/PRNewswire/ -- After a nationwide vote for more than 300 towns across the USA, 20 have earned a spot in the final round of voting for WFN's Ultimate Fishing Town USA which begins today. Online voting at www.WFNFishingTown.com closes May 31 and the winner will be announced in June at a ceremony in the winning community.
In addition to national recognition, the top town will earn a $25,000 community donation for fishing-related cause(s), 10 WaveSpin Reels and a feature about their town, airing on WFN: World Fishing Network, North America's only 24/7 fishing channel. The second and third place communities will earn a $5,000 and $2,500 donations respectively.
The Top 20 towns are: Annapolis, MD; Bainbridge, GA; Baudette, MN; Boulder Junction, WI; Bradford, PA; Denver, CO; Destin, FL; Florence, AL; Gladstone, MI; Gold Beach, OR; Grand Isle, LA; Hartsel, CO; Homer, AK; Kissimmee, FL; Richmond Hill, GA; Roscoe, NY; Seward, AK ; Waddington, NY; Winthrop Harbor, IL; and Zapata, TX.
"We were overwhelmed with the heartwarming photos, videos and stories sent in support of more than 300 towns," said Shauna Gosevitz, Sr. Director of Marketing for WFN. "Communities with barely 1,000 residents earned a spot alongside highly populated cities, underscoring the unique spirit and camaraderie of anglers from destinations both large and small. It is now up to the voters to determine WFN's Ultimate Fishing Town USA ."
The promotion is being supported by Eagle Claw, proud manufacturers of fishing gear and tackle in the USA since 1925 and WaveSpin Reels, the only reel with a tangle-free guarantee. Charter Communications is supporting the contest through multiple marketing tactics. In addition, Knology will promote WFN's Ultimate Fishing Town USA in various markets and AT&T u-verse will be supporting the contest by broadcasting promo spots on their barker channel.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Two Georgia Youth Honored for Volunteerism at National Award Ceremony in Washington, D.C.
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Two Georgia students, Andrew Mirolli, 18, of Acworth and Tiffani Alexander, 13, of Covington, were honored in the nation’s capital last night for their outstanding volunteer work during the presentation of The 2011 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. The two young people – along with 100 other top youth volunteers from across the country – received $1,000 awards as well as personal congratulations from Academy Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon at the 16th annual award ceremony and gala dinner reception, held at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
Drew and Tiffani were named the top high school and middle level youth volunteers in Georgia last February. In addition to their cash awards, they received engraved silver medallions and an all-expense-paid trip with their parents to Washington, D.C., for this week’s recognition events.
“The Prudential Spirit of Community honorees have seen problems in their communities and around the world and have taken action,” said Ms. Sarandon. “Their compassion to help others should give us all a lot of hope for the future.”
Drew, a senior at North Paulding High School, launched an educational and fund-raising campaign to fight poverty both locally and internationally, built around an annual “challenge week” during which teens in his community voluntarily experience poverty by living on $2 a day. Three years ago, while listening to a presentation about displaced students in Uganda, “I was personally asked, “How far would you go to help children with no voice?” said Drew. He took the question very seriously. Drew and two friends put away their cell phones and car keys, gathered firewood, and lived in the woods for five nights to see what it’s like to survive on $2 a day – the amount that 60 percent of the world lives on. “I experienced five days of headaches, an empty stomach growling, my mind not being able to concentrate, and a sore body from sleeping on the ground,” he said. Nevertheless, Drew and his friends still attended school every day, while collecting donations for a charity serving children in Uganda.
After the experience, Drew researched poverty in Georgia and, disturbed by what he found, was determined to raise money and awareness to fight poverty both at home and abroad. He formed a leadership team to help plan a second week of self-imposed poverty and fund-raising, and challenged all of the students in his school to take part. Drew and his team found homes to host “ChallengeWeek” participants, created registration and permission forms, shopped for food, and set up a nonprofit organization, Operation Poverty, and a website at www.operationpoverty.com. Forty-seven students signed up, and during the week, Drew coordinated an all-school assembly focusing on poverty in Uganda, and held class competitions for donations. Last year, 97 students from area high schools participated in the challenge and all schools throughout Paulding County collected 32,000 canned food items for a food pantry along with 750 articles of teen clothing. In addition, Drew and his team have raised $12,480, with half going to a local food pantry, and the other half helping to rebuild a girls’ dormitory in Uganda.
Tiffani, a member of the Rockdale County 4-H and a homeschooled eighth-grader, created and presided over a “bug club” for children through Prevent Child Abuse Rockdale (PCAR), a family strengthening and abuse prevention program offered at a local church. Tiffani has been volunteering with PCAR in the church’s nursery since sixth grade. “There were 197 substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect in Rockdale County in 2008,” Tiffani said. “I am appalled at the thought of children being abused. I volunteer with PCAR to help combat this vicious abuse.” While she enjoyed being a nursery helper, she wanted to do more. As a teen leader in her local 4-H club, Tiffani has always been interested in entomology. So she decided to share her knowledge and appreciation of bugs with the children at the center in a club she calls “Butterflies, Beetles, and Bees, Oh My!”
After receiving permission for her club, Tiffani had to spend about three hours a week planning and organizing lessons that were age appropriate for children from 6 to 12 years old. She also caught insects in her backyard to share with the children and brought her pet beetles, Jersey and Huron. Some of the club’s activities included designing butterflies to reflect the children’s personalities, creating pictures of insects out of seeds, and learning the process of insect metamorphosis. In addition to learning how bugs affect the world and how to stay safe around them, Tiffani also attempted to teach the children to be more sensitive to one another through their gentle handling of the insects. “It is very rewarding to give back to your community,” said Tiffani. “There is no pay or accolades, just the joy of knowing that you made a difference in someone else’s life.”
“Drew and Tiffani represent young Americans who have a strong sense of community and who are dedicated to improving our neighborhoods, our nation and our world,” said John R. Strangfeld, chairman and CEO of Prudential Financial, Inc. “With great anticipation, we look forward to their future achievements as they continue to spread the spirit of community.”
