2022 News


October
Dr. Denise Staudt

DSE Dean Receives Ben E. Coody Distinguished Service Award

10/26/2022 Sourced from UIW News

Dr. Denise Staudt, dean of the Dreeben School of Education (DSE), was named the Ben E. Coody Distinguished Service Award recipient at the 2022 Consortium of State Organizations for Texas Teacher Education (CSOTTE) Teacher Education Conference. This award honors individuals who have given the same level of professional contributions to teacher education in Texas as did Coody. Coody served as the last president of the Texas Association for Student Teaching before the association became the Texas Association of Teacher Educators in 1971.


September
Micah Hunter with her class

UIW Graduate Named Clinical Teacher of the Year

09/30/2022 Sourced from UIW News

Micah Hunter admits it has taken a little while to get used to her new job as a first-year teacher of fourth graders at Woodlawn Academy in the San Antonio Independent School District, but it hasn’t take her long to reach new heights. Earlier this year, the Texas Directors of Field Experience recognized Hunter as the 2021-2022 Texas Clinical Teacher of the Year.

Pictured L-R: Dr. Lucretia Fraga, Dr. Ann David, Dr. Stephanie Grote-Garcia, Dr. Elda Martinez, Dr. Denise Staudt (Dean), Dr. Deepti Kharod, Dr. Mariannella Núñez

DSE Teacher Education Program Earns Accreditation

09/23/2022 Sourced from UIW News

The University of the Incarnate Word Teacher Education program, housed in the Dreeben School of Education (DSE), has been awarded full seven-year accreditation status by the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP).

Members of UIW's Alpha Kappa Omega

Stories Worth Sharing

09/16/2022 Sourced from UIW News

In the Spring 2022 semester, Dr. Deepti Kharod, assistant professor of Education in the Dreeben School of Education (DSE), along with students from UIW's chapter of Kappa Delta Pi (KDP), an international education honor society, participated in a unique book drive focused on cultural representation for students at Northside ISD's Dr. Martha Mead Elementary School. Because of this initiative, the UIW Alpha Kappa Omega (AKO) chapter, was recently awarded Kappa Delta Pi's 2022 Chapter Programming Award for Community Service.


August
(Left-Right) Jeff Neal, Dr. Lisa Brown, Pam McCray

Dreeben Faculty Member, Students to be Published by Springer Publishing

08/18/2022 Sourced from UIW News

Dr. Lisa Brown, assistant professor in Adult Education in the UIW Dreeben School of Education, along with Organizational Leadership and Evaluation Ph.D. candidates Pam McCray and Jeff Neal, recently presented at the Learning Ideas Conference held at Columbia University Teacher’s College. Their article, “Creating Affective Collaborative Adult Teams and Groups Guided by Spiral Dynamic Theory,” will be published as a book/eBook in the Springer Publishing series "Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems."


July

June
UIW student teacher at Medio Creek Elementary School

Medio Creek and UIW Teaching Partnership

06/15/2022 Sourced from UIW News

The teaching partnership between the University of the Incarnate Word and Medio Creek Elementary School has never been stronger. The students from UIW’s teacher education program spend time shadowing established teachers at Medio Creek and learning from them just as their students do. Many of these teachers and administrators are UIW alumni.


May
Administration Building

May 2022 Academic Highlights

05/12/2022 Sourced from UIW News

Academic highlights from the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, as well as the Dreeben School of Education.

Dr. Stephanie Grote-Garcia

Teacher Education Faculty Member to Present at International Literacy Conference

05/05/2022 Sourced from UIW News

Dr. Stephanie Grote-Garcia, professor of Teacher Education in the Dreeben School of Education, will present at the 22nd European Conference on Literacy in Dublin, Ireland this summer. The conference, planned for July 4-6, brings together scholars and educators to discuss literacy teaching and research.


April

March
Dr. Sandra Guzman-Foster

Guzman Foster Selected for National Outstanding Teaching Award

03/18/2022 Sourced from UIW News

Sandra Guzman Foster, PhD, associate professor in the Graduate Studies Program at the University of the Incarnate Word Dreeben School of Education, has been selected for the Outstanding Teaching Award, Postsecondary by the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME). She will be recognized at the organization’s virtual conference on April 29-20. Guzman Foster was nominated by two separate parties, a cohort of her students and a group of her peers across the state.

Two students smile at the camera

UIW to Celebrate Fourth Annual Day of Giving

03/18/2022 Sourced from UIW News

Each spring, the University of the Incarnate Word community comes together as “One Word” to work towards “One Goal” – raising funds to support current and future UIW students. UIW’s fourth annual Day of Giving, known as “One Word. One Goal.,” will be celebrated for 1881 minutes, in honor of the University’s founding year, during Incarnate Word Week beginning March 23.


February
Wynette Keller Poses with 20 Year Service Award

Keller Receives 20 Year Service Award from Texas TRiO Association

02/22/2022 Sourced from UIW News

Wynette Keller, director of TRiO Student Support Services at the University of the Incarnate Word, was recognized by the Texas TRiO Association with a 20 Year Service Award at the organization’s conference. We caught up with Keller to discuss how rewarding her work is and how it aligns with the Mission of UIW.

Dr. Ann David teaching

Dr. Ann D. David Receives 2022 University Teacher of the Year Award at TCTELA

02/10/2022 Sourced from UIW News

Dr. Ann D. David, associate professor of Teacher Education at the Dreeben School of Education, was named the 2022 University Teacher of the Year by the Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts (TCTELA). She will receive the award at the 57th TCTELA Annual Conference in Galveston, Texas, on Feb. 18-20.

Dr. Julie Nadeau (left) and Dr. Tanja Stampfl (right)

UIW Announces 2022 Faculty Awards

02/04/2022 Sourced from UIW News

Sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the University of the Incarnate Word Faculty Senate and University Mission and Ministry, faculty across UIW were honored with the 2022 Faculty Awards in January.


January
Dr. Ashley Love

Faculty Member Elected to International Public Health Education Board of Trustees

01/20/2022 Sourced from UIW News

Dr. Ashley S. Love, associate professor of Education in the Graduate Studies Program at the Dreeben School of Education, has been elected to the 2022-2023 Board of Trustees at the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE). She will be inducted at the 73rd Annual SOPHE Digital Conference taking place March 22-25.