coe-staff: The Weekly Vol. 7 #31

[Emily Tanner-Smith]

The Weekly Vol. 7 #31

Dean’s Message
Dear COE Community,
Thank you for making Ducks Give 2026 such a huge success last week! We exceeded our goal of 180 gifts, ending the day with 195 gifts raising more than $132,000. Of that total, $63,000 was unlocked through eight challenge gifts. We finished #5 on the leaderboard for number of gifts and were the top academic unit in this category. This marks the third year in a row we earned this top spot!

This year we featured three funds on our giving page: the COE General Scholarship Fund, the Sapsik’ʷałá Teacher Education Program Fund, and the HEDCO Clinic Discretionary Fund. But donors who gave to any COE fund counted toward our total goal.  Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, the funds raised will support our student scholarships and programming in the years ahead.

Thank you for your generosity, advocacy, and the many ways you contributed to this shared success! And a special shout out to our incredible COE Development Team, Esther Harclerode, Laura King, and Andrea Olson, for their hard work making the event such a success.
Best wishes,
Emily

Spotlights and Recognition
SPED Alum Win Eugene 4J's 2026 Golden Apple Award<https://vimeo.com/1192039160>
Congrats to COE alum Mike Seager, MEd ’12 (Special Education), winner of Eugene School District 4J’s 2026 Golden Apple Award in the teacher/licensed specialist category. Mike is a special education teacher at Roosevelt Middle School. Core to his work with students is his Academic Success Rubric, a comprehensive list of skills needed for them to be successful in the classroom.

Faculty Shoutout: Associate Professor Nichole Kelly
Dr. Nichole Kelly's research team was well represented at the UO Undergraduate Research Symposium. The FHS students who were presenting said that Dr. Kelly came by to support them, as did several of the graduate students. One of them even explained the high variance in one subgroup’s confidence interval- impressive! The students said they love the supportive environment of Dr. Kelly's lab.

Welcome HEDCO Institute Postdoctoral Scholar
Deborah Han, PhD has joined the HEDCO Institute as a Postdoctoral Scholar working directly with Dr. Elizabeth Day on bridging research, practice, and policy. Dr. Han recently completed her doctoral training in developmental psychology at the University of Denver and brings a well-rounded set of skills and experiences to this role. We are excited to welcome Deborah to the HEDCO Institute team!

Submit Achievements to be Featured in future Weekly newsletters: Celebration, Accolades, Kudos, and Excellence (CAKE) Survey<https://oregon.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6VRZUU99jDOx6NE>

Reminders
COE Career Faculty | 2026-27 Promotion Info Session
THIS FRIDAY May 22nd, 12-1:20pm on Zoom
Career faculty are invited to attend this information session about promotion. Learn about the promotion process and timelines for AY 2026-27, components of the career faculty promotion file, and resources for preparing your promotion materials. Although information will be targeted to COE career faculty who are eligible for promotion review in 2026-27, all career faculty are welcome to attend. Please RSVP via this link<https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=jxkLj0f0_ky6A1JrRsZh-NpMt7VDc6VOhGx_2czZJvFUQ0hVSFdIUTZXWUFUN1M3WEc5R01DQTZSWi4u> to receive a calendar invite with the Zoom link or indicate if you’d like to receive the recording.

HEDCO Café Closed for Summer
The Education Station Café in the HEDCO Lobby will be closed this summer. The café will have limited hours during finals week (open 8:00-4:00 Monday through Wednesday and open 8:00-2:00 Thursday and Friday) and then will be closed for summer starting Monday June 15th. The café will re-open during the Week of Welcome starting Monday September 21st.  This year’s café closure extends to the library café as well. All retail cafes in the academic buildings will be closed for summer except for Riverfront Bistro in the Knight Campus Building 2.



Emily Tanner-Smith | Dean, Thomson Professor (she/her)
University of Oregon | College of Education
230 HEDCO Education Building | Eugene, OR 97403-1215
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