More than 29,000 young people participated in the 2011 awards program last fall through schools, Girl Scout councils, county 4-H organizations, American Red Cross chapters, YMCAs and affiliates of the Points of Light Institute’s HandsOn Network. The top middle level and high school applicants in each state were selected in February, and were flown to Washington this week with their parents for four days of special recognition events.
Conducted in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards were created 16 years ago by Prudential Financial to encourage youth volunteerism and to identify and reward young role models.
“The young women and men in America’s schools are nothing short of amazing, and nowhere is this more evident than amongst this year’s award recipients,” said NASSP President Jana Frieler. “They possess a keen intellect, servant hearts, capable leadership skills, and are filled with energy and ambition. NASSP and Prudential are honored to recognize them.”
More information about The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards and this year’s honorees can be found at http://spirit.prudential.com or www.nassp.org/spirit.
NASSP is the leading organization of and national voice for middle level and high school principals, assistant principals, and all school leaders from across the United States and more than 45 countries around the world. NASSP provides research-based professional development and resources, networking, and advocacy to build the capacity of middle level and high school leaders to continually improve student performance. Reflecting its longstanding commitment to student leadership development as well, NASSP administers the National Honor Society™, National Junior Honor Society®, National Elementary Honor Society®, and National Association of Student Councils®. For more information about NASSP, located in Reston, VA, visit www.nassp.org.
Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a financial services leader, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Prudential’s diverse and talented employees are committed to helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth through a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, investment management, and real estate services. In the U.S., Prudential’s iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and innovation for more than a century. For more information, please visit http://www.news.prudential.com/
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Drew and Tiffani were named the top high school and middle level youth volunteers in Georgia last February. In addition to their cash awards, they received engraved silver medallions and an all-expense-paid trip with their parents to Washington, D.C., for this week’s recognition events.
“The Prudential Spirit of Community honorees have seen problems in their communities and around the world and have taken action,” said Ms. Sarandon. “Their compassion to help others should give us all a lot of hope for the future.”
Drew, a senior at North Paulding High School, launched an educational and fund-raising campaign to fight poverty both locally and internationally, built around an annual “challenge week” during which teens in his community voluntarily experience poverty by living on $2 a day. Three years ago, while listening to a presentation about displaced students in Uganda, “I was personally asked, “How far would you go to help children with no voice?” said Drew. He took the question very seriously. Drew and two friends put away their cell phones and car keys, gathered firewood, and lived in the woods for five nights to see what it’s like to survive on $2 a day – the amount that 60 percent of the world lives on. “I experienced five days of headaches, an empty stomach growling, my mind not being able to concentrate, and a sore body from sleeping on the ground,” he said. Nevertheless, Drew and his friends still attended school every day, while collecting donations for a charity serving children in Uganda.
After the experience, Drew researched poverty in Georgia and, disturbed by what he found, was determined to raise money and awareness to fight poverty both at home and abroad. He formed a leadership team to help plan a second week of self-imposed poverty and fund-raising, and challenged all of the students in his school to take part. Drew and his team found homes to host “ChallengeWeek” participants, created registration and permission forms, shopped for food, and set up a nonprofit organization, Operation Poverty, and a website at www.operationpoverty.com. Forty-seven students signed up, and during the week, Drew coordinated an all-school assembly focusing on poverty in Uganda, and held class competitions for donations. Last year, 97 students from area high schools participated in the challenge and all schools throughout Paulding County collected 32,000 canned food items for a food pantry along with 750 articles of teen clothing. In addition, Drew and his team have raised $12,480, with half going to a local food pantry, and the other half helping to rebuild a girls’ dormitory in Uganda.
Tiffani, a member of the Rockdale County 4-H and a homeschooled eighth-grader, created and presided over a “bug club” for children through Prevent Child Abuse Rockdale (PCAR), a family strengthening and abuse prevention program offered at a local church. Tiffani has been volunteering with PCAR in the church’s nursery since sixth grade. “There were 197 substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect in Rockdale County in 2008,” Tiffani said. “I am appalled at the thought of children being abused. I volunteer with PCAR to help combat this vicious abuse.” While she enjoyed being a nursery helper, she wanted to do more. As a teen leader in her local 4-H club, Tiffani has always been interested in entomology. So she decided to share her knowledge and appreciation of bugs with the children at the center in a club she calls “Butterflies, Beetles, and Bees, Oh My!”
After receiving permission for her club, Tiffani had to spend about three hours a week planning and organizing lessons that were age appropriate for children from 6 to 12 years old. She also caught insects in her backyard to share with the children and brought her pet beetles, Jersey and Huron. Some of the club’s activities included designing butterflies to reflect the children’s personalities, creating pictures of insects out of seeds, and learning the process of insect metamorphosis. In addition to learning how bugs affect the world and how to stay safe around them, Tiffani also attempted to teach the children to be more sensitive to one another through their gentle handling of the insects. “It is very rewarding to give back to your community,” said Tiffani. “There is no pay or accolades, just the joy of knowing that you made a difference in someone else’s life.”
“Drew and Tiffani represent young Americans who have a strong sense of community and who are dedicated to improving our neighborhoods, our nation and our world,” said John R. Strangfeld, chairman and CEO of Prudential Financial, Inc. “With great anticipation, we look forward to their future achievements as they continue to spread the spirit of community.”
More than 29,000 young people participated in the 2011 awards program last fall through schools, Girl Scout councils, county 4-H organizations, American Red Cross chapters, YMCAs and affiliates of the Points of Light Institute’s HandsOn Network. The top middle level and high school applicants in each state were selected in February, and were flown to Washington this week with their parents for four days of special recognition events.
Conducted in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards were created 16 years ago by Prudential Financial to encourage youth volunteerism and to identify and reward young role models.
“The young women and men in America’s schools are nothing short of amazing, and nowhere is this more evident than amongst this year’s award recipients,” said NASSP President Jana Frieler. “They possess a keen intellect, servant hearts, capable leadership skills, and are filled with energy and ambition. NASSP and Prudential are honored to recognize them.”
