tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63505660928907881992024-03-19T01:46:54.373-07:00EEJ Ed NotesThe official blog of the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human ServicesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07568077139614886021noreply@blogger.comBlogger240125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350566092890788199.post-81755629129935789642015-11-11T09:44:00.003-08:002015-11-11T09:44:23.514-08:00Veteran's Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><i>By JoLynne Lyon</i></b></div>
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Amid the droves of people going back to school are a number
of high school counselors. Their ultimate objective: get even more high
schoolers to obtain a degree.</div>
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Utah has the second-highest percentage of people with “some
college, no degree,” at 28 percent, according to a 2015 <a href="http://www.luminafoundation.org/stronger_nation" target="_blank">report from the Lumina Foundation</a>. A recent report from the William T. Grant Foundation found that
people who went to college but didn’t complete a degree were no better off in
the workplace than a high school graduate.<o:p></o:p></div>
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House Bill 198 provided $400,000 to pay for school counselors
to enroll in a course in college and career readiness at either Utah State
University or the University of Utah. The class provides counselors with evidence-based
strategies to encourage their students to obtain degrees after high school. The
legislation was in line with <a href="http://prosperity2020.com/" target="_blank">Utah’s Prosperity 2020 movement</a>, which set the
goal of 66 percent of working-age Utahns having a post-high school certificate
or degree by 2020.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Degree attainment in Utah was at 41.6 percent among
working-age adults in 2013, compared to a national average of 40 percent,
according to the Lumina report. While Utah’s percentage is above average, the
degree attainment for the Salt Lake metro area is lower than that of Madison,
Wisconsin; Washington, D.C.; San Jose California and Denver, Colorado.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This fall, the first group of students to take the free
course under HB 198 began the online course at USU. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Deborah Worley, a counselor at Carbon High School, took the
class as part of a pilot program. It has already changed how she talks to
students, she said. Many of the teens who enter her office are tired of going
to school. “A lot of them will be like, ‘I want a year off after high school,’”
she said. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The course gave her hard data she could use to talk them
into pursuing a degree or certificate. (For example, the gap in wages for the
average college graduate over the average high school graduate rose from 38
percent more in 1980 to 73 percent more in 2011.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Bobbi Jones, a counselor at Adele Young Community High
School in Box Elder county, said some students and families are so sure that
college is out of reach for them, they don’t explore what supports are
available to help them succeed. As a counselor in an alternative high school,
she has changed the way she communicates with students and parents. The course
gave her a lot of good ideas, she said.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For example, she knows an event called “College Night” is a
non-starter. Instead, “How to Pay for College” or “How to Pay for Higher
Education” is more likely to bring people in.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For more information on how to enroll in College and Career
Readiness, contact Camille Odell, Director of USU’s School Counselor training
program.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">TEDxUSU is returns to the Utah State University campus on
October 23. Those who wish to attend may enter a lottery—and the winners will
have the opportunity to purchase tickets to the event.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">This year’s lineup includes three CEHS presenters (more
about them below). The lottery for <a href="http://tedx.usu.edu/enter-lottery/" target="_blank">TEDxUSU tickets</a> closes on October 4 at 11:59
p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Elizabeth Fauth, associate professor, Family, Consumer, and
Human Development</h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">From TEDxUSU:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #404041; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As people live into
advanced age, their risk for Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias increases.
With no current cure, we are faced with one solution, and that is to provide
the best care that we can for people living with this condition. Meeting the
persons’ daily, physical needs in only passable; we can set the bar higher.
This talk invites you to consider how empathy, patience, and basic aspects of
human interaction can maximize the quality of life for people with Alzheimer’s
disease.</span></span></blockquote>
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Vonda Jump, researcher, Center for Persons with Disabilities</h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #404041; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Recent brain
research is clear: babies’ brains develop through their interactions with their
primary caregivers, and the types of interactions they have impact their brains
differentially. Babies depend on their primary caregivers for physiological
self-regulation and brain organization in the early months. What babies
need is a consistent, sensitive, and appropriately responsive caregiver for
optimal development. In this regard, the baby’s brain mirrors the parent’s
heart.</span></span></blockquote>
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Salif Mahamane, doctoral student, Experimental and Applied
Psychology</h4>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">From TEDxUSU:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #404041; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Often, whether
publicly known or not, researchers’ work focuses on answering questions that
are of personal significance. Occasionally the research her-or himself does not
know exactly how close to home their work falls. This talk is the story of how
Salif came to study a particular theory for years before realizing that its
implications might benefit him directly; something he might have known sooner
had he been paying closer attention.</span></span></blockquote>
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<b><i>By JoLynne Lyon</i></b></div>
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A pioneering study reveals that a hugely disproportionate
number of homeless veterans were separated from the military for misconduct.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The study was released today by the <a href="http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2429703" target="_blank">Journal of theAmerican Medical Association</a>.
