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Update for Education Student Teachers
Mar. 16, 2020
Today we learned that Austin Independent School District (AISD) and most of our local school districts have canceled classes through April 3.  You still should return to your placement when your schools open for classes if the school is accepting non-staff on campus. However, your cooperating teachers may be required to report to…

Research Proposal, Submission and Award Management FAQs from Alex Loukas
Mar. 16, 2020
We’ve received communication from the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) regarding proposal submission and award management issues that may arise in relation to COVID-19. I’m sending this to you for distribution to faculty/staff as necessary. In addition to the OSP FAQ page, I’m including links to the Vice President of Research IRB…

Aaron Rochlen The Loss of the Handshake is an Opportunity for Connection
Mar. 16, 2020

Aaron Rochlen: The Loss of the Handshake is an Opportunity for Connection
Mar. 16, 2020

Dean Martinez on College Operations March 16-27
Mar. 15, 2020
This email is a follow-up from the announcement by President Fenves earlier about campus operations beginning tomorrow, Monday, March 16. To provide clarity, and following the spirit of President Fenves’ message: The University of Texas at Austin campus is continuing its essential operations and core functions.Wherever possible, staff who can…

A Letter from Dean Charles Martinez about COVID-19
Mar. 12, 2020
By now, you have likely read President Fenves’s March 11th email to campus indicating the extension of spring break for students by one week, and institutional efforts to increase social distancing measures in response to the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus). Leaders at UT and within the College of Education have been monitoring…

Exercise Science Undergrads Win ACSM Texas Chapter’s Student Bowl
Mar. 09, 2020
Exercise science majors Cameron Vaughan, Hayden Rich, and Maria Hadjimarcou in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education (KHE) edged out 35 teams from schools across Texas to win the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Texas Chapter’s Student Bowl. The Student Bowl is a Jeopardy-style competition where teams of…

David DeMatthews Principals Have the Public's Trust. It's Time to Leverage That Trust
Mar. 03, 2020

Sarah Kate Bearman Discusses Her New Book
Mar. 01, 2020
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology Co-author of Principle-Guided Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents: The FIRST Program for Behavioral and Emotional Problems

College of Education Hosts Cultivating New Voices of Color 20th Anniversary Meeting
Feb. 28, 2020
For 20 years, Cultivating New Voices (CNV) has worked to build a strong community of cultural and linguistic thinkers from underrepresented minorities among teachers of English. “Community is everything. We are nothing without our community, and this is such a strong community,” says Tracey Flores, a former CNV scholar and…