Summer 2012 Staff
Illustration © 2012 by David Vogin (davidvogin.com) Visit Peabody College’s website at peabody.vanderbilt.edu Bonnie Arant Ertelt, Editor Donna Pritchett, Art… Read More
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From the Dean
In the winter issue of the Reflector, we examined “the embattled teacher” and the challenges faced both by current teachers and those who aspire to enter the profession. Read More
Readers Write
Small Pleasures One of life’s small pleasures for me is sitting with a cup of tea on my patio relaxing in sunny California reading the… Read More
Agents of change
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows studying at Peabody this year helped paint a firehouse on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service… Read More
Four named AERA fellows
Joseph Murphy Richard Lehrer Steve Graham Lynn Fuchs The American Educational Research Association… Read More
Peabody ranked first again
Peabody maintained its No. 1 national ranking in U. S. News & World Report for the fourth consecutive year. Peabody has topped the rankings,… Read More
Donald J. Stedman, PhD’62, awarded Peabody’s Distinguished Alumnus Award
Donald J. Stedman, PhD’62, was awarded Peabody’s Distinguished Alumnus Award during Commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 11. During his career, Stedman taught… Read More
A Caret of Editors
Christine Quinn Trank Steve Graham Karen Harris Ron Zimmer The American Educational Research… Read More
Milner presented AACTE Outstanding Book Award
The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education presented its 2012 Outstanding Book Award in February to H. Richard Milner IV, associate professor of education… Read More
Paying the Debt wins awards
The Peabody College historical documentary Paying the Debt has won a Telly Award for scriptwriting and two silver awards for documentary and scriptwriting at the… Read More
Benbow to lead national commission on educator preparation
Dean Camilla Benbow will co-chair a new accrediting body designed to help ensure that every classroom in the nation has an effective teacher. The Council… Read More
Programs for Talented Youth wins grant
Teacher Jamie Teasley and students work on projects during the Saturday Academy at Vanderbilt University, hosted by Programs for Talented Youth at… Read More
Graduate and Professional Students Gala
Students attending the Graduate and Professional Students Gala in April at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts included (from left) Molly… Read More
Talk to kids about television
Children learn more from television viewing when parents participate than they would during book reading, new research from Peabody finds. In… Read More
Higher ed, federal government ‘intimately connected’
Where would American higher education be without government support for research and student aid? Not where it is today, says Peabody… Read More
Appalachia focus of new Peabody research
Murphy Smith Goldring Researchers from Peabody are collaborators in the Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia as part… Read More
Enhanced training to help soldiers’ mental health
As the United States officially ends its war in Iraq and thousands of service members return home, researchers at Peabody are… Read More
Vanderbilt’s energy conservation efforts pay off during heat wave
Anthony Hayes of VUMC Plant Services' electrical shop installs LED energy efficient light bulbs at Eskind Biomedical Library. (Anne Rayner/Vanderbilt) When Nashville temperatures soared… Read More
The future is all around us
A selected group of Medical Center leaders were asked about where they think the opportunities and challenges lie in the decade ahead, and the part… Read More
Football players to unveil new uniforms at bookstore event
Commodore fans are invited to join Vanderbilt Head Coach James Franklin on Wednesday, July 11, for a public unveiling of the football team’s… Read More