Its co-lead authors were Dr. Jamison Fargo, Associate Dean for Research in the
Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services at Utah State
University, and Adi Gundlapalli, M.D., of the Veteran’s Administration Salt
Lake City Health Care System. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The research team analyzed data from U.S. active-duty
military service members whose deployment ended between October 2001 and
December 2011, who were deployed in Afghanistan or Iraq, and who were eligible
for Veterans Health Administration services.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The research team’s most startling finding: 26 percent of
veterans who were homeless at their first encounter with the VA were separated
for reasons related to misconduct. When compared to normal military
separations, those who were separated due to misconduct were five times more
likely to be homeless the first time they came to the VA for services, and
seven times more likely to be homeless a year later.<o:p></o:p></div>
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These veterans represent a relatively small slice of
people discharged from the military, at six percent. However, they accounted
for more than 25 percent of homeless vets.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Misconduct” is a term applied to people with issues like
drug and alcohol abuse, commission of a serious offense, or other anti-social
or risk-taking behaviors. Those who were separated from the military for
misconduct were still entitled to benefits through the VA.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“This association takes on added significance because the
incidence of misconduct-related separations is increasing at a time when ending
homelessness among veterans is a federal government priority,” the authors
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Fargo said the research can help those who provide
services to veterans identify people who are at risk of homelessness when they
leave the military. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“They’ve served their country and been willing to put
their lives on the line,” he said. “They’re entitled to some treatment and
care. … Anything we can do to prevent homelessness is a good thing, and a
benefit to our society.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fargo is a research scientist with the National Center on
Homelessness among Veterans, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He
is also an associate Professor of Psychology. <o:p></o:p></div>
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You can read more in <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/25/us-health-veterans-homelessness-idUSKCN0QU1Y620150825" target="_blank">Reuters Health</a>. Update: Additional stories can be found in the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-homeless-veterans-20150826-story.html" target="_blank">LA Times</a>, the <a href="http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2015/aug/26/homeless-veterans-discharge-study/" target="_blank">San Diego Union Tribune</a>, the<a href="http://www.sltrib.com/home/2880684-155/study-1-in-4-homeless-vets#sthash.JpjbpsYW.uxfs&st_refDomain=hootsuite.com&st_refQuery=/dashboard" target="_blank"> Salt Lake Tribune</a> and the <a href="http://www.standard.net/Military/2015/08/30/New-study-says-vets-more-likely-to-be-homeless" target="_blank">Ogden Standard-Examiner</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07568077139614886021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350566092890788199.post-5750039473466639322015-08-24T13:37:00.000-07:002015-08-24T13:43:50.298-07:00Join the Logan Walk to End Alzheimer's<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6DSPUMkTR8-3sjnUlQ7Za6pQX3oTCQBfaphumXtxUm-PjgTvWV77kHepLqf2Evj_G0Z9aI8ipi62tru-_3yGgD4JZcBl0cWtfolPKLekselv3ndbAc4z1nUNIE1QZABsH-rBl7GYTL9ag/s1600/Beth-F-v.2.800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="photo of Beth Fauth" border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6DSPUMkTR8-3sjnUlQ7Za6pQX3oTCQBfaphumXtxUm-PjgTvWV77kHepLqf2Evj_G0Z9aI8ipi62tru-_3yGgD4JZcBl0cWtfolPKLekselv3ndbAc4z1nUNIE1QZABsH-rBl7GYTL9ag/s400/Beth-F-v.2.800.jpg" title="" width="352" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Beth Fauth will also speak about Alzheimer's during this year's</i><br />
<i><a href="http://tedx.usu.edu/portfolio-items/elizabeth-fauth/" target="_blank">TEDxUSU event</a>.</i></td></tr>
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<b>By Beth Fauth</b></div>
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<i>Family, Consumer, and Human Development assistant professor</i></div>
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On Saturday August 29th, the annual Walk to End
Alzheimer’s will take place at Willow Park, in Logan UT. These walks are
organized by the Alzheimer’s Association – a non-profit group that uses the
funds raised at events like these to support people with the disease, their
family caregivers, and to fund research aimed at discovering treatments for
Alzheimer’s and/or improving the lives of people already impacted by the
disease.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia that causes
memory loss and other sometimes difficult behaviors, like wandering,
personality changes, agitation, aggression, problems with sleep, and more.
Alzheimer’s is not a normal part of aging, but your risk for having it goes up
as you get older – for example research suggests that 38% of Americans over age
85 have the disease. Family members that care for their loved ones with this
disease also face challenges. Caregivers manage the physical care needs,
like driving, cooking, and bathing the person, as well as needing to provide round-the-clock
supervision. They also deal with stress and the emotional impact from
seeing their loved one decline.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This year, Utah State University has started a team for
the Logan Walk to End Alzheimer’s, made up of faculty, staff, students, former
students, Aggie supporters, and individuals in the community who have been
participants in Alzheimer’s-related research conducted at USU. There are
many other community organizations also organizing teams, as well as
families. Individuals can also walk without a team, or can donate to
other teams or individuals. <o:p></o:p></div>
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What is important about this event is that it brings the
Alzheimer’s community together. Alzheimer’s is not a problem that only
impacts the nation, or the world, or "other people." Individuals and families
in our local community are impacted by this disease every day, and USU is a
part of a larger network of support - in the nation, and the world, but
also in this valley.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Come walk or donate to support The Walk to End
Alzheimer’s, and show your support to this community - we are the
families, service providers, educators, friends, researchers, and people who
hope to make a difference.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For more information about the 2015 Walk, start time,
location, or to start your own team, visit the <a href="http://act.alz.org/site/PageServer?pagename=walk_homepage" target="_blank">Alzheimer's Association website</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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To join or donate to the USU team: Visit the team page for <a href="http://act.alz.org/site/TR?team_id=288557&pg=team&fr_id=7854&et=TacgzGOl_LCJwzQV8ufzvA&s_tafId=153658" target="_blank">Utah State University</a>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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For questions or assistance in joining the USU team,
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07568077139614886021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350566092890788199.post-71961728755273161722015-08-21T15:31:00.002-07:002015-08-24T10:46:37.910-07:00ITLS interim department head looks to the future<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Dr. Andrew Walker took over as the Instructional
Technology and Learning Sciences interim department head in July, when Dr. Mimi
Recker stepped down to go on sabbatical.</div>
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<o:p></o:p></div>
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“There are some big shoes for me to fill,” Walker said.
