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Expanding Opportunities for Students with Intellectual Disability
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| In his recently published article in Educational Leadership, Dr. Michael Giangreco discusses six actions that can provide supported inclusion for students with intellectual disability. "Opportunities and supports are extended when we think of intellectual disability as another dimension of individual difference — one of the constellation of characteristics that are part of the human condition," he says.
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| | Fulbright International Teaching Fellowship in Thailand: Meg Zeigler's Unforgettable Journey
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| Having returned from an incredible year in Southeast Asia, Meg Zeigler ('15) reflects on her journey and how her educational experiences and connections at UVM made it possible. "The experience was eye-opening, challenging, inspiring, frustrating, incredible, and so much more," she says.
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| | Making a Difference for Refugees and Marginalized Communities
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| Alicia Keesler ('17) believes in the power of transformative and creative thinking. She feels drawn to refugees, migrants and other disenfranchised communities. Last summer she volunteered in Greece, working to convert an abandoned factory into a dignified housing and medical facility for Syrian refugees.
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| | UVM Researchers Launch New App to Encourage Teen Exercise
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| According to the CDC, only 27 percent of high school students nationwide hit recommended activity goals. A new mobile game encourages teens to exercise by providing immediate virtual rewards. Camp Conquer promotes real-world physical activity, tracked by a Fitbit. Dr. Bernice Garnett and Dr. Lizzy Pope are currently beta testing the app with 100 students at Burlington High School. Read more >>
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CESS Graduates Receive NYC Excellence in Education Awards
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| In February this year, Kristen Morrissey ('14) and Leah Green ('16) received New York City Excellence in Education Awards presented by Success Academy schools. With 41 schools across Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens, Success Academies enroll 14,000 students, primarily low-income children of color in disadvantaged neighborhoods.
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| | CESS Rises in National Graduate School Rankings
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| Jumping nine positions in the 2018 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools rankings, the College of Education and Social Services (CESS) is among the top schools in the country. "Our research profile continues to strengthen along with our extramural grant support," says CESS Dean Scott Thomas.
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Connecting Sports with Youth Empowerment, Community Development and Social Change
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| Paige Phillips ('17) is an outstanding student athlete who is passionate about sport as a tool for empowerment, community development and social change. Through a fellowship award from Project Coach, she will attend graduate school and work at the intersection of youth development and education in underserved inner-city schools.
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| | Enhancing Quality: Listening to Participant Voices to Improve our Master's Program in Special Education
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| Special educators entering the field must be prepared for environments with increased student diversity, tiered systems of support, and increased collaboration with general education teachers and specialists. In a study to develop and implement a continual improvement model for the Master's Program in Special Education, CESS researchers discovered that graduates' skill can be attributed to the program's modeling of collaborative processes and positive relationships. Read more >>
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| In Stanley Witkin's recently published book, Transforming Social Work (Palgrave Macmillan), he argues that social work is mired in incremental change. For the profession to realize its potential as a source of societal transformation, he believes it must adopt radically alternative frameworks of understanding. One such framework is social construction.
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| | CESS Alumni Selected as 2017 Rowland Fellows
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| Lindsey Cox ('05), Emily Gilmore ('12), and Abbie Bowker ('03) have been named as Rowland Fellows for 2017-2018. The Rowland Foundation provides grants of up to $100,000 to the schools of each selectee to transform an aspect of the school that will positively impact its culture and climate.
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| | International Recognition for Supported Employment Work
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| Dr. Bryan Dague, faculty member at the Center on Disability and Community Inclusion (CDCI), was one of three delegates invited by Zero Project to represent Vermont for its innovative work in supported employment. Dague and his colleagues presented at Zero Project's conference and were recognized for their work at the United Nations Office in Vienna.
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| | Student Activist Pushes for Change to Fight Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking
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| Deeply committed to the fight against domestic abuse, sexual violence and human trafficking, Shaya received an Outstanding Student Activist Award presented by the UVM Women’s Center. "I’m working on a policy proposal that would require all middle and high schools to provide programming that educates students about dating violence and sexual assault," she explains.
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| | Katharine Shepherd Honored as UVM's First Levitt Family Green and Gold Professor
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| Dr. Shepherd is the co-author of a recently published book called The Art of Collaboration: Lessons from Families of Children with Disabilities. She is also the project director for the U.S. Department of Education’s grant for Transformative Leadership for Special Education Administrators. The Higher Education Consortium for Special Education recently honored Dr. Shepherd with its coveted leadership and service award.
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| | Giving to the College of Education and Social Services (CESS)
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| Please consider making a gift to the College of Education and Social Services (CESS). The generous support and involvement by alumni, parents and friends enables us to increase scholarships and internships for students, provide funding for research, and strengthen academic programs .
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