PhD student Kathryn Hayes has been named to serve on the 2012
David L. Clark National Graduate Student Research Seminar in
Educational Leadership and Policy. A number of doctoral students
were nominated this year from universities in the U.S., Canada,
and abroad. 40 were invited to participate. The David L. Clark
National Graduate Student Research Seminar brings together
emerging educational leadership and policy scholars and noted
researchers for two days of presentations, generative discussion,
and professional growth.
The 32nd Annual Seminar in Educational Administration and Policy
will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia on April 12-13, 2012,
in conjunction with the annual conference of the American
Educational Research Association.
Congratulations to Socorro Shiels, a PhD student, who received a
$10,000 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Scholarship. The award is made
to only one student per year to recognize aspiring Latino
superintendents.
Lynn Fitzpatrick, while pursuing her doctoral degree in
educational leadership, is the new curriculum and
instruction director for the Sonoma Valley Unified School
District. As reported in the
Sonoma Index-Tribune, Fitzpatrick told the school
district board that local students achieved modest STAR gains.
Brian Riley, a second
year PhD student in school organization and educational policy,
was recently honored by the California Association of the Deaf
for his outstanding service to the California Deaf Community.
The Graduate Group in Education (GGE), with support from the
Office of Graduate Studies, awarded grants to 16 graduate
students for conference presentations in 2009, more than double
the number of students in 2008.
Brian Riley, a second
year PhD student in school organization and educational policy,
was recently honored by the California Association of the Deaf
for his outstanding service to the California Deaf Community.
