coe-staff: The Monthly Vol 1 #2

Wed Aug 11 17:51:14 PDT 2021

Dear Faculty and Staff,

Well, it is now abundantly clear why we need "The Weekly." "The Monthly" is not published with enough frequency to capture the good work going on here in the summer. Consequently, I will send some additional news missives as we near the opening of the Fall term.

For today, I wish to share my excitement about our new faculty hires, new academic advisors, new staff members, and faculty searches in process. For example, we've hired two extraordinary faculty in the last couple of weeks - Kendra Duncan and Katie Fitch. Kendra comes to us from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where she serves as edTPA coordinator and clinical instructor. Her expertise is both broad and deep. Kendra began her teaching career in the Memphis City Schools, proceeded to become staff development coordinator for the system, and then began her career in higher education. She has over two decades of experience in the K-12 teaching and educator preparation fields. Katie began her career as a chemistry teacher in Houston. She served as district chemistry curriculum lead and then science department chair. Katie completed her Ph.D. degree in our Critical and Sociocultural Studies in Education academic program area.

There is much excitement to share as we bring new colleagues in to help inform and improve our work. I encourage you to attend our opening luncheon on September 23 where I will introduce you to our new colleagues.

Until then, please give Kendra and Katie a warm welcome.

Randy

Reminders:

  *   A reminder to add the below important events to your calendars. More information on all these will be provided as the dates get closer.

     *   Student Academic Services Office Open House for Faculty and Staff

Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm, HEDCO 130

Stop by and see the changes to the SAS office and meet our academic advisors.  Refreshments will be available.

     *   Dean's Welcome Lunch

Thursday, September 23, 2021, noon - 1 pm, Kendall Plaza
Everyone's invited!  Please join students, staff, and faculty at a lunch on Kendall Plaza.  An RSVP will be available closer to the event date.

     *   Orientation for New Faculty and Staff, Location TBA

Thursday, September 23, 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

An opportunity for new Faculty and Staff to learn about the COE.

     *   Reorientation

Friday, September 24th, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm, HEDCO 220

An opportunity to reflect as a community on our joint return to in-person activities after our considerable time away.

     *   Faculty and Staff Meeting

Friday, October 1, 2021 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm, HEDCO 220

  *   University parking has significantly changed this year. As we gradually head back to campus in the coming weeks, be sure to review the new parking model in advance and select the model that works best for you. More information is available here https://transportation.uoregon.edu/zonal-parking?utm_source=ato07-20-21&utm_campaign=workplace

Accolades:

*         Cengiz Zopluoglu is one of the winners for the National Institute of Justice's Recidivism Forecasting Challenge. Cengiz's submissions (Team CrescentStar) placed 3rd in three of the large team categories. This challenge asked data scientists to build recidivism forecasting models using data provided by NIJ to examine factors related to successful offender reentry. You can find the results of the challenge here: https://nij.ojp.gov/funding/recidivism-forecasting-challenge-results<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/nij.ojp.gov/funding/recidivism-forecasting-challenge-results__;!!C5qS4YX3!TPsYCNIeKsOQICoq59yDB4PIENh4N6XTFiZWItPb-dTb17H4mqffBYKgD8Heijdn$>. Congratulations, Cengiz.

  *   Gerald Tindal was commended in this article<https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2021/07/27/2269329/0/en/Riverside-Insights-easyCBM-Assessment-System-Enhanced-to-Address-Spike-in-RTI-Needs-for-Back-to-School.html> featuring how easyCBM was enhanced by launching two new features to address their Response to Intervention (RTI) strategies. Great work, JT.

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