Miami graduate receives Ohio teaching award
The Ohio Association of Teacher Educators has named Miami University graduate Curtis Bradshaw as Ohio's 2008 Outstanding Student Teacher.
Bradshaw, who studied middle childhood language arts and social studies education, has been a substitute teacher in his hometown at Clinton-Massie Middle School. Bradshaw's coursework ranges from urban to rural interests.
Bradshaw has applied for a full-time position for fall 2009 at the elementary or middle school level. Bradshaw graduated from Miami summa cum laude in 2008.
University awarded grant to tutor children to read
The Living Water Children's Center in Hamilton has teamed up with Miami University to create "The Young Authors Program" after receiving a $1,000 grant from State Farm Insurance.
The Office of Community Engagement and Service was selected to receive a State Farm Good Neighbor Service-Learning Grant by the Youth Service America organization.
The grant will help young students in grades 3 through 5 at Living Water Children's Center. Tutors from Miami's America Reads and Adopt-A-School programs have been working with these students.
The children will create their own books, which includes drafting, revising and editing help from Miami tutors. Once the books are completed, the students will read them to their younger classmates in kindergarten through second grade. The young authors will present their books to their parents and friends April 24.
Professor recognized for research in gerontology
Shahla Mehdizadeh, senior research scholar from the Scripps Gerontology Center and an adjunct professor of sociology and gerontology, was named Outstanding Gerontology Researcher of the Year.
The award, given by the Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education, was presented to Mehdizadeh March 27 at the association's annual conference.
Mehdizadeh received the award for the work she has done with projecting long-term care costs and the number of Ohioans with disabilities in relation to population. Her research has been helpful to law and policy makers in Ohio as the baby boomer generation ages.
Mehdizadeh's reports can be found at www.scripps.muohio.ed/research/index.html along with other research reports done by the Scripps Gerontology Center.