More information about The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards and this year’s honorees can be found at http://spirit.prudential.com or www.nassp.org/spirit.
NASSP is the leading organization of and national voice for middle level and high school principals, assistant principals, and all school leaders from across the United States and more than 45 countries around the world. NASSP provides research-based professional development and resources, networking, and advocacy to build the capacity of middle level and high school leaders to continually improve student performance. Reflecting its longstanding commitment to student leadership development as well, NASSP administers the National Honor Society™, National Junior Honor Society®, National Elementary Honor Society®, and National Association of Student Councils®. For more information about NASSP, located in Reston, VA, visit www.nassp.org.
Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a financial services leader, has operations in the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Prudential’s diverse and talented employees are committed to helping individual and institutional customers grow and protect their wealth through a variety of products and services, including life insurance, annuities, retirement-related services, mutual funds, investment management, and real estate services. In the U.S., Prudential’s iconic Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and innovation for more than a century. For more information, please visit http://www.news.prudential.com/
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Thursday, April 28, 2011
UGA announces 2011 Georgia Science and Engineering Fair winners
Six-hundred-fifty Georgia middle and high school students won more than 400 awards at the 63rd Georgia Science and Engineering Fair hosted by the University of Georgia recently at the Classic Center in Athens. Prizes ranged from savings bonds and educational trips to an engraved geologist’s pick.
The highest honor, the Jackson Electric Membership Corporation Pinnacle Award, went to Spencer Wilson of Moultrie for his project “Construction of a Feasible Einstein-Szilard Refrigerated System.”
Four top students were selected to advance to the 2011Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles May 8-13. They are Raja Selvakumar, Alpharetta; Charles Ramey, Newton; Elliott Chung, Duluth; and Uchenna Anunobi, Conyers. Yash Mehta, Roswell, will attend as the Merial Biological ISEF Trip Observer.
Twenty-four other students selected directly from the State Affiliated Regional Fairs also will attend. These Georgia students will compete against winners from more than 1,600 high school students from all 50 states and 60countries, regions and territoriesto display their independent research.
In addition to the grand awards, entrants in the GSEF competed for prizes honoring best achievements in specific scientific areas. There were more than 100 special award donors from government, professional and educational organizations, colleges, universities, corporations and individual sponsors.
In other major prizes, Andy Kim, Athens, and Spencer Wilson, Colquitt County, were selected to represent Georgia at the 2011 National Youth Science Camp June 30-July 24 in West Virginia.
The Junior Division Student Choice Awards were new this year. Winners were selected by their sixth through eighth-grade peers.
The awards included Students’ Choice, received by Kyanna Simone Simpson, Chapel Hill Middle School. The I Never Would Have Thought of That Award was received by Austin Hyder and Trevor Ruhl, Carver Road Middle School, for “Electromagnetism of Nonmagnetic Metals Prove Lenz’s Law.” The Grossest Project Award was received by Akira Stobaeus, St. Francis Xavier School, for his project “Effectiveness of Two Different Dewormers in a Goat Population.”
Exhibits in the fair included projects in 17 categories, including animal behavior, biochemistry, engineering, physics and astronomy. Participants earned the opportunity to compete in the state fair by winning first or second place in their category in one of the 21 affiliated regional fairs.
More than 200 volunteer judges from the University System of Georgia, other institutions, contributing organizations and industry judged the projects on scientific merit and process, engineering goals, and presentation. Joe Hughes of Georgia Institute of Technology served as judging chairperson, supervising three tiers of judges.
Donors who presented awards included Christopher Hovorka with the Applied Prosthetics and Orthotics Award, Kay Parks of Jackson EMC, and Antonio Figueras with the National Aeronautics and Space Awards.
UGA has coordinated the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair since 1948. It is made possible by the support of the Jackson Electric Membership Corporation, Merial Inc., the Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Georgia Institute of Technology and dozens of other Georgia corporations and businesses.
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The highest honor, the Jackson Electric Membership Corporation Pinnacle Award, went to Spencer Wilson of Moultrie for his project “Construction of a Feasible Einstein-Szilard Refrigerated System.”
Four top students were selected to advance to the 2011Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles May 8-13. They are Raja Selvakumar, Alpharetta; Charles Ramey, Newton; Elliott Chung, Duluth; and Uchenna Anunobi, Conyers. Yash Mehta, Roswell, will attend as the Merial Biological ISEF Trip Observer.
Twenty-four other students selected directly from the State Affiliated Regional Fairs also will attend. These Georgia students will compete against winners from more than 1,600 high school students from all 50 states and 60countries, regions and territoriesto display their independent research.
In addition to the grand awards, entrants in the GSEF competed for prizes honoring best achievements in specific scientific areas. There were more than 100 special award donors from government, professional and educational organizations, colleges, universities, corporations and individual sponsors.
In other major prizes, Andy Kim, Athens, and Spencer Wilson, Colquitt County, were selected to represent Georgia at the 2011 National Youth Science Camp June 30-July 24 in West Virginia.
The Junior Division Student Choice Awards were new this year. Winners were selected by their sixth through eighth-grade peers.
The awards included Students’ Choice, received by Kyanna Simone Simpson, Chapel Hill Middle School. The I Never Would Have Thought of That Award was received by Austin Hyder and Trevor Ruhl, Carver Road Middle School, for “Electromagnetism of Nonmagnetic Metals Prove Lenz’s Law.” The Grossest Project Award was received by Akira Stobaeus, St. Francis Xavier School, for his project “Effectiveness of Two Different Dewormers in a Goat Population.”
Exhibits in the fair included projects in 17 categories, including animal behavior, biochemistry, engineering, physics and astronomy. Participants earned the opportunity to compete in the state fair by winning first or second place in their category in one of the 21 affiliated regional fairs.
More than 200 volunteer judges from the University System of Georgia, other institutions, contributing organizations and industry judged the projects on scientific merit and process, engineering goals, and presentation. Joe Hughes of Georgia Institute of Technology served as judging chairperson, supervising three tiers of judges.
