Graduate Student Accolades
Curriculum and Instruction PhD Student Receives Scholarship Award - Summer 2008
Roxanne Amerson, PhD student in curriculum and instruction, is the 2008 recipient of the $2,000 Wolfe Laureate Doctoral Scholarship from Kappa Delta Pi, the honor society for Education. This scholarship is for multicultural education.
The Laureate Doctoral Scholarships are especially prestigious, and Roxanne is the the first official recipient of a national KDP scholarship from the Clemson chapter of Kappa Delta Pi.
Jenna Hallman Awarded 2008 State Teacher of the Year - Spring 2008
Jenna Hallman
Educational Leadership Masters Student, Jenna Hallman, was selected as the State Teacher of the Year. Jenna is a science teacher at the Calhoun Academy for the Arts, Anderson School District 5. She uses a variety of instructional strategies as she encourages children to think beyond their knowledge level. Her rewards come in many different forms. Most often, they come from the children she serves. She feels successful every time a smile creeps across a child's face as he or she gets excited about a learning experience. She gains satisfaction when she witnesses a moment of discovery during an inquiry lesson. And she is motivated when she sees her children assisting their peers, teaching the strategies and content and showing empathy. Even the smallest gains in improvement empower her. Hallman has taught for 10 years.
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Student Awards at S.C. College Personnel Association Conference - Spring 2008
South Carolina College Personnel Association had its annual conference in Charleston, SC in April 2008. The following students in Leadership, Counselor Education, Human and Organizational Development won awards:
Carol Edens-Epps Outstanding Graduate Student Award was given to Alexa Simone, masters student in Counselor Education/Student Affairs. This award recognizes outstanding contributions and/or potential in the field of student affairs by a graduate student. Nominees must have shown scholarship and potential in the field of Student Affairs.
The Edward Grandpre’ Outstanding Graduate Student Paper was awarded to Mike Bowers, masters student in Counselor Education/Student Affairs. This award recognizes a graduate student who has written an outstanding paper related to the topic set by the awards committee.
Helen Diamond Steele, doctoral student in Educational Leadership/Higher Education was recognized with the best program presented at the annual conference. Her section was selected as most outstanding by participants. The title of her sessions was “Sustaining Vibrant Communities: Dancing Outside the Boxes”, a program which contrasted monoracial and multiracial identity development models.
William R. Hanson - Spring 2008
William R. Hanson, PhD student in the Eugene T. Moore School of Education’s educational leadership program, has been selected as the first prize winner in CU’s Rutland Institute’s J.T. Barton Jr., Ethics Essay Scholarship Competition: Graduate Student Track, in April 2008. He will receive a $1,500 scholarship prize through the office of financial aid at Clemson University.
Student Affairs Students Awarded “Best Overall” at Workshop- Spring 2008
Keith Becklin and
Andy Thompson
Student Affairs Students Awarded “Best Overall” in the Graduate Student Case Study Competition at the Annual Southern Regional Orientation Workshop.
Clemson student affairs counseling graduate students, Keith Becklin and Andy Thompson, were awarded “Best Overall” in the Graduate Student Case Study Competition at the annual Southern Regional Orientation Workshop (SROW) held at Columbus State University, Columbus, GA. The conference held March 7-9 featured undergraduate and graduate case study competitions with scenarios pertaining to multiple issues that could potentially arise in Orientation situations. Becklin and Thompson successfully articulated theory and application to a scenario involving legal and ethical dilemmas in supervising Orientation Ambassadors. Both are first year graduate students in the Counselor Education- Student Affairs masters’ program.
School of Education students participate In AERA - Spring 2008
Eleven School of Education graduate students participated at the annual AERA (American Educational Research Association) meetings in New York City, March 2008.
Michelle Bartlett and Lorilei Swanson, PhD students in educational leadership, and Amy Carter, Jackie Malloy, Katherine Robbins, Angie Rogers, and Julie Smart, PhD students in curriculum & instruction presented. Kelly Finnegan, MEd student in school counseling, and Michelle LeBlanc and Ryan McNealy, MEd community counseling students, and Mitchell Tappen, MEd student affairs student were session participants.
MAT students present at SCMSA- Spring 2008
Five MAT (Master of Arts in Teaching) students presented at SCMSA (South Carolina Middle School Association) in Spring 2008. Zach Nicks, Hayley Goetz, and Steve Burrus presented on the Math Readiness Camp and Penny Mellett and Gerald Walker presented on the Enrichment Math Camp, each part of Dr. Elaine Weigert's methods course in Summer 2007.
Reading Masters Students Present at Conferences - Spring 2008
Reading students presenting at SCMSA
Spring 2008, reading students and teachers pesented a workship at the SCMSA (South Carolina Middle School Association) entitled “Making Instruction More Effective and Efficient with Strategies from CEALL”.
They are Rachel Hamilton, Sandy Lorick, and Beth Rouche (Langston Middle School in Greenville), Fenissa Jeter (Chesnee Middle School in Spartanburg District 2), and Susan Woods (Laurens Middle School in Laurens District 55).
