Rachael Goodman, assistant director for doctoral services in the Career Resource Center and doctoral candidate in counselor education, has received the 2009 Dr. Daya and Mrs. Usha K. Sandhu Multicultural Counseling/Diversity Student Research Award from the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (AMCD), a division of the American Counseling Association (ACA). The award recognizes students [...]
For the second consecutive year, a Documentary Institute student thesis film earned the top Emmy honor. “Standard Deviation,” http//:www.StandardDeviation-TheMovie.com, co-directed by 2008 graduates Christopher Brannan and David Randag, was named the winner of the documentary category at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation’s 30th College Television Awards black-tie gala in Los Angeles.
Farouk Dey, senior associate director for employer relations in the Career Resource Center, has been given the 2009 NACE/SJC (Association of Colleges and Employers and the Spelman & Johnson Group) Rising Star Award.
The award recognizes an individual with strong leadership potential and contributions to both the career services profession and the National Association of Colleges [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Maxine L. Margolis, professor emerita of anthropology at the University of Florida, was named a fellow in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences today.
Margolis, also an adjunct senior research scholar at Columbia University, is among 210 fellows and 19 foreign honorary members to join one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Three University of Florida students were named Goldwater Scholars for the 2009-2010 year by the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation.
Mehrnoosh Arrar, Miorel Palii and Christopher Marth are three of only 278 students nationwide to receive the scholarship, which recognizes and awards sophomores and juniors who excel [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida’s Health Troupe will hold The Swamp Hunt, a charitable scavenger hunt, on Sunday, April 19.
Health Troupe is a campus group that promotes health awareness and disease prevention. The scavenger hunt will be held to raise money for the American Diabetes Association.
Six to 10 students will race around [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida recognized outstanding faculty and advisors on Wednesday, April 8, at the annual Faculty Awards Banquet in Emerson Alumni Hall.
Sergei Shabanov, an associate professor in the mathematics department of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, won the university-wide teacher of the year award.
The university-wide adviser of the year [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Rachel Schipper has been named the new associate dean of Technology and Support Services at the University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries.
Schipper began the position on March 30. She leads seven diverse units within the UF library system, including acquisitions, metadata and cataloging, access support, digital services, preservation and conservation, [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Nancy Chrystal-Green, director of the University of Florida Center for Student Activities and Involvement in the Reitz Student Union, received the National Service Award at the 2009 National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) Annual Conference.
The award recognizes the outstanding contributions of individual members to NIRSA. Additionally, the award acknowledges exceptional performance [...]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Geography Professor Grant Thrall may not be a real estate agent, but he’s an expert in “location, location, location.”
On April 29, Thrall will visit the University of Denver in Denver, Colo., as this year’s Burns Scholar. He is the first geographer to be awarded the title.
“It’s a [...]