Howard R. D. Gordon (Teaching and Learning) recently was selected as Distinguished Alumnus-Academia by the agricultural leadership, and community education department in the College of Agricultural Life Sciences at Virginia Tech. He obtained his doctorate in agricultural science education at Virginia Tech in 1984.

Michael Nussbaum and LeAnn G. Putney (both of Educational Psychology and Higher Education) have published an article on "Learning to Use Benefit-Cost Arguments: A Microgenetic Study of Argument-Counterargument Integration in an Undergraduate Seminar Course" in the Journal of Educational Psychology. This microgenetic case study explores…

Howard R. D. Gordon (Teaching and Learning) and Deanna Schultz of the University of Wisconsin- Stout co-authored the fifth edition of The History and Growth of Career and Technical Education in America, published by Waveland Press.  The foreword was written by James Greenan of Purdue University.

Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Chris Heavey congratulates faculty who have received tenure commencing July 1. The tenure recommendations were approved at the Board of Regents meeting on March 5. Those faculty are: Scott Abella, College of Sciences Stephen Benning, College of Liberal Arts Maile Chapman, College of…

The CSUN Faculty Achievement Award recognizes faculty members for outstanding dedication to students through advising, classroom instruction, mentorship, or special events. Those receiving the award in 2020 are: William Ramsey, College of Liberal Arts, department of philosophy Caitlin Saladino, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs, Lincy…

William Speer (Mathematics Learning Center) and Jeff Shih (Teaching & Learning) served as co-chairs and organizers of the 47th annual conference of the Research Council on Mathematics Learning (RCML) that took place at the Alexis Park Resort earlier this month. The conference, which was attended by more than 170 people, was sponsored by UNLV,…

Student Diversity & Social Justice hosted the second annual Black Carpet Awards, an event designed to recognize the contributions of black students, staff, faculty, and community partners. The following individuals and organizations were award recipients: Pre-law student Candace Mays, the Audre Lorde Student Leadership Award Film and theatre…

Amanda Melilli, Samantha Godbey and Hee Yeon "Ashley" Park (all Libraries) presented a poster, "Recommended Practices for Library Collections for English Language Learners," at the 2020 Conference for Academic Research in Education. The presentation covered the results of a research study on English Language Learners…

Ching-Chen Chen (Counselor Education, School Psychology, and Human Services) recently was named secretary of the Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling (AARC), a national division of the American Counseling Association. AARC is the official division that specifically addresses research and assessment issues, training, and…

Christina Miskey (Libraries) has been awarded an Administrative Faculty Professional Development Grant by the office of faculty affairs. This competitive grant is given to administrative faculty to focus on professional development efforts as part of the Top Tier initiative. She will use the funds received to assist with attending the 2020 ALA…

Jenna Weglarz-Ward (Early Childhood, Multilingual, and Special Education) with colleagues from the University of Illinois recently published a mixed method article, "How Professionals Collaborate to Support Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities in Child Care" in the Early Childhood Education Journal. This article describes how professionals…

Kevin McVay (Sciences), Lauren Layton (Education), Rimi Marwah (Urban Affairs), and the Wilson Advising Center (Liberal Arts) are the winners of the 2019-20 UNLV Academic Advising Awards presented by the office of the vice provost for undergraduate education and the Academic Advising Council leadership team. These awards recognize individuals and…