education to build strongerfamilies, schools, and communities. As always, we appreciate your support and your feedback onour efforts. Stay tuned for future issues and check out our newly revised website(http://www.coe.ufl.edu). This is not your mother’s College of Education!

ContentThe mission of the Collegeof Education is to prepareexemplary practitioners andscholars; to generate, useand disseminate knowledgeabout teaching, learning, andhuman development; and tocollaborate with others tosolve critical educational andhuman problems in a diverseglobal community.EducationTimes is published bythe College of Education,University of Florida.DEANCatherine EmihovichEDITORKay Shehan HughesASSISTANT TO EDITORMary BennettCONTRIBUTORSMary BennettNatasha CrespoKay Shehan HughesLAYOUT/DESIGNJ&S Design StudioFEATURES04 AwardsBingham AwardThe Bingham Foundation’s mission is to help provide qualityenvironmental education for today’s youth throughenvironmental education and research.BY NATASHA CRESPO05 UpdatesBaby Gator Growing and ChangingBaby Gator is under new leadership and iswelcoming a new beginning.BY DR. PAMELA PALLAS, DIRECTORDEPARTMENTS02 Dean’s Message06 Faculty News07 Staff News09 Alumni News10 Edugator NewsUF College of EducationP.O. Box 117040Gainesville, FL 32611Phone: 352-392-0728www.coe.ufl.edu08 LecturesInnovative EducatorArthur Levine Delivers Sesquicentennial Lecture atUF on October 8, 2003COVERChildren at play – networking andcommunicating.

AWARDSBingham Award NATASHACRESPOCOLLEGE OF EDUCATIONUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAVolunteersNEEDEDWe are looking for volunteers to helpwith regional events. If you areinterested in becoming a College ofEducation volunteer, please completeand return the contact card insert.We look forward to hearing from you!LAST NAMEFIRST NAMEADDRESSCITY/STATE/ZIPE-MAILPHONEDEGREE/YEARCURRENT POSITIONMAIL TO: College of Education,EducationTimes, University of Florida,PO Box 117044, Gainesville, FL 32611-7044CONTACT:Ph: 352-392-0728 x 290 Fax: 352-846-2422E-mail: mdriscoll@coe.ufl.eduThere is a single light of science, andto brighten it anywhere is to brightenit everywhere,” said Russianscholar Isaac Asimov.Spreading this torch of science is whatthe Bingham Environmental EducationFoundation (BEEF) is about. Founded bystudents of N. Eldred Bingham on the occasionof his retirement as professor and chairof Graduate Studies in Science Education atthe University of Florida, the organizationbestows grants to graduate students andteachers to further the field of scienceeducation.“It’s real scary what’s going on in theenvironment in Florida right now,” saidUnion Park Middle School teacher VictorJerome Hatfield, recipient of the 2002-2003award. “And it’s hard getting studentsinvolved and interested.”But with the support of motivatedteachers and innovative programs like BEEF,science education is getting its boost.“I think any foundation or organizationthat encourages graduate students andteachers to do research is really good, especiallyon something as important as environmentaleducation,” said 2002-2003 recipientRebecca Penwell, a UF graduate student inscience education.The award helped Penwell develop lessonsfor high school students participating inScience Quest, two week-long summer campsessions for rising sophomores interested inscience. Her project centered on increasingawareness and enhancing the attitudes of thestudents about various environmental issues.“Research shows that they not only needthe knowledge, but they also need to havepositive attitudes,” Penwell said. “That iswhat is going to lead to them changing theirbehavior and think about that.”Penwell called for knowledge assessmenttests and attitude surveys concerningdifferent environmental issues. Four lessons,geared towards teaching studentsabout issues such as human populationgrowth, loss of biodiversity, and pollution,were administered during camp. Evaluationtools were created to measure changes.By educating children, Penwell hoped toprompt them to go out and tell theirfriends and parents about the existingproblems.