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UAB School of Education is a big winner in the international field of blindness! Print E-mail

The International Council for Exceptional Children Division on Visual Impairments has announced the 2012 International awards to be presented in Denver, April 2012.  UAB has three awardees!

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Carol Allison –The Distinguished Service Award, Carol is faculty in the UAB School of Education where she teaches in the Program for Visual Impairments and is Coordinator of the UAB Alabama Deafblind Project. She is also the Chair of the Alabama and International Helen Keller Art Shows.
c_white Cristal White Smith - The Teacher of the Year Award, Cristal is a UAB graduate from Dothan, AL. she works with school districts in the Alabama Wiregrass area as an itinerant vision teacher.  She is also an Orientation & Mobility Specialist and supervises student teachers. Cristal was awarded the School of Education Special Education Alumni of the Year last year.
t_reynolds Trenisha Reynolds - The Virginia M. Sowell Student of the Year Award, Trenisha is a SOE graduate student in Visual Impairments Special Education.   She is currently completing her practicum in visual impairments and starting Orientation & Mobility course work to become nationally certified.
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Dr. Jennifer Kilgo Awarded $1.25 Million Grant Print E-mail
kilgo_storyJennifer Kilgo, Ph.D., professor of curriculum and instruction in the UAB School of Education, has been awarded a $1.25 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The funds will be used to prepare early childhood special educators as well as physical and occupational therapists with training on team-based services to infants, toddlers and preschool-aged children with disabilities and their families. This award is part of the Special Education--Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities Program.
 
Dr. Kathleen Martin named associate professor emerita in the School of Education Print E-mail

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees appointed Kathleen A. Martin, Ph.D., associate professor emerita in School of Education in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences during its meeting Nov. 3, 2011. Martin was the primary investigator and director of one of the largest Early Reading First grants in the United States.