Donors who presented awards included Christopher Hovorka with the Applied Prosthetics and Orthotics Award, Kay Parks of Jackson EMC, and Antonio Figueras with the National Aeronautics and Space Awards.
UGA has coordinated the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair since 1948. It is made possible by the support of the Jackson Electric Membership Corporation, Merial Inc., the Georgia Center for Continuing Education, Georgia Institute of Technology and dozens of other Georgia corporations and businesses.
| Award | County | Student |
| Outstanding Sustainability Project Award | Baldwin | Kenneth Mcgill |
| Stockholm Junior Water Prize Regional Award - 1st Place Senior Div. | Baldwin | Kenneth Mcgill |
| Inspiring Excellence Award - Student | Baldwin | Geovic Jadol |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Barrow | Brooke Oxley |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Barrow | Charley Denmark |
| H. O. Lund Entomology Club Award 1st Place Senior | Bibb | Carolyn Krauss |
| American Association For Clinical Chemistry Se Region Award Junior Div. | Bibb | Kyrie Hugdahl |
| Ga. Academy of Aviation, Math, Engineering & Science Student of Promise, Junior Div. | Bibb | Kyrie Hugdahl |
| Regional Fair Director Honors Award Senior Div. | Brooks | Sunnie Dee Wynn |
| Merial Biotechnology Award 2nd Place Senior | Bulloch | Supriya Immaneni |
| National Association Of Biology Teachers Award Senior Div. | Bulloch | Supriya Immaneni |
| UGA Microbiology Department Award Junior Div. | Butts | Brianna Deraney |
| Ga. Microscopical Society Lucy B Mccrone Student Science Award Junior Div. | Camden | Irina Rochon |
| UGA Microbiology Department Award Senior Div. | Carroll | Jonathan Zot |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Chatham | Allen Charles Williams |
| National Aeronautics And Space Administration Award Junior Div. | Chatham | Allen Charles Williams |
| UGA Geology Department Award | Chatham | Grace Darling |
| American Meteorological Society Award | Chatham | Eric Lau |
| U.S. Air Force Achievement Award | Chatham | Eric Lau |
| U.S. Navy And U.S. Marine Corps Award - Senior Div. | Chatham | Eric Lau |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Chatham | Eric Lau |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award Top Ten State Recognition | Chatham | Eric Lau |
| U.S. Metric Association Award | Chatham | Grant Shillington |
| American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics Award 2nd Place Junior | Cherokee | Cameron Buice |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award Junior Div. | Cherokee | Cameron Buice |
| Georgia Veterinary Medical Auxiliary Award | Cherokee | Kate Haruch |
| National Association Of Biology Teachers Award Junior Div. | Cherokee | Kate Haruch |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Cherokee | Yash Mehta |
| Merial Biological Isef Trip Observer Award | Cherokee | Yash Mehta |
| UGA Crop & Soil Sciences Department Agronomics Award Senior Div. | Cherokee | Mary Margaret Penniman |
| National Youth Science Camp Award | Clarke | Andrew Kim |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Clarke | Andrew Kim |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award Top Ten State Recognition | Clarke | Andrew Kim |
| American Water Works Association Georgia Section Award 1st Place Junior | Clarke | Evan Newman Marco Newman |
| UGA Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources Award Junior Div. | Clarke | Evan Newman Marco Newman |
| UGA Biomedical Health And Sciences Institute Award Junior Div. | Clarke | Angelina Choi |
| U.S. Navy And U.S. Marine Corps Award - Junior Div. | Clarke | Serena Mon |
| Inspiring Excellence Award - Student | Clayton | Quang Phuc Kieu N. |
| UGA Mathematics Department Award Junior Div. | Clayton | Quang Phuc Kieu N. |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Clayton | Emmanuel Ojo-Osagie |
| National Aeronautics And Space Administration Award Senior Div. | Cobb | Samantha Daigle |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Cobb | Caroline Poston |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Cobb | Praveen Doluweera |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Cobb | Connor Barre |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Cobb | Charles Sexton |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Cobb | James Sexton |
| UGA Crop & Soil Sciences Department Agronomics Award Junior Div. | Cobb | James Sexton |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Junior Div. | Cobb | James Sexton |
| Georgia Engineering Foundation Award Senior Div. | Colquitt | Spencer Wilson |
| National Youth Science Camp Award | Colquitt | Spencer Wilson |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Colquitt | Spencer Wilson |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award Top Ten State Recognition | Colquitt | Spencer Wilson |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair/Jackson Emc Pinnacle Award | Colquitt | Spencer Wilson |
| Stockholm Junior Water Prize Regional Award - 2nd Place Senior Div. | Colquitt | Stephen Bozeman |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Colquitt | Jacob Lynch |
| Inspiring Excellence Award - Student | Colquitt | Jacob Lynch |
| Inspiring Excellence Award - Student | Coweta | Charles Ramey |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award Senior Div. | Coweta | Charles Ramey |
| U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Award - Senior Div. | Coweta | Charles Ramey |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Senior Div. | Coweta | Charles Ramey |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair/Jackson Emc Isef Trip | Coweta | Charles Ramey |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award Top Ten State Recognition | Coweta | Charles Ramey |
| Inspiring Excellence Award - Teacher | Coweta | Warren Bernard |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Senior Div. | DeKalb | Jessica Simon |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Senior Div. | DeKalb | Stephen Woolfitt |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | DeKalb | Aomeng Cui |
| U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Award - Junior Div. | DeKalb | Kyanna Simone Simpson |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | DeKalb | Kyanna Simone Simpson |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Student Choice Award | DeKalb | Kyanna Simone Simpson |
| Georgia Biogeneius Challenge Award Alternate | DeKalb | Kathleen Dinapoli |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service Award of Excellence Senior Div. | DeKalb | Kathleen Dinapoli |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Senior Div. | DeKalb | Kathleen Dinapoli |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | DeKalb | Brian Song |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | DeKalb | Conner Reinhardt |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | DeKalb | Conner Reinhardt |
| Advanced Academy of Georgia - Science/Creativity Award Junior Div. | DeKalb | Jonathan Yaeger |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | DeKalb | Jonathan Yaeger |