“It’s important for citizens to understandand make informed decisions when itcomes to things pertaining to the environment,”Penwell said. “If we can convince kids,then they can go and convince others.”Middle school teacher Hatfield alsoutilized the stipend to spread awarenessthroughout the community. His plan focusedon stimulating students’ interest by teachingthem in their own backyards.The Little Econ, which is a heavily usedpark, contains a river that Hatfield used as anextension of his classroom. By creating a synergisticlab with different modules, he usedthe outdoors as a reinforcement to the subjectstaught in class. The students studiedmicroorganisms, such as e-coli and largecontaminants, that were infecting their area.After taking tests and conductingresearch, the children went to the river andtook samples, checking them for contamination.In addition, they learned about ph balance,temperature changes, and water levels.This was a useful hands-on tactic to makescience relevant in childrens’ lives.“My students are in the lower socioeconomiclevel and live in apartments; so Iwanted to create an interest in science,”Hatfield said. “This gives me the opportunityto make that happen.”Before the grant, Hatfield could onlytake 10 students every two weeks to five testingsites; however, with the BEEF award, hewas able to double these numbers.The recipients utilized their $1,000 tocontinue the Bingham Foundation’s missionto help provide quality environmental educationfor today’s youth through environmentaleducation and research. The grant, whichallows people to brighten “the single light ofscience,” is open to graduate students fromall UF colleges and to Florida K-12 educators.Applications for this year’s awards arebeing accepted by Dr. Maureen Conroy inthe College of Education: G315 NormanHall, 392-0701 x245.EDUCATIONTIMES 4FALL 2003

UPDATESBaby GatorGrowing and Changing DR. PAMELA PALLAS, DIRECTORWhen “Baby Gator Nursery” was established inOctober 1970, its purpose was to provide“educational daycare” for the children of students,faculty, and staff at the University ofFlorida. Over the past 33 years, Baby Gator has changed itsname officially and unofficially a few times. We are knownalternatively as Baby Gator Child Care, Baby GatorEducational Research Center, and Baby Gator ChildDevelopment Center, but most commonly just “Baby Gator.”Although the moniker has varied over the years, the intentand vision of Baby Gator’s founders has not. Baby Gatorstrives to provide the highest quality child care, challengingthinking, fostering learning, and supporting creativityas children grow cognitively, socially, emotionally, andphysically.The business of educating young children can be likenedto looking through a kaleidoscope; the landscape is alwayschanging. Children, like the slivers of glass in the tube, are constantlymoving and changing. Early childhood educators havethe unique pleasure of watching the beauty of learning unfold.They also have an obligation to provide the environment,materials, support, and guidance little ones need as they experiment,explore, and experience the world around them.In the continuing pursuit of its goals, Baby Gator isexperiencing growth and change. A new director, PamelaPallas, and assistant director, Silvia Ferguson, arrived thissummer. Each of them brings more than 20 years of experiencein early childhood education (along with the inclusionof children with special needs) to Baby Gator. Their missionis to guide the center through growth and change in both thephysical space and the services offered.Baby Gator has outgrown its facilities on Village Drive.The classrooms, with 130 children from one year to fiveyears, are filled to capacity, and the waiting list contains over50 more children wishing to enroll. While shopping for anew home, the staff have begun the process of adopting newteaching strategies and techniques. Children with specialneeds are welcomed at Baby Gator, and staff members aremeeting with Dr. Pallas weekly for hands-on skill building toassure that they understand and meet the needs of all childrenin their classrooms. Even the daily lunch menu isThe business of educating young childrencan be likened to looking through a kaleidoscope;the landscape is always changing.changing in order to meet the nutritional needs of childrenwith medical restrictions, religious requirements, and culturalpreferences. Baby Gator is also actively seeking involvementfrom University of Florida faculty and researchers. Thelearning environment can only be enriched by collaborationwith others.Baby Gator is growing and changing. Thefuture looks bright, and the excitement of whatBaby Gator has yet to become is building. It is agood time to be a small-sized Gator.For more information about Baby Gator, pleasecontact Dr. Pallas or Ms. Ferguson at 352-392-2330.FALL 20035EDUCATIONTIMES

