coe-staff: The Weekly Vol. 6 #26

Wed Apr 16 20:05:27 PDT 2025

 Dear COE Community,

This is a particularly challenging time for higher education as we navigate funding cuts and other obstacles. I wish to appreciate and acknowledge faculty and staff who continue to stay focused on our mission and our values. Find joy and meaning in the day-to-day aspects of our work and support the efforts of others in our community. This week our COE development team and I will be meeting with our College of Education Advisory Council in Portland. This group of individuals is dedicated to advocating and advancing the College of Education and our students, faculty, and staff. Their enthusiasm and interest in us and our work is contagious. I'm excited to share key takeaways from the meeting in another weekly message.

Thank you for your work and for making our college special.

Warmly,
Laura Lee

Updates and Upcoming
The Global Studies Institute invites you to join a two-part book launch and meet the author event:
Dr. Aisha Almana, graduated from University of Oregon in 1970 and generously funded Al Rafeef Educational Foundation Scholarship for Saudi women to study at the UO. Dr Aisha's father asked her everyday, "What have you done for the women of your country today?" She answers this question throughout her compelling memoir: I Am My Own Guardian: The real story of Saudi women, told through the remarkable life of the mother of Saudi feminism

Part 1: In Person Book Discussion
Date: May 16, 2025
Time: 12 - 1:30pm
Location: Mills International Center
Read on your own the groundbreaking memoir, I Am My Own Guardian: The real story of Saudi women, told through the remarkable life of the mother of Saudi feminism, and discuss the powerful themes with fellow readers. Snacks to be provided! Facilitated by Elly Vandegrift, Director, Global Studies Institute

Part 2: Online Meet the Author Discussion
Date: May 23, 2025
Time: 10:00-11:30 am
Location: Online Zoom Registration Link<https://uoregon.zoom.us/meeting/register/a3cOR4rJTs6i4EbGuMWhTg#/registration>
Engage in a Zoom discussion with the authors Dr. Aisha Almana and Nicola Sutcliff.

Books are available for purchase on Amazon<https://www.amazon.com/I-Am-My-Own-Guardian-ebook/dp/B0DV6RN1S2/ref=sr_1_1?crid=310IZRD8AUJU4&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.s5BwLqR7twhNAoP4LwF27w.jtosum02VFm2DciXVPZC4KAYDwfv20Lbzi2Lh1Mx19M&dib_tag=se&keywords=aisha+almana&qid=1738248959&sprefix=aisha+almana%2Caps%2C196&sr=8-1>, or can be borrowed from the UO Libraries or Eugene Public Library.

Spotlights and Recognition
U.S. News & World Report Rankings
You've received other emails about this, but we are thrilled to again share that the College of Education is highly ranked compared to our peers! Recent rankings show our college as:

  *   #3 Special Education Program (for 25 years)

  *   #5 Graduate School of Education among public institutions

  *   #15 Graduate School of Education in the nation

  *   #32 Best Speech-0Lanuage Pathology Program (an increase from #39 last year!)

Cohesive Learning Institutes: Congratulations and thanks to the collaborative team of: Elisa Jamgochian (SPED K12), Gounah Choi (SPED EI), Katie Fitch (UOTeach), Tina Gutierez-Schmich (UOTeach), and Julie Heffernan (UOTeach), for their development and hosting of a 3-session series of Cohesive Learning Institutes<https://education.uoregon.edu/cohesive-learning-institutes> over Winter and Spring on the topic of Social Emotional Learning. These sessions were created for the UO teacher preparation community (UOTeach, Special Education, and Music Education) to support the incorporation of Oregon's Social Emotional Learning Standards<https://www.oregon.gov/ode/educator-resources/standards/sel/pages/default.aspx> into their professional activities.

The three sessions Transformative Social Emotional Learning, A Supportive Classroom Environment, Integrating Social Emotional Learning and Instruction were open to teacher candidates, supervision faculty, program faculty, and their cooperating professionals in the field. These sessions were made possible via grant funding provided by the State of Oregon's Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) and the Educator Advancement Council (EAC).

HEDCO Institute Evidence Dashboards
Check out the HEDCO institute's three "living" research dashboards, which are regularly updated with new research evidence as it becomes available. These include dashboards on school-based depression<https://hedcoinstitute.uoregon.edu/dashboards/depression-prevention-research-database> prevention programs, anxiety<https://hedcoinstitute.uoregon.edu/dashboards/anxiety-prevention-research-database> prevention programs, and evidence on four-day school week<https://hedcoinstitute.uoregon.edu/dashboards/four-day-school-week-research-database> policies.

Student Spotlight
Learn more about graduating Counseling Psychology doctoral student Lindsey Nichols<https://education.uoregon.edu/lindsey-nichols-cpsy>.

Reminders
Preparing for Promotion Workshop 3: Scholarship
Friday May 2nd 12-1:30pm
HEDCO 230T (lunch provided) and Zoom
If you are Career (Clinical, Instructional, Research) or TTF and promotion and/or tenure is on the horizon for you in the next 1-3 years, this workshop is for you! The final in a series of three workshops to be offered this year, this workshop will focus on what to expect when assembling the scholarship portion of your dossier. Participants will be provided with suggestions and strategies for addressing scholarship in their personal statement, accounting for scholarly activities on the CV, and suggestions for items to include in their dossier. There will be time to address questions unique to Career and TTF. As a bonus, you will be able to learn from your colleagues while you enjoy lunch! Please RSVP via this link by April 18<https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6WKvfSkTNbaeIC2> to include any dietary requests.

Job Opportunities

  *   Assistant, Associate, or Full Clinical Professor (Ballmer Institute)<https://careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/job/535253/assistant-associate-or-full-clinical-professor>: Applications due May 15

Laura Lee McIntyre | Dean & Castle-McIntosh-Knight Professor
University of Oregon | College of Education
230 Hedco Education Building | Eugene, OR 97403-1215
llmcinty at uoregon.edu<mailto:email at uoregon.edu> |  https://education.uoregon.edu<https://education.uoregon.edu/>
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