He steps into a department that the Educational Media and Technology Yearbook
recently described as possibly “the top program in the world for research
productivity.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Walker’s bachelor’s degree was in English at Washington
State University but he is a self-professed and largely self-taught geek who
enjoys programming as much as he likes to engage in academic writing and
working on grants. Today his research delves into topics like technology
teacher professional development, problem-based learning and meta-analysis and
he has recently started to explore educational data mining. <o:p></o:p></div>
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One of his favorite projects is an NSF-funded grant
examining how computer-based systems can assist students doing complex problem
solving, like troubleshooting a desktop computer. The meta-analysis is
attempting to look at how different kinds of assistance are associated with the
range of student learning outcomes. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In addition to welcoming a new department head, ITLS is
enjoying the success of its students. “I’ve never had a student struggle to
find a job in our field,” Walker said. “With professional success often coming
before the completion of their program, our students are highly sought after.
When they choose to do internships, they are paid experiences that often lead
directly to job offers.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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Graduates of the program wind up going in many different
directions. Many already work in industry and choose to continue their careers
there. Some are teachers in school and college settings, some work either directly
for the government or for subcontractors. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It’s a challenging field in large part because things
change so frequently. The department strives to keep abreast of the latest
technology and practices. “There’s always an evolution in what you want to get
out to your students,” Walker said. “A big part of that evolution is taking a
step back and having students take a leadership role in their studies—so that
when pedagogical or technical innovation comes, they will already be thinking
of themselves as lifelong learners.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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As an interim department head, Walker is not looking to
make big changes, but he also doesn’t want to lose a year to a transition
period. “We’ve received some national
recognition for the hard work of our faculty and students. Now is a great time
to market those efforts.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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There are collaboration opportunities with other
departments in the Emma Eccles Jones College of education and at USU. “Most of these conversations have already
started and they can take years. As long as our faculty and students are on
board I’m all about moving forward,” he said. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lucy Delgadillo</i></td></tr>
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<b><i>By JoLynne Lyon</i></b></div>
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A family financial plan is more than debt ratios, cash
flows and retirement.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“In every single thing that we buy, we take into
consideration, ‘How do I feel about this purchase?’” said Dr. Lucy Delgadillo,
an associate professor in the Family, Consumer, and Human Development
department. <o:p></o:p></div>
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But too often, when professionals talk about family
finance, it’s a matter of numbers. “We concentrate too much on what I call the
external finances. We forget about the internal finances, the relational
aspect.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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That’s the part she will focus on during the Uplift
Families Parenting Conference, an initiative of Utah First Lady Jeanette
Herbert. The event takes place Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. at
Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, Utah.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When two halves of a couple come together, they each have their own internal monologues about money. They are very
seldom on the same point on the spending spectrum. What one may see as frugal
behavior, the other may see as cheap. It’s good for each partner to understand
both their own money attitudes and their partner’s, and to bring each into a
conversation.<o:p></o:p></div>
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She explained the concept in this article on the for <a href="http://www.upliftfamilies.org/financial_health" target="_blank">Uplift Families website</a>:<br />
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When people have better understanding of their money habitudes, money biases, and the emotional triggers that foster shopping and overspending, they will be more in control of their finances. They will be able to recognize, without internalizing, their money weaknesses.</blockquote>
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Delgadillo is a certified master coach and a member of
the Utah Housing Corporation Board. Her 15-minute presentation will be
videotaped and made available online after the event. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Earlier this month, 56 teachers from northeast Utah came
here to get their hands on science, technology, engineering and math.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now, after several days at STEM U--a teacher training experience at Utah State University--they are returning to their own school districts,
armed with exercises they can use to teach problem-solving skills. The teachers tried the methods out firsthand as students, then were encouraged to think of ways they could teach the same concepts in their classes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The event included activities, field trips and a free
tablet for participants. Its partners included the Center for the School of the
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Dr. Louis Nadelson, who spearheaded the event, has
conducted his own research on hands-on learning as well as learning from the
research of others into the best practices. “We’ve seen some wonderful student
products, we’ve seen changes in culture in schools, we’ve seen transformations
of communities … when teachers go back empowered and assume more of a
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Tomorrow’s employers will need graduates with creativity,
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mark Larese-Casanova of USU's Cooperative Extension (left) led his teacher-students through watershed activities at Cutler Marsh, Spring Hollow Campground (shown here) and the Great Salt Lake.</td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07568077139614886021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350566092890788199.post-18824851028722867422015-07-27T07:59:00.000-07:002015-07-27T08:02:41.359-07:00Revolutionary new smartphone app targets Alzheimer’s prevention<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Gray Matters app, currently used for research, encourages behaviors<br />associated with Alzheimer's prevention and a healthy lifestyle. </i></td></tr>
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A revolutionary new smartphone app, developed by
researchers at Utah State University and Ulster University in Belfast, Northern
Ireland, could provide the key to preventing the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.<br />
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Unveiled at the world’s largest convention for
Alzheimer’s research in Washington DC on July 18, the Gray Matters smartphone
app encourages individuals to set lifestyle goals, ranging from exercise and
nutrition to stress management and brain stimulation -- all of which are known
to have an impact on the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Gray Matters app is currently being used for research
purposes only, however, the plan is to make it available to the general public
in the future. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The research supporting the app’s development came
through the Gray Matters study at Utah State University. It was led by Dr.
Maria Norton, a professor in the Family, Consumer, and Human Development
department within the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human
Services.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The app provides daily facts on the link between healthy
lifestyle behaviours and improved cognitive wellbeing. Through the app, users
can track their lifestyle across a range of areas, including diet, physical
activity, mental well-being and social engagement. It also provides visual
progress reports to help individuals be more aware of their general health and
encourage healthy changes in behavior.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dr. Maria Norton</i></td></tr>
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“Over the six month intervention period, improved diet
and increased physical activity were linked with improved health,” said Dr.