| U.S. Navy And U.S. Marine Corps Award - Junior Div. | DeKalb | Jonathan Yaeger |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | DeKalb | Jonathan Yaeger |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | DeKalb | Sang-Chan Kim |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | DeKalb | Sang-Chan Kim |
| Advanced Academy of Georgia - Science/Creativity Award Senior Div. | DeKalb | Joshua Traynelis |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Senior Div. | DeKalb | Joshua Traynelis |
| Association of Women Geoscientists Award | DeKalb | Mallory Larson |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | DeKalb | William Moise |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award Junior Div. | DeKalb | Alix Valcin Iii |
| UGA Artificial Intelligence Institute Award Junior Div. | Dougherty | Steven Feng |
| UGA Computer Science Department Award Junior Div. | Dougherty | Steven Feng |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | Dougherty | Steven Feng |
| Sapps Award For Excellence in Botany 1st Place Senior | Fayette | Omar Martinez-Uribe |
| UGA Physics & Astronomy Department Award Junior Div. | Fayette | Matthew Harmon |
| U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Award - Junior Div. | Fayette | Matthew Harmon |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Fayette | Nicholas Powell |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | Fayette | Jonathan Ciecka |
| Inspiring Excellence Award - Student | Fayette | Tommy Erbe Drew Halbert |
| Natural Resources Conservation Service Award of Excellence Junior Div. | Forsyth | Gabriel Shook |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Forsyth | Samantha Hudock |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | Forsyth | Samantha Hudock |
| Regional Fair Director Honors Award Junior Div. | Forsyth | Trent Wagner Zachary Williams |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Senior Div. | Fulton | Ananth Punyala |
| Georgia Microscopical Society Walter C Mccrone Student Science Award Senior Div. | Fulton | Keith Jones |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award Senior Div. | Fulton | Jason Lathbury |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award Senior Div. | Fulton | Zoe Schneider |
| Georgia Biogeneius Challenge Award | Fulton | Jessica Allison |
| Sapps Award For Excellence in Botany 2nd Place Senior | Fulton | Jessica Allison |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award Senior Div. | Fulton | Anirudh Tadanki |
| Spie - International Soceity for Optical Engineering Award 3rd Place | Fulton | Anirudh Tadanki |
| Agricultural Research Service Award for Excellence in Ag Science Senior Div. | Fulton | Raja Selvakumar |
| Georgia Biogeneius Challenge Award | Fulton | Raja Selvakumar |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Fulton | Raja Selvakumar |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair/Jackson Emc Isef Trip | Fulton | Raja Selvakumar |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award Top Ten State Recognition | Fulton | Raja Selvakumar |
| Spie - International Society For Optical Engineering Award 2nd Place | Fulton | Samuel Eppstein |
| American Meteorological Society Award | Fulton | Ja’sharee Bush |
| American Water Works Association Georgia Section Award 1st Place Senior | Fulton | Julia Abelsky |
| Broad River Watershed Association Award | Fulton | Julia Abelsky |
| UGA Eco-Reach Environmental Achievement Award Senior Div. | Fulton | Julia Abelsky |
| American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics Award 1st Place Senior | Fulton | Anthony Chen Siva Movva |
| Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Atlanta Chapter Award Senior Div. | Fulton | Anand Srinivasan |
| Prosthetics and Orthotics Wearable Technology Award | Fulton | Anand Srinivasan |
| UGA Artificial Intelligence Institute Award Senior Div. | Fulton | Anand Srinivasan |
| U.S. Air Force Achievement Award | Fulton | Anand Srinivasan |
| Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Atlanta Chapter Award Faculty Sponsored | Fulton | Megan Nettuno |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Junior Div. | Fulton | Nicole Izmaylov |
| American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics Award 2nd Place Senior | Fulton Gwinnett | Kirill Psarev Brandon Whitlatch |
| American Chemical Society Georgia Section Award 2nd Place Senior | Futon | Raja Selvakumar |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Glynn | Jason Michael Bennett Jr. |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair “Grossest Project” Award | Glynn | Akira Stobaeus |
| UGA Foundation Scholarship Award | Gordon | Hunter Pruitt |
| UGA Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources Award Senior Div. | Gordon | Hunter Pruitt |
| American Association for Clinical Chemistry Se Region Award Senior Div. | Gwinnett | Vivek Patel |
| UGA Cellular Biology Department Award Senior Div. | Gwinnett | Vivek Patel |
| U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Award - Senior Div. | Gwinnett | Vivek Patel |
| UGA Cellular Biology Department Award Junior Div. | Gwinnett | Andrew Ford |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award Top Ten State Recognition | Gwinnett | Elliott Chung |
| UGA Foundation Scholarship Award | Gwinnett | Shawn Albert |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Gwinnett | Shawn Albert |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Gwinnett | Amanda Mayo |
| H. O. Lund Entomology Club Award 1st Place Junior | Gwinnett | Amanda Mayo |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | Gwinnett | Amanda Mayo |
| Ga. Academy of Aviation, Math, Engineering & Science Student of Promise Award Sr. Div. | Gwinnett | Sitan Chen |
| UGA Mathematics Department Award Senior Div. | Gwinnett | Sitan Chen |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Senior Div. | Gwinnett | Sitan Chen |
| American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics Award 1st Place Junior | Gwinnett | Marian Metzger |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Gwinnett | Marian Metzger |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award Junior Div. | Gwinnett | Marian Metzger |
| American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics Award 3rd Place Senior | Gwinnett | Samuel Gauspohl; Daniel Ting |
| U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Award - Senior Div. | Gwinnett | Samuel Gauspohl; Daniel Ting |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Gwinnett | Vikram Varadarajan |
| U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Award - Junior Div. | Gwinnett | Vikram Varadarajan |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | Gwinnett | Andrew Ford |
| Intel Excellence in Computer Science Award | Gwinnett | Elliott Chung |
| UGA Computer Science Department Award Senior Div. | Gwinnett | Elliott Chung |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Gwinnett | Elliott Chung |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair/Jackson Emc Isef Trip | Gwinnett | Elliott Chung |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award Top Ten State Recognition | Gwinnett | Sitan Chen |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | Gwinnett | D. Ryan Bhowmik |
