Matter of Fact
BUILDING A NEW NORMAL
A WVU Community Engagement grant for the College of Education and Human Services and local nonprofit the Human Animal Bond (HAB) will focus on providing a healthy living space for groups like newly returned veterans. Dr. Margaret Glenn, associate professor and coordinator of the Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling program, said the initial idea is to create a community of “intergenerational people who are vested in supporting each other and living a healthier lifestyle.” Nature, community and animals, touted as having major positive effect on the disabled, will be a focus. Another will be encouraging individuals to seek higher education, training or entrepreneurship.
MELISSA LUNA WINS NSF CAREER AWARD
An assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction/ Literacy Studies is West Virginia University’s most recent recipient of the National Science Foundation’s Career Award. Melissa Luna is the first faculty member from the College of Education and Human Services to receive this honor, which is given to outstanding junior faculty members whose proposed research will contribute to NSF’s mission to broaden STEM participation in underserved areas of the country. The accompanying grant, totaling nearly $800,000 over five years, will be used to further Luna’s research regarding elementary science education. Luna plans to work closely with six elementary schools in West Virginia, where she will investigate fifth-grade teachers’ knowledge of noticing students’ thinking. According to Luna, teachers are key in supporting children’s thinking and understanding—in science classrooms when teachers listen and respond to the things children say and do, children are better able to make sense of phenomena in the world. Luna will use wearable technology to capture teacher-noticing in action. By attaching a small video camera to the bill of a hat, Luna will help participating teachers record a constant audiovisual stream of their science teaching practices — while they plan and teach lessons, and while they assess their students’ work.
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WVU COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES
DEAN’S OFFICE NOTES
An internationally recognized voice scientist and laryngeal physiologist, Dr. Robert Orlikoff began his new role as associate dean of academic affairs in BRIAN PERSINGER the College of Education and Human Services in August 2015. Orlikoff has served as chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders since joining the WVU faculty in 2008. His initiatives include: eview of undergraduate courses to reflect innovative R general education foundations evelopment of CEHS’s Office of Student Services and D an Office of Accreditation and Records evelopment of a Living-Learning Community for D students interested in the helping professions, such as teaching, counseling, speech-language pathology and audiology cademic policies and curriculum reform to improve A retention, meet current and future needs and develop new student markets rticulation agreements to support transfer students A and partner with West Virginia colleges and universities eview of programs leading to certification and/or R licensure to support national accreditation
Dean’s List:
193 students
President’s List:
167 students
DEAN'S LIST
We are very proud of our students at the College of Education and Human Services and believe in celebrating scholarly success in a big way. The Dean's List celebration is a highlight for all of our faculty and staff. We love to see our students thriving and preparing to be future teachers, clinicians and counselors. These are our rock stars, and they truly go first. Students received their Dean's List T-shirts and certificates in February for fall 2015.