Norton. “This included decreases in blood pressure and inflammation, and
increases in HDL (good) cholesterol levels, among those at higher
cardiovascular risk. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“The incidence of Alzheimer’s disease is increasing
worldwide. With no known cure, it is imperative that people understand
modifiable risk factors for cognitive decline and take steps to protect their
brain health in their younger years.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Professor Chris Nugent, Acting Director of Ulster
University’s Computer Science Research Institute, said, “Ulster University’s
world-leading research in assistive technologies is not only helping to solve
challenges faced by people already living with Alzheimer’s disease, but it is
also creating pioneering technology that is improving prevention strategies.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Making positive adjustments to lifestyle can
significantly reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, and our research findings
show that Gray Matters both educates and empowers users to make these changes.
We are now working closely with Utah State University to identify partnerships
to further enhance functionality and usage of the app.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The app will also support continued research by
collecting data from participants.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The research is being undertaken at Ulster University’s
Computer Science Research Institute and Utah State University’s Center for
Epidemiologic Studies. <o:p></o:p></div>
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For further information on the Gray Matters app visit:
graymattersapp.org.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<li>From Ulster University: Phillip Hartin, Ian Cleland,
Chris Nugent, Sally McClean and Bryan Scotney.</li>
<li>From Utah State University: Maria Norton, Christine
Clark, JoAnn Tschanz, Julie Gast, Elizabeth Fauth, Michael Lefevre, Heidi
Wengreen, David Robinson, and Travis Dorsch.</li>
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Contact: JoLynne Lyon, public relations specialist, </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07568077139614886021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350566092890788199.post-43615384838658465052015-07-17T15:21:00.000-07:002015-12-28T08:39:56.785-08:00Sport Parent Night: a surprising look at parents, youth and sports<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ryan Dunn discusses the reasons children participate in youth sports.</i></td></tr>
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<b><i>By JoLynne Lyon</i></b></div>
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During an on-campus presentation at Utah State
University, researchers from the Families in Sport Lab revealed some myths
about youth sport participation. For example:</div>
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<li>A child doesn’t need to specialize early to become an
elite player. “Based on the research, that’s just not true,” said Ryan Dunn, a
research assistant at the lab. What’s more, early sport specialization doesn’t
make sense, because so much about the child’s adult-proportioned body hasn’t
been determined yet. Younger athletes want to experiment with different sports
before settling on just one, and that exploration is a healthy way for them to
develop skills.</li>
<li>When parents rave about a goal their child scored, the
young athlete may be hearing more pressure than praise. Focusing on scoring,
the amount of time played on the field or statistics can imply that the parent
only cares about winning, or their child’s status as a star athlete. The best
thing a parent can say is, “I love watching you play.”</li>
<li>Sport participation itself is neither positive nor
negative—though participation has been linked to many healthy outcomes. On the
other hand, seven out of 10 children drop out before they turn 13—and parental
pressure or an overemphasis on winning is the top-cited reason. “Sport is
inherently neutral,” said Dr. Travis Dorsch, an assistant professor from the
Family, Consumer, and Human Development department who leads the lab. “Are we
creating a positive context where athletes can thrive?”</li>
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Dorsch and graduate students from the lab gave tips on
how to create such an atmosphere during Sport Parent Night, an event presented
to a live audience and simultaneously videotaped.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In a question-and-answer session following the meeting,
many participants said they wished all sport parents could hear the
information. Next month, it will be available—for free—on the Families in Sport
Lab website.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In the meantime, here are some thoughts presented that
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Children reported some parent behaviors as more
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Before the game, they would prefer not to hear comments
focused on performance, or expectations about winning, or tactical advice from
parents who had less experience on the field than the child did.<o:p></o:p></div>
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During the game they preferred not to hear parents
drawing attention to themselves; criticizing the child, team or opponents; or
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After the game they would rather not hear their parents
criticize their performance, blaming of referees or others for a bad outcome,
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Instead, they liked help getting physically and mentally
prepared for the game. During the competition they appreciated their parents
taking a positive tone and noticing good performance. They liked it when
parents encouraged them after a poor performance. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So how do parents support their children without
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Communication is key, said Keith Osai,
a third-year doctoral student in Family, Consumer, and Human Development. It’s
important to know what the child’s goals are and support them. For those who
just want to have fun with their friends, a recreational league may be just
what they need. Others may want to be on an elite team and eventually play in
college. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The child’s goals may change over time, too, so it’s good
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More information—including a <a href="http://www.usufamiliesinsportlab.com/uploads/2/3/5/3/23535918/parent_guide_fall_2014.pdf" target="_blank">parent sport guide</a> with more
evidence-based strategies—is
available on the <a href="http://www.usufamiliesinsportlab.com/" target="_blank">Families in Sport Lab website</a>. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07568077139614886021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350566092890788199.post-57978526529925535262015-07-16T09:24:00.000-07:002015-08-13T07:30:02.186-07:00New department head leads Special Education and Rehabilitation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Utah State University’s new Special Education and
Rehabilitation department head is used to hearing good things about USU-trained
special educators.<br />
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“I hear over and over again from state offices, from
people in personnel development, that our graduates are highly sought after,”
said Tim Slocum, who took over the department’s leadership in July. “I hear it
so often, it almost gets a little embarrassing, but I’ll take it.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The department’s new leadership comes with a familiar
face. Slocum has worked in the <a href="http://sper.usu.edu/en-us/" target="_blank">Special Education and Rehabilitation department</a>
for 25 years. But special education—and the Emma Eccles Jones College of
Education and Human Services—have more changes on the horizon. In less than a
year, the current Center for Persons with Disabilities building will go down
and construction on the new <a href="http://cehsatusu.blogspot.com/2014/11/proposed-building-will-boost-education.html" target="_blank">clinical services building</a> will begin.<o:p></o:p></div>
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With those changes, new opportunities will come for
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"I think it will take a lot of the services that we
already offer and strengthen them,” he said. “It will support
cross-disciplinary and cross-departmental collaboration to really meet the
clients' needs in a much more complete way. In terms of services, we'll give our
students direct experience learning from other disciplines.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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For example, the children served by the ASSERT program
can access speech language pathology services in the same building—and special
education students will be collaborating with speech language pathology
students in the process. For those clients who could use counseling in addition
to other services, it will be available—and students from all over the college
will benefit from seeing how different services can build on each other to give
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Collaboration is a theme that comes up a lot when Slocum
talks about his goals for the department. “I would like to see really close
coordination among all the players in special education and teacher
preparation,” he said. “This involves us, but it also involves school districts
who are receiving these teachers. We need to talk to them about what they need.