FACULTY NEWSfaculty newsDr. Thomas Oakland, a professor in Educational Psychology at the University of Florida, HonoraryProfessor of Psychology at The University of Hong Kong, and Honorary Professor of Psychologyat the Iberoamerican University in San Jose, Costa Rica, is the recipient of the 2003 AmericanPsychological Association (APA) Award for Distinguished Contributions to the InternationalAdvancement of Psychology. He received this prestigious award in Toronto this summer during theannual meeting of the American Psychological Association.Dr. Lawrence Tyree, a professor in Educational Leadership, Policy and Foundations and executivedirector of the National Alliance of Community and Technical Colleges, has been approved forcandidacy on the Fulbright Senior Specialists Roster. The Roster is a list of all approved candidateswho are eligible to be matched with incoming program requests from overseas academic institutionsfor Fulbright Senior Specialists. As a candidate, Dr. Tyree will be considered a potential matchfor program requests that require someone in the field with his expertise.In memoriamDr. Eugene A. Todd, a longtimefaculty member of theSchool of Teaching andLearning and former chair ofSecondary Education, passedaway in July of 2003.Although born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, Dr. Toddgrew up in Brownsville, Texas. He moved toGainesville from Nederland, Texas, in 1966. Dr.Todd’s degrees from the University of Texas andthe University of Houston prepared him for hiswork as a professor in the College of Education,where he worked for 35 years. During his tenure,he served as chair of the Department of SubjectSpecialization.Dr. Todd was a member of Trinity UnitedMethodist Church and did volunteer work therefor many years. He served on the Alachua CountySchool Board in the early 1970s. Suzanne A. Todd,his wife of 47 years; a son, Allan Kennedy Todd, ofPeachtree City, Georgia; a sister, Joan ToddWalker, of Brownsville, Texas; and two grandchildrensurvive him.EDUCATIONTIMES 6FALL 2003

The administration, faculty, staff, and students of the College of Educationextend a sincere welcome to our new faculty:Alyson AdamsMaria CodyNancy DanaTom DanaCirecie West-OlatunjiCOLLEGE OF EDUCATIONAlyson Adams, Lastinger Center for LearningMichael Brooks, Counselor EducationMaria Cody, School of Teaching and LearningNancy Dana, School of Teaching and Learning andassociate director of the Center for School ImprovementTom Dana, School of Teaching and Learning chairDiana Joyce, Educational PsychologyWaulene Pennymon, Counselor EducationCirecie West-Olatunji, Counselor EducationP.K. YONGE DEVELOPMENTALRESEARCH SCHOOLJames BiceRenee LeismerJohn BournMickey MacDonaldStephen BurginSherwin MacintoshJill CoxPhillip PorterKimberly Dotts-Hoehnle Abby SchwabbSarah EnrightJacob SpringfieldKevin FabulichLisa StammenRose GleichowskiCatherine TuckerSusan JinksCandice WeaverJennifer JonesLisa ZaritskyBABY GATORPam Pallas, Ph.D., associate professor and directorSilvia Ferguson, assistant directorTEACHERS:Christina Kelley, Jazmin Hall, Kelly PigottstaffnewsNew Staff Council representatives forthe College of Education have beenselected for the 2003-2004 academicyear. They are as follows:Karol Black - SecretaryFFMT/Recruitment, Retention &Multicultural AffairsPatty Bruner - ChairCounselor EducationDebbie HagopianDevelopment & Alumni AffairsLinda KurtzStudent ServicesSabrina McLaughlin - Co-ChairFiscal and Administrative ServicesLinda ParsonsEducational PsychologyMark PiotrowskiGraduate StudiesShaira Rivas-OteroSpecial EducationLoretta RobinsonP.K.Yonge DRSSusan StabelDean’s OfficeEileen SwearingenEducational LeadershipJackie ThomasSchool of Teaching & LearningIf you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please contactKay Shehan Hughes at 352-392-0726 x 266 or tkhughes@coe.ufl.edu.If you have any questions, comments,or suggestions, please contact MaryBennett at (-352-392-0726 ext. 246or mbennett@coe.ufl.edu.FALL 20037EDUCATIONTIMES