| Stockholm Junior Water Prize Regional Award - Junior Div. | Gwinnett | Emma Carlson |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Gwinnett | Evann Brantley |
| UGA Physics & Astronomy Department Award Senior Div. | Gwinnett Jackson Gwinnett | Guillermo Bautista; He Sun Kim; Sunyoung Wang |
| American Chemical Society Georgia Section Award 2nd Place Junior | Harris | Robert "Kyle" Newman |
| American Chemical Society Georgia Section Award 2nd Place Junior | Henry | Darius Cleary |
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration Award Junior Div. | Houston | Jacob Elliott |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Houston | Kenny Higginbotham |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Junior Div. | Houston | Kenny Higginbotham |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Houston | Cullen Shope |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Houston | Justin Saetina |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Houston | Sabina Banit |
| Agricultural Research Service Award for Excellence in Ag Science Junior Div. | Houston | Shivani Dhir |
| Georgia Health Sciences University Award | Paulding | Jamie Bingham |
| Merial Biotechnology Award 1st Place Senior | Paulding | Jamie Bingham |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair/Jackson Emc Isef Trip Alternate | Paulding | Jamie Bingham |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award Top Ten State Recognition | Paulding | Jamie Bingham |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Pin Design Award | Rabun | Sarah Barr |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Rockdale | Alexis Mack |
| Spie - International Society For Optical Engineering Award 1st Place | Rockdale | Ana Sofia Tuttle |
| U.S. Air Force Achievement Award | Rockdale | Ana Sofia Tuttle |
| Outstanding Sustainability Project Award | Rockdale | Faustine Li |
| UGA Biomedical Health And Sciences Institute Award Senior Div. | Rockdale | Lauren Reagin |
| American Chemical Society Georgia Section Award 1st Place Senior | Rockdale | Uchenna Anunobi |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Rockdale | Uchenna Anunobi |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair/Jackson Emc Isef Trip | Rockdale | Uchenna Anunobi |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award Top Ten State Recognition | Rockdale | Uchenna Anunobi |
| Georgia Biogeneius Challenge Award Alternate | Rockdale | Vander Harris |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Senior Div. | Rockdale | Vander Harris |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Grand Award Top Ten State Recognition | Rockdale | Vander Harris |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best In Category Award Junior Div. | Rockdale | Carlan Ivey |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Rockdale | Mai Nguyen |
| Georgia Engineering Foundation Award Junior Div. | Rockdale | Mai Nguyen |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Junior Div. | Rockdale | Mai Nguyen |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair “I Never Would Have Thought of That” Award | Spalding Pike | Austin Hyder; Trevor Michael Ruhl |
| Merial Biotechnology Award 2nd Place Junior | Thomas | Jacob Rieber |
| Iota Sigma Pi Promethium Chapter Award - Women in Chemistry Junior Div. | Walton | Christina To |
| American Chemical Society Georgia Section Award 1st Place Junior | Walton | Christina To |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Walton | Christina To |
| Georgia Science & Engineering Fair Best in Category Award Junior Div. | Walton | Christina To |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Walton | Claudia Gaither |
| Merial Biotechnology Award 1st Place Junior | Walton | Annie Miller |
| American Chemical Society Georgia Section Award 3rd Place Senior | Washington | Elizabeth Layton |
| Iota Sigma Pi Promethium Chapter Award - Women in Chemistry Junior Div. | Washington | Elizabeth Layton |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Washington | Meghan Toler |
| Broadcom Masters Nominee | Washington | Stariel Oberry |
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011
SCAD Wins 7th Equestrian National Championship
/PRNewswire/ -- The Savannah College of Art and Design equestrian team captured their seventh American National Riding Commission's National Intercollegiate Equitation Championship that was held April 15-17 at the Ronald C. Waranch Equestrian Center.
The Bees have also won ANRC team titles in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010, making 2011 four-in-a-row. Members of the team were Kelse Bonham, Paul Frederick and Caroline Ingalls. SCAD also had two other riders - Lydia Todd and Henrietta Armstrong - compete as individuals.
The championship was divided into three phases – dressage sportif, hunter trials equitation, and hunter seat. The dressage sportif portion counted 40 percent of the total score while the hunter trials equitation and hunter seat equitation counted 30 percent each.
SCAD's Kelse Bonham bested 34 other riders to defend her individual title that she won in both 2009 and 2010. It's the sixth time a SCAD rider has won the individual title in the event. Armstrong also was named reserved individual champion in the event. It's the first time in the program's history that the Bees claimed the top two honors at the event.
SCAD's team in the novice division were also named reserve champions. Members of the novice team included. Taylor Brown, Hayley Bolton and Erin Hickey. Annie Patterson also competed for the Bees as an individual in the novice division.
SCAD returns to action May 5 when the Bees will compete in the IHSA National Championship in Lexington, Ky.
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The Bees have also won ANRC team titles in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010, making 2011 four-in-a-row. Members of the team were Kelse Bonham, Paul Frederick and Caroline Ingalls. SCAD also had two other riders - Lydia Todd and Henrietta Armstrong - compete as individuals.
The championship was divided into three phases – dressage sportif, hunter trials equitation, and hunter seat. The dressage sportif portion counted 40 percent of the total score while the hunter trials equitation and hunter seat equitation counted 30 percent each.
SCAD's Kelse Bonham bested 34 other riders to defend her individual title that she won in both 2009 and 2010. It's the sixth time a SCAD rider has won the individual title in the event. Armstrong also was named reserved individual champion in the event. It's the first time in the program's history that the Bees claimed the top two honors at the event.
SCAD's team in the novice division were also named reserve champions. Members of the novice team included. Taylor Brown, Hayley Bolton and Erin Hickey. Annie Patterson also competed for the Bees as an individual in the novice division.
SCAD returns to action May 5 when the Bees will compete in the IHSA National Championship in Lexington, Ky.