We need to make sure we're preparing our teachers to do those things.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>USU's ASSERT program, offered through the Special Education and Rehabilitation department and the CPD, gives prospective teachers a real-world environment where they can work with preschoolers with autism.</i></td></tr>
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And once they are in the field, he wants to help ensure
that they continue on, building a career trajectory and receiving professional
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These supports matter because, nationwide and in Utah,
special educators experience high turnover and high burnout. USU has worked to
ease teacher shortages by bringing teacher training to rural areas, but Slocum
hopes to find other ways to engage and encourage teachers and paraprofessionals
in the field.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Utah Professional Development Network, which is
tasked with supporting special educators, is currently housed within Utah State
University’s Center for Technical Excellence in Special Education. Slocum said
he looks forward to coordinating with them to meet the needs of both school
districts and the special educators who work within them. <o:p></o:p></div>
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He is also pleased to be leading the department he has
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Dr. Ben Lignugaris-Kraft, the former department head,
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07568077139614886021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350566092890788199.post-2454762886186008012015-07-13T14:26:00.001-07:002015-07-13T15:17:20.959-07:00The latest Mission from the hEARt: Costa Rica 2015<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Academy member Victoria Reyes administers a hearing test.</i></td></tr>
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In May, members of the Utah State University
Student Academy of Audiology provided 450 hearing tests and fit 60 people with
hearing aids during their 11th “Mission from the hEARt.”<o:p></o:p><br />
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The organization and logistics were planned in
conjunction with Dr. Natalie Goldgewicht of Clínica Auditiva in Costa Rica and
Fundación Lloverá Comida. Students traveled around Costa Rica to provide
hearing services to underprivileged communities. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“I’m so grateful for the opportunity I had to work with
amazing people in Costa Rica,” said Brittany Bown. “There’s nothing quite like
seeing someone's face light up when we fit them with their first hearing aid
and they realize a whole new world, full of sounds they didn't even know
existed, just opened up for them. First humanitarian mission but definitely not
the last.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;"><i>“There’s nothing quite like seeing someone's face light up when we fit <br />them with their first hearing aid and they realize a whole new world, <br />full of sounds they didn't even know existed, just opened up for them. <br />First humanitarian mission but definitely not the last.”<br />--Brittany Bown</i></span></td></tr>
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“I loved being able to go to Costa Rica to provide a
service for people who have such limited access to hearing healthcare,” said
Joshua Pluim. “In addition to seeing life through the eyes of another culture,
I gained confidence in myself as a clinician. The mission was an incredible
learning experience for me, made doubly rewarding by seeing the reactions of
all the people we were able to help.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Academy members visited several elderly care centers,
Bendición Hogar Santa Maria (Children’s Home), Centro Dormitorio San Jose
(Homeless Shelter), and the Helen Keller Community Center. <o:p></o:p><br />
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In addition to providing hearing tests and hearing aids,
they also provided cerumen management and made medical referrals. Each patient
will be tracked for follow up services. In collaboration with Peak ENT, Dr. Joe
Dansie fit five bone-anchored hearing softband systems to pre-identified
children. <o:p></o:p><br />
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This mission was possible because of the work and help of
many thoughtful and caring individuals. The USU Student Academy of Audiology
held fundraisers for the mission including custom ear mold sales, Yankee Candle
Co. fundraising, and a silent auction and movie night. Generous donations were
received from the USU Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education department,
USU Hearing Clinic patients, friends, and relatives. <o:p></o:p><br />
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The Starkey Hearing Foundation, Westone, Rayovac, Bionix,
Peak ENT Associates, Oticon Medical, Cochlear Americas and Memorable Costa Rica all provided support. Clínica Auditiva and Fundación Lloverá Comida coordinated the locations and invited patients to attend the audiology events.<br />
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With personal donations the students were also able to
provide blankets, food, and hygiene items to the Centro Dormitorio homeless
shelter. All the efforts and donations were greatly
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For more information—or to find out how to donate to next
year’s mission—visit <a href="http://usuaudiology.com/">usuaudiology.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Research has shown that 7 out of 10 children are dropping out of youth sports before they turn 13.</div>
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On-campus, convenient parking is available in the student lot north of the University Inn (accessed by 700 North, just east of the parking terrace) and also in the student lot north of the <a href="https://www.usu.edu/map/index.cfm?id=63" target="_blank">Center for Persons with Disabilities</a>.</div>
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international organization in his field—and he hopes to influence it in a way
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Lee is an <a href="http://cehsatusu.blogspot.com/2014/05/cehs-researcher-receives-national.html" target="_blank">award-winning associate professor</a> in the
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It’s a field that is growing fast, he said. Policymakers
feel the pressure to keep America competitive in a global market. Advances in
artificial intelligence and cognitive science have made the learning sciences
grow in scope and importance, but they have brought new challenges. New
sub-fields have been included. Lee would like the field to retain its quality
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Within the learning sciences, young scholars also face
obstacles. It is hard for them to present in conferences, which have become
more competitive under the pressure to put the newest research out quickly.