LECTURESInnovative EducatorArthur Levine Delivers Sesquicentennial Lecture at UF on October 8, 2003The Future of the AmericanUniversity... October 8 | 7:30Phillips Center for the Performing ArtsArthur Levine, president of Teachers College atColumbia University, shared his perspective on thefuture of higher education when he delivered oneof the University of Florida’s SesquicentennialLectures on October 8, 2003. The presentation, titled “TheFuture of the American University,” it was free to the public.Levine is credited with revitalizing Teachers College, whichwas founded in 1887 to train teachers for New York’s expandingimmigrant population. Since his appointment in 1994, he reorganizedthe college’s administrative and academic structure,erased an annual operating deficit, recruited top scholars, andlaunched the college’s largest-ever capital campaign.Emphasizing what he calls the “biology of learning,” Levinestarted an outreach program to assist localand state education officials in bolsteringeducational efforts. In 1999, the collegebegan offering Web-based certificate coursesand created a foundation to supportpromising educational ventures and thedevelopment of new educational productsand services.Levine, an advocate of improving teacher quality andenhancing the use of technology in higher education, is theauthor of dozens of articles and reviews. His most recent bookis When Hope and Fear Collide: A Portrait of Today’s CollegeStudent (with Jeanette S. Cureton), published in 1998. Hisnumerous opinion editorials appear in such publications asThe New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal,and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Levine is a 1982Guggenheim Fellowship winner and was named one of the “20most outstanding leaders in the academic community” in a1998 Change magazine survey.(Look for more information in the next issue of EducationTimes.)Apple PinFree Apples for EdugatorsSince 1984, it has been a College of Education tradition to giveeach of its graduates a lapel pin. The pin, shaped like an apple, isembossed with a blue and orange UF. We are offering these pinsat no charge to our alumni who graduated before this traditionbegan. To date, we have sent out over 3500 pins.Order Today!To receive your free College of Education apple lapel pin, simply send a request to: Apples, Developmentand Alumni, College of Education, University of Florida, P.O. Box 117044, Gainesville, FL 32611-7044.EDUCATIONTIMES 8FALL 2003

ALUMNI NEWSalumni news2003 Grand Guard ReunionDr. C. Thomas “Tom” Gooding,co-chair for the Collegeof Education’s 2003 GrandGuard Reunion, thanks thosewho attended the October 2 – 4affair.The Grand Guard Reunion honors those who graduatedfrom the University of Florida 50 years ago or more.Tom, who swears his original beanie fit him betterwhen he was a student, received all three degrees fromthe College of Education (BAE ‘53, MEd ‘62, EdD ‘64).Tom resides in Venice, Florida, with his wife, Shirley.Alumni Events for the College of Education (COE)Friday, September 12:Saturday, September 13:Friday, October 3:Thursday, October 23:Friday, November 7:COE Development Committee Meeting12:30 – 3:00 p.m.Dean’s Conference Room, 158 Norman HallCOE Alumni Council10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Terrace Room, G 400 Norman HallGrand Guard Reunion: Classes of 1953 and Prior12:30 – 2:00 p.m.Terrace Room, G 400 Norman HallSpeaker: Dr. Vivian CorreaCOE Career Night7:00 – 9:00 p.m.Terrace Room, G 400 Norman HallHomecoming11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.Norman Courtyard**Upcoming events in St. Augustine and Orlando to be determined for 2004.If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact Mary Driscoll at 140 Norman Hall;PO Box 117044, Gainesville, FL 32611-7044; 352-392-1058 ext. 290, or by e-mail: mdriscoll@coe.ufl.edu.FALL 20039EDUCATIONTIMES

EDUGATOR NEWSedugator news1950Virgil Lanier Ramage, MA‘50, has retired from the field ofeducation.1951Marion I. (Irvin) Hill, BAE ‘51,has now retired after workingwith children for over 30 years.1956Erminio Joseph Peta, MEd‘56, retired from West ChesterUniversity in 1992 as a fullprofessor. Involved in oil painting,he recently won first prize inthe Chester County Art AllianceCompetition.1957Denom Ralph Storey, MEd‘57, retired from the Duval districtschools (Florida) in 1987 asan elementary school principal.He was named Volunteer of theYear in 1990 by the FloridaCredit Union League and wasnamed to the Florida CreditUnion Hall of Fame in 1993.1958Erin H. Tucker, BA ‘58, MA‘00, heads the men’s sprints,hurdles, and relays as a coachat the University of Kentucky.Recruited from the University ofIllinois to the University ofKentucky to resurrect the men’ssprint program, Tucker is theyoungest full-time coach in theBig Ten Conference 2000-2003.1960Mary L. Shannon, BAE ‘60,retired in 2002 from FloridaCommunity College after 30years. She was named SpeechTeacher of the Year in 1980 andwas listed in the National Registerof Executives and ProfessionalsWho’s Who in 2003.1966Kenneth W. Price, MEd ‘66, isthe CEO of CHF Enterprises.Victoria (Smith) Register-Freeman, BAE ‘66, MAE ‘70,has retired from teaching and isgiving