Undergraduate Accolades
Tony Webb
Tony Webb teaching students
Tony Webb, a junior elementary education major, has been selected as a Campbell Scholar for 2007-8. Tony serves as President of the Call Me MISTER cohort. Campbell Scholars tutor eight hours a week in elementary and middle school programs in the Clemson area, and receive a scholarship up to $6,000 a year.
Tony tutors at Kellett Elementary in Seneca for Campbell Scholars program and in the Easley Housing Authority Project for Call Me MISTER. He also served as a mentor for Project Middle Passage, a summer residential camp for 6th and 7th grade African American males.
Amanda Pinson
Amanda Pinson, senior special education major, attended the two-week
NASA
Pre-service teacher institute in Maryland last summer and she has been
selected to be an ambassador at their Winter meeting, February 13-16.
This
is a special honor and certainly is a wonderful testimony to the
excellence
of our program, faculty, and students.
Tecoya Brantley
Tecoya Brantley
Tecoya Brantley, a freshman secondary education - history major in the Eugene T. Moore School of Education, was singled out in this press release from Park Seed Co. regarding a unique Creative Inquiry Team of which she is the first member.
TECA Conference - Spring 2007
Eleven students participated in the annual TECA conference in Virginia
Beach, VA. Students competed in 7 contests and place in 4. Below is a
list of students that went and
the contests they placed in.
Participants at TECA 2007, VA Beach
Wes Ballard 1st time attendee
Daniel Baker
LB Bowers 1st time attendee
Lucius Culpepper 1st time attendee
Jamie Farnum
Paul Gauche
Mike Gibson 1st time attendee
Jesse Hughes 1st time attendee
Nick Messer 1st time attendee
Brandon Wolfe
Jason Young
Teaching Lesson--3rd place--Mike Gibson
Transportation--3rd place--Daniel Baker, LB Bowers, Nick Messer
Elementary Technology--3rd place--Jesse Hughes, Jason Young
Manufacturing--2nd place--Wes Ballard, Lucius Culpepper,
Paul
Gauche, Jason Young (this is the first year we have EVER placed
in
manufacturing.)
| Alex Arconti - Spring 2007 | |
Alex Arconti, a senior majoring in special education was selected to present a Creative Inquiry Project, Assessment of Direct Instruction on Athletic Skill Development, directed by Assistant Professor Joe Ryan at the 2007 ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference hosted by the University of Virginia (http://www.acciac.org/meetingofminds.htm). This is an impressive accomplishment and award for Alex; only four student proposals were selected to represent Clemson University. Alex will present the findings of a study that investigated the potential benefits of using explicit instruction to assist with the development of athletic skills for young children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder who participated in the Challenger Baseball League program (http://people.clemson.edu/~jbryan/ChallengerLeague). Arconti, A., N. & Ryan, J., B. (April, 2007). Assessment
of direct instruction athletic skill |
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