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“If you can’t crack into the conference at all, how do we
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She works with students who are young and not-so-young,
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and many other careers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This spring, she
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Whether she’s teaching in person or online, Tulane
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Students also learn from each other. “My students are
resources,” Tulane said. “One thing I really love about online classes is the
variety of students I get in there. … It would be such a shame to let that go
to waste in my class.” They come from all walks of life, from different points
on the lifespan. Some are parents, who can comment on raising children or going
through childbirth. If she has graduate teaching assistants, she finds out what
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Even among such a diverse group of learners bound for
various careers, there are things they all need to know. They have to learn to
deal with diverse populations, recognize their biases and overcome them, be
prepared to deal with burnout, make ethical decisions, respect boundaries, work
with people whose values are different from their own, and recognize needs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07568077139614886021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350566092890788199.post-23102157233765886412015-06-15T14:16:00.000-07:002015-06-22T09:05:18.165-07:00USU’s ITLS programs top international list in research<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>In this file photo, graduate students from the ITLS department help students<br />from Wilson Elementary School learn coding skills.</i></td></tr>
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Utah State University’s Instructional Technology and
Learning Sciences department “may be the top program in the world for research
productivity,” according to the latest <a href="http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319141879" target="_blank">Educational Media and Technology Yearbook</a>.<br />
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The yearbook ranks educational technology programs
according to five different measures, two related to research and three related
to teaching. USU programs made the top 20 list in all five indicators—and USU
was one of only two universities to do so.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The publication, now in its 39th year, offers a snapshot
of trends in technology in schools, higher education and industry. It lists
programs from the United States, Canada and around the world. It is published
by Springer and the Association of Educational Communications and Technology. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Among the roughly 100 programs listed, USU’s ITLS
programs ranked third for the number of publications written by faculty in two
of the most respected journals. The department also ranked #6 in research
funding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>USU was the only university to
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ITLS also ranked well in measures related to teaching,
coming in at tenth in the number of full-time faculty, 12th in the number of
PhD graduates and 20th in the number of master’s graduates. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The indicators suggest USU’s ITLS programs are focused on
both research and producing skilled practitioners in the field, whether those
graduates go on to work in schools or industry.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Society is permeated with technology,” said Dr. Mimi
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people use it to live, collaborate and learn.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Many students who come to the ITLS department at USU have
been working in the field. When they come back to graduate school, they are
bringing their experience with them. They team up with faculty members who
apply and amplify those skills in research projects. “You get this really nice
combination of applied and academic research,” Recker said. “It’s really an
exciting mix.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The ITLS department is housed within the Emma Eccles
Jones College of Education and Human Services.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07568077139614886021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350566092890788199.post-41863016557931701012015-06-12T09:40:00.001-07:002015-06-12T09:44:24.369-07:00Research sheds more light on how the aging brain works<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dr. Sydney Schaefer</i></td></tr>
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A <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25772792" target="_blank">recent Neuroscience article</a> sheds more light on how
right- or left-hand dominance changes in mature adults—and it suggests that
while that dominance changes over time, the reasons for that change involve
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Dr. Sydney Schaefer, a researcher from the Emma Eccles
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Her expectation was that the “young old”
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The findings shed more light on how the aging brain
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left- or right-handedness is less pronounced in aging populations, though to
date the published research has only compared the performance of young adults
to that of older adults. The theory is that as tasks become more difficult for
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As they participated in simulated dressing and feeding
tasks, the 44 healthy, right-handed adults aged 65 to 89 demonstrated less
asymmetry than Schaefer would have expected. The “old old” adults also took
longer to complete the tasks than the “young old” subjects. But the difference
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The reason may be that the test subjects were
predominantly healthy, and their brains had less need to compensate for
decreased brain function. The findings underscore the need to identify other
means to quantify neural decline than just chronological age, Schaefer said.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Her article, <i>Preserved Motor Asymmetry in Late Adulthood:
Is Measuring Chronological Age Enough?</i> appeared in the May edition of
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Schaefer is an assistant professor in the Health, Physical
Education and Recreation department.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Dr. Ray Reutzel has emphasized literacy as the Director of the Emma Eccles Jones<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Center for Early Childhood Education at Utah State University. He will
continue that work as the University of Wyoming’s Dean of Education.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The backdrop will change, but his message is the
same: Literacy remains a crucial hurdle to a child’s education. Without it,
there is no reading the directions, no going to websites for more in-depth
information. The irony is, children who struggle with reading are more likely to live in poverty—and that same difficulty with literacy makes it harder to access programs that offer support.</div>
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“It’s the most important thing you can do in terms of