A group of teachers from Anderson School District One presented a Research Forum Pre-Convention Institute at the South Carolina International Reading Association State Conference.
The Pre-Con Institute grew out of a project these masters students completed as part of their coursework for READ 860 and ED F 808. Dr. Gail Delicio and Dr. Victoria Ridgway Gillis collaborated on a joint project that involved students presenting results of their research in a Research Forum in the Lobby of Tillman Hall Summer 2007.
Community Counseling Students to Present - Spring 2008
Under the leadership of assistant professor, David Scott, Ph.D., four current and one recent graduate of the community counseling program have been selected to present their research at the SCCA conference February 8th 2008. The students are Gretta McCall, Stephanie Belke, Audrey Fidler, Candice Slate and Pat Edmunds.
Community Counseling Students Present and Publish - Fall 2007
Community Counselor Education students, Holly Pottmeyer and Ryan McNealy, presented their research at the Chi Sigma Iota 1st annual student conference in South Carolina, Fall 2007. Also, Pat Edmunds and Gary Stancil, Community counseling students, have had their articles accepted for publication in the Chi Sigma Iota international publication - The Exemplar.
Jeff Kenney - Fall 2007
Jeff Kenney, Student Affairs Counseling Student, presented"Developing A Diverse Community With Fine Arts"; Top Twenty Program at the South Atlantic Association of College & University Residence Halls, October 2007.
The South Atlantic Association of College and University Residence Halls (SAACURH) is an annual student leadership conference maintained by the South East affiliate of the largest student organization in the United States, NACURH. Each conference hosts roughly 500 college students. Over 90 programs are presented, providing development opportunities in student programming, organizational development, and diversity education. 20 programs are selected for additional presentation and recognition as a SAACURH Top Twenty Program. Selections are made from delegate evaluations and program attendance.
Rachel Eikenberry & Jeff Kenney - Fall 2007
Rachel Eikenberry
and Jeff Kenney
Rachel Eikenberry and Jeff Kenney, Student Affairs Counseling Students presented at the National Association of College & University Residence Halls, June 2007 "Marketing Your Res-Life Experience & Careers in Student Affairs"; Top Forty Program.
The National Association of College and University Residence Halls (NACURH) is an annual student leadership conference maintained by the largest student organization in the United States. Each conference hosts roughly 2,000 college students from the United States, Canada and Mexico. Over 200 programs are presented, providing development opportunities in student programming, organizational development, and diversity education. 40 programs are selected for additional presentation and recognition as a NACURH Top Forty Program. Selections are made from delegate evaluations and program attendance.
Amy Askern - Fall 2007
Amy Askern, a graduate student in the Clemson University Student Affairs program, has been selected by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) to serve as an ambassador to the Placement Exchange (TPE). NASPA is selecting 16 ambassadors from across the country to participate in this program and to attend the international conference in Boston, March 2008. Primarily, the Ambassadors will serve as the main communication conduit between the Placement Exchange Committee and campuses; specifically with peers and faculty. This is quite an honor for Amy to be one of the 16 graduate students selected for this new international program.
Devin Bucke - Fall 2007
Every year the Association of Fraternity Advisors (AFA) selects eight, second-year, graduate students from across the country to help staff their annual national conference. The graduate students chosen have the unique opportunity to learn the inner workings of the conference and network with Greek Life professionals, while supporting the overall success of the annual meeting. Devin Bucke, a Student Affairs graduate student has been selected for this honor. Devin is the second Clemson Student Affairs graduate student in the past two years to have been selected. This is quite an honor. For more information on this honor please see:
http://www.fraternityadvisors.org/AnnualMeeting/GradStaff.aspx
Pat Edmonds - Fall 2007
Pat Edmonds, Community Counseling masters student, has completed part of her training to become a professional counselor by working at the Hospice in Anderson. She recently had an article accepted and published in Chi Sigma Iota's international publication, the Exemplar. This is quite an honor as it is only published three times a year. You can read Pat's article at:
http://www.csi-net.org/associations/2151/files/41056.pdf
Lorraine Angelino - Fall 2007
Lorraine Angelino receiving her award
Lorraine Angelino, Ph.d.student in educational leadership, recently received the Director's award from The Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE) at the 3rd Annual National Symposium on Student Retention held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This award is given for the paper which best addresses an issue of current interest and need in the field of student retention and success. The paper is entitled: Engagement of the Online Learner. Lorraine works as a Business Analyst at Self Regional Healthcare, Greenwood, South Carolina in the Information Technology department and is an online Instructor for the Health Care Management Certificate program at Lander University.
| Darris Means - Spring 2007 |
M.Ed. Student Affairs Counseling May 2007 graduate Darris Means, a Spartanburg native, was recognized by Furman University's Riley Institute with an Upstate Diversity Leadership Award. Means was honored as an Outstanding College Student for promoting diversity.
http://www.clemson.edu/newsroom/articles/2007/may/Darris_Means.php5 |
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