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Friday, April 1, 2011
Mountain View High wins Northrop Grumman scholarship in UGA TEAMS competition
A team of students from Mountain View High School in Gwinnett County was awarded a Northrop Grumman scholarship in the Junior Engineering Technical Society’s 2011 Tests of Engineering, Aptitude, Mathematics and Science competition recently hosted by the University of Georgia.
Teams from Gwinnett School of Math, Science and Technology and Heritage High School joined the Mountain View High team in the academic competition that had the theme “Smart Energy. Clean Planet.”
The Northrop Grumman scholarship will fund TEAMS conference registration fees for Mountain View High.The Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company that provides innovative systems, products and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide
“TEAMS brings math and science to life for students, fostering creativity, critical thinking, teamwork and problem solving,” said John Mativo, an assistant professor in the College of Education’s department of workforce education, leadership and social foundations, and a member of theUGA Faculty of Engineering, who co-directed the competition.
The event featured high school students, grades nine to 12, participating in teams of four to eight members, using real-world applications of math and science to solve some of today’s greatest engineering challenges. There were two parts: a 90-minute, 80-multiple choice question session, and a 90-minute, open-ended, four-question session.
Approximately 30 participating students also saw demonstrations of and interacted with robotics in a presentation by Chi Thai, an associate professor in the department of biological and agricultural engineering and member of the faculty of engineering who co-directed the event. They also learned about and participated in the creation of a virtual reality scenario by Kyle Johnsen, a member of the UGA Faculty of Engineering. Cindy Crawford, a representative of the UGA Admissions Office, also made a presentation.
The TEAMS event was assisted by Nancy Vandergrift, a program coordinator with the UGA Office of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education and six UGA students from the department of workforce education, leadership and social foundations.
More than 14,000 students across the country participate annually in TEAMS competitions. Questions are aligned with national education standards. UGA is one of two sites hosting the competition in Georgia. The other site is the Atlanta University Center. The next Junior Engineer Technical TEAMS competition will be hosted at UGA on Feb. 22, 2012.
TEAMS competition site sponsors include Harvard University, Itasca Community College, National Education Partnership Alliance, Shell and Starbucks.
For more information about TEAMS, see www.jets.org/teams/. For more information about Northrop Grumman, see www.northropgrumman.com/. For more information about UGA College of Education see www.coe.uga.edu/.
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Teams from Gwinnett School of Math, Science and Technology and Heritage High School joined the Mountain View High team in the academic competition that had the theme “Smart Energy. Clean Planet.”
The Northrop Grumman scholarship will fund TEAMS conference registration fees for Mountain View High.The Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company that provides innovative systems, products and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide
“TEAMS brings math and science to life for students, fostering creativity, critical thinking, teamwork and problem solving,” said John Mativo, an assistant professor in the College of Education’s department of workforce education, leadership and social foundations, and a member of theUGA Faculty of Engineering, who co-directed the competition.
The event featured high school students, grades nine to 12, participating in teams of four to eight members, using real-world applications of math and science to solve some of today’s greatest engineering challenges. There were two parts: a 90-minute, 80-multiple choice question session, and a 90-minute, open-ended, four-question session.
Approximately 30 participating students also saw demonstrations of and interacted with robotics in a presentation by Chi Thai, an associate professor in the department of biological and agricultural engineering and member of the faculty of engineering who co-directed the event. They also learned about and participated in the creation of a virtual reality scenario by Kyle Johnsen, a member of the UGA Faculty of Engineering. Cindy Crawford, a representative of the UGA Admissions Office, also made a presentation.
The TEAMS event was assisted by Nancy Vandergrift, a program coordinator with the UGA Office of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education and six UGA students from the department of workforce education, leadership and social foundations.
More than 14,000 students across the country participate annually in TEAMS competitions. Questions are aligned with national education standards. UGA is one of two sites hosting the competition in Georgia. The other site is the Atlanta University Center. The next Junior Engineer Technical TEAMS competition will be hosted at UGA on Feb. 22, 2012.
TEAMS competition site sponsors include Harvard University, Itasca Community College, National Education Partnership Alliance, Shell and Starbucks.
For more information about TEAMS, see www.jets.org/teams/. For more information about Northrop Grumman, see www.northropgrumman.com/. For more information about UGA College of Education see www.coe.uga.edu/.
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Thursday, March 24, 2011
Congressman John Lewis to Receive the 2011 Louis E. Martin Great American Award from Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
/PRNewswire/ -- The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies has announced that it will honor U.S. Representative John Lewis (D-GA) with the 2011 Louis E. Martin Great American Award at its Annual Dinner on May 3 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington.
Congressman Lewis will be recognized for more than 50 years of active service to the cause of human rights, civil liberties and the strengthening of the American community.
The award, named after the legendary journalist, presidential advisor and co-founder of the Joint Center, honors an individual who exemplifies Louis Martin's passion for justice, compassion and the bridging of racial and ethnic divides. Previous award recipients include former Presidents Jimmy Carter and William J. Clinton, Congressmen James E. Clyburn and Charles B. Rangel, Muhammad Ali, lawyer and civil rights leader Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., the late civil rights activist Dr. Dorothy I. Height, and the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
A member of the U.S. Congress for nearly a quarter-century, Congressman Lewis first came to national attention as one of the top figures in the civil rights movement, as well as an architect of and keynote speaker at the historic 1963 March on Washington. He has served in the House leadership as Senior Chief Deputy Whip for the Democratic Party since 1991 and has been a leading voice on a wide range of domestic and international issues. He has been referred to as "the conscience of the U.S. Congress" and "a genuine American hero and moral leader."
In announcing the selection, Joint Center President and CEO Ralph B. Everett cited Congressman Lewis' legendary courage and leadership in the struggle for full voting rights. "His refusal to flinch in the face of extreme adversity left an indelible mark on our history, and sent an unforgettable message to the world on the intrinsic value of the right to vote and the scope of sacrifice that is often necessary to secure it," he said.
"Today, Congressman Lewis continues to lead by example, working for racial harmony and to inspire all Americans to make the most of their right to engage in the nation's political and civic affairs," he added.