social justice, because it opens the gates of access,” Reutzel said.</div>
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The former Emma Eccles Jones Endowed Chair, Distinguished
Professor, and Director of the Emma Eccles Jones Early Childhood Education and
Research Center talked about two sides of education that should strengthen and
build on each other: teacher preparation and research. He hopes to shorten the
30-year lag between research discoveries into the best methods and their
application in the classroom.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The research is needed—as Reutzel knows from his own
experience. He taught during a time when students who struggled at reading were
sorted from their peers, but after that, teachers didn’t necessarily know how
to reach them. Reutzel felt those teachers’
uncertainty firsthand as he taught in a school that served a transient
population of trona miners in Wyoming. <o:p></o:p></div>
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“I knew how to group students and follow the teacher’s
manual for reading instruction, but I didn’t know how to help those sixth grade
students entering middle school who still couldn’t read,” he wrote <a href="http://cehsatusu.blogspot.com/2013/10/early-childhood-center-director-is.html?q=reutzel" target="_blank">in an earlier post</a> for this blog. The experience drove him to Utah State University
for a master’s degree. Later he returned to the University of Wyoming for a
doctorate. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Since then he has continued to not only keep one foot in
the classroom, but to encourage other professionals who prepare teachers to do
the same.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Ray is an extraordinary leader,” said Dr. Cindy Jones,
director of School of Teacher Education and Leadership’s Reading Clinic. “He
truly cares about others and will do all he can to help a person succeed… He is
quick to point out that the person in charge must be prepared to do not only
what is asked of others, but to go the extra mile.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dr. Reutzel has authored,co-authored or co-edited more than 120 <br />peer-reviewed articles, plus numerous books and chapters.</i></td></tr>
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Reutzel’s own focus has been on young readers. “The
research would indicate that kids who do not succeed in early literacy,
generally speaking, do not succeed in school. They usually will drop out of
high school, which of course has been linked to incarceration.”</div>
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Too often, Reutzel said, struggling readers are met with
advice that doesn’t really solve their problem, like “sound it out.” They
shouldn’t just be told to sound it out; they should learn how to sound out a
word. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://cehsatusu.blogspot.com/2014/03/cehs-researchers-core-reading-programs.html?q=reutzel" target="_blank">Related post: Core reading programs could do a better job</a></h4>
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The flipside is that reading and writing truly give
children power. He remembers a student who showed up before school with a book
she had written herself. At the time, his students were taking little
home-made, blank books home, filling them with their own content, then bringing
them back. Normally they sat in the “author’s chair” and shared their work with
the class.<o:p></o:p></div>
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But this time, she only showed her book to Reutzel. It
was about the day her mother died from cancer. “I can’t imagine how this little
girl would have gotten that story out without being encouraged to write,” Reutzel
said. <o:p></o:p></div>
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So many roles converge on an educator, who not only needs
to recognize how children’s brains work, what approaches are needed for
students who struggle, but who also need to show some compassion from time to
time.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“It’s no wonder it takes a lot to learn how to be a
teacher,” he said.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“Dr. Reutzel has a passion for learning,” said Dr. Steven
D. Bennion, who worked with Reutzel at Southern Utah University when Reutzel
was the provost and Bennion was president. “His contributions to teachers and
students have been far reaching throughout his career. Wherever he goes he will
be an asset to teacher education and especially reading education.”</div>
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“It is a privilege and an honor to have had the
opportunity to work with Ray,” Jones said. “He will surely be missed, but we
wish him all the best.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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He begins his new role at the University of Wyoming on
July 6.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07568077139614886021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350566092890788199.post-51464159417243489132015-05-13T15:34:00.000-07:002015-05-13T15:34:12.857-07:00Middle school team, coached by USU educators, heads to world finals<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The students teamed up to cut PVC pipe<br />in order to build a set for their play.<br />Photo courtesy of Sarah Brasiel.</i></td></tr>
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<b><i>By JoLynne Lyon</i></b><div>
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The Odyssey of the Mind competition fosters creative
problem solving in students from kindergarten through college. But when the
Mount Logan Pandora’s Box Division II team reflected on what it has done for
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“We made new friends,” said Kourtney, a participant whose
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This year, four teams from Mount Logan Middle School
placed in the state competition. This qualified them to participate in World
Finals. One of the Mt. Logan teams, the Pandora’s Box group, is led by Dr.
Sarah Brasiel, associate director of the Active Learning Lab in the
Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences Department at Utah State University.
Her assistant coach is Dr. Jennifer Roark, an assistant professor in the
Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology. She is also from USU.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The coaches know a lot about education, but Brasiel said
their job is to let the students figure things out for themselves. Their team
members make all the decisions. Brasiel and Roark agree: staying out of their
team’s learning is the hardest part. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Team members assemble their first set.<br />Photo courtesy of Sarah Brasiel.</i></td></tr>
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Even holding tape for a student to cut is considered too
much adult assistance. But while it’s been hard to stay out of the action, it
has been rewarding to see what the team comes up with. “Middle school aged
children are more creative and innovative than many adults realize. It is
amazing what the kids will do if you get out of their way,” Roark said.<o:p></o:p></div>
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On a practice day in early May, the team was working on
an eight-minute play that combined a classic tale with video game concepts.
