KUDOS!

Congratulations to our Graduates.  We're very proud of all of you!

UK Paperweights in hand, Kudos to our recent EdD in EPE graduates who successfully defended and submitted their dissertations to the Graduate School the past couple of weeks:

Dr. Michelle Dykes
Dr. Amber Decker
Dr. Chris Phillips
Dr. Nancy Preston
Dr. Mike Quillen
Dr. Richard Roe
Dr. Ella Strong

And congratulations to our masters students who were successful in their final exams this term:

Hyelim Doo
Amanda Karls
Jennifer Haight Soltis

Reminder that Graduation is this FRIDAY afternoon...if you have the opportunity, come join us in cheering on our newest Alums!

Graduate Assistantship in Arts and Sciences

A&S is looking for a graduate student  interested in a Graduate Assistantship in the Arts & Sciences Development Office.  They are seeking someone to assist them in developing a new stewardship/donor recognition strategy along with other tasks related to fundraising, alumni relations, etc. 

The candidate does not necessarily have to be focused on alumni relations to be qualified.  This would be a great opportunity for someone who wants to learn more about this sector of higher education.  On top of the development activities, there is great potential for research if the GA is so inclined.  These projects can be both quantitative or qualitative in nature. 

For more information contact:

J. Travis McDearmon, Ph.D.

Director of Annual Giving

Major Gift Officer

College of Arts & Sciences

205 Patterson Office Tower

University of Kentucky

859-257-4541 (Office)

859-494-4028 (Cell)

Dissertation Fellowship

Dissertation Fellowships in Education Sponsor Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Description Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Invites Applications for Dissertation Fellowships in Education The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation<http://www.jkcf.org/> works to help high-achieving, low-income students - from middle school to graduate school - reach their full potential through education. The foundation created its dissertation fellowship program in 2010 to advance its understanding of the factors and contexts that help low-income students overcome personal adversity and challenging socioeconomic circumstances to excel academically. The foundation plans to use this knowledge to design programs and interventions that help more low-income students identified as high-achieving in their primary and secondary school years to sustain their achievement levels through college and beyond. The fellowships are intended to support doctoral students for work done after the successful defense of their dissertation proposals. Although applicants must be candidates for a doctoral degree at a graduate school in the United States, they need not be U.S. citizens. Applications are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, including but not limited to education, sociology, economics, psychology, statistics, and psychometrics. The fellowship is a one-time award of up to $25,000, which may be used for a period of not less than nine months and up to eighteen months. Four fellowships will be awarded. Complete program information and the application form are available at the Cooke Foundation Web site. http://www.jkcf.org/scholarships/graduate-scholarships/jack-kent-cooke-dissertation-fellowship-award/ Deadline: February 3, 2012 Link to Full Announcement http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/rfp/rfp_item.jhtml?id=362300001

Summer employment/internship opportunity

The Wyman Teen Leadership Program is currently seeking summer staff members. Their program is a year-round, seven year leadership program for teens who are high potential, yet underserved. During the summer, they attend a 24 day residential experience at a 280 acre site in Eureka, MO. They are looking for positive role models to serve as staff to fill a wide variety of engaging job positions for the summer of 2012, including general cabin counselors (group leaders), supervisory staff (team leaders), and our wilderness trek staff. They offer paid internship and fieldwork opportunities. Summer programming includes a wide variety of topics, including community service, teambuilding and college prep, as well as traditional summer camp activities like hiking, arts and crafts, and canoeing.

For more information visit http://wymancenter.org.
Questions should be directed toward Jillian Rose at jillian.rose@wymancenter.org or at (636) 549-1280.

End of Semester Grad Student Happy Hour

EPE Graduate Students,

I hope all is well as the end of the semester "crunch time" approaches! In order to ease your stress, the EPE student group will be meeting for an end of the year Happy Hour. The event will be held at Pazzo's(the location is within walking distance for those on campus) from 5:30 - 7:30 on Thursday, December 8th. Pazzo's serves food, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages.

I urge all to attend this event. If you have questions, my email is below!

Event: Happy Hour
Location: Pazzo's
Date: December 8th

Time: 5:30-7:30 pm (Stop in any time)

Directions

Eric Snyder
Eric.Snyder22@uky.edu

Analyze This: UK Stats Lab Open for Business

FYI:  The university has just announced the opening of the Applied Statistics Lab.  This lab, staffed by the departments of Statistics and Biostatistics will provide FREE quantitative statistical consulting to faculty and graduate students.  The article describing this new service can be found at

http://uknow.uky.edu/content/analyze-uk-stats-lab-open-business#.Tte27Ec-TRY.mailto