"Congressman Lewis fits well into the pantheon of leaders whom the Joint Center has recognized over the years with this high honor," said Roderick D. Gillum, Chair of the Joint Center's Board of Governors. "Few people in history have contributed more to helping America live up to its cherished ideals, and the difference he has made throughout his career is something that all of us can see and feel in our everyday lives."
Hosted by the Joint Center each year for more than a quarter century and with this year's theme of Forward Together – Engaging Our Future, the Annual Dinner is the organization's major fundraising event of the year and provides an opportunity for a broad range of elected officials, business, civic and community leaders from across the country to celebrate the success of the Joint Center and its impact on the lives of all Americans.
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Congressman Lewis will be recognized for more than 50 years of active service to the cause of human rights, civil liberties and the strengthening of the American community.
The award, named after the legendary journalist, presidential advisor and co-founder of the Joint Center, honors an individual who exemplifies Louis Martin's passion for justice, compassion and the bridging of racial and ethnic divides. Previous award recipients include former Presidents Jimmy Carter and William J. Clinton, Congressmen James E. Clyburn and Charles B. Rangel, Muhammad Ali, lawyer and civil rights leader Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., the late civil rights activist Dr. Dorothy I. Height, and the Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
A member of the U.S. Congress for nearly a quarter-century, Congressman Lewis first came to national attention as one of the top figures in the civil rights movement, as well as an architect of and keynote speaker at the historic 1963 March on Washington. He has served in the House leadership as Senior Chief Deputy Whip for the Democratic Party since 1991 and has been a leading voice on a wide range of domestic and international issues. He has been referred to as "the conscience of the U.S. Congress" and "a genuine American hero and moral leader."
In announcing the selection, Joint Center President and CEO Ralph B. Everett cited Congressman Lewis' legendary courage and leadership in the struggle for full voting rights. "His refusal to flinch in the face of extreme adversity left an indelible mark on our history, and sent an unforgettable message to the world on the intrinsic value of the right to vote and the scope of sacrifice that is often necessary to secure it," he said.
"Today, Congressman Lewis continues to lead by example, working for racial harmony and to inspire all Americans to make the most of their right to engage in the nation's political and civic affairs," he added.
"Congressman Lewis fits well into the pantheon of leaders whom the Joint Center has recognized over the years with this high honor," said Roderick D. Gillum, Chair of the Joint Center's Board of Governors. "Few people in history have contributed more to helping America live up to its cherished ideals, and the difference he has made throughout his career is something that all of us can see and feel in our everyday lives."
Hosted by the Joint Center each year for more than a quarter century and with this year's theme of Forward Together – Engaging Our Future, the Annual Dinner is the organization's major fundraising event of the year and provides an opportunity for a broad range of elected officials, business, civic and community leaders from across the country to celebrate the success of the Joint Center and its impact on the lives of all Americans.
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
UGA education researchers receive national award for developing measurement of math problem-solving skills
A team of University of Georgia education researchers has received a national award for the development of a statistical method for measuring the growth of students’ problem-solving skills in mathematics. This new method enables researchers to simultaneously measure both the different ways that students can reason about individual questions on a mathematics test and their overall growth in mathematics ability.
The researchers were named recipients of the 2011 Award for an Outstanding Example of an Application of Educational Measurement Technology to a Specific Problem from the National Council on Measurement in Education.
The team included UGA College of Education professors Allan Cohen, director of the Georgia Center for Assessment, and Seock-Ho Kim; lead author Sun-Joo Cho, a UGA doctoral graduateand assistant professor of educational psychology at Vanderbilt University; and Brian A. Bottge, the William T. Bryan Endowed Chair in Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling at the University of Kentucky.
Current methods for detecting growth of students’ skills in math by score-level analysis may fail to reflect subtle changes that might be evident at the item level, said Cohen.This new method combines an analysis of individual performance on each test question, coupled with methods that provide a deeper analysis of the differences in reasoning that students use to answer each test question.
The team published two articles in 2010 describing how item-level changes could be measured using data from a multiwave experiment with a teaching method called Enhanced Anchored Instruction. EAI is a method specially designed for developing the math skills of low-achieving adolescents, including students with learning disabilities in math.
One article, “Latent Transition Analysis with a Mixture Item Response Theory Measurement Model,” appeared in the journal, Applied Psychological Measurement. A second article, “Detecting Cognitive Change in the Math Skills of Low-Achieving Adolescents,” was published in the Journal of Special Education.
The award will be presented to Cohen and his group at the NCME’s annual conference in April in New Orleans.
For more information on the UGA College of Education see http://www.coe.uga.edu/.
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The researchers were named recipients of the 2011 Award for an Outstanding Example of an Application of Educational Measurement Technology to a Specific Problem from the National Council on Measurement in Education.
The team included UGA College of Education professors Allan Cohen, director of the Georgia Center for Assessment, and Seock-Ho Kim; lead author Sun-Joo Cho, a UGA doctoral graduateand assistant professor of educational psychology at Vanderbilt University; and Brian A. Bottge, the William T. Bryan Endowed Chair in Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling at the University of Kentucky.
Current methods for detecting growth of students’ skills in math by score-level analysis may fail to reflect subtle changes that might be evident at the item level, said Cohen.This new method combines an analysis of individual performance on each test question, coupled with methods that provide a deeper analysis of the differences in reasoning that students use to answer each test question.
The team published two articles in 2010 describing how item-level changes could be measured using data from a multiwave experiment with a teaching method called Enhanced Anchored Instruction. EAI is a method specially designed for developing the math skills of low-achieving adolescents, including students with learning disabilities in math.
One article, “Latent Transition Analysis with a Mixture Item Response Theory Measurement Model,” appeared in the journal, Applied Psychological Measurement. A second article, “Detecting Cognitive Change in the Math Skills of Low-Achieving Adolescents,” was published in the Journal of Special Education.
The award will be presented to Cohen and his group at the NCME’s annual conference in April in New Orleans.
For more information on the UGA College of Education see http://www.coe.uga.edu/.
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