College of Education & Human Development, Georgia State University

Starting today, Georgia State is offering free saliva-based COVID-19 testing to all students, faculty and staff at the Downtown Atlanta Campus and each of our five Perimeter campuses. This FDA-approved test is expected to return results within 72 hours. No appointment or medical referral is required, but those who want to participate should register here: https://covid.vlt.co/

Our Alonzo A. Crim Center for Urban Educational Excellence will host the 15th Annual Sources of Urban Educational Excellence Conference this Saturday, Nov. 14, in a virtual format! Conference overview: https://bit.ly/Sources2020Info Register now: https://bit.ly/Sources2020RSVP

This week, Georgia State University will celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange during International Education Week! Check out all the events taking place this year: https://bit.ly/3emRS8K #IEW2020 #GSUIEW2020

Let's celebrate cultural diversity #TheStateWay! Don’t miss International Education Week Nov. 9 - 13. Follow #GSUIEW2020 and #IEW2020 to keep up with all things IEW. Register for events: https://bit.ly/3emRS8K

Students with autism and mild intellectual disabilities are discovering an enriching college experience through Georgia State’s media-focused IDEAL program. See what Associate Professor (and IDEAL co-founder) Andy Roach and others have to say about the program's benefits: http://ow.ly/Kl2A50Cdssi

CEHD sport administration alum Mackenzie Rector co-authored a piece for IRIS - Institut de relations internationales et stratégiques (the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs) on the realities Black people face in the sport industry. Read more about the inequities she found and how sport organizations can address them: http://ow.ly/axSo50CdrrU

The College of Education & Human Development's Center for Transnational and Multilingual Education will host its next webinar this Sunday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. Register now for this session on "critical consciousness" in U.S. schools: http://bit.ly/CTMENov8Webinar

As part of the university’s International Education Week 2020 celebrations, the College of Education & Human Development is co-hosting Ask-Us-Anything: Racial and Ethnic Minoritized Students Studying Abroad, a virtual conversation among diverse students about their experiences studying abroad! Learn more and register now: https://bit.ly/3l27XDh #IEW2020 #GSUIEW2020

In our new dyslexia and other reading disabilities endorsement program, teachers will learn key information and strategies for supporting students with reading disabilities through work with leaders in the field, like Assistant Professors Elizabeth Stevens and Jessica Scott. Learn more and apply today: https://education.gsu.edu//endorsements-special-education/

Assistant Professor Cori Salmerón was selected for the National Council of Teachers of English’s 2020 Cultivating New Voices Among Scholars of Color Program, which provides support, mentoring and networking opportunities for early career scholars of color. Congratulations, Dr. Salmerón! http://ow.ly/vrQh50CbIPs

This year’s Sources of Urban Educational Excellence Conference asks attendees to think about equitable and socially-just educational opportunities for children in urban communities. Be sure to register today and contribute to the conversation! #Sources2020 https://bit.ly/Sources2020Info

Georgia State University will join other schools and colleges across the country celebrating International Education Week Nov. 9-13, 2020! Get the full schedule of events here: https://bit.ly/3emRS8K #IEW2020 #GSUIEW2020

Interested in working in communication sciences and disorders? Attend this week's virtual information session to learn application tips and admissions requirements, listen to a Q&A with current students and take a virtual tour of the department's Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic. Details: http://ow.ly/9jZk50CaFKZ

Assistant Professor Jessica Scott published an article in the Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education on how using the picture book "Goodnight Gorilla" rendered in American Sign Language influenced students' use of advanced linguistic features. See what she found: http://ow.ly/wgIx50CaEzh