Their presentation was about Pandora’s box. The woes it had unleashed were
running rampant through a video game.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The play’s set had already gone through the
problem-solving process. The time it takes to assemble it is counted against
the play’s eight-minute time limit. The team’s first structure was made of
skinny PVC pipe with paper backdrops, but the pipes were too flimsy and the
paper was too noisy. On a spring afternoon in Brasiel’s basement, they were
painting fabric scenes that would hang on more robust—and more expensive—PVC
pipe. They also had a price limit, so they considered the budget carefully
before investing in thicker plastic.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“It was a real risk when the team decided to use PVC pipe
to build their structure and they needed to use pipe cutter to cut the pipes on
their own,” Brasiel said. “It was great to see them work as a team to get it
done, with each student taking turns to cut a pipe. One team member had to use
her feet to press the cutter around the pipe, since her hands weren’t strong
enough.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“My hypothesis is that these types of activities generate
the 21st century skills students will need for jobs that have not even been
invented yet.” <o:p></o:p></div>
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The activities are teaching social skills, too. “If
someone’s just sitting down we try to get them involved,” said Judson, one of
the team members. “We keep the spirit lively.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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The Odyssey of the Mind World Finals will be held at
Michigan State University from May 20-23. Eleven of the 800 participating teams
will be from Utah.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07568077139614886021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350566092890788199.post-71635846500872006782015-05-13T08:19:00.000-07:002015-05-13T08:20:05.494-07:005 of 11 Huntsman awardees are CEHS alumni<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Five of this year's eleven Huntsman Awards for Excellence in Education honorees are alumni of the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services.<br />
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They are:<br />
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<li>Stephen Oliverson, BS and MS in Special Education;</li>
<li>Paula Kerr, BS from the School of Teacher Education and Leadership;</li>
<li>Matthew Woolley, MS, Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences;</li>
<li>Terry Ogborn, ME, School of Teacher Education and Leadership;</li>
<li>Leigh VandenAkker, ME, Special Education.</li>
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You can read more about them in the <a href="http://www.sltrib.com/news/2474248-155/touching-students-lives-utah-educators-honored" target="_blank">Salt Lake Tribune</a> and on the <a href="http://www.huntsmaneducationawards.com/2015-winners.html" target="_blank">Huntsman Education Awards</a> site.<br />
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On Friday, the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services wished its new postgraduate degree holders well on the next step in their journey. New PhD degrees totaled 33, with four Education Specialist degrees and 238 Master's degrees celebrated during the hooding ceremony.<br />
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On Saturday we sent off our largest-ever graduating class of more than 1200 students.<br />
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Congratulations to all--we're proud of you!<br />
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For a closer look at the ceremonies, visit our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/usuCEHS" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>.<br />
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These videos offer a look at the year in review and this year's student honorees.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daisha Cummins took home honors from USU Research Week,<br />
then left to present at the National Council on <br />
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Daisha Cummins, a junior majoring in Exercise Science and
Biology, is an award-winning
undergraduate researcher from a nurturing lab.<br />
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And while she still has another year of undergraduate work
ahead of her—and several more years of graduate work after that—she is already
seeing the benefits of research in the Sensory Motor Behavior Lab in the
Health, Physical Education and Recreation department.<o:p></o:p></div>
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She’s been applying to medical schools. “They ask for
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After USU Research Week, she could add that she won the
oral component for the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human
Services at the undergraduate research symposium. (After that, she went on to
do a poster presentation at the National Council on Undergraduate Research at
Eastern Washington University.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cummins said her work in the lab has had other benefits,
too. “I’ve been lucky to work in a research opportunity where we’ve been one on
one with our participants,” she said. “I’ve loved that aspect.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Kodey Meyers worked with research<br />subjects to study differences in how<br />children with and without ASD<br />plan their movements.</i></td></tr>
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She’s also learned about working as a team, moving
through the scientific process of an experiment, and treating research
participants with respect. For example, she learned to be patient with
participants while they were performing tasks, even if they didn’t follow
protocol on the first try. Protocol was important, because it made the
difference between good and sloppy science.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Undergraduate researchers in the Sensory Motor Behavior
Lab have worked on projects examining movement in different populations. One
project—the one she presented on—looked at children who were and were not on
the autism spectrum to see the differences in how they would rotate a cylinder
or hand a tool to the researcher.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And there were differences. The subjects on the ASD
spectrum were more likely to persist with a specific action, even if meant
adopting a more uncomfortable hand position. They were also more likely to hand
a hammer to the researcher head first (which was less helpful) than those who
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The researchers said the differences may show that
children with ASD plan their movements differently, and that they have a harder
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Zach Skabelund, another undergraduate researcher from the
same lab, won an honorable mention for his oral presentation at Research week.
He presented on the lab’s research on discreet and smooth movements in adults,
as it related to rhythm. They asked participants to tap with their fingers,
first in time with a metronome and later without the sound to guide them. They
were also asked to walk in time to the sound of a metronome, and then on their
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These results were compared to smooth movements—circle
drawing and cycling—that were also performed in rhythm, with and without a
metronome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their findings so far show
that older adults had more variance when walking or tapping, but in the smooth
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Previous research had shown that the timing of smooth and
discreet movements were controlled by a different mechanism in the brain when
it came to small motor movements. The lab’s researchers are concluding that the
same might hold true with big movements involving large muscle groups. What’s
more, the mechanism that controls the smooth movements appears to be better
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Dr. Breanna Studenka leads the lab. She was in the room
as Zach and fellow researcher Kodey Meyers discussed their work, but she let
them do the talking. It’s good for them to field questions on their own, she
said. It helps them learn how to present their research to people unfamiliar
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The mentorship is paying off. In addition to Cummins and
Skabelund’s recognition during Research Week, Meyers was named the HPER student
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07568077139614886021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350566092890788199.post-51944286158919924242015-04-17T15:43:00.001-07:002015-04-17T15:43:13.551-07:00Three CEHS people receive Robins Awards<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human
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They are: Shelly Weigand, Professional Advisor of the
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07568077139614886021noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6350566092890788199.post-36356138898233996592015-04-15T09:59:00.000-07:002015-04-15T10:38:00.846-07:00The Finger Paint Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yesterday, Utah State University President Stan Albrecht celebrated the Week of the Young Child by getting his fingers dirty.<br />
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He accepted the Finger Paint Challenge from Lauren Pace, the lead senior preschool teacher at the Dolores Dore Eccles Center for Early Care and Education. He came to school, pulled an apron over his suit and tie, and collaborated with two young artists on a horse and rainbow painting.<br />
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The event included 33 artists, aged one to five years. When it was over, President Albrecht received a commemorative sticker.<br />
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The Finger Paint Challenge began during the Utah Association for the Education of Young Children's conference, when key note speaker Richard Paul Evans challenged Weber State University President Charles A. Wight to participate. (Weber hosted the conference.) From there, the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/uaeyc" target="_blank">challenge has spread</a> to campuses all over Utah--and also the Governor's Office.<br />
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What's next? The children said it would be great if he'd come to their swimming lessons, too.<br />
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