writing and ritual workshopsat her Jacksonville bedand breakfast, The House onCherry Street. She is also presentingnational educationalworkshops dealing with agerelateddifferences in today’sfaculties. Her next nationalworkshop entitled, “June Cleaverand Bart Simpson: Can ThisMarriage Be Saved?” will bepresented in December at theNashville SACS convention.1967Eugene H. Meyer, MEd ‘67,has retired from a career as aschool psychologist.1968Lynn C. LaBauve, MEd ‘68,retired on July 1, 2003, from theUniversity of Florida Librarieswhere she won the UniversityMerit Award. Through 1978,she taught English and readingin the Florida public schools.1969Kenneth Tyrone Henson, MEd‘69, has just published his 26thbook, GrantWriting in HigherEducation,through Allyn andBacon. He hasbeen the principalinvestigatorand/or collaborator on grantsthat have totaled over 100 milliondollars. His workshops ongrant writing and writing forpublication have been given onmore than 200 university campuses.A former NationalScience Foundation AcademicYear Institute recipient at theUniversity of Florida and aFulbright Scholar, he was namedDistinguished Teacher Educatorfor the year 2000 by theAssociation of TeacherEducators/WadsworthPublishers. Henson and his wife,Sharon, live in Charleston, SouthCarolina, where he serves asdean of the School of Educationat the Citadel.Letty J. (Jones) Rayneri, BA‘69, serves as director of GiftedEducation for the DoughertyCounty school system (Georgia)and serves as president of theGeorgia Association for GiftedChildren. Rayneri has been publishedin the Journal ofSecondary Gifted Education andaccepted by Roeper Review andGifted Child Quarterly.1971Jean L. Dilsaver, BA ‘71, hasretired after 30 years in theOkeechobee (Florida) district, thelast 10 years as a principal. Asan adjunct professor for FloridaAtlantic University, Dilsaver willbegin working for the district as afull-time mentor for new teachers.Named as Teacher of the Year atSouth Elementary School in 1978,she has received numerous stateawards, including a nominationfor Distinguished ElementaryPrincipal 2000 by the FloridaAssociation of SchoolAdministrators. In spring 2003,she added a certification for ESE.1972Helen S. (Freimark) Baimel,BAE ‘72, has worked as a policerecords supervisor with theMiami-Dade Police Departmentfor over 30 years, where shehas received the department’sEmployee Excellence Award.Susan C. (Boyer)Schondeimaier, BA ‘72, MEd‘75, is an elementary schoolprincipal in Jacksonville, Florida.She is married to DallasJohnson, a University of Floridagraduate from journalism.1974Floretha S. (Small) Bryant,BA ‘74, was named Teacher ofthe Year at her school.Marlene G. (Seftell) Sanders,BAE ‘74, is a guidance directorat Marjory Stoneman DouglasHigh School in Parkland,Florida.Holly (Fletcher) Wilson, BAE‘74, is a guidance counselor atFloral Avenue Elementary Schoolin Bartow, Florida. She wasnamed Teacher of the Year in1995 for her school.1980Steven K. Leivich, BA ‘80, MS‘84, is a counselor for MeridianBehavioral Healthcare inGainesville.1985Amelia F. (Pyatt Addair)Buggle, BAE ‘85, is theexecutive director and founderof DLC Nurse and Learn, aschool and daycare for childrenfrom birth to 21 years of agewith severe disabilities and medicalproblems, including cerebralEDUCATIONTIMES 10FALL 2003

palsy, Down’s Syndrome, seizuredisorders, Taisacs disease, andmore. Previously, she workedas a teacher at Mt. HermanExceptional Student Center(Jacksonville, Florida) where shewas named Teacher of the Yearin 1989.Dianne “Dena” (Griffin) Kiss,BA ‘85, works as an instructionaltechnology specialist at AndersonElementary School in ClaytonCounty, Georgia. Currentlyworking on a doctoral degree ineducational leadership, sheachieved National Boardcertification in 2002.Nancy (Weed) Taylor, MEd ‘85,a teacher of pre-k handicappedstudents in Columbia County,Florida, has two movies on theApple Learning Interchange(www.apple.com/all/digitaledge).Exhibits are entitled “Baby Signsfor Pre-K Children” and “SuperSlide Shows by Little Guys.”1986John J. Carvelli, MEd ‘86, servesas chairman of the St. Lucie CountySchool Board in Florida, a districtwith 32,000 students, 4,000employees, and 32 schools.He was elected to the board in1994, and subsequently two moretimes. Carvelli served as vice-chairmanof the Blue Ribbon Committee,State of Florida, for educationalgovernance in 1998.1987Virginia “Gini” (Gibson) Geary,BS ‘87, MAE ‘90, is interim librarydirector and adjunct professor atMatanuska-Susitna College,University of Alaska at Anchorage.Joanne (Durrance) McFarlin, BA‘87, is a curriculum resource specialistfor Manatee County, Florida.1988Kelly C. (Fear) Baggett, BAE ‘88,teaches 1st grade in HillsboroughCounty, Florida, and was chosen asthe 2003-2004 Teacher of the Yearby her colleagues. She and herhusband, Clay (BSBA ‘91), residein Tampa with their two-year-olddaughter, Shay.1989Cristina “Cristy” Hoyo, MEd‘89, teaches 5th grade at SunsetElementary School in an internationalstudies magnet program. Shehas been in Who’s Who AmongAmerica’s Teachers, named Teacherof the Year for her school, and hasspoken before Congress regardingeducation. Hoyo is also NationalBoard certified.1991Joshua M. Leblang, BA ‘91,MEd ‘94, EdS ‘94, will be closinghis private practice in Whitefish,Montana, to become the clinicaldirector of New Zealand’sMultisystemic Therapy (MST)Program, an intensive communitybasedand family-focused treatmentprogram for at-risk youth and theirfamilies. He will be in charge ofproviding clinical training in thetheory and implementation of MST,provide weekly clinical supervision,and consult on the on-going evaluationof the program(www.mstnz.co.nz).1992Laurie A. Bauer, MEd ‘92, is anassistant principal at Ft. WhiteHigh School in Ft. White, Florida.After becoming National Boardcertified in ELA/AYA in 1999, shewas named the Columbia CountyTeacher of the Year in 2001 andserved as a Sino-AmericanEducation delegate in 2001. Baueris a Fulbright Memorial Scholar atthe present time.Michelle I. (Foster)Sammartino, MEd ‘92, teachesAP history at Nova High School inDavie, Florida, a school that isranked in the Top 10 Best PublicHigh Schools in the U.S. byNewsweek. She is also proud toannounce the birth of a son,Jackson, in June of this year.1993William R. Latson, BAE ‘93, isan assistant principal at AtlanticCommunity High School in DelrayBeach, Florida.1994Amy L. Traiger, BA ‘94, MA ‘95,teaches pre-k special education inBroward County, Florida, andserves as an adjunct professor atNova University. She plans tobegin work on her doctorate in2004.1997Heather P. (Boykin) Lazarus,MAE ‘97, is on maternity leavefrom teaching 1st grade.1999Alison A. (Cravey) Atwood,BAE ‘99, MEd ‘00, teaches 1stgrade at Sherwood AcresElementary School in Albany,Georgia, and is expecting her firstchild in March 2004. She finishedher educational specialist degree inleadership and administration insummer 2003.Margaret C. Collier, EdS ‘99,has been selected as a FulbrightMemorial Scholar to spend threeweeks in Japan in October 2003.This trip will provide an in-depthlook at Japan’s culture and in particular,its educational system. InApril of 2004 she will return to theCrimea to conduct seminars for theteachers of Bakhchisarai where shewas a TEA (Teaching Excellence inAmerica) ambassador in 2001 aspart of a program funded by theAmerican Council of InternationalEducation. She is currently a 6thgrade teacher of geography atMillennium Middle School inSanford, Florida.Katrina (Willard) Hall, EdS ‘99,a doctoral student at the Universityof Florida who has achievedNational Board certification, is alsoan instructor at FSU Lab School(“Florida High”).2000Kira DeGroat, MEd ‘00, teaches4th grade at College ParkElementary School in Ocala,Florida.Jorine G. Voight, BAE ‘00, MEd‘01, is a 3rd grade teacher atLudlom Elementary School inMiami, Florida, and a curriculumcoordinator for the Upward Boundprogram at Florida InternationalUniversity. She is certified in EarlyChildhood Education and VaryingExceptionalities and is currentlypursuing a specialist degree inTESOL.2001Tina (Rinkus) Sines, MEd ‘01,received the First Year Teacher ofthe Year award from her school.She was also honored as the district-widewinner from the OsceolaCounty school district.Stephanie van Hover, PhD ‘01,recently received the 2003Outstanding Dissertation Awardfrom the National Council forSocial Studies (NCSS) and will behonored at a special ceremony tobe held at the NCSS AnnualConference in Chicago thisNovember.2002Melissa A. Campbell, MEd ‘02,teaches 7th grade language arts atSummerour Middle School inNorcross, Georgia.FALL 200311EDUCATIONTIMES

EDUCATIONTIMESC o l l e g e o f E d u c a t i o nNon-Profit Org.U.S. PostagePAIDGAINESVILLE, FLPermit No. 94UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDACOLLEGE OF EDUCATION148 NORMAN HALLGAINESVILLE, FL 32611-7044EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONSCOLLEGE OF EDUCATIONUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDAUF College of Education, P.O. Box 117040, Gainesville, FL 32611 • Phone: 352-392-0728 • www.